Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-10
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were slO4, s5S.OI.
Ex-CoLLEcToR STATIONS defalcation foots
up sI9,7GO.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. Edward McFee, of the New
York Daily Bulletin, is in town.
GEN. HORACE PORTER has returned from
New York, where he accompanied the President
a few days since.
TBR SOUTHERN CLAIMS CoMMIssIo yester-
day heard the claim of the estate of the late
George A. Farrow. OF ALTERNATE county, Va,
amounting TO SLOPES.
NOMINATIoNs.-The President sent to the
Senate to-day the following nominations of post
masters:-Leverett NJ. Hubbard, wallingford,
Conn; Jonathan q. Waite, Sturgis, Mich;
Thomas j. Tiffany, Bennington, Vt.
THE PRESIDENT has almost entirely recovered
from his recent indisposition, and to day took
short stroll through the grounds surrounding the
White House. He did not see any visitors on
official business.
MRS. GRANTS RECEPTION yesterday after
noon was numerOusly attended notwithstanding
The unpleagant weather. Mrs General Bah
cock, Mrs General Porter, Mrs. Senator Morton
and Mrs. Marshal Sharp assisted Mrs. Grant in
receiving and entertaining the guests.
DR.. NICHOLS, superintendent OF the govern
ment insane asylum, had a hearing yesterday
before the House appropriation committee. He
cstima ties that s200, Geo will be required to sup
port the Institution Tor the coming year, and
asks an appropriation of that amount.
INTERNAL REVENUE APPOINTMENT
The following internal revenue appointments
were made day: Assistant Assessor George
III. Mayard, I'd Virginia.: Samuel Richards LIST
| New York Guappr w N inte
simeon Ray, list Missouri, and Peter COuse, 81
Virginia.
MISUNDERSTANDING Fish received this week
the first official evidence that DIR. Houard is an
American citizen. 1t was in the form OF dis
Patch from the L. 5. Consul at Havana,
saying that about The time that Houard was
arrested he registered himself at the American
Consulate.
SALARIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
OF HEALTH.-The House this afternoon ayr ell
to the Senate amendment to the legislative APP
pre- Iri alton bill fixing the salaries of the mem
bers OF the Board OF Health of the District OF
Columbia at $4,000 each. and appropriatinr
there for the sum OF $4,000.
THE TAX AND TARIFF BILL.-The House
Ways and Means Committee held a meeting to-
day, and finished the consideration of the sub
iect of tobacco and will probably arrange the
detalis as to whisky by Friday OF this week, on
which day it is expected the committee will re.
port the revenue bill to the House.
CONFIDENTIAL DAMAGEs.-Judge Peters,
OF Maine, introduced a resolution in the House
yesterday which declares that, in the opinion OF
the House, indirect or consequential damages in
our claims in the Geneva conference are mad
Missile, and THAT the propositions cOntended
LOT In the said case in respect to the obligations
OF neutrals, are unsOund and incompatible with
American precedents and the genius of our
institutions" 1t was referred, without being
Teau, 10 the committee foreign affairs
THE SENECA STONE INvEsTIGAr1oN-The
hou.e committee on public buildings and
grounds, resumed their investigation in regard
to the condition and quality of the Seneca stone
used IN the new State Department building,
to-day. Gen. Richard Delafeld, Professor
Hen'y and Adolph Cluss were examined, and
their testimony was TO the effect that Seneca is
the best of all sandst)nes; is not liable TO be
easily affected by frost; and does not gather
moisture by condensation, The committee
meets again on Friday.
THE NEW YORK TENTH NATIONAL BANKS
operations will be officially investigated by the
House banking and currency committee Mr..
Hooper having secured power TO send for persons
ana papers, subppnas have already been pre-
pared Tor Jay Gould, Henry \. Smith and Pal
mer, the cashier of the bank. Their presence
is required Immediately, and the next subpu ma
VIII be tor Daniel Drew. G. A. Meigs, bank
examiner in New York, has sent his report TO
secretary BOUTWELL, concerning the action OF the
bank in locking up So SEQ, 0G0 on Friday last for
The purI oses of speculation. The law in such
cases Is exceedingly severe, and if enforced will
compel the bank to suspend.
CHANGE IN THE FRENCH LEGATIoN-The
Washington correspondent Of the ". Y. Times
telegrapbs to that paper as follows: Ii isreported
here that M de BellOnnet, the French charge
d'affaires, has been transferred from this Iega-
ton to that of Portugal. When the letter of
Secretary Belknap to Secretary Fish appeared
IN the Sumner preamble, MIR. Fish addre ssed q
note to NJ de Bellonnet, requesting an explana-
ton. NJ. de Bellonnet's reply was offensive and
discourteous to an extreme degree and Mr.
Fish promptly placed it i'm Mr.. Washburne's
hands to be laid before the French government
A very prompt result has been reached M de
BellOnDet's connection with the matter of the
French arms investigation was doubtless wholly
uDIntentional, and he has been inveigled into il
30 far as he has gone by his neddlesome friend
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