Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-06

INTERNAL REvESUE.-The receipts from TIL
source to-day were SS33, 561 81.
SECRETARY BELKSAP returned from New
York this morning.
GENERAL HORACE PORTER returned from
Harrisburg yesterday.
FIRST LIEUT.. ROBERT DAVIS has been placed
ON the retired list, with tie fuI rank OF captain,
from July y, 1872.
ORDERED TO THE TUsCARoRA.-Lieut r NJ
SymoEds has been ordered To the Tuscarora:
Lieut.. Chas. NJ. Anthony has been detached
from the Portsmouth u. H. navy yard and
ordered TO the same vessel.
TIE WHITE HoUsE.-Among the President,
visitors to-day were Senators Lewis, Flanagan.
and Logan; Secretary Belknap; Representatives.
Piatt. Banks and Clarke; Assistant Attorney
General BTistCw, Gen. l.. :. Parker, Gen. W s.
Hillyer, and ROswellD. Hatch.
HENATIoyAL DEMOCRATIC ExEcUTrvECo
NITTEE will meet in New York city on Wednes-
day TO decide when and where the national!
democratic convention shall meet, According
To the present understanding. St. Louis will b
selected. and as an earlier day is spoken of now
than heretofore urged, il is quite probable that
the 2sth OF June will be named. Some of the
members OF the committee now in Washington
VIII advocate that date.
The House COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS this
morning agreed unanimously to report In favor
OF Unseating w. L. Clark, who now holds the
seat As representative from the 81 district OF
Texas and awarding the seat TO Giddings the
contestant The committee, also, unanimously
agreed 10 report in favor of A. :. Wallace thu.
sitting member from the ith district of Son tn
Carolina, whose seat was contested by Isaac G.
MckiSsick.
TWENTY PER CENT.-The Supreme Court
Of the United States to-day affirmed the decision
OF the Court of Claims giving the 90 per cent
additional compensation to the capitol police
and various other employees of the government
who CLAIMED that extra compensation when the
act was passed, some years since, but were not
allowed il by the accounting officers. Over
fourteen hundred government employees will get
the 20 per cent under this decision.
| THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
| this morning finished the consideration of the
| Senate amendments to the deficiency appro-
| lriation bill ami concurred in most of them.
| among them one appropriation of S2p0. 900 Ia
| continue work on the new State Department
| building during the remainder OF the present
fiscal year. The only amendment OF any i'm
the Senate by MIR. Morrill, restricting the iuris-
| dctiOn OF the Court OF Claims.
| RESCUE OF KUKLUX PRISoNERs.-A tele-
| gram was received to-day at the Department OF
| Justice from the l.. ). district attorney a.
| Charleston, ). G., in which he says that dep
| Gty marshal just returned from Marietta, GeO--
gIa reports that CaFers Scott, Wesley Scott am,
| William Harris, whom he had arrested on bench
| warrant issued by the circuit court, were forci-
| bly, taken from him by crowd of thirty or
| forty men. The men arrested are duly indicted
| for violating the enforcement act. The circuit
| court az Charleston has adjourned. A special
| term has been ordered for August.
| PERsoNAL.-C Count de Turrenne, OF the
| French Legation, now at Nice, will. it is said,
be married 10 Miss Rosa Steele in this city in
! September next. ''''B!aque Beg, the Turkish
| Minister, and MT. and Madame Garcia, leave the
| city for the summer on the 1st of june. .'.'Dr.
and Mrs Bliss have taken possession OF their new
| house On street, bCtweGn llth street and
| Vermont avenue. formerly owned by Mr.. j. ..
| Evans. '''-SendtOr MOrTill, of Maine, Will.
| during the ensuing season, erect for himself a
| handsome dwelling on the ground purchased
| from MIS-. Admiral Dahlgren on l. street near
| l4th. '''- Miss Ramsey, the daughter of General
| Ramsey, I. 5. army, took the VOWS and received
the vail of the ssteThOOd attached to ST. Johns
| hospital, a short time since.