Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-04


attack of dyspepsia and an afiiction of the eyes.
How THEY PRONOUNCE 1T on Beacon street
"S-ss-simmOns."-N. 7. Commercial.
SENATOR EDNoNDs. of Vermont, is still in
very poor health. His physician advises a ces-
sstion from duty, and he contemplates an ex-
tended southern trip.
THE ARGUMENTS in the Alabama contested
election case of Spencer vs.. Sykes were con-
cluded before the Senate Committee ON Privi-
lie ;es and Elections yesterday. An early dec
SION from the committee Ia loUked for.
BILL SIGNED.-The President has signed the
act authorizing the chief clerk of the War de-
partment to sign acquisitions on the Treasury
during the temporary absence of the Secretary
Of War.
No BUSINESS was transacted in the either
House Of Congress yesterday after the close of
The STAR report The Centennial bill was
discussed in the Senate, and the bill to regulate
commerce by railroads in the House.
WANTS A observation-disclosures oner Watts
OF the Agricultural department, has written q
letter to the chairman of the Committee on Ag-
riculture asking for g, 500 for the purpose of
placing fre-plug in front Of the agricultural
building.
Mr. CARPENTERS SPEECH on Louisiana af
fairs, in the Senate to-day, attracted a crowd
to the galleries. He began speaking at half
past one clock, and was listened to with great
attention. Gen. Butler was present during the
speech, and was an attentive listener.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. VIM. II. Emory, de.
tached from duty in the Asistic station, and
ordered to return home; Lieut.. Richard A.
Cults, detached from the Photographic Office,
and ordered to duty at the Mare Island navy
yard; Passed Assistant EngIn eer A. j. Kenyon,
detached from the Mahopac, and ordered TO
he Ajax; Passed Assistant Engineer j. B. Car
p inter-, detached from the Ajax, and ordered to
the New York navy yard.
TIE EIGHT-HOUR LAW AND NEW YORK
WOKKINeMKN.-The House Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds this morning ap
pointed subcommittee, of which Mr.. KILN
ger, of Pennsylvania is chairman, to proceed TO
New York aud investigate the alleged violation
OF the eight-hour law by those having in charge
the construction of public buildings in that city
Mr. Cox was heard by the committee on the
subject. and filed numerous complaints received
by him from the wOrkingmen OF New York city.
DEFICIENCY EsTIMATEs.-In the communi-
cation of the Secretary Of the Treasury, trans
uniting statement of the estimates OF the de-
hclencies in the appropriations for the present
nscal year are the following items: For the fire
department &c OF the District of Columbia, $751;
7Si 81; furniture and carpets for Treasury
building at Washington, SO, 900; expenses in,
CURED in Issuing the national currency; Sill
2l9li; propagation of food fishes, Sl2, 500; for
pubic buildings, s145, OOO for signal service
bureau, $4,000; government hospital for the
insane, S11. 366.
TIE ARMY REDUCTION BuL-Tbe Honse
Committee on Military Affairs have completed
the army reduction bill. The number of regi-
ments of infantry is to be twenty instead of
twenty five, of artillery four instead of five and
or cavalry eight instead of ten, a decrease of
eight regiments in all, and of 5000 enlisted
men, leaving the aggregate $4,000 instead OF
10000. Officers rendered supernumerary by
the consolidation of regiments are not to be
vice, and absorbed into the remaining regi-
ments as vacancies occur; and, to facilitate the
process Of absorption, premium of a full years
pay Is ofered to all officers who resign.
MORE INDIAN OUTRAGRs-SpeciaI Indian
Agent Roberts writes the Commissioner OF In
dian Affairs from San Carlos, Arizona, Febru-
airy !, that Captain Hamilton, 5th cavalry, with
detachment of soldiers had arrived at the re-
serve and informed him that the Indians who
left the reservation on the night of the 3Ist uti-
mo had attacked the citizens at the old Camp
Grant agency on the I'd instant, killing one
man, one woman, and three children, and
wounding severely another man, after the con-
summation OF which the Indians set fire to tn.
taking with them, on their departure, a GUAM,
tity of corn and other articles, ana lea wing the
place in a desolate condition.
THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CONTRACT.
Messrs. Edwards, PiWpont, Rufus Hatch, and
George Scott, representing the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, were before the House
Postal Committee to-day for the purpose of ex-
planning their non performance of the second
subsidy mail contract, which was to Commence
last October. They said the DELAY in getting
the ships was due to the fact that the law re-
lnlred 100 ton iron ships, made exclusively of
American material. There was no place where
such large ship could be built in this country
uhtil tne proper machinery was put In position
at Roaeh's ship yard. The company have near
ly completed TIVE of the largest ships in the
world, except the Great Eastern, the first to be
launched on the 18th of this MONTH and the
other thirty daye later; all the machinery being
completed, and the only delay necessary will be
TO place it in the ship. They asked for four
non ships, the Colma, Grenada, Colon. and
Acapulco, 5000 tons burden each be accented
az man carriers under the existing China mail
contracts with the government.
The MoIETT QUEsTIoN.-The Committee
on Ways and Means resumed the consideration
of the moiety question this morning. They
ruled out individual cases. Mr. JAYNE explain-
ed The law as TO imported goods under the ats
OF 1893 and 1863. He referred again to the at
lacks made upon him in certain New York pa
pers, and said what he had pecuuiarily made
Was no compensation for such abuse. He read
a dispatch from L. A. Morgan & Co., of New
York, saying that in the Story case cited yes
teIday the cargo had been sold to Story & Co.
before arrival, and that the duties were assum-
ed and paid by Story, and not by Morgan. He
denied that he had ever influenced any one in
regard to their selection of attorneys. When
defending his personal character he waved
warm, and was repeatedly checked by the com
mittee- No questions were allowed to be asked.
MI. Jayne, the acting chairman stating that
heterogeneous would be allowed at some sub-
sequent hearing. Henry ID. Hyde, counsel for
the Boston board of trade, was next heard He
handed the committee printed slips of changes
or law asked for. The question regarding the
seizures OF books and papers, he said woufd Z
discussed by =. b. Eaton. He then entered into
a dlscussion on the general subject of moieties.
but was interrupted by adjournment The com,
nittee viii again resume the matter to morrow
morning.
CITIZEN EMPLOYEES OF THE QUARTRRMAs-
TIERS DRPARTMKNT-Undar the operation of
general order No. 1, and also of a special letter
from the Secretary of War to the quartermaster
general, dated 5th December, 1873, limiting the
amounts TO be RENTED to disbursing officers
rom the balances of appropriations available
ior the quartermaster's department the quar-
termaster general was required to direct the
discharge OF all citizens not Absolutely neces-
sary to perform the service required by law reg.
n ations and War department orders He WAS
also by order Of the War department, a we'll
as by law, prohibited from mourning anv Iiahfi.
ity which the appropriations for the Quarter
masters department win not be sufficient to