Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-14

source to-day were s2i7 ,osl.9s.
| Ex-COLIFcToR of Internal Revenue Cam
n.ngs of the second district of Pennsylvania.
| Is here, trying TO fin mp his unsettled accounts
THE PRESIDENT received very few visitors
this morning. Among those who were fortunate
| enough TO obtain an interview we're Repre-
seHtat1ves HaWIey. Cotton and Wallace.
TIE NEW BANKRUPTCY BILL APPROVED
The President has approved the act of Congress
TO amend an act to establish Uniform system
Of bankruptcy throughout the United States.
TIE CASE OF SENATOR CALpwEL1.-The
Senate Committee ON Privileges and Elections
VIII not submit their report on the case of SEN
ator Caldwell until Monday next.
PERsoSAL-Representat Brooks appeared
| in his seat in the House yesterday for the first
time in several weeks. His health is considera-
bly, improved.
THE PoNERoY INVESTIGATION will probably
commence on Monday next. at which time it is
expected that al the witnesses in the case will be
present 1t will be conducted in the room Of
the committee ON patents, and will be public.
TEE LOUISIANA cAsE.-The Senate commit
tee on privileges and elections were in secret
session for several hours this morning ON their
report in the Louisiana election case. They
Will not be able to report before the middle Of
next week.
IHE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION yester
day had under examination the claims OF bra
ham, Ann and Adelne Sommers, of Alexandria
county, Va, amounting to 81 ,2s7 and Annie NJ
aud Fannie V. johnson. OF Alexandria county.
Va, amounting to 1896.
SENATE CONFIRMATIoNs.-The Senate yes-
terday confirmed the following nominations
William II. Sinclair, collector of internal reve-
moved; VI. A. Breeder, postmaster at Santa
Fe, New Mexico.
FUyG-WING, the Chinese mandarin, was
again before the Senate foreign relations COM
| mittee yesterday, and made an elaborate arcu-
ment in behalf of the bill proposing TO use the
chimes, indemnity fund in establishing Ameri-
can colleges in China.
SOME SILLY PERSON sent a telegram to New
York from this city yesterday stating that Vice
President Colfax and Representative Brooks
had committed suicide. The canard was doubt-
less the product of the same weak brain that
evolved the story about the assassination of
President Grant.
ANOTHER SENATORIAL APPLIcAXr-Mr, J.
s. Sykes, of Alabama, arrived i'm the city yes-
terday. bringing with him what he represents to
Senator Geo. F.. Spencer. from that state The
regular credentials from Alabama, certifying TO
the re-eiect'on OF senator Spencer, were pre-
sented some time ago by Senator Morton.
THE House FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
yesterday agreed 10 request the President to
call the attention of the Spanish government to
the interference of the customs authorities of
Cuba with American commerce by subjectng
them to the payment of unjust fines and ex-
pensiye delays. The committee also agreed to
report favOrably upon Mr.. Fernando Woods
resolution OF sympathy for the Cuban republic
down to Washington to the Inauguration ball
Better not, gentlemen! Your charms will be
was ed. Not girl there who would not rattle
dance with some raw boy in a cadets uniform
or the lowest dttdchs in some unknown legation.
though they have no conversation and dance
Ike bears on hot irons, than with the brightest
best looking and best dancing man to be found
in this city. The buttons do it.-N. Y. Nal.
PROTEST AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF
TROOPS PROM THE SoUrH.-The commissioner
ofinternal revenue has received letter from SUI
r rsisor Perry pfVtesting against the removal of
nited states troops from the states of Georgia
and South Carolina. He says that ii would be a
| great misfortune to the revenue service as the
| officers are constantly engaged in breaking up
Illicit distlleries and that this cannot be sue
| cessfully done without the aid of an armed
| force. The necessity for troops will be still
greater after the whole body of assessors and
their assistants are removed.
AT THE CABINET MEETING to-day all the
members were present. Nothing but routine
business was transacted. After the regular
business was finished a general conversation en-
sued relative TO the establishment Of a republic
in Spain, the President and members of his
Cabinet expressing their qualification at this
manifestation OF the great influence extended
over the nations of the world by the example Of
this government. Ii was expected that tine
| official notification OF the change OF govern
ment in Spain would have been communicated
to the President to-day through the Spanish
minister here, but up to p m. the latter hal
received no communication from his govern
ment on the subject.
RILEY's MAN osEvELT.-Several weeks
agowe stated that the secret of ROOSEVELT hatred
to the board of public works was his failure
TO get man named Riley, who belongs to New
York. quartered upon the city i'm some snecure
position AMI at a large salary. 1t has turned out
that our statement wac literally true, for evil
dence. in the shape of ahidavits OF three re-
spOnsible men. have recently been published
proving that Riley boasted that he " run Roose-
velt," and that he would thereafter be found
the bitter, relentless enemy of the board of
public works, and would throw every obstacle
possible IN the way of the system of improve
meats they had begun. The result has shown
bling" and that Roosevelt is mere tool of his
So much for the honesty of the New York
Observation-Disclosures Era.
Caucus OF REPUBLICAN SENAToRs.-The
republican Senators met in caucus this morning
TO hear the report OF the committee appointed a
&c" uoSs ago 20 prepare Tie order OF business,
Tor the remaining portion OF the session. The
report as adopted provides that precedence
shall be gwen first TO the regular appropriation
bills; then the bill reported from the commit
tee on education and labor in relation to aiding
the public schools next the bill to be reported
from the Judiciary committee on the Mormon
question. They also agreed to adopt the rule OF
last session forbidding any amendments to the
appropriation bills not germane to the subject,
and limiting debate to five minutes on any one
amendment. After these measures shall have
been acted upon, such bills on the calendar As
may Lot be objected to can be considered.
The WASHINGTON Chronicle, speaking for
Mr.. Harlan, saws:
II will be that Mr.. Sells leaves not one Loop
upon which TO hang the charge Of corruption sgant
senator Harlan. The testimony is sufficiently con
elusive TO settle the matter in the estimation of every
An that is settled by Sells aidavit is that the
$1,000 was not used at Des Moines, in the SEN
atorial canvass DR.. Duraht says that he sent
the money to Mr.. Harlan, who was then Secre-
tary Of the Interior, in two checks drawn to
Mr.. Harlans order, and il has been charged by
the enemies of the latter that il was to paw for
SERVICES which he RENDERED, the road in that ca
paeity. The affidavit Of Sells, DENYING that IL
was used in the canvass, gives more color to this
theory than il has ever had before.-N y. Tri-
tHae.