Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-02

oeeh Cetacheu from the European fleet and
placed on waiting orders.
SPEAKER BLAINE leaves here this evening for
New York, and a Speaker pro TEN. will preside
over the House Tomorrow and next day.
MAJ. RoBT. s. WILLIAMSON. corps of engi-
neers, has been granted one years leave, with
promise to 60 abroad.
THE REsIeNATIoNs of Post Chaplain Thos
W. Haskins and Lieut.. Robert n. Price, of the
10th cavalry, have been accepted by the Presi-
dent, to take effect April q.
Mr.. JOHN A. GRAY AND DR. JOSHUA RILEY,
recently confirmed by the Senate as members of
the District council received their commissions
to-day.
THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION yester-
day heard the cases of John Jett, OF Rappahan-
mock county, Va, for $685., and Andrew L..
Rowland, Princeton, New jersey for propertv
appropriated in Virginia, amounting to SS,I73.
THE WHITE HoUsE.-Among the large num-
Der OF visitors at the White House to-day were
Senators Cameron, Lewis, Hitchcock, Buckpg-
ham. and Wilson, Representative O'Neil and
internal revenue supervisor s. Il. butcher of
New York, all OF whom had interviews with the
Pres ident.
NoMINATIoNs.-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day:
San Francisco, Cal; VIM. De knight, collector
internal revenue LIST district 5. c.; VIM. Umb-
denstOck, postmaster, Marshall, Texas; Edward
p. Goodwin, postmaster, Washington, La.
THE JAPANESE NATIONAL BANK NOTES
The engraving and printing of the notes of the
new National Bank of Japan, are being done
by the Continental Bank Note COMPANY of
New York, and not by Superintendent McCar-
tee, of the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing,
Treasury Department, as stated in a morning
paper.
THERE are quite number of petitions before
the Senate District committee asking the con-
frmation OF the members of the District council
whose names have been held over. The matter
will probably be taken up at the next meeting
OF the committee, and 1t is expected that the
| report will be favorable.
THE WEATHER RECORD FOR ApRIL-Tbe
report Of the Signal Service Office for the month
Of April shows the following result for the
month MEAN daily barometer, 80 o59: mean
daily thermometer, 5c.2; total rainfall. Ia
inches; prevailing wind, northwest total nuIn-
Der OF miles Travelled, 6,i26.
The COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL RRyESuE
has addressed circular letter to the Governors
OF the various states requesting them providing
their states have been re-distrcted i'm accordance
with the reapportionment actrecently passed by
Congress, to furnish him with a COPY of the hiil
r. districting the state passed by their state
legislatures.
GEN. HORACE PORTER, of the Executive
Mansion, is with his aged mother who ia living
seriously ill at Harrisburg, Pa. 1t is stated that
Mrs. Porter and several others boarding at q
motel IN Harrisburg, were suddenly made very
an new months since by something, supposed
10 have been poison, administered i'm their food.
The others soon regained their usual good health
but Mrs, Porter, in consequence of her adj
vanced ageit issupposed, never fully recovered.
BOUNTY FRAUDs.-On the Sd ult.. evidence
OF fraud in the collection OF bounty claims. was
sent by the Second Auditor to the U. s. Attor
ney at Little Rock, Ark, with request to
promptly prosecute the offenders. The District
Attorney now reports that on the 10Th nit three
PARTIES, Alien Redmond, Jerry and Will, n,
Pitts, were convicted and sentenced TO one wear
i IN tne peni,entiary. other parties are under
lhdictment, but have not yet been apprehended
MR.. GATcHEL, President of the Washington
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails, and Mrs. G. E. White, President of the
Moman's Branch OF the Pennsylvania Society,
were interviewing Senators yesterday and ur1iIo q
the passage OF the bill regulating the transmit a.
ton OF cattle. This bill was introduced iast
year bst was defeated. Our humane friends in
TINS and other cities have been pressing II zeal
ousiy this session. 1t has passed the House.
STATUE OF Col. BAKER.-The committee on
appropriations to-day unanimously adopted MIR.
|
Edward Dickinson Baker, Senator from the
state OF oregon, who was killed at the head of
hie brigade on the disastrous field of Balls RInH
Oct. Il, 1861. This statue will be of marble
and placed in the hall Of the old House of Repre-,
sentatives.
DISTRICT MATTERS I'm CoNGRRss-Tbe
House committee on appropriations this morn
ing agreed TO report favorably on the bill which
recently passed the Senate appropriatinpS1IOOo o
for the reform school of this District OF This
sum $4,000 is to pay the annual salaries and
Sioo,1o1 Is 70 purchase new site and erect a
again considered the deficiency bill, and agreed
t 10 iePOr. .ne appropriation to pay members of
The House committee on the District of 70
lumbia was in session this morning and de-
voted AZ out two hours to the consideration of
the report upon the recent investigation, but
ably be completed and presented to the Honse
about the middle OF next week. At the session
this morning several members OF the commit
tee gave their views, and portions of the report
already prepared by different members upon
different subjects embraced In the Investigation
were read; 1t will probably be a long docu-
the impression prevails that it will contain sen,
etal important recommendations. The COM
mittee meets again on Monday next for general
business, and on Wednesday next to again con-
Mr.. Morrill,, of VT, presented in the Senate
t To-Day q petition Of citizens of Washington,
SeoibS thdt tuCy nave uO ddeQuace prOtectiOn
as to measure or quality of gas, and that II IL
their belief that the price charged by the wash
ington Gas Light Company is exorbitant and
oppressive. They therefore earnestly solicit the
intervention Of Congress, to the end that such
justice may be secured to all interested i'm price
quality and measure Of gas, as shall be equitable
both to manufacturer and consumer. The petition
Ii signed by all the leading hotel proprietors and
many prominent citizens. 1t was referred to the
District Of Columbia committee.
The GENEVA ARBIrRATIoN-Hsw the Au.eri.
ca" Case Staads.-As Misrepresentation exists In
relation to the case Of the United States before
the Geneva tribunal, and as the community has
been excited on both sides Of the Atlantic with
sensational reports that the government of the
United States has acceded TO the demand Of
Great Britain for the withdrawal OF the claim
for indirect damages, pains having been taken
70 make inquiry ON the subject in Well-informed
circles, II may be asserted with confidence that
nothing could be further from the fact than the
stories which have excited the public The
presentation Of the national or so-called nd,rect
damages has been made by the United States at
every proper stage Of the proceedings. They
stand on the formal case presented at Geneva in
December. They have not been Withdrawn,