Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-21
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
iNThhfA Lf<vKSUE.-The receipts frcm this
onTee 'o-ody were S2Is.3 So sc.
LItUr. Wells l.. FIELDS, T. ). ", has been
ordered TO The Lackawana.
GKHERAL DYHR, Chief OF Ordnance, was net
quite 80 we'll to-day as yesterday.
COMMISSIONER DOUGLASS was considerably
better to-day, and will probably be able to
resume his duties i'm few days.
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, Mr.. W r.
Ha nes, LETT here for st. Louis to-day on official
business.
REAR ANIMAL BcGGs, OF the light-h house
board, has gone to Philadelphia to inspect the
new lisL;-ship just completed.
The SUPREME COURT to-day decided that il
had no jurisdiction over the kuliux cases ap-
Feaied, and therefore could not hear arguments
as 10 the cOnstitutionaiity of law.
A SET OF JAPANESE COINS will be presented
TO the Secretary of the Treasury by the Embas-
sy at present in " ashington and will be deposit
ted in the cabinet of the Philadelphia mint
Mr. JOSEPH BKLKsAP, supervising inspee-
tor general Of steamboats,, has rendered his
resignation, which has been accepted, to take
effect on the Nomination of his successor.
HoN. SAMUEL SHELLABARGER, of Ohio, who
has been IN at his home in that state, has re-
turned 10 this city, and was in the House to-
day.
HORACE F. CLARK, the new president Of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, has annulled
all passes heretofore issued by Col. Scott, the
retiring President, and proposes TO run his road
on an economical principle.
Hon. II. II. STARkwEArHER, chairman of
the House Committee on the District OF Colurn-
bia, wEo has been i'll for 81
again, We are glad to say, and presided over his
coz mittee this morning.
The SENATE arms committee to-day exam
ined Secretary Boutwell, and Mr.. Williams, of
the treasurer's Office, with regard to the keep
ing of accounts.
Senator SchurZ will be examined to-morrov
TIE NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE INvEsrIGA-
TIoN.-The special committee OF the Senate to
inquire into abuses in the New York custom
house met ct one O'Clock to-day when the
examination of Mr.. Bliss was resumed but no
new facts we're elected
Ex-REPREsENrATIvE G. C. Bowen. from
South Carolina, is here to urge his claim to the
seat i'm the House now occupied by the colored
member De Large. The House committee ON
elections decided some weeks ago that Bowen
was entitled to the scat.
THE PRESIDENTS VISITORS to-day were
Postmaster General Creswer, Senators Howe
and Patterson, Representative Kellogg and Ex-
Senator Warner, of Alabama. A delegation of
Cherokee Indians, headed by VIM. p. Ross also
saw the President.
Anu n n
Spanish Minister 20 the United States arrived
in New York by the steamer Merrimac yester.
day. Senor Mauricio Lopez Roberts, whom
Admiral Polo relieves, has been invested by
King Amadeus with the Grand Cross of the
Order of Charles III.
The HoUsE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS
has agreed to defer further consideration OF, the
bill proposing to sell the Brooklyn naval hospi.
tai until the opinion of the Secretary of the
Navy can be obtained. The same Committee
has agreed to report favorably the bill intro
dueod by Leonard Myers allowing seamen to
receive their outfit from the government the
same a. allowed TO soldiers and marines.
LOUISIANA POLITICs.-Goyernor Yarmouth.
accompanied by Senator West, had an interview
with the President yesterday. At the conclu-
sIcD OF the conference a delegation of colored
me- from New Orleans, with Senators Kellogg
Fac lard Carter aud others, also had an inter-
view with the President, by appointment the
Louisiana and the divisions of the republican
party.
The COMMITTEE on AUTHORIZATION this
morning concluded the consideration of the
Senate amendments to the legislative judicial
aud executive appropriation bill. Nearly all of
those increasing salaries were non con CURED in
ana Il was ordered that the action of the COM
mlttee be reported at once, and its consideration
In the House be asked for before any other an
Propriation bill be called up for action.
nr. Hale has been directed to prepare the bill
making appropriations for lighthouses After
TURNER consultation with the light house board
IT has been agreed to appropriate two-thirds of
"hat was asked ior, which was S2,0O0,00O. The
severe storms OF the past year have made thrs
appropriation necessary.
The CASE OF CHAPLAIN KANR-Some of the
Washington papers lately published a state
ment that Chaplain j. j. Kane, OF the L. 8.
Navy, had presented a claim for some sl3 coo
back pay since his confirmation by the Senate
winch state ment, he claims, does him mi ustice
and has led TO the recall of said confirmation
To set the matter rightwe publish the following
letter:
Treasury Department. Fourth AUDITORS Office,
March 2lst, le'2.-Sir: In reply to your verbal
inquiry, state that the paragraph published in
some Of the Washington papers on the 10th
inst to the effect that YOU have filed In this Of
ice claim ior arrears OF pay amounting to
nearly .j,UOo, based on your recent cOnfrma-
non bv the Senate as chaplain in the Navy from
leol, is without any foundation. Very respect
iuiys SIEPHEN ID. w. TABOR, Auditor.
Chaplain JGaes j. Kane, Z. s. ", Washington,
ID. &.
JUDGE DAVIS AND THE PREsIDEycY-The
Washington correspondent of the New York
Post SAYS the friends Of Judge Davis authorize
the publication OF the following statement: The
Judge accepted the Columbus nomination in
telegraPhic despatch which has been widely
pubhshed; ard be has held no other correspond
ence on that subject, public or private He
has not sought, directly or indirectly by any
a geney whatever, and will not seek. the nominal
non OF any convention tor the Presidency and
ne declines to enter into any political correspond
nc or arrangements concerning a nomination
ueehlhg such a course inconsistent with TN.
PioLileuts OF bis present judicial trust. His
Positlon II plainly this: Ii people who see@ TO
Dfng about reform in the government w;o
favor amnesty for political offences. = cordial
restoration OF the Union In all its inteR gritty the
supremacy OF the civil over military pSwsr The
upright enforce ment, hostility to centraiizao
non, and integrity IN the administration of
affairs, desire him to represent them as a candi.
date for the Presidency, he win accept that
honor, beeause those principles accord entirely
with his convictions S'y