Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-21
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
sJurce to-day were Sl0e.555

INTERNAL REvENUE--The receipts from this
s)urce to-day were s1o6.555.
INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICERS NOMINATED.
VIM. s. Davis has been nominated for assessor
OF Mississippi; John A. Place for assessor of the
twenty-second New York district, and Clark
center for collector OF the ninth ONO district.
POSTAL CARDs.-The Postal Committee of
the House will report bill directing the Post
master General to Issue cards on stout paper
about the size of an ordinary envelope, one side
for the address and the other for written or
printed matter, at one cent postage.
NoN1NATIoNs.-Th, Presi lent sent the fo,-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day:
John a. Place, assessor internal revenue 23d
district New York
POSTING Sters-Prospect Cravath White Water
Wis; A. j. Mccoy, Beaver Dam, Wis; Miss Lee
H. Randle, Oxford, Miss. X. f. Leachman
Meridian, Miss.
ILLNESS OF THE VICE PRESIDENTS MOTHER
Mrs. Matthews, mother of Vice President Col
fax, who has been suffering from erysipelas for
several months past, was taken suddenly worse
on Tuesday last, but is much better to -,iav and
is regarded by her attendant physician Dr.
Bliss, as entirely ont of danger.
THE TREASURY INvEsrIGArroN.-Mr lynch.
chairman Of the special committee authorized
10 investigate alleged frauds in the Treasury
Department, has signi.ied his intention of ac.
ceptlng as the report of the special committee
the report OF the committee appoint ID by Secre-
Gtry boutwell, now investigating affairs in the
department.
ALyAH CROKER, of Fitchburr Mass was
yesterday nominated by the republicans of the
ninth district as the successor of Gov w. b.
Washburn in the House of Representatives
The election takes place on Tuesday Jan. ID
MI CROKER is prominent paper manufactu-
rfr, and has heen successivelv president of the
Fitchburg, Vermont and Massachusetts, and
Troy and Greenfield Railroad Companies.
NAVAL CONTRIBUTION FOR CHrcAso.-
The Secretary of the Navy has forwarded to
Hon. Charles b. Farwell, member of Congress
from the Chicago district. draft on London
Tor 700 sterling. the same being a contribution
by the commander of the South Atlantic fleet
and the officers and crew of the flag ship Lam
caser for the relief the sufferers by the great
tire in Chicago.
AT THE WHITE HoUsE-The present cold
weather does not seem to diminish the daily
stream Of White House visitors. The President
is still suffering fro a cold, but saw this morn
ing Postmaster General Creswell, Secretaries
BOUTWELL, and DelanO Senators Scott. Nve and
Wilson. Representatives Hooper, OF Utah and
Lamrort, of New York. and Gen. Chapman
delegate in Congress from the District of Co.
lumbia.
"HEAR NE FOR MY CAUsE."-Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Susan Il. Anthony, Isabella Beecher
iiDphcif co'CInnc pTlnny, ana several
Others unite in a memorial TO Congress ASKING
Tor woman suffrage. and they further ask that
they may he heard in person i'm behalf of tbe
thousands OF other women they represent. The
memorial Was presentedD the Senate this morn
ing by MI. 1rrmbull, and referred to the ,Ju-
dietary Committee.
NAVAL TEANsFERs.-Command A. Pen
dergrast has been detached from navigation duty
at the Philadelphia navy yard and placed on
waiting orders; Commander VIM. f. Fitzhugh
from the command of the Severn and placed ON
waiting orders; and Lieut.. A. III. Vail from the
worcester and placed on waiting orders. Lieut
Charles u. Sperry has been ordered to the WOr-
cester, and Pavmaster Thos. L. Caswell to the
Pensacola, at San Francisco.
ILLNESS OF THE PRESIDENTS FATHEH.-A
telegram from Cincinnati last night announced
that Jesse Il. Grant, father OF the President was
stricken with paray sis in the post off ce at Gov
ington, KY, yesterday afternoon. He fell to
the moor, and remained insensible an hour but
was able to sit up arr converse afterwards The
President and family have the sympathy of our
entire community i'm this domestic affliction.
The President received dispatch from Cow
ington last evening, announcing the event but
stating tnat the patient was not considered dan
gerOusly i'll.
Mr.. SUMMERS GONE TERN" AMENDMENT
The following is an additional article to the
Constitution of the United States proposed by
Mr.. Sumner in his joint resolution introduced
i'll the Senate this afternoon
ARTICLE.
Sec. j. No person who has once held the Office
OF President of the United States shall be there
after eligible to that office.
Sec. 2. This amendme mt shall not take effect
Until after the fth of March, 1873.
The preamble to the resolution sets forth that
"for many years there has been an increasing
conviction among the people without distinction
OF party, that one welding the vast patronage
of the President. should not be candidate for
reelection, and this conviction has found eN-
preston in the solemn warnings OF iliustrous
citizens, and in repeated propositions for an
amendment of the constitution confirming the
President to one term" II then quotes Andrew
jackson, William Henry Harrison, and Henry
Clay in favor of the one-term principle; refers
to the wing convention of 1871, which nominat-
ted Clay and Frelinghuysen with "a single term
for the Presidency PLATFORM; comments Sena-
tor Benjamin +. Wade for urging "a zone term"
amendment 10 the constitutions; and quotes the
argument of '.De TocqU, vile, the remarkable
Frenchman,' against the reelection OF the chief
OF government. The preamble closes a. fol-
lows, tleaving Off the whereases.) Gan these
cOncurring voices, where patrit tIsm, experience
and reason bear testimony, have additional
value at a moment when The country is looking
anNiously TO a reform Of The civil service for
the plain reason, that the peril from the Chief
Magistrate, 30 long as he is exposed to tempta-
ton, snrpasses that from any other quarter, and
thus the first stage in this much desired reform
is the one-term principle, TO the end that the
President, who exercises the appointing power
reaching into all parts of the country and hold
ing in subordnation multitudinOus army of
offiCe-holders, shall be absolutely without mo-
i've or inducCment TO employ IL for any other
purpose than the public good. The character OF
republican Institutions requires that the Chief
Magistrate shall be above all suspicion of using
the machinery OF which he is the official head to
promote his own personal aims"
Sec.
AFFAIRS ON THE VIRGINIA SIDF.-P and p
Rditrodd-We insert to-day notice of a meet
ing Tor organization of the Piedmont and Poto-
mac railroad, at ROssyn, in Alexandria county
Va, ON Thursday, the 4th of January, 1872.
Land Sdtes.-The tract of land, lying about six
miles east OF Leesburg, and heretofore adver-