Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-04


so &C to-day were S52t, 1F.
SENATOR boutwell, was at the Capitol TO-
day. he IS considerably better, and hopes to
be able 70 resume his seat soon.
"HEs Two WV rs, !" tue serial story by Mary
Clenlner Ames, now appealing in Eosry Satar
day, is attracting attention.
TsE Usual Saturday crowd OF Congressmen
were making calls upcn the heads of the depart
ments to-day. Owing 10 the absence of the
President and his family, the White House vas
2 deserted mansion.
The HOUSE, judiciary Committee Will meet
on Monday next 70 hear a delegation from the
Southern Editorial association in opposition to
the statements made by the deleg alton now in
This city, from the South Carolina Tax Payers
Convention.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Ass.stsnt Surgeon Chss.
X. Young has been detached from the Mare
Island navy yard and ordered to report for duty
at the Mare Island naval hospital. Assistant
Surgeon VIM. j. Riggs, from the naval hospital
at Norfolk, Va, and ordered to tue Kearsarge
at Yoke hama.
TIE SOUTHERN EDITORIAL CONVENTION,
which was to meet at the Ebbitt House this
morning, did not meet, as several of their num-
Der desired to appear before the House Judi
cisry Committee in opposition to the dele CATION
from the South Carolina tax-payers' conven-
ton.
To SUCH All EXTENT has the Washington
correspondent and the metropolitan editor car
red the license of the press that the mass of in
tsl1gent readers have ceased to attach the
slis Gtest credit tn their gossip and ordinations
OF public men, itusriIIe Pa Herald.
ANOTHER CASE OF HAzISs has recently &C.
CURED at the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Several members of the third class have been
detected in persistent harassing of a member of
the fourth class under aggravating clrcum-
stances. The facts OF the case are now before
the Secretary OF the Navy for his action, and IL
;. bot unlikely it may result in the dismissal OF
the offending cadets.
PERsoSAL-Ex-Preside Andrew johnson
and Mons. BaItholdi, the new French minister.
are among the latest distinguished arrivals.
Lieutenant Robert Jasper, the inter oceanic
canal explorer, az present attached to the U. S
SIeamer Wabash, will be assigned TO duty in
Washington as soon As the Wabash goes out of
commission. Mr.. Il. VIM. Hale, the popular
paving teller OF the Treasury, has resigned his
Iesi'ion, TO 90 into business in Ogdensburg,
North Carolina.
The HOWARD INoUIRY.-In the Howard
court yesterday the judge advocate announced
the decision of the court upon Thursdays mo
ton, viz: That it is unnecessary at present to
send out commissioners to take dispositions
Second Auditor French was recalled, and sub
mitted further testimony regarding the manner
OF dealing with cases of complaints from claim
ants. Major Brown and Gen. Whittlesey, for
merly OF the bureau, were also examined. Their
testimony was not particularly important. The
court adjourned until Monday.
WALT WHITMAN has been invited to deliver
the biennial commencement poem at Tufts
college next June, and has promised to do so,
unit g. prevented by illness. Mr.. Whitman,
though moving about, is still partially para
yZed and famed from his malady. 1t is one OF
those tedious cases, not unfamiliar to old doc.
tors, Of anemia of the brain, slow in coming
ana equally slow in going, when all the other
bodily functions remain sound and normal and
the mental powers are not affected; but from
tsbslen too long continued or too great-the
physicians say of emotional nature in this case
the proper cerebral blood formation and sun
Plies fail, CT sink too low.
COUNTING AND FEEDING THE IspIANs-A
dispatch from Indian Agent SaviIIe, dated Red
Cloud agency, ID. T., March "a, 1874, to Indian
Commissioner Smith, says: "For your informa
ton have the honor respectfully to report .ha
have nearly completed a census Of the Indian
remaining at the agency. i find many more
than l expected after the stampede that took
place at the time the troops came here. 1 have
already enrolled over four thousand Sioux, aud
anumber have not yet come in, seemingly hang
ing between submitting to enrolment and leav-
ing for the north. All the Cheyennes except
adns No, Leg Email camp Of persons have
main here. At the last count there were 063
Of them. L shall count them this week, and
BY next mail will give full particulars
In this connection 1 win respectfully state that
We are out Of bacon, having made the last issue
enc ugh for three issues. OF ali other rations
have enough, by q slight reduction OF the ration
Of coffee, to carry me through the year, pro-
yided the number OF Indians do not increase.
II am permitted to iseue beef In lieu of bacon,
shall need no more this year; but OF sugar IL
is very desirable to have an additional supply,
as il certainly Is q very important part Of the
chll0renS' T0-6QY In,
from the camp of Black Times, hostile OgaI-
lala, saying that he wished to come to the
agency TO trade; that he had heard Of what the
MinneconJons had done, and wished nothing to
do with them, and did not wish q war with the
whites. am making every effort to bring these
rated from the hostile bands Of UncpSos DC Mpa
necoDjons and San Arcs war may be arrested.
Since arrival Of the troops these Indians have
been very quiet and obedient. apparently trying
to prevent any collision with the troops. Red
Cloud has apologized for his speech of Dec
18th, and has done much to atone for his hostile
speech.
THE UTAH CoNTEsrED-ELsCrIoN CASE
Gen. II. Z. Paine closed his argument yesterday
before the House Committee on Elections in
favor of Mr.. Cannon, the sitting member. The
points he submitted for the consideration of the
committee were That the question to be de
cided by the committe was which, il either of
the claimants was lawfully elected to, and at
the same time legally qualified for, the Office OF
Delegate for the Territory Of Utah to the
House Of Representatives of the 43d Congress
And first, he showed that the contestant was
Lot returned or electeds He received only ,9I2
votes out Of 22,9i3 votes. Whatever might be
the rights, qualifications. or the fat OF the sit
ting member, the claimant has no valid claim
TO the seat in dispute. His qualifications for the
Office are, therefore, not material to the contro-
versy. Second. The sitting member was Law
fully elected. The vote WAS 20 500 for George
q. Cannon and ,9i2 for the contestant. Third.
The sitting member possesses the necessary
qualifications Only two objections are raised to
his qualifications for the Office Its alleged that
he 10 . polygamist and has taken the so called
endowment oath. But Gen. p. argued, poygamy
If proved or admitted, Is not o DISQUALIFICATION
to be considered by the committee or the House
In judging Of the election returns, or qualifca-
ton Of Its members. Whether Ii would or would
not be q valid ground for an expulsion by two
thirds vote, under the clause Of the constitution
relating to that subject, was not material to the
present inquiry. There IL, however, no proof
or admission Of polygamy in the record Of this
case, even II all the depositions taken be admit
ted In this connection Gen. Payne argued that
polygamy not . constitutional dis1 aIi6ca-
ton; that neither the states nor territories can
prescribe or change the qualifications OF repre-
sentatives or delegates In Congress; that, Of
course, the legislature Of Utah had not made
polygamy q disqualification to the office of def
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