Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-19
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENuE.--Ihe receipts from thu
source to-day were s545, 1893.
GLADSTONE entertained Minister schenck at
dinner on SATURDAY evening.
SENATOR GAEEErT DAVIS continues to i'm
prove slowly.
Instructions have been forwarded to Minis
ter WasLblrn 20 negotiate a postal treaty with
France.
The PRESIDENTS VISITORS to-day were
Secretary Belknap, Governor Cooke, Senators
Merton. Sawyer, Carpenter, West, Robertson
and Hitchcock, and Representative Wallace.
GENERAL SHERMAN AND LIEUT.. GRANT
leave Rome to morrow for Naples, and Ameri-
cans in the latter city are preparing a fete at
PomI eli in their honor.
Mr.. A. 3. MULLErr, Supervising Architect
of the Treasury, is still confined to his bed with
with scarlet fever, and will not probably be able
to attend TO business under q couple of weeks.
His wife and two children who are also i'll with
the same disease are convalescent.
THE TREASURY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
on Saturday, after business hours, took posses
sion of the vault containing national bank
securities, and were TO-DAY engaged in counting
the latter. The sum TO be counted is about
SI00, C00.GO0. an
The NORTH CAROLINA SENAToRsHIr-The
Senate committee on elections have decided to
report in favor of admitting General Ransom,
Senator-elect from North Carolina, to his seat
and TO disregard the claims Of Mr.. Abbott, who
received a minority vote at the time OF the cleo
ton Of Governor Vance. There will be no
minority report, it is believed, TO support Alb
bolts claims.
wAsHINGToN NATIONAL MONUMENT So
oIETr.-Mr. Mckinney introduced in the House
to-day bill to anne nd the act Incorporating the
Washington National Monument Society, which
provides that the affairs OF the society shall be
managed by a board of FIVE directors, TO be
elected annually, and any person, upon paying
with all the privileges Of the original ineo-po-
rstors save election to the ONCE Of president.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
TEE Yo SEMIrs.-Col j. VI. Hutchings, the
renowned pioneer OF the Yo Semitic valley, is in
Washington after q most successful lecture trip
throughout the north. His lecture upon the ia
nous valley, the wonders Of which he was the
FIRST to make known to the world is illustra ted
by magnifed and illuminated pictures, and Is
said to be exceedingly interesting Some of our
lecture committees should by all means secure
lecture or two from him upon a topic Of such
general interest.
The PHILADELPHIA COLLECrORsHIP.-The
foioWlDg ue egates OF + iiadeiphia, IN reference
to the eolleetorship OF that city, are at the
Ebbitt House:-Gen. Louis Wagner, Col. Robt
l. Orr, Col. Chas. s. Green, Col. j. Il. &.
Ward, Col. Jas. w. Latta, Mai. ID. w. FEELS,
Mai. A. W. Norris, Capt. T.. Salmon, Capt H.
A. Widdfield, Capt. j. W. vanderslice, Col
;. Il. W. Mitchell. They called on the Presi-
dent to-day to urge the appointment of David
r; Houston, deputy collector of the port of
Philadelphia, as collector, vice Col. Forney
resigned.
YERB. BUENA fsLANDs-The bin which the
Pacific Railroad committee has agreed to report
giving the Central Pacific Railroad the privilege
OF using One-half OF Yerba Buena Island, in
San Francisco Bay, for depot purposes, under
government restrictions, conveys no title to the
island, and reserves to the government the right
To occupy the whole of il for military purposes
Ii will enable the company to extend their track
from Oakland b. pling across the bay to within
four miles Of San Francisco, and will enable
China laden ships to discharge their cargoes
directly into the cars without the expense and
delay of the lighterage system which now pre-
walls Ii If estimated that it will cost the comoa-
ny SS 00000O 10 blast their depot out of the rocks
and to build their wharves, but the advantage
10 tTayeI and com merce W ill be yery great