Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-12

SLCRETAR IEs robson AND BRLKNAP and
General Sh' rman have gone to Harrisburg TO
attend the reunion of the soldiers OF the Army
OF the Potomac.
PRESIDENT GRANT telsgraphed Gov. Hart
rant last evening that the troubles in Arkan-
sss would prevent him from leaving Washing
ton to attend the reunion of the Army OF the
Potomac at Harrisburg.
THE PETITION of Alice NJ ason Sumner, widow
OF the late Senator Sumner, for permission TO
change her name to Alice Mason, was gran I'D
yesterday by Judge Ames, III the Boston pro-
bate court.
SENATOR MORTON was suddenly called away
yesterday evening after the adjournment OF the
Senate, by a dispatch stating that his sou Wal
ter, who is a student at school at Chester, Pa,
was slarmingly i'll with pneumonia.
THE Committee on Banking and Currency
are still pursuing their investigation relative
to The printing Of Treasury notes. They had
before them to-day Mr.. Hudson, of the HUDSON
cheney paper manufacturing firm.
SOME one hundred and fifty members OF the
Indiana Editorial Association will visit this
city on the 18th instant. Suitable Arrange
ments are being made to give them a grand re-
eeption by the Indiana Republican Club.
Mr.. SUTRo will, to- night, at wilard's Hall.
deliver another Of his famous lectures on Mines
and Mining, illustrated by means of the calcium
light, with beautiful illustrations of mining
scenes and operations.
CONSOLIDATION OF COLLECTION DISTRICTS
The President has directed the consolidation of
the 1st and % collection districts of the state OF
Kentucky, and has retained as collector of the
consolidated districts Collector Reno, formerly
OF the I'd district.
PREPAYMENT OF NEWSPAPER POSTAGE
The House Committee On Post Ofices and Post
Roads have agreed to recommend the enact
ment of a law which sh all require prepayment
or postage on all newspapers and other printed
matter 1t will provide for the prepayment of
postage by the pound, probably, at the rate of
two cents per pound for newspapers aud peri
odicais mailed regularly by publishers, who can
thus put up and prepay large packages without
the trouble of separately stamping the pubIi-
cations destined for the same post Of1i;e
AMENDMENT TO THE FINANCE BILL.-In the
Senate to-day, Mr.. Scott, from the Finance
Committee. reported an amendment to the
finance bill providing that the gold reserve re-
qulred 10 be held by national banks by ano.hsr
section of this bill may be exchanged for ten
year per cent. bonds, which bonds shall b.
counted as part of the reserve in lien OF the
be used by the Secretary of the Treasury I'm re-
deemiDg per cent. bonds, thus saving TO the
government interest and u'ihziDg the gold.
DIR. STONES LRCTuRE-I the fashionable
didn't turn out very genersly,-and fashion
doesn't go much on art merely for thu sake of
srt,-the intelligence and culture of the city
were well represented at Wiliards Hall last
evening TO hear DIR. Stones admirable lecture
on Art. We regret that we have not space for
synopsis of the lecture or for a few of the elo-
quent and beautiful passages it contained; bat
even II we had, they would do but poor Justice
to the effort, which was at once worthy thu high
reputation OF the speaker and his inspiring SUB.
Iect. 1t ought to be published in pamphlet
form and generally circulated.
NOMIEATIoNs.-Tne President sent the fol
lowing nominations to the Senate to day: Ste
phen II. Brown, postmaster, Woonsocket X. l..
David j. Williamson, OF California, to be IN
sui at Valparaiso; Philip Clayton, of Georgia
consul at Csliao; Jos. q. Abbott, collector of
customs, wilmington, y. e james b. Belfur }.
associate juetice supreme court, Colorado Ter
ritoTy; a. McCiurg aud Ernest NOIfleet, assist
ant surgeons in navy; Assistant Engineer ID VI
Famer, to be passed assistant engineer in navy:
tirst Lieutenant Ieseph X. liver TO be Gao
tain, and Second Lieutenant g. B. Hinton to be
IT lieutenant IN army.
NAVAL GezETTE-T Swatara wa, pu. in
commission in New York on the 18th instant.
A court of inquiry met at the W ashington navy
yard TO day to inquire into the circumstances
connected with the repairs done the Lancaster
at Rio de Janeiro last year. The court is COM
posed OF Rear Admiral William +. LeRoy,
Commodore t. II. Patterson, Naval Construc-
tor Thomas +. Webb. and Paymaster A. ).
Henrs. Lieutenant Commander William s.
Sampson has been ordered 10 the Naval Ac al
envy. Master j. III. Coffin las been ordered to
the photographic Office. Passed Assistant
Engineer L. s. Gregg has been ordered to the
Powhatan.
WAR CLAINs.-Judge Lawrence, chairman
OF the Committee on War Claims, who as a
sub committee has recently had under consid-
GRAFTON the question as to whether the govern
ment could take without compensation the
property OF citizens in the lately rebellious
states after August 20, 1866, when the war WAS
proclaimed closed, will report to the committee
to morrow in the negative, and that the gov
eminent is in honor bound to pay for the use of
any property appropriated by the military
authorities without reference to the previous
political status of the person whose property
was thus seized.
EUCALYPTUs GLoBULUs.-EditOr Star: The
above is the best advertised member of the
vegetable kingdom at present, beating cundu-
range out OF countenance. The newspapers OF
like Great Britain and others-are paragraph
ing 1t continually. and have been for the last
Elk months; claiming IL as a sure cure for nearly
every known disease 1t grows in Australia S75
feet high. An enthusiastic, patriotic New
Yorker wrote TO Gov. Shepherd last week after
reading long paragraph In the \. Y. Times
aaIging MIN TO plant this cityIthe Paris Of
fortunately for the medicine-men and our pa
triotic friends good intentions, this tree will
nor endure our severe winters 1t, with four
tanie Gardens here, but all died. The plants
sent hence to the south, both before and since
the war, are doing well south OF Richmond. In
California they luxuriate. We have seen them
20 feet high in the south OF Scotland. Ii grows
well In Algeria, Spain and the south of France
but will never be available, except as a low
shrub, for the decoration OF either the Paris OF
Europe or America. Yours, 5.
The Contest I'm Arkansas
THE PRESIDENTS ACTION IN THE MATTER.
Soon after the President sent the dispatches
to the rival Governors of Arkansas Yesterday
recommending an adjournment OF the lesisia-
ture for ten days, he received q telegr am from
Baxter saying he was in favor of the legislature
sdiourning from day to day until every Brooks
adherent Is present With this understandipp
he said he would disband his troops in proportion
a Brooks disbands his. He further said th at
Brooks must get away as far west as he is east
OF the state house. and allow Ii to be turned
over to the Secretary OF State, who Is its legal
custodian, and that Brooks must deposit the
state arms In the state armory. On the receipt
OF this drpatch the President, after consulting
Judge Williams, sent q telegram to Brooks
infoi ming him of Bakers proposition, and
saying that in his 1.-THE Presidency opinion, IL
was fair and reasonable and should be scce pied