Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-13

SECRETARY BOUTWELL, is confined to his
house to-day by severe cold.
REsIGgATIos AcCEPTED.-The President has
accepted the resignation of Major Geo. z. Ihrie
Paymaster L. s. army, to take effect July Isl,
1873.
THE L. s. STEAMER GUARD viii 90 into COM
mission on The 25th inst, and soon thereafter
commence taking in her cargo OF American man
uiaetures destined for the Vienna exposition.
THE LOUISIANA MUDDLE.-The President
to-day transmitted TO the House of Representa-
tives, in answer 10 a resolution of that body, al
the evidence in possession of the government
relating TO the Louisiana election middle.
THE TEXAS BORDER COMMISSION, Colonel
Thomas p. Robb, chairman, viii go to Browns
vile, Texas, in few days, to resume their in
vestgations of Mexican Outrages on the frontier
They are to report on the Both of June next.
THE TREASURY PRINTING.-Several men,
bers of the Senate Appropriation committee were
shown through the bureau of engraving and
printing by Secretary Boutwell, on Saturday, to
convince them OF the necessity Of separate
building for the work of the bureau referred to.
CREDIT MoBILIER SUITs.-Thos. C. Durant
ex-presdent of the credit mobilicr, has com
menced suit in New York against James Brooks
and Oakes Ames to recover credit mobilier shares
alleged TO have been fraudulentiy obtained OF
untawfully appropriated.
EX-SECRETARY BoRIE and the Misses Borie
who have been the guests of the President and
Mrs. Grant far the past several days, left on the
l2.i5 p. m. train to-day for Philadelphia. The
President, Mrs Grant, and Miss Nellie accom-
panied the party to the depot.
PERsoNAL.-Senator elect VIM. B. Allison
(whO succeeds Senator Har!an,) from Iowa, is
at Wcrmley's. '''.Ex-Senator Reagan, of
confederate states, has petitiOned Congress TO
remove his political and legal disabilities
AT TIE WHITE HoUsE.-There were a large
number of visitors at the White House to-day
Among those who saw the President were Sena-
tors Cameron Ames, Spencer. and Ferry; Rem
resentatiyes Plat, Chaffee, Mccormack ex-
Senator 5. Ii. Henderson, of Missouri, and GEN
Sherman.
REPRESENTATIVE SHELDON, of louisiana
yesterday received from the warmoth faction in
New Orleans, the offer of the nomination for
Uuted States Senator, to succeed Senator Kcl-
logg. Mr.. Sheldon declined the nomin alton on
the ground that it is useless to elect senator
until the question of the legality of the fusion
legislature has been decided by the courts
NOMINATIONS BY THE PREs1DENT.-The
President sent the following nominations to the
Senate to-day: Francis G. Service, to be associ-
ate Justice of the supreme court of Montana ter
ritCry; WIN. q. Dilts, register land Offics, Iron
ton, Mo-: Charles j. Kinney, collector internal
r venue Oth;distrct Tennessee; EdwdP. Hatch.
ditto Sd district Mississippi.
JUDGE HUMPHREYS, OF THIS DISTRICT AND
JUDGE BUSTED, OF ALABAMA, CHANGE
PLACEs.-Judge Richard Busted, United
States District Judge of Alabama, and Judge
Humphreys. of the District Supreme Court,
to-day rendered their designations to the Presi-
dent, and they were accepted, to take effect at
once; and Judge Busted was nominated TO
nv no rncfrf ttr,,,
Judge Humphreys, and the latter was nom
mated to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton OF Judge Busted.
The CALDWELL IGvEsTIGAToN.-The Senate
committee on privileges and elections met at
O'Clock this morning and resumed their invests
CATION into the circumstances OF the election OF
Senator Caldwell, of Kansas. Several witnesses
were examined, among them being Mr.. Len T.
Smith, Senator Caldwell's partner IN the bank-
ing business, who testified that an arrangement
Carney and himself by which Governor c. was
to withdraw from the Senatorial contest for the
sum of $4,000; and that this sum was paid
Governor Carney by Caldwell. After the cleo
ton Smith paid Governor Carney ~ 900 more
as reimbursement for expenditures made by
Governor G. during the election.
AFFAIRs IN THE INDIAN TERRIToRY-Cdp-
tuTe q Squa~s, aud Release Of Mexican Captires-
A gentleman writing from Fort Sill, Indian
territory, says that on the 9th instant an escort
OF the 4th cavalry brought into that post four
Comanche sGuaws captured by General Nc
kenZie in his recent fight in Texas. These
squaws are all relatives OF Horseback,
Comanche chief, who has been very energetic I'm
returning captives since the squaws were TAKEN
four white boys; twenty-seven mules and TWEEN
ty-two horses, stolen by the Indians, having
been returned. In consideration of this action
General Augur. commanding the department of
Texas, decided to return to .'Horse- back" his
squaw relatives. There were also brought into
Fort Sill on the same day by Comanches three
Mexican boys captured from Texas in ISL
They are named, respectively, Seferno Trevi-
no and Juan and Jose Maria Buenavidas, and
viii be sent to San Antonio to be returned to
their friends in February.