Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-11
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
rxrzRrAL REyENCE.-Ths receipts from thJs
source tsdsy were s2e' ,GS}.
vIcr PEEsrDESr WILSON Raves TO n sht for
Massachusetts,.
Tx House CJmn!ttee On Foreign Affairs
WI aoid Is fist meeting to-morEoW morning
Nsg.I-TER AiARsYIL JEwsLL formally PEE ,
,sented lis credentials 20 the CEar OF Russia
yesterday.
BoorH-s FE.Evrs says that he Is gaining
strength, and wan probably succeed Senate
Casstrly from California
TuE House Committee on Agriculture have
agreed % report ill per ting the tree ans
mission by mai Of reports, seeds, SC, from The
Department: Of Agriculture.
TIVE Sena,e Committee on Post Offices ard
Post Roads net this morning, but beyond or
ganizing ana referring 4 few matters to sub
committees, transacted n" business.
THE senate to-day IN open session elected
Mr.. CARPENTER, Of Wisconsin. president pro-
feHposi. The vote stood: Carpenter, Sc, Thur
man, Il, blank, ..
TIE House Committee on Invalid Pensions
sion OF soldiers who have lost both arms, or who
have lost their eye sight, 20 $50 per month. The
pay has heretofore been IS. 80 per month.
GEN. .. D. HOWARD has not yet been assigned
TO duty, and probably will not be until the re-
turn here Of Secretary Belknsp. Army orders
during the absence Of the Secretary are "few
and far between"
TIE House Committee on Appropriations, In
view of The large amount OF business before
them, AT their meeting this morning, agreed to
hold daily sessions during the holidays, from u
10 O'Clock.
NAVAL ORDERs-M.dshipmen Thomas S.
PluEkett and Henry McCres, and Paymaster
F. 7. CillCtt, have been ordered to recruiting
duty az chicago. Assistant Paymaster s Reed
Calhoun has been detached from the Sau5us,
and ordered 20 settle accounts.
AT TIE NETTING Of the House Comrsfttee on
Naval Affairs this morning, Joseph Mcfarland
was elected clerk. The cases OF several officers
of tie navy desiring 20 be Placed on the &C
tive llst were taken up, but no conclusion was
reached. among the number thus seeking to
perform active cuty is Commodore Preble.
TEE Memphis ApleG' remarks: The present
Congress illustrates with peculiar force the
unigueness of American institutions. Nowhere
in ClFistendOm would a delibcrative assembly
Of similar autecedents be possible except in
democratic America.
A FEMALE DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF ISTEr-
NAL EEvESy Mrs. 5. NJ. Parker has been
appointed Deputy Collector of internal Revo-
nue. Tor the 4Jh district OF Indiana. This is the
fist !a1y apI OinrCd TO the position OF collector
OF internal revenue.
II WAS REMAINED as suggestive By mem
Der Of Congress, after Mr.. stephens mai con
clrdCd his speech in the House to-day, that at
least twelve or fifteen eN-cOnitderate generals
and colonies sat on the floor a. mgrlbers within
rf and af rr.F trr.t
Time certainly assuaEes all passion.
ADELEGATIoN Of coloTed citizens o. Tonnes
see, has arrived here. consisting Of Nelson
Walker. Abraham Smith, Henry Harring
Samuel Lowery. and Edward North, to cal,
upon the President Gp0n business OF import
ance n relation TO the status OF coiored citizens
OF that state.
AxoTHrE RAILROAD INvgsrIoArroy WANT
ED-Nr- samuel L. TrcdEeu, OF New York,
formerly railroad contractor, is in town, and
Il understood 20 be moving in the matter Of a
cJIIr.~-ioF 4l invest CATION mo the affairs OF
tie Central branch OF the Union Pacific rail
read.
REV. F. ~. WILLIAMS. OF Chicago and Gen.
eral q. II. HON ard. publishers Of the -fFr5cIis,
in izDautiy deny he charges OF VIM. Welsh, OF
PhilaGelf hia, that they were concerned with
Commissioner Of Indian Arairs Suifi IN The al
lsged fraudulent transactions n Indian pine
lands.
SEvrRAL pKLEsATEs 20 the national civil
rights convention we're at the Executive Man
sion to-day. Among those who paid their re-
spects TO the President were the delega tons
from Missouri and Mississippi, and two deiega-
tons from Virginia. The interviews were con-
fined entirely to the extensions OF eOurtes.es
and 10 speeches were made.
TEE Senate Committee on Mines anu Mining
met to-day and organized. IL adjourned u
meet on the first Monday in January, and there.
AZ ~ III Ia fro
acted 10 business this morning, because Of the
absence Of Senators Stewart and Jones. " hl
have reported bills Tor the acton OF the com
mIt-Ce.
TEE WEST VIRGINIA Conservative
House Committee on Elections this morning
took up the West Nirgi MI. contests. Mr. DAVIS
claiming a seat from the '>t district delivered
an exhaustive argument, rendering to prove the
ireshiy OF hls lection, ~ Wei a. the day upon
which 10 Wa he'd. He VIII be followed tO-m NOR.
row morning by Dir. Wilson, the contestant.
IL RESPONSE - a circular sent 10 each Sena-
to- and Representative by Major Ben. Periey
Poore, requesting brief biographical sketches
tor Insertion in the forthcoming Congressional
Directory, one modest REPRESENTATIVE cOrns,li4f
By furnishing fourteen pages OF foolscap. with 4
Ifll history Of his eveEttul lie, which he VA.
desltOU> TO have printed in connection with hu
name.
TEE BANKRUrr LAw.-Nessrs. Poland.
White, and Tremaine, OF The House judi iary
Committee, Subcommittee in charge Of Tx
bills on bankruptcy, held a session this morn.
ing ard took INTO consideration the various
bills WHICH have been Otered in the House. bear
ing upon the subject. The belief j. becoming
general mat the bankrupt iSw will be reyi sed
ont not repealed. Tie subject OF the bsnk-ll.
law vi. receive at the hands Of the COMMITTEES
a thorough examination and iuYestig alton.
TIE OFFICERS OF the engineer and ordnance
bureaus are working vigorously with he means
at their command 70 place our fertilization,
and h5TboIs IN the best possible state OF defence
ne Norh OF PREF airing the army for actual ser
wee IN case OF an emergency j not DIM IN II
AccoH PllshHsent, and the situation has been
taken IN very thorough BY the General a = i
otter prom lnent Othcers OF the army, who are
vide awake and ready for Immediate Acton
shONid the tocsin OF war be sounded