Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-17

law to the japanese government, has renowned
his nationality as citizen of the United States:
GENERAL HORACE PORTER arrived here yes
terday morning from the south, and LEFT at / p.
m. to-day for Philadelphia. The general APP
pears to be in excellent health.
NAVAL CHANGEs.-First Assistant Engineer
James II. Chssnaa ordered TO special duty at
New York: First Assistant Engineer J. J. Barry
detached from the navy-yard at New York and
ordered to the Juniata-
HEADsToSEs FOR NATIONAL CENETERIEs.-
Ii is probable that the appropriation made for
the purchase of headstones for national cemete-
ries will be increased this session, and the selec-
ton OF them to be left to the Secretary OF War.
No FLOOD IN THE OHIO.-The telegraphic rt,-
port in this mornings papers of a flood at CiI,-
cinnati is sensational. The signal Office reports
that the Ohio river at Cincinnati had risen at s
O'Clock this a. IN. four feet since p. IN. yestcr-
day; the total depth Of water in the channel
being 81 feet inches.
TREASURY FREDERICKSBURG following pro
motions have been made in the Office of the First
Controller of the Treasury: To fourth class
Henry b. Bennett; to third class, w. E. Kin
,lriek, VI. Wordsworth, Isaac Lynch, Frank
Bartlett; to second class, III. V. Bartol, w. II.
Nessie, E. y. Gilpin, III. r. Kluckhulm.
PROFESSOR HMYARp, of the United States
pointed by the President to make an assay of
the reserved coin in the United States mint, has
Just returned from Philadelphia, and reports
the quality OF the coin to be up the standard re-
quired by law.
THERE WERE FEW VISITORS at the White
House this morning, the President receiving NJ
one after II m. Among those who saw the Pre-
sident were Secretaries Boutwell, and Delano
ami Assistant Secretary COwen, Senators Ames
Nye, Spencer and Hill, Representatives Buck
ley and Lynch.
THE POMERoY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
Senator Frelnghuysen chairman, met this
morning in secret session, and after brief con
snltatiOn took recess until p. IN. to-day, wher
the publle examination OF witnesses will com
mence York, Bacon, Simpson, and johnson
witnesses against Pomeroy, are here to give
their testimony.
BILLS APPEovED.-The President has ap-
proved the following acts of Congress An act
making appropriations for the current and con-
tngent expenses of the Indian department. and
Tor fulhlling treaty stipulatons with various
Indian tribes, for the year ending June 3Oth,
Isl, and for other purposes; an act to authorize
the trustees of the Presbyterian congregation Of
Georgetown TO dispose of real estate: an act
Prohibiting gift enterprises in the District OF
Columbia.
BROTHER HARLAN BEFORE THE SENATE
CREDIT MoBILIER COMMUNICATIONS Har-
| Ian was before the Senate credit mobiler com
mlttee this afternoon, and rather made
Judy OF himself. The committee had proof
mat Dr. Durant paid Harlan S1O, 900; also that
TINS money was not spent for electiOneering pur-
poses in Iowa The Reverend Senator was NOT
however, inclined to disclose what he did with
the money, and he tried to stand on his dignity:
but the two democratic Senators on the com
mIttee were not to be blnfed so easily and after
some Interesting disclosures they let him retire
until To- morrow, when he viii have to account
Tor quite a large sum of cash. Harlan has stood
on his dignity and used the whitewash brush
long enough--N. Y. Herald Special.
Evidence IN SUPPORT OF Mr.. CoLFAx.-It
was assumed by some persons that Mr. Col
| fax's statement about his having received a
Sl;Ogo note nom man now dead and out
\ reach OF inquiry was merely desperate expe-
/ .iient The New York Ndd sent a reporter to
| interview the Nesbitt family in that city, in re
gard 10 the gift of Al 600 which Mr.. Coifax saw
| he received from Mr.. Nesbitt, and the reporter
i was informed by one of the Sons that t.what
| MI CoifaN says Is true, for mother says that She
| remembers my father telling her at the time
4 that be had sent the money on to him." ON
| mentioning this TO ex-Recorder James NJ
| Smith, he said that once, when running for Of
| nee, MI. Nesbitt, with whom he had but
| shght acquaintance, sent him a check for 800
IN the same manner. Mr.. y. was a waru ner-
>Onal admirer OF Mr. COlfax.
| TIVE DEATH of MIR. j. ii. Riley known in
| Washington for many years correspondent
| OF the san Francisco Alta California and who
| later, was the cOnSul-general to America for
int orange rec state, South Africa, has draw
forth warm expressions of respect to his mem
DRY both IN South Africa and California From
| the resolutions adopted by the Society OF Cali
lorna Pioneers, of which he was a member, it
| appears mat MI Riley was native of fhiladel-
phia. and arrived in San Francisco with what
WAS Know az the George Gordon Expedition
| by wsy" Nicaragua, on October 8, 1879 While
ON the Pacific coast he visited British Column
/ bia, and was for a time connected with a news
paper IN Victoria. He also went to the Mexican
i court, ana was for some time a resident Of Ma
zatlan, the language of whose people he spoke
| as well as his own.
The PosT OFFICE BILL.-Tbe Senate com
mittee on appropriations on Saturday agreed to
report the act making appropriations for the
service of the Post Office Department. One
the amendments authorizes the Postmaster
General TO appoint one additional special agent
TO detect and punish persons engaged in send
ing obscene matter through the mails Another
amendment provides that in case any railroad
company now furnishing railway post Office cars
shall refuse to furnish such cars, such company
shall not be entitled to any increase of compen-
sslon under any provision OF the act. The Only
way IN which the provisions of the House biil
reiatlhg TO postal cars is amended is to give the
railroad companies increased Conversation i'm
proportion to the length of car used. The conn
mittee also agreed to report an amendment
which provides that no free matter whatever
shall be transmitted through the mails. This
derives the newspapers of the country of free
exchange, and will compel them to paw postage
on their exchanges if it becomes law.
The TEXAS Pacific RAILRoAD.-General
Bristow, president of the construction company
OF the Texas Pacific railway, arrived in this city
last week. He reports that work on the various
branches of the road is progressing raeidly
Two hundred miles of road bed are readg for
the rails on the three sides of the triangle
formed by the routes connecting the three
points-Marshall, Texarcana and Fort WORTH
General Dodge was at last reports in the Quad
alupe mountains, near the boundary line be-
tween New Mexico and Texas He was engaged
In the work OF finally locating a section OF the
route OF the main trunk line, Il being necessary
thereto to determine between the practicability
and relative advantages OF two surveys. His
precise lscation Is not knswn, a. he has not
peen heard from since he left for the mountains
In his position chief engineer OF this work he
hnds his time severely taxed, inasmuch ss h3 Il
embarked in the giant effort to locate and IN
perinteDd the construction of five hundred
miles of road during the present year.