Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-27

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ELECTION CERTIFICATE.-The governor of
Arkansas has given certificate of election to
w. j. Hynes, reform candidate, as Congress
man at large.
The BUSINESS of the British American
claims commission will be finished by the 18th
of September next, the time fixed by the treaty.
Total amount of awards to British claimants to
this date, S274 500 in gold.
THE SENATORIAL BRIBERY COMMITTEE Of
the Missouri legislature will report on Wednes-
day, and will exonerate all the Senatorial as
pirants excepting General Doris, and further
state that no members of the general assembly
received any money for votes.
AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-There were very
few visitors at the White House this morning
Among those who saw the President were Sec
rotary Boutwell,, Senators Wright, Caldwell
and Hitchcock, Representatives Ketchum, Shoe
maker and Snapp, and General Longstreet.
PRESIDENTIAL NoMINATIoNs.-The Presi-
dent sent the following nominations to the
Senate to-day: o. R. Tyler, postmaster at VOL
cottville. Conn.,; Charles c. Miller, at Penn
Van. n. "; John George, Lebanon, Pa; and L.
X. Mcpherson, at Evansville, Ind.
SENATOR BLAIR appeared in his seat in the
Senate to-day for the first time in over
month. He was warmly greeted by his fellow
left hand, his right arm and hand being entirely
useless owing to psralytic stroke which he
received some time since.
THE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS have been
made in the Post Office OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Andrews, from third to fourth class, vice c. G.
Capron, resigned; e. j. Dallas, from second to
third, vice Andrews, promoted; and G. p
Swaze, from first to second, vice Dallas, pro-
noted.
n oy,lar n;ap r
Braine, ordered to command the Juniata.
Fifth February next, Chief Engineer w. H.
King as storekeeper of the engineering depart
ment, navy yard, Norfolk. Lieut.. George w.
belong is detached from the Frolic and or
dered to the Juniata.
ARMY ORDERs.-First Lieutenant A. Benson
Brown, LIST infantry, is ordered to hold himself
in readiness to appear before the retiring board
convened in New York city, for examination
Assistant Surgeon A. Il. Campbell is assigned
to temporary duty in Chicago to examine re-
cruits.
PERsONAL.-walt Whitman is suffering from
slight paralysis of one arm and one leg, but
the attack is not a severe one, and he expects
to be out soon. Robert P. Dick, recently
appointed Judge of the western judicial district
OF North Carolina, Is at the Ebbitt House.
80" Judge George w. Brooks, of North Carroll
ma, is in the city.
ILLITERAcY IN THE UNITED SrArEs.-Gen.
John Eaton, Jr., Commissioner of Education,
Will in his forthcoming report, give the follow
ing interesting facts in reference to the iteracy
OF the people of the United States: Total pOpu-
lation Of the United States 81; illiterate,
10 years old and over, 5,653, 144; estimated num-
Der of persons able to write, in $780, &c, 3D.
per cent. of total estimated illiterate, to total
population, 31.E.
THE KANSAS SENATORsHIP. - Dispatches
from Topeka, Kansas, say an understanding has
been quietly effected between four leading OPP
position candidates whereby they can at any
POmeroy's friends continue to claim that they
have eighty votes, and he will be elected sure.
The opposition claim about the same number,
and are equally certain Of success. There are
one hundred and three members in the legisla-
ture.
NEW LOAN BOND ENGRAv1NGs-There are
being prepared at the bureau of engraving and
printing two new bond engravings-one Of the
denomination of 900 and the other $50, 900,
to be Issued as part OF the s3OO, 900 900 balance
Of the new loan just placed by Secretary Bout
well. Heretofore the highest denomination was
$4,000 bonds. The $4,000 bond will bear the
fac sinhe OF Decatur, and the other that of
Robert Fulton.
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION INVESTIGATION
was resumed this morning by the Senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections. But COM
paratively little interest was manifested i'm the
proceedings, and but few persons directly in
terested in the result were present. Governor
Pinchback was not present up to 1 O'Clock;
neither was Gen. LOngstreet. Up to the hour
named but three witnesses-Mr. FOrman, one
OF the returning board; Gov. Warmoth, and
MIR. Lynch, q member of the returning board
had been examined. The examination was
conducted mainly by Senator Morton, and re-
lated principally to the manner i'm which the
election returns were received and canvassed.
The election returns, which filed three large
trunks, were brought into the cOmmittee-rOOm
at the opening Of the session.
. GEN. BANKS TESTIMONY BEFORE THE MIX
ED CLAIMS CoNMIssIoN.-By appointment of
the agent of the United States, before the mix
ed British commission, with General Banks, the
testimony of the latter was taken in his parlor
at Wizards Hotel on Saturday night, with ref
erence to several important claims Of British
subjects for alleged appropriation and destruc-
ton Of property by our army and navy during
the Red river expedition of 1864. Mr.. WORTH
ington appeared for the United States, and the
claimants were represented by their respective
counsel-Ge0rge Taylor, Alexander Porter
Morse, and Samuel V. Miles, esqs. Gen. Banks
disclaimed all responsibility for the wilful de-
struction, and the burning Of property, but ,ad-
mitted on cr0ss-examination that there was a
western corps on Red river at this time who
considered themselves independent of his COM
mand, and they did pretty much what they
pleased.
Ex-Governor WARMOTH, of Louisiana, who
has had control of affairs i'm that state for fiva