Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-13
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RRvENCK.-The receipts from this
source to-day were SOL 2l1.52.
JUDGE McKEAN, of Utah, was befor, the
House committee on the judiciary yesterday, in
relation to the judicial troubles in that territory
PERsONAL.-Mr. l.. Q. Washington, whose
interesting letters from the South have appeared
in the Patriot has returned after an absence OF
some months, much improved in health.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ha,
directed Supervising Inspector Houston to thor
cughly investigate the less of the steamboat
Oceanus on the Mississippi. and report.
PAYNAsTER GENERAL.-The House military
committee yesterday agreed to bill authorizing
the President to appoint paymaster general
with the rank OF colonel, in the place of Gen.
Brice, retired.
COMMISSIONER DOUGLASS, of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, returned to the city overland
from Savannah, Georgia, this morning. AL
though he was quite i'll for several days in Sa-
vannah, he believes his health is considerably
improved.
QUICK woRK-George Alfred Townsend has
made a trip to Cuba, per steamer Moro Castle,
and gathered the material fer some ten columns
in the Chicago Tribune, bristling with fresh sta
tistics. and aboundng in brilliant description,
all in less than three weeks.
SENATE CONFERENCE.-The Senate in
executive session yesterday confirmed number
| OF nominations, among them those of Comma
dore Jos F. Green, to be rear admiral; Captain
John Z. Howe, to be commodore, and LIST Lieut.
Norval +. Nokes, of this city, to be be captain
| in the Marine Corps.
THR sorTHFRN ct AIMS CoNNIss,oy vester-
day heard the claims of Robert II. Donaldson
Alexandria county, Va, 81 $50; Thomas Rush
more. Petersburg, Va, S11 $40; Robert Strong,
Washington. ID. c.. S2,I2o; Margaret A. Kline,
Prince William county, Va, $3.50, and Will
liam H. Stewart, of same county, for loss.
The CoLoEED NATIONAL CONVENTION in
| New Orleans last night adopted resolutions con-
| demning the Cincinnati convention and COM
| mending Senator Sumner. A dispatch was re-
ceived from j. NJ Langston saving their demand
| should be legal equality, and that the civil
rights bill will probably be passed by Congress
| next week.
THE JAPANESE EMBAssY.-The trip of the
| Embassy to Mt. Vernon which was fixed for
| yesterday was postponed. Iwakura, who has
| been suffering from the effects of severe cold,
| is almost well again. 1t is understood that the
Canadian government will invite the Embassy
TO visit the Dominion prior to their departure
| for Europe.
THE CASE OF DIR. HOUARp.-An Official,
| dispatch from the American charge at Madrid
| states that the Captain General Of Cuba tele-
graphs to the minister of state that Dr. Houard 8
| father renounced his nationality in accepting
the post OF commissioner of police at Cienfuegos,
| and that DR.. HOuard had no foreign papers but
registered as Spaniard
A BILL TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF COL
| LKCTOR AND AssRssOR.-The Secretary of the
| Treasury has prepared and submitted to the
| Committee Of Ways and Means bill abolishing
the Office of collector and assessor of internal
| supervisors, who shall perform all the duties OF
| collectors. The bill proceeds upon the assump-
| ton that all taxes are to be removed except
those collected by the use of stamps.
The KUKLUx CAsEs.-Hon. Henry Stanbery
| made an argument In the U. 5. Supreme Court
yesterday in favor of the issuing of writ of aabeds
corpus in the case of kuklux prisoners confined
| in South Carolina. The ground OF the argument
was that on the indictment against the prisoners
charging murder. the trial should have taken
place in the courts of the state instead of before
the United States court. The case was opened by
solicitor General Bristow, and Hon. Reverdy
johnson will conclude the argument on Mon
| day.
Presentation. Rufus Ingalls, is at Worm
| ley's Judge Busted. OF Alabama, is at
the Imperial Hotel. .".Ex-Secretary George
| Welles arrived in this city yesterday, and will
| be examined before the Robson investigating
| committee this evening. '.'George Alfred
l Townsend has returned to this city from Havana
| and will write some interesting letters to TIL
Chicago Tribune, giving an account of affairs ia
Cuba. Judge Richardson positively de-
| clines to be an applicant for the position OF
| controller OF Currency.
THE PRESIDENT has entirely recovered from
his late indsposition, and was in. his office as
usual to-day. Among those who called were
Secretary Belknap and Postmaster Genera
Cresweli. Senators Corbett, Cameron, Clayton.
l Sawyer. Spencer, Stewart, Sherman, Chandler
| POmeroy, Robertson and Wilson, and Repre-
sentatives Snapp, Kelly, Wallace, Clarke and
l Sc0held. Senator Cameron called with dele
CATION from Pennsylvania, and Senator Robert
/ son and Representative Wallace with delepa-
i ton from South Carolina.
THE TRANSIT OF VENUs.-Mr. Sawyer, from
l the committee on education and labor, reported
bill in the Senate yesterday which appropri
ates $50 600 to be expended under the direction
| OF a commission to be composed of the superin-
MATES of the navy attached to the naval obser-
vatOry; the president OF the National Academ
of Science, and the superintendent Of the Coast
Survey, in the purchase of and preparation
Of instruments for a proper observation OF
| the transit of Venus, which is to occur on
the sth of December, 1874 The bill was re-
| reported back on Monday or Tuesday when
| Mr.. Sawyer will make few remarks in favor or
| the passage OF tie bill.
HON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR ANDTHE Liberal
| REPUBLICANs.-The editor of the weekly liberal
| republican paper here, The Transcript, having
| written letter to Hon. Montgomery Blair pro-
posing that the latter should be selected as one
OF the delegates to represent this district in the
| cincinnati convention, Mr.. Blair replies as fol-
| lows;
"There are two objections to this. First I am
| not republican, and second, NAV be mem
| Der OF the democratic convention. Whether /
am or not, shall favor the support of the nomi-
nee OF the Cincinnati convention, without regard
| to the individuals nominated. The reform move
| ment there to be inaugurated can only be adj
vanced by the reform wing Of the repu blican
party. shall support the movement earnestiv
though it will be in the hands of the Republicans
exclusively, with expectation of ad vanta ye TO
myself or frieIds save what will be shared nv
the whole country in being freed from . wholly
irresponsible government
TIE SENECA STONE INvRsTIeArroN-Att the
investigation by the House committee on pub
| lie buildings and grounds, on Wednesday last,
Of the quality of Seneca stone used i'm the
foundation Of the New State Department build
ing, OF which brief mention only was made IN
HE STAR that day, Gen. DelaReld OF the
engineer corps of the army was examined and
hot from