Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-26
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REyESUr.-The receipts from
this source to-day were i7s,J95-5i.
OWING TO PRESS of public business the
President did not receive any visitors to-day.
FIFTEEN DOLLARS was to-day received at the
Treasury department from a New Yorker,
whose overburdened conscience forced him to
''unload.''
NAVAL CHASeEs.-Pay Inspector A. H. Gil
man ordered TO the Wabash as feet paymaster
OF the European station lst june next, vice Pay
Inspector James Fulton, detached.
THEODORE TILToN writes that, the other day.
a solemn Yankee, kind of nasal Polonius, said
10 him: " Never send 20 Congress a man who
neither drinks nor swears, for he will be certain
either TO steal or lie,'
PARpoyED BY THE PREsIDENT.-Tbe Presi-
dent has pardoned Charles Howard and James
blanks, convicted of kuklux outrages and sem
fenced 20 imprisonment in the Albany peIliten-
tiary.
A Cur ORA general order Just issued from
the War Department provides that the PAYMENT
OF rent, or any allowance, for quarters or fuel
OF officers servants is hereby prohibited until
more specific legislation shall sanction it.
POSTMASTER GENERAL CREswEIL was before
the House committee on appropriations this
morning in refcrence-to the necessary appro-
Priations to purchase stamps for the departments
after the law aboiishing the ranking privilege
shall take effect.
TIE CASE OF SENATOR PoNHRoY.-The re-
port of the testimony in the Pomeroy inyesti-
CATION will be laid before the committee in
probable that the committee will report before
Saturday.
SOME Ass wrote an anony nous letter to j Judge
Poland, last week, charging him with 50 going
easy" on certain Congressman because they were
Mascns. Considering that he is about the only
old-fashioned, hard-shell anti Mason left over
IN Congress, the judge thinks this decidedly
iunny.-Springfeid Republican.
THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION ysster-
day heard the cases of the widow of the late
Judge Purcell, of this city, for fuel taken from
her property in Fairfax county, Va, valued at
$500, and John Jackson a colored resident OF
Falls Church, Va, who claims to have con-
tributed property to the value of So 600 TO the
Union army during the war.
TEE SOUTHERN CLAINs.-In the Senate to-
day Mr.. Howe, from the claims committee, re-
ported back, without recommendation, the
House bill to pay the awards made by the
southern claims commission, and intiIaated
that the committee were not prepared 10 an
prove the findings OF the commissions i'm all
cases.
Mr. BHIDGMAN, the Washington cores
pendent OF the Boston Adrertiser was examined
by the ways and means committee Yesterday in
reference to a certain dispatch to the A5rsrf;ss,
regarding an alleged combination of the
southern members against Speaker Blaine's re-
election Mr.. Bridgman n understood to have
even tne names OF certain prominent southern
lobbyists as his informers.
TEE DISTRICT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT Bill
farl ura thar OH
trict committee, hopes to get the special ASSESS
ment bill passed by the House by unanimous
consent some time before next Tuesday There
ls no snow Tor an evening to be set apart for
b!s.lct business, as some half dozen COM
mittees have already asked for that privilege
and been refused.
The SENATE CREDIT MoBILIER COMMITTEE
Mr.. Morrill,, OF Maine, chairman, have not vet
agreed on their report, all rumors to the con-
tTary Notwithstanding. The committee have
held several meetings to determine the charac-
ter OF the report, but thus far have reached no
conclusion Mr.. Morrill, is engaged i'm embody-
ing has views in writing, and soon as he has
finished his paper another meeting of the com
nittee will be held to consider it. 1t is not prob
able that the committee will be prepared to re-
port before Friday.
THE COLoRED MEN AND CARPENTERS PFC
TURE.-Mr. Robert Purvis, OF Ph,Iadelpb,a.
and Mr.. George I. Downing, OF this CITY. an
peared before the Senate Library committee
this morning TO urge the purchase by Congress
OF Carpenters painting of the signing OF the
proclamation of emancipation. Mr.. Purvis
made a few remarks, i'm which he said the ME-
ture illustrates an important episode ia the his
tory of the coiored men of America and he be-
lieyed he spoke the sentiments OF his race when
he asked that the picture be purchased and
placed IN a conspicuous place in the Capitol.
The SYNDICATE has decided to reduce the
amount OF the call OF ive-twenties to be issued
on Saturday next, the first day Of March, from
800 600 00a to SJ0,0o 900. The reason of this is
that there are only about ten millions OF these
bonds IN this city country, and the American
SUBSCRIPTIONS Tor the new bonds amount to
about twenty five millions. The syndicate has
already applied to the Treasury department for
remission to pay. for new bonds in 5-2O's, of
Ieti, when desirable. This would prevent a
drain ofcash gold in case OF failure to secure in
this country enough bonds OF Iss2 to paw the
subscriptions.
EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS CON-
MissIoN.-The committee OF conference on the
disagreeing votes OF the two Houses on the
House bill TO extend for four years the act or
gsnizing the board OF commissioners of south
ern claims met in the room of the House com
mittee Of claims last evening, and agreed upon
q basis OF compromise, extending the commits
sion Tor four years from the 10th day of March,
le13, and limiting the time IN which claims shall
be presented to said commission to March 3,
ISIS. The House bill extended the time for
hing Claims 10 December I, 1873. but as the
commissioners now have before them nearly
10 900 claims TO be examined which will con-
sumo at least three years, the restriction of the
Senate to March Sd of the present year was
deemed unimportant, as Congress can in the
future extend, ii deemed necessary the time
Tor presentation of claims The House bill ex-
tending the jurisdiction of the commission so as to
include the articles of potatoes md tobacco and
also 10 consider claims for rent has been re-
ported from the Senate committee of claims
without recommendation. The danger that the
bill extending the commission would be lost on
account OF unexpected opposition in the Senate
IL therefore past.
Society.
Though moTdi sros was not observed in our
city by professions and masked balls, there was
perfect carnival OF dancing Ill the afternoon.
The beautiful house OF Governor and Mrs.
Cooke, in Georgetown, was again the scene of a
brilliant entertainment. The ballroom with
all its decorations remains as IL was a week ago.
sd that many Who were prevented from seeing