Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-27
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from in
ternal revenue to- day were s3O9 600.
THE CABINET SEssIoStO-dsy was very brief
Al! the members were present, bat there wls
no business before the meeting.
TEE GZEEvA AWARD was under considera-
ton by the House Judiciary Committee to day,
but DO conclusion Was reached.
NJ. BARTHoLDI, the nsw Minister from
France, arrived at New York Oh tie steam-r
Anerique this morning
We HOPE Speaker BlaiQe Is not pa Ted Up Uv
the fact that he has never had ruIly reversed
by the House.-SgringfsiJ Rcnalfteaa.
TIE Committee On Banking AID Carrea,y
to day subm.tted their report GU the First Ma
tional bank of this city. The substlucs Of tie
report has already been printed il rHE SrAg.
THE CASE Of Mrs Myra Clark Gaines in re-
gard TO certain questions pertaining to her claim
in New Orleans, VIII be taken up by the House
Committee on Private Land Claims next Tues
day.
THE House Foreign Affairs Corl.aittee to-
Jay considered the bill FIXING the salaries OF. 4.
). consuls, and agreed to report q resolution
authorizing the President to intsrcede in the
case of one COndrOn, Fenian, no v i'm prisoned
bE the English government.
\ MODEST REQUEsT.-A letter was received
at the Treasury department yesterday from
Chicago enclosing twenty dollar confederate
note, which the sender, in all seriousness, re-
quested the treasurer to redeem I'D remit as
soon as possible"
REVENUE CoNsOLIDATIoN.-Ane executive or
der was issued yesterday uniting the eighth aai
ninth internal revenue collection districts OF
New York state into one district, to be known
Is the fourth collection district. Cbas. ID. Cos
ter, now collector of the eighth district, Is r.
tanned as collector OF the consolidate district.
"WANT THE GoyERNMENT To Do ALL
THEY WANT."-A delegation of Usage Indians
appeared before the House Committee on In
dian Affairs yesterday, asking for horses.
money, ,&c., or, as they represented ii, they
wanted the government to do fJT tbem a.
they wanted"
a CORRESPONDENT has been expelled from
the Senate gallery for lying about Que of TIA It
honorable body. fl this rule were extended {,
those correspondents who have lied about the
District government, the reporters gallery
would soOn he ''for rent. "-'' Xtrrdy," IL Dan
bury NtlgS.
PEOPLE are beginning TO ask when are we to
have the startling developments promised by
the memorialists? The general bell + is tLat
the investigation will amount to very little so
Tar as eliminating any member of the District
government Is concerned, bus ii will dsiay ap-
Preparations and entail considerable EXPENSE
"~SH' CVF' b1tt. AMERICAN
THE PRESIDENTS Of the Union Pacific and
Kansas Pacific railroads were before the House
Committee on the Pacific Railroad to-day in
regard to the question of pro-ratine, with
view TO harmonic the difference between the
two roads. II no other satisfactory conclusion
u arrived at, the committee will report a bill
Tor that purpose.
IEDIAS DxFICIENCIEs.-rhe ststemeut that
the House Appropriations Committee have in
serted in the deficiency bill an item OF about
Il c0O,0 foT the Indians OF New Mexico aud
Arizona is Incorrect. About this amount OF
money Is 70 be appropriated for all Indian
IitGs thrC ughOut The country, including the
Sioux and many other tribes besides the
Apaoh E.
BALLoTINe FOR SUMMERS SUccEssoR To-
DAY.-Telt grams received st the Capitol to-
day from Boston give the fourth ballot OF the
joint convention of the two houses of the legis
lature OF Massachusetts, tor United States Sena-
stor, as follows:
Dawes ..............92 Adams ....2I
Cur is................I3 Scattering.
Necessary to a choice, 1874.
SAHBoRN's CAsE.-Mr. f. E. walbridge was
before the Ways and Means Committee to-day
as counsel for John ID. Sanborn, and asked that
the latter be excused from making a full state
ment III relation to his case until his trial. which
begins at Brooklyn on Monday next. He asked
leave 10 nile partial answer in Sanbornis
behalf. The committee declined to receive the
partial statement, but postponed the further
Sanborn will appear before the COMMITTEES as a
suhp9naed witness.
DEFIcIEScIRs.-The House Committee on
Appropriations yesterday heard the statement of
supervising Architect Mullett in regard to de-
hcieDcies In appropriations for repairs, furni
tnre and fuel for public buildings throughout
me country, and agreed to insert in the denci-
-ncy bill items amounting to about SI25 600 for
these purposes. The committee also agreed to
An item OF 10000 to cover deficiencies In ap-
pIopr atoms Tor the bureau Of statistics and
SIS coo for Prof. Hayden's Geological survey of
The Yellowstone.
The SENATE Committee on Patents have
aereed to report adversely on the application
ior extension OF the Wells hat-body patent, ana
also In the case Of the Tanner car-brake. Thew
agreed to report fasOrably on the House bill
egalizing the renewal date of McClintoek
foung's patent for an improved harvester The
committee agreed TO report adversely on the
application Tor extension OF Rudolph Eick-
meyers patent for stitching hat Innings. Ii was
agreed to ask the Senate to recomait for the
purpose Of further amendment the bill recently
reported TO secure the rights of property 10
patterns for metal castings.
TIE CIVIL SERVICE Committee met yester
day. and Hon. j. II. Ella, Fifth Auditor, ap-
oeared in regard to allowances made to inter-
nal revenue officers with a view of fixing stated
salaries Tor such officers instead Of past allow
ances. Hon. Mr.. Eames, OF X. L., also made an
argument opposing Adjustment of appraiser at
Proyidence. The following resolution offered
oy Gen. Butler was under consideration but
the committee adjourned without taking action
The resolution is :-"That no two persons bear
ing the relation OF husband and wife, paren
and child, brother and sister, either by consan-
euinity or marriage, shall be employed in anv
department. at the same time"
HOWARD CUT p IsouIRY.-General Bal
lock was on the stand yesterday in the Howard
court of inquiry. The principal portion of the