Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-16
EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENUK.-Ghe receipts from this
source to-day were s26h442.IG.
SURGEON j. s. KNIGHT is ordered to the re-
ceiving ship Chic, at Boston, Mass.
TwEsIY-rHREE APPLICANTS for promotion
were examined yesterday by the civil service
examining board OF the Land Office, TO ill vacan-
cies therein.
PKRsoNAL.-Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and
wife are at the Arlington. ....Gen Banks
addsessed the nerchant's ON change ct Cincin-
natl yesterday.
CONGRESSIONAL NoMINATIONs.-William b.
Small was yesterday nominated for Congress by
the republicans of the first district of New
Hampshire, and Austin j. Pike, of Franklin,
in the third district
THE NAVAL CADETS AND THE INAUGURA-
TIoN.-Secretary Robson has not yet decided
on allowing the naval cadets at Annapolis to
take part in the Inaugural ceremonies on the ith
of March next.
OPERA BoUFFE.-The lbrettos of La Petite
Faust and Les Cent Tierges, received from
Metzerott & Co., are good specimens Of the
handsome, authentic edition of opera bOufe
issued by the New York Metropolitan Printing
and Engraving establishment.
AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-visitors were scarce
at the White House to-day. Among those who
saw the President were Senators Morton, Cald-
well, and Spencer; Representatives Garfield,
Shellabarger, and Dawes, and the Secretary of
War.
THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS commission yester-
day heard the claims of Mrs. Eliza NJ. Dawson,
of Memphis, widow of the late Judge Dawson,
and United States Senator from Georgia, for
property valued at S55, 125; also that of Mrs. La
vinia Buck of Shenandoah county, Va, amount
ing to S951.
GOVERNMENT COUNSEL. Judge Stanley
Matthews, of Cincinnati, declines the invitation
Of the Attorney General to act as government
counsel in the Union Pacific cases, owing to
professional engagements. Aaron F. Perry has
accepted the position, and will come at once to
Washington.
Bic SUIT AGAINST SECRETARY boutwell,.
In New York, Bartholomew Clifford Calvin
has commenced a suit against Secretary Bout
well to recover the sum of two million dollars,
being the alleged value of certain plans which
he furnished defendant to enable him to equal
lze the price Of gold and currency, and prevent
gold gambling, &c.
THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS Of the House. at
its session this morning, agreed to several bills
allowing certain iron-clad contractors to nst-
tute III the court or claims suit against the gov
eminent for additional compensation for extra
work on certain irOn-clads constructed i'm 1862
and 1868. Six of these bills will be reported To
the House under the call of the committee to
New York; Donald Mckay, of Boston; Larrabee
& Allen, George w. Lawrence, and the Port
land company, of Maine, and s. SnOwden &
son, OF Pennsylvania.
The OPPOSITION To SENATOR PoMERoY.-
A special dispatch from Topeka, Kansas, says
there is much caucusng going on, but no defn-
lite results have been reached. The contest
seems narrowing down to Pomeroy and Gov.
Harvey. The anti Po1neroy elements have held
general caucus, at which ffty-one members
announced themselves opposed to POmer0y's
reelection 1t requires sixty seven to elect. The
opposition to PomerOy is divided between Har-
vey, Lowe, Logan and KallOch, and no organ
iZed attempt has been made to center il upon
any of them.
ARMY OEDERs.--Assistant Surgeon A. C. Gil
rard and Assistant Surgeon Daniel weisel have
been ordered to report TO the commanding gen
eral, department Of the South, for ssignment
to duty.
Board of examination having found Leuten-
ant Colonel Thomas Duncan, 5th cavalry, in
capacitated for active service by reason of in
Juries received during the engagement at Albu-
querque, New Mexico, on the 9Th OF April, 1862.
the President has directed that his name h..
placed upon the list of retired officers in CON
iormlty with sections 10 aud Il of the act OF
August 3, 1851.
n. n.
infantry, has been accepted by the President.
to take effect February 1st, 1873.
SENATOR FRANK BLAIR's SuccEssoR.-Col.
l.. n. Bogy, who was declared United States
Senator i'm the joint session of the Missouri
legislature yesterday, to succeed Senator Frank
Blair on the 4th of March next, belongs to one
OF the old French families that were the first
settlers in the Mississippi Valley. He sympa-
thized with the south at the outbreak of the re-
bellion, and after the war was appointed COM
missioner for the purchase of Indian supplies by
President johnson. The Senate, however, re-
Jected him. and he has since been an OppOnent
OF the regular republicans at st. Louis A special
from this city to the Philadelphia Press saws:
Ellis election is regarded by republican Repre-
sentatives from Missouri as q triumph Of what
remains Of the rebel element in that state. Sen
full by the election of Bogy since the state is not
likely to select both its Senators from the city
Of st. Louis.'
The $500 MYSTERY ExPLAINED.-The mys-
terious envelope received by Cakes Ames on
Tuesday, containing 800 in greenbacks, was
mentioned in The STAR of yesterday has been
satisfactory explained. 1t seems that Gen.
Garfield after making his statement before the
Poland committee on Tuesday found piece OF
paper on his desk in the House without signature
stating that Ames had said that the amount he
had loaned Garfield was 800, and not $500; and
that he had not only refus I'd to pay 1t, but had
been aiding his accusers to injure him. Gar
field was astonished at this, and at once went to
saying: "To bring the loan question to an I'M
mediate issue between us enclose 800. Ii YOU
wish to do justice to the truth and to me you will
You made 1t. If not, you viii keep the money,
and thus be paid twice, and merel silence on
your part will be a confession that you have
deeply wronged me-" Instead of enclosing the
money in this letter, Gen. Garfield sent the note
in blank sheet of paper. When he discovered
the mistake he addressed another note to Mr.
Ames enclosing the first one. To this Mr.
Ames replied as follows: SCI return your letters,
with Enclosures, and utterly deny ever having
said that you refused to pay me, or that it was
four instead OF three hundred dollars, or that
you were aiding my accusers. also wish to saw
that there has never been any but the most