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

ISTEEvAL RGvEsUs.-The recef p,s from this
sOu-cr 20 10y were s.aU.ssG Sc.
NArIcSAL EASE NOTES received Cor rsds-'p
ticn today foot W. $50 500.
THE LgrIsIANA IAvzsTIG ALTON The
H,use of Representative ordered, on wedres-
day q COMMITTEES OF seven republicans aud ? 80
democrats f0 V-ocesd 30 LOu.siar = and make
tteTyu-h lJqGTy into the trouble there. Ils
IIElttee val &c sCg.hw srC IL sb0ut ten o sys
sr.i be ~ session a. New Orleans At ftC tim Of
the a isenbisge OF the Louis,s ana legislature.
JrE DISTRICT G1vsESMEsr Blu. :
ur.ars-Coi that Delegate ChiPRan is pre1lr-
inE certain amend m=Hts - tbs T1Iriii b:iI, aud
hoHa-y viii Introduce then. with such changes
shc MOdiLcatiOils as IN his judgment will m .Se
10 more acc ptahie To the people. p8rti-Ii.rly
ss e the TAX to bs levied and the Just prCrJr-
tioH 10 be Eali BY the government.
AT SALE.-The artist OF Washington Who
made 70 creditaJle = display Of their wCri. At
TIE sale last year propose to present collection
Cf iHsir recent productions for sale next week,
under the n Elag-menf Of Messrs. LatImer *
C'eaTy- among the offerings viii be lzndsc lpss
ard harines by MAJ Weyli hggre pieces, Iaui-
scaVes and Marlnts Oy Poole; and landsc4yes
sc, by TGTIsr. The sac viii undoubtedly \ ae
al sEaiT Of much interest t. art lovers.
THE Bill extending Eolin Whites pa. nj
for hrearTos, legacy from last session, vas
discussed in the House Of Representa- YES yes-
tercsy after our report closed, and in the course
=
chsrgCI the opponents OF the extension wan
having used large sums of money As a c, IT
TGpu0u iuBd TO defeat the bill. The Hr1-e
rejected the bill By q vote Of S. yeas ami Is
nays.
NAvsL ORDBRs.-Passei Assistant Pawn. 4s-
ter John K CsTmOdy ordered 10 the Mon3c4cy,
AslatIc station. per steamer OF the 26,h from
san FrsncisCo; Capt. An:reW W. Johnston 20
command the Roanoke at New York, 3ist in-..;
Lieut.. Franklin J. Drake dctac acEuI from tue
PCTt-mOuth and ordered 70 the nautical scups
chip Jamestown at San Francisco. PEssei A.
sistsnt faymaster =. Bayerd Redneli from tle
hONOCscy, Asiatic station, and OrdeTel j u return
home ana report aTrtysl.
Nor so BAD As RsPREsEN-RD.-Ths ra-
Ports telegrsphed from this city Of the prob 5.e
early discharge Of one huH,lred and atty fem lie
counters fTOm the Treasury departHsn, is We
are gisd to state, greatly exaggerated. Tle
discharges alluded 10 embrace about a deem
counters Who had charge Of the rec0untiBg Of
national bank notes sent her for rede1npr On
which are twice counted iU the tTeasuEeT's once
arc The third count was deemed entirely "a Il
necessary.
PERsOSAL.-Mr. j. f. IrEiu, o. tue 5 N
Francisco AIaa is IN town. Mr.. Irwin a,c5u-
Isnied King Ks'skaua and suite from an
Francisco Tor that paper. He will remain here
during TIRE winter. Senator Buckingha,n,
of Connecticut, is so seriously i'll a. his hone
that II IL thought he viii not be able t0 BE- at
NEshlT gtOn at all during the winter '.-S =
Ihen Preston, Haytien minister at Washington,
a Il
Iue, and Will enterts;n his oOlntrymen g.. &
CthtTs during the winter.
TEE FOLLOwIEG CANDIDATES for the p9.i-
ton Of second lisutensHts in the army have
been examined by the beard of examination in
this City under general orders 81, OF 1873 from
the AdJutsLt Generals Ofdce:-Jas. BrenIau,
army ChafleS st John ChubO, District OF 10
lGmbisi James :. JOuetJ, son OF Capt. JOue-t
OF the navy Chss. L. Hodges, army; Caa-. "
Mason, sOn or Lieut.. Col. John s. Mason =
infantry; James s. Marteller Virgfnis a.
result Of the examination Siu be promulgated
a. an early day.
CAS DIsLOYAL Person SCE THE G v
ERNsEST"-In the Supreme Court Thursday
the Attorney General finished his argument IN
the case OF HaycTs:t, appealed from the CoIrt
q CLAIMS. The principle involved 10 an IN
IOrtaBt one, lnasmuch as il viii decide whether
Oisloy persons have the right % bring al
sgaiHst The government to recover ths Valu5 Of
captured and abandoned property. Tae in
preston among the members Of the bar i IN AZ
The Supreme Court will s'lstAin The adYers- . =
c-siOn OF TIE Court % q AIMS.
TIE !EDIAS COMMISSION ~ THE CHzEoz zE
COUNTEY.-A telegram from Muscogee, De-
SrmbeE lith, says s:-The United States peace
commissioners arrived here at a. III. To 8 y
Oh special train. They are having a TAX W,Uh
= fLn delegation frUm CherOkses, CIocts -
NreekS. CElCkssaws and Seminole India -
4. Il. FIX, JCtu ID. Lang, q. VI. Hammond
kush Roberts, Superintendent EnOch Ho,g,
hm. Burgess uulJed states Indian agent fJr
fur the Consolidated Five Nations, were all
fTeSent. Besides the regular delegates II. re
we're several hundred lrdisns present. rhe
lSad-I ides OF the commissioners seems 70 be n
iaynr Of some kind % territorial form OF grv-
emmett also, the establishment Of Tn ID
State courts among the tribes auG .suer,.. =
ne iCess vi secretary EelarO.
wEIKLY AESY REeIsFER.-Ths follow NJ
of-oers Of the army have registered a. the v AZ
department cBring tie usek ending to-aag.-
Lieut. Col. ". l.. Elliott, Is: cavalry; Lieut. j.
Z. sanger, let artillery First Lieut.. aiup Il.
Free, engineer corps; First Lieut.. Rogers 5iT-
NE -, lo,h luiautTy, Lieut.. Col H r C,8rz za,
subsistence t6PaTtmeu.; Col y. 4. EArdIs a.
spectOT general Major O.. n. Warren, eng a. or
,orps' MAJOR n, l. Abbott, engineer corp;
,ait D. Z. dsaF, engineer corps; Lieut.. CJl.
i SaNrous lEa-. aSter's Department; Capt.
4 - H. Taylor 5-h c4y>.rv5 Ns. or Alex. CT a.
tTrr, =. "a infantry, Second Lieut.. ". WAip.ie,
80 aEil--oTy, Assistant Surgeon e. Nj. StCrnsery,
4. 5 A-,-Flrss l.. cut \. -. B. Smead, 81 cLv-
L. s. A.
IES PAyIFsc Mail NJ IuLE ~ COvGEEsz.-
Ia 0e House o. Ecpresl1.4.iyes yestsrd a.,
after car rspfTt ,.ys-I, NJ. d. Tes, charm A
Of TIE Committee Or ways and Means wi. IN
d. low engaged IN l.tFesJi gsr,rg tue Charges of
The improper u-s vf money by the gents o. lie
Pacl1c Mall ; Steamship Company IN procuring
sTTTcI Ist.cus from Congress, applied tor a.
CTaSr 81 arrest Tor Richard &. irwin. former
scent q tie company, who has been repeaJ.
eCly eurm mOned % testify before the committee,
tut 4 % " - Tar ialic1 20 appear. Ar. Phelps
cttcnteO irwin, and 9aid that he was really no
il health and not able 20 come 70 Washington
he Neight OF opinion seemed &c be, however,
ttct Nh. Irwin intended to sail for EUROPE
without giving the committee notice OF the d4y
II lis departure, sHd tbs House directed tn At a
warrant for bis arrest be issued. Mr.. HOar Of
ieTed a resolution requesting the Judici 4ry
Committee 20 report general Law suthOriz ne
the arrest OF persons WAC refuse to obey tue
processes OF committees Of Congress when thsy
are wanted 70 testify. The resolution was re-
Is-EsC 70 the judiciary Committee
IHg SAILORS in Philadelphia have been on 8
s'use since Yesterday. large meeting "a.