Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-03-14
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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INTERNAL RKvENUE.-The receipts from this
source, to-day, were s2ol $3.50.
TEE CREDENTIALS Of Senator elect Boutwell,
arrived here this morning.
VICE PRESIDENT WILSON returned here from
New York this morning, and the first place he
visited was the Treasury department to con-
graduate Mr.. Boutwell,.
TIE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION yester-
day heard the claim of the heirs OF the late
John c. Green, Of Culpeper, Va, amounting -
S16,sO0.
THE EIGHT New SLooPs OF Waffle
Navy department will soon advertise for pro-
pOsals for building the engines for the eight
new sloops of war authorized by Congress at its
last session.
ANoTHKR.-In addition to the list of cadets
at large 10 the Annapolis Naval Academy,
published few days since, Is Frank C. Morris,
Of Virginia. whose name was omitted from the
regular list.
COLLECTOR CASEY, OF New Orleans, now in
this city, received dispatches from Louisiana
this morning stating that everything is moving
along peaceably and quietly at the state cap
ital.
TIE WRITE HoUsE.-Senators Morton, Cam
eron, Pratt, Hill, Gilbert, Ames, Conover, Lo
atives Clark and Buckley saw the President
this morning. The crowd at the White House
to-day was as large as ever.
1T SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME FASHIONABLE
for admring friends to present Senators with
bouquets. No less than four-Messrs Carpen-
ter, Logan. Cameron and Caldwell-this morn
ing had huge boquets on their desks i'm the
Senate.
WON'T GO TO BERLIN.-The Secretary of
the Navy authorizes the contradiction of the
statement that he is to be United States Minis
ter to Berlin. He says the only foreign state to
which he would allow himself to be accredited
is New Jersey. There is no confirmation OF the
report that he is TO retire from the Cabinet.
Down AMONG THE LAVA BEDs.-Capt. F.. NJ.
Camp, u. s. A, who is well known here rs
having been in charge of Soldiers Rest during
the war, and is now commissary quartermaster
at Gen. Gilem's headquarters i'm California,
writes from there March I'd, saying that they
were TO have a big talk with the MOdOcs, and lift
tailed to secure peace the troops were ready for
a fight, and would clear the red skins out very
quick, but would lose many man in doing 80.
THE WEST POINT VISITING BoARD-The
President has appointed the following gentle
men to serve on the board of visitors to the
West Point Academy for the present year:
Rev. }. l.. G. McKown, of Illinois; Hon. NJ.
Russell Thayer, of Pennsylvania; William T.
Early, OF Virginia; James n. Mcmillan, OF
y.
$. Hamilton, of Wisconsin; Hon. A. L. Aker-
man, Of Georgia.
CHARLOTTE CUsHMAN's "Lady Macbeth
considered by many her most powerful lmper-
sOnation, will be repeated for the last time in
this city, at Wallis Opera House, this evening.
At the matinee to- morrow she will give her last
Y sss
final opportunities of seeing the greatest Ameri-
can actress in her two leading roles should not
be missed by admirers Of darnatic art.
WILL ACCEPT THE CONVERSATIONAL. c.
Bangs, general superintendent Of the railroad
mail service, had an interview yesterday with
Commodore Vanderbilt IN regard to the ques-
Vanderbilt said his lines were willing to accent
the terms proposed by Postmaster General
Cresswell, under the law approved March 3,
do the same, and the other through lines would
have to follow.
THE POSTAL LAWS AS AMENDED.-The pro-
vision prohibiting the transmission of any free
matter whatever after June next was put in
the post Office appropriation bill, and is now a
law. The proposed reduction of letter postage
failed to receive the approx al of the Senate and
tiers. The provision requiring the prepayment
Of postage on newspapers at the place of publ
cation was also lost, and the present regulations
in this respect remain in force.
MORE ABOUT SENAToR-ELEcT BoGY-The
Missouri Democrats special from jefferson City,
referring to the meeting in the Planters House,
which prepared a memorial to Congress, asking
that Senator Bogy's election be investigated,
says the caucus was composed of friends of
General Blair. The memorial was sent to
propef committee at washington 1t is said the
memorial contains the names of persons who
can give information not in evidence before the
legislative investigating committee.
SENATE CoNFIRMATIoNs.-The Senate yes
terday confirmed the nomination Of VIM. l..
Scruggs, Of Georgia, to be minister resident to
the United States Of Colombia; e. n. Denny, of
Oregon, consul at Annoy; 5. b. Packard, to he
Y. s. marshal for Louisiana. Robert NJ. Doug
las was confirmed as marshal for the eastern
district Of North Carolina. He is the eldest son
of the late Senator Douglas, and was until re-
Gently private secretary to President Grant.
The Senate confirmed a number OF postmas-
tiers, sc.
REPRESENTATIVE ROBERTS, $1,000. The
Secretary Of the Treasury to-day received a
letter heretofore published) from Representa-
tive Roberts, OF the 9Th New York district, de-
Ginning to receive his increased compensation
amounting to some "a ,000-and asking that il be
covered into the Treasury. The amount was
covered in as 81 miscellaneous receipt" and
as such can never be reclaimed. A number of
years ago several members OF Congress refused
to accept increased compensation, and the
amounts were covered into the Treasury by
being credited to the appropriation to pay Con-
| gressional salaries. Subsequently most OF those
members laid claim to and received the money
which they had formerly declined to accept
1 In the case Of Mr. Roberts, however, this cannot
| be done.
The CALDWELL CASE In THE SENArE.-In
| the Senate yesterday, after our report closed,
| Mr.. Logan continued his defense Of Senator
Caldwell, saying: There was never such
mass OF stuff got together to destroy man since
God made the world. Such testimony as had
been given in this case would not convict man
Of the slightest miedemean0r in q county court
l The very doctrine advocated on this door would
| put the reputation of every Senator here at the
| mercy Of scoundrels and villains You can 20
| out here in Washington, and for q good deal
less than % 600 You can buy up enough shysters
to biacken the fame and destroy the reputation
| OF any Senator. There are men in this town
who pretend every day that they can control
the votes Of every Senator on this door, and
mooey has been paid to men who protested to
use 1t on Senators. The Senator, of course, may
be perfectly ignorant Of this whole transaction,
| yet 1t has only to be charged upon him, and
every one will believe Il. A lot Of shysters and
scoundrels had got around this man, (Mr. Cald-
we'll Who vas ignorant Of politics, and they
had robbed him, and now they had turned on
him. and this committee was seconding them, and
thirstiDg Tor his blood. Mt. Logan concluded
his remarks with Q characteristic appeal for
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