Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-22
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip,

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CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON W. McNEELr. of
Illinois, declines to be a candidate for re-elec
ton under any circumstances.
Hon. RUSSELL GURNEY, the British commits
sioner on the BritishAmerican Claims Com
mission, leaves for London on Saturday next.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH BILL.-The House
committee on appropriations this morning had
up the postal telegraph bill and heard an argu-
ment of Mr.. Hubbard in its favor
NOMINATION OF CoNTRoLLER-The Presi-
dent to-day sent to the Senate the nomination
of John Jay Knox, to be Controller of Cur
rency.
JESSE AND ULYSSES GRANT, JR sons of the
President, are to visit Europe in June, and
return az the end of the season with Miss Nelly
Grant.
THE PRESENT NUMBER OF cadets at the Naval
Academy is 2I5-59 appointed by the President,
naval apprentices, japanese students, from
the Distnctof Columbia. and l67 from the states.
The SENATE DisraICr COMMITTEE will meet
again for the consideration OF District matters
on Wednesday next. and it is thought the Balti-
more and Potomac depot question will then be
&C. idCd.
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAMS left here
last night for Oregon TO take part in the coming
election in that state. for state officers and
ms mber of Congress. The new legislature will
elect nitCd States Senator 10 succeed senator
Ccrbett. 1t is understood that Mr.. Williams
will be candidate.
SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURAL COLLEGEs.-A
delegation of professors OF the agricultural and
mechanical colleges endowed by the act OF
re-, is now III this city, for the puT pose of asking
Congress for more liberal provisions, in the
!oIm OF additional land grants or ether govern
mept aid.
DIR. COLLINS, late pension agent for this city.
on Saturday presented vouchers for - $40 to the
Fonrth Auditor. About - 900 worth of vouchers
Tor the month of Janury said to be vet due
the bureau. He also preSenteda lot of vouchers
at Third Auditors office OIL account OF army
PENSION expenditures.
The AMERICAN COUNTER CASF-The Pres
ident To-day sent TO the Senate a copy OF the
counter case Of the United States in the matter
OF the claims against Great Britain as present
ed TO the board OF arbitration at Geneva The
document is quite lengthy, but is couched in
very friendly language, and rccapituates the
points already made affirming in every part the
ground then taken.
INDIAN MURDERERs IN ARIzoNA.-A dis
patch was received at the War Department
Saturday from Camp Verde, Arizona stating
that Mexican, who was employed by the hay
&C tractOr al that post, killed by the Indians
on the 10th of March his body Stripped, and his
official report from that quarter contains similar
accounts OF hostile actions.
MORE KURLUX CoNvICTED.-Telegrams
from the United States attorney at Charleston.
). c., have been received at the Department OF
Justice, stating that lijah Ross ) 'paugh has
been fcund guilty of conspiracy and murder
and that Elias Bennett. James KimbalI, John
Chapman, Benz. Strickland, jams KimbaIl.
jr., and Calvin Moor, have been found guilty OF
conspiracy.
AT HIS OLD TRICKs.-The Senate Commit
tee on the District of Columbia to-day took up
the nominations for members Of the Council of
this District, when, il is said, n letter from J.
H. Crane was read preferring charges against
AL OF those nominated, in consequence OF which
tie committee postponed further consideration
OF the nominations in order TO inquire into the
charges
y PROMINENT DEMOCRAT in Ohio writes
letter 10 gentle man in this city saying "a
for regular democratic nominations the marty
mas Tor the last ten wears tried to emerge by
ToElng IT'S head out of the same identical hole
and has always been hit bv the same Identical
Trick which every fool has now lelrned inst
when and where t. throw. Another attempt to
crawl out at the same hole in 1872 and another
lick on the seli-same head will Kill it,"
ADJOURNMENT OF CoNGREss.-Nanv NOM
bers of Congress think that body will he ready to
adjourn on the Doth of Nav. The majority Of
the committee OF ways and means declined to
act on resolution frcm the Senate heretofore
referred to them fixing the time Of adjournment
On the 18th proximo. prominent republican
memher says that nineteen democrats have
promised to vote with the republicans WHO favor
an adjournment at the time stated.
FRAUDULENT PENSION CLAIMs.-The Com
missioner of Pensions proposes to detect
fraudulent claims for pensions heretofore
granted by publishing in each county alphabet
cal lists OF all persons 70 whom pensions have
"a ntQI irwin
NC. of such pensioner. and to furnish a COW
thereof to each federal and state officer of the
county. This, he believes, would result in
saving millions OF dollars annually to the gov
eminent.
CoLoRRD TRooPs-The Secretary of War ha 8
transmitted to Congress a statement of the mum
Der of colored soldiers enlisted during the war
their previous condition, and the amount OF
money required TO pay the enlisted slaves
bounty The total number enlisted was rs ,g.5,
OF which IA ,i26 were slaves The Secretary states
that in case the bill now pending before the
Senate military committee passes two million
dollars will be required TO pay the bounty
allowed.
JEFF. DAVIS COMMISSION IN THE Army
Colonel ID. ID. Morrison Of Illinois, now i'm this
city, has forwarded to jefferson Davis the
original commission of the latter as colonel i'm
the United States army, signed by Andrew
Jackson, President, and Lewis Cass, Secretary
OF State. The document came into the posses
riVh VI tnc lFOops ditcT the capture OF
jackson, Mississippi, and was returned to Davis
accompanied by a friendly letter from Colonel
Morrison, his old companion in the Mexican
war.
The THOMAS CoNCERr.-The last concert
by Mr. Theodore Thomas orchestra was given
on Saturday evening. the programme being
quite as varied and attractive as those of the
preceding concerts. The audience and the
orchestra parted friends, and with the uniyer-
sal regret of the former that the season had
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intelligent interpretations will remain vivid.
and their temperance will be hailed with
pleasure. Miss Marie Krebs. who so ably ac-
quilted herself as the solo pianiste, performed
her crowDing selection on Saturday evening i'm
the "Cromatic Fantasia and Fugue" by Each, in
which difficult and intricate production her ge-