, 1874-02-13
NOTES AND NEWS.
,Sptcfal Dispatch to Tho Chicago I'rfbunk.

NOTES AND NEWS.
sptcfal Dispatch to Tho Chicago tribune.
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
WAeu1NaToN, D. O., Fob. 12.-'Yhothor II Is
with Wow to IN carly renewal Of work OIL tho
Washington Monument, or aimply to furnish
employment to an unocoupicd engineer officer Ia
just now unknown, but, nevertheless, tho eccre-
tary Of War has directed Lieut.. Marshall to
make thorough inspection Of tho shaft and
aacortain It's condition, and what weight tho
foundation Ia capable Of sustaining. A similar
inspection was ortorod and made two or throe
years ago, at which timo tho enginccr reported
everything in good condition. and tho fouEda-
.io entirely susceptible ot sustaining tho weight
of material necessary to tho completion Of tho
work.
NEW TENSION LIST.
Tho Committee OIL Pensions, Of tlo House, to-
day agreed to mako report which will yojolce
tho hearts Of many. They layo prepared bill
granting penRionB to all soldiers Of the Revolu-
tion and Sar of 1872, who rocoi.eta ~ honorable
discharge, to tho widows Of huch soldiers WHO
became sucl down to 1926. clause WAS also
inserted to repeal entirely tho loyalty test. If
tho bill bocomoa a law claimant will only be
required 70 prove service for any longth Of tinlo
and an honorable discharge.
INSPECTION OF FOREIGN VESSELS.
Tho eouato Committee Of Commerce to-dny
received communication from tho Board Of
Supervising Inspectors Of Bteamboats recoaa-
monding TINT nll foreign vessels carrying pas
aeuCors and entering aud lowing porta Of tho
United Suites shall undergo thorough inspoc-
tion at tho lnttor ports, aud bo required to make
any ropaira doomed necessary, and supply thnm-
solves With life-saving apparatus. Tho sug-
gestfons embodied in the lottor struck tile Com
lnittoo favorahty, and tho matter wae roferred to
\ subcommittee consisting Of Senators Conk-
ling aud Boutwell,.
VERY SINGULAR PETITION
vas presented In tho Senate today BY Mr.
Spraguo, and referred. It was signed BY 2.
G. Curtis, Mrs. Dobra A. Lockwood, and Hattie
to tho depth Of 20 feet, more or less, on Govern
mont Island, IN San Franciaeo Bay (bolongiug
to tho Goyernmont), for the purpose Of making
neurological aud geological investigations, and,
to 'uao tho language Of tho nlemorialiBts.
to be there deposited Of which We possess do
scripton to do this without naolestatiou or out
side influence, on tho condition that tho Garth
tlerofrom removed shall all be again replaced,
tito Island left as found, nnd no damago DO really
law Of this city, but tho namcs Of tue other two
petitioners do not appear in tho Washington d.
rectory.
LOUISVILLE AND roRr1Aap.
at tho meeting Of tie House Commerce Com
mittec to-day, Sborman's Louisville l. Port
4NuA AhuAl ullI HAA IOlaE1eA ~ . suU-EotAtAlkkoa
Of Ayo1 Of which Judge Holman, Of Indiana, ls
Chairtnan, aud Mcaar8. 8tanard, Of Missouri,
Congor, of Michigan, and Willie, Of Toxas, arc
members. for oxan,ination and report as to tho
qlieBtlon Of title which Inns been raised by topre-
teutattYea of the Campbell heirs.
/ ~ ITO Ao Afsocfated Irtss.l
WASHINGTON, D. O., Fab. t2.-T1le Secretary
Of War has sent to the House Of Representatives
q letter Of the Chief Of Engineors, md report Of
EhglrcrB, on tie improvement Of thc<naYiga-
tiuu j. thu Ohio River. Tho Board recommend
that tho slaek.watet plan for tho Improvement
of navigation be tostod Rt tho lowor dam On the
MonongAltla River.
Tho Secretary OF War aont to tho House OF
Representatives. tho draft Of bill making it tho
duty of tho Secretary of War to maintain tito
supervision Of tho construction Of all bridgoH
heretofore authorized, and not completed, or
that may be hereafter authorized to bo con-
structod oyor tho nayigablo waters OF tho United
States. Tho bill proposes to repeal tho law Of
1872, for tho construction Of bridge across tho
Arkansas River ut Little Rock, because 1t would
obstruot navigation. Tho bill WAS roforred to
tho Committee on Commerce.
tions: J. ". Jenkins, Virginia. Secretary Of the
Territory Of Colorado. Postmasters-- lillian
". Kurtz, Athens, o.; John G. Hastings,
Sioux City, I.
COY. KE.PER AND THE PRESIDENT.
Gov. kempor, Of Virginia, beiug in Washing
ton on business, made ! call OF courtesy upon
President Grant to-day. It was some time ago
stated that Col. h1osby had preRrrangod an ill.,
terview between theso gcntle1nen hut the Gov.
ernor says thore il no truth in the report, and
TINT he called mcrely to pay his respects to the
Chief Magistrate the same as any other ctizon
OF tho United States, aud With no political OBJ
tcct in view. Tho Governor tonight, IL
conversation with friends. spoke Of the pleasure
tho ylait afforded him, tho President receiving
him in the spirit Of friondlineas and courtesy
aud in tho course Of tho conversation OK
pressed bis yews deliberately, 40 1t Weighing Lii
words, which left favorable impression on tft
Goyarnor's mind. Ar the interviow Was private
tho subject Of tho conveiBation cannot be e1
| plictly stated, but it can only be inferred b.
tho Governors own FREQ uttornncos to.nigh
that ho mud his political friends Ii
Virginia stand on tho broad conservative plat
form which he says gives alt statoa co-oqua
rights "a members Of the Union that they nm,
discharge all their duties md restore poriec
peace and reconciliation to all parts of tn
country. They will support everybody that aup
ports that platform, which tho Governor framed
| aud which was indorsod by the people Of Yir
ginia, and they wlll oppose, ho further says
| EVERYBODY who oppose tho conservative an
harmonizing principles therein expressed.