Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-21


AN EFFORT VIII be IN sde TO hold an Intern.-
nOnal Patent Congress in Philadelphia at the
time OF the Centennial, from which favorable
results may be anticipated.
THE SALARY REPEAL BILL APPROVED
The President to-day approved the act repeal
ing the increase of salaries OF members OF
Congress and other officers-otherwise known
a. the salaTy repeal bill.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House TO-
day was Pnchback, OF Louisiana, whose
claims to a seat as Senator from that state re-
ceiyed pretty severe check by the action OF
the Senate yesterday.
NAVAL ORpERs.-AIeut. Jas A. Chesby to
the Juniata. Master Geo. A. Calhoun to the
Worcester. Lieut. COm'r John G. Watson de
tached from the New York navy yard, and
ordered to eS animation for promotion.
The INDIAN COMMITTEE OF the Senate met
to-day, but reached no conclusion on any sub
ject under consideration. The committee has
not vet scttd the bill transferring the control
OF Indian affairs To the War department.
TRERR WAS QUITE A SHOWER of women suf-
frage petitions at the opening of the Senate to.
day Mr.. Fenton, who is a late convert to the
cause of equal suffrage, in presenting a petit
ton from New York, styled the petitioners
women cltiz ms"
THE VIRGINIUs COURT has been investigat-
ing the publication OF the report OF Lieut.. ID.
e. woodrow, commanding the Viruinius, be-
fore It reached the department, and the result
may be the court martaing OF that officer for
| giving his report TO the press.
THERE ARE SEVENTY bald head ed men in
Congress. No unprejudjced mind can look down
from the galleries upon that AXE Superior OF
absent hair without a feeling OF regret that the
absence is thing with which the peculiar skin
Of the abOrigi mes had nothing to dO.-LJbisrilIe
Courier Journal.
GEN. ABsALox BAIED, an inspector in the
United States army, was before the House Mil
itary Committee this morning and gave his
views with reference TO the general subject of
the proposed reduction of the army. Like all
other regular army officers, he don't think it to
the interests of the service TO ntere re with the
present military establishment, especially with
tie view to reduce it..
CUTTING Down THE ExPEssEs.-Tbe Hons,
Committee on Accounts held a meeting at is
room In the Capitol last evening to consider the
subject of cutting down the contingent eN
PenSes oil the House. Ii was decided TO recon-
mono reduction in the number of employees OF
certain branches, and to stop the expenditure
OF five dollars for each working day for hauling
the mails from the House post office to the mann
post Office down town.
IMMIGRATION INTO SAN FRANCrsCo.-Om
cial returns made to the Bureau Of Statistics
show that during the quarter ended December
u, ISIS, there arrived at San Francisco 81
immigrants, OF whom I, lsj were males and %
females. OF the total number arrived, S73
males and 30 females were from China. The
ages OF the immigrants we're nuer fifteen
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FAVORABLE EsPoRT on JUDGE wAGrE's
SPONTANEOUSLY the executive session OF the
Senate yesterday afternoon the Judi :iary Com
mlttee reported IA orably the nomination OF
Hon. Morrison Il. Waite 10 be Chief Justice
Mr. samner objected to the immediate con
>ideration OF the report, and under the rules
went over until the next executive session of
The senate, when the nomination will un
doUbtedly be confirmed.
The SENATE sAvAL COMMITTEE held a
meeting this morning and agreed to report
fayorablv the bill TO change the title OF first A.
sstant engineer, with an amendm ent proyidiny
that hereafter the course OF ius'ru ,tion OF
cadet engineers at the naval academy shall be
four instead of two years. The COMMITTEES also
agreed to report the bill allowing James NJ.
Donald, warrant officer OF the navy, TO accept
silver medal from the government OF italy
Tor humane services rendered an Italian mer-
chant vessel.
"
IHE sEMf-A>NUAL EXAMINATION of the CORPS
Of cadets of the military academy was finished
| on the eth inst. OF the lis cadets composing
me lst, I'd and Sd classes but one failed, third
| class man. The numbers OF failures in the fth
class, which comprises 10 cadets, were ten
| This l. regarded by the War department as an
| unusually small number OF failures in propor-
ton TO those examined. The reports from West
| Point show that tl-is was due to the fact that
! The classes during the past academic wear have
/ bet very studious, and not from any relaxation
In requirement by The academic DO ard
| "A PAMPHLET is being circulated in both
Houses OF Congress, being a review of the con-
| troversy between the Post Osce department
and the railways in respect to the postal car
service, which IL from the pen OF David A.
| Wells. The views therein contained were
hiolght out by letter OF Isaac Hinckey,
president OF the Philadelphia, wilmingto and
| Baltimore railroad, arising out of the recent
| troubles between tn at road and the Post Office
| department with reference 10 the post al car
service. The pamphlet, after reviewing the
suhlect IN ali ITS aspects concludes with the fol-
lowing propositions: 1st The Federal govern
ment Is required by the constitution to make
iull compensation fer private property of every
description taken for public uses. I'd. A postal
car il not a freight car. Sd. A postal car is a
| near as possible an express car, plus the more
expensive construction and equipment, the
lighting and warming, and the free carrying OF
post Office clerks. ith. The compensation at
present PAID by the Post Office department for
the postal car service is entirely made quate,
measured either by the standard Of compensa-
ton charged by the railroads to the express
companies or the actual cost incurred by the
railroad in discharging the service in question.
9Th. The tables presented by the Post Office de-
partment prove that when properly corrected
ss to weights, that the present compensation for
postal car service Is very considerably less than
what the railroads now receive for a cOrrespon-
ding movement of irst-class freight
IMPORTANT MEASURES BEFORE THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABoR.-A
meeting OF the Senate Committee on Education
and Labor was called for this morning, but a
quorum wa not present, and consequently no
business was transacted. This committee have
under consideration tile bill introduced by Mr..
Pratt. December 8, 1873, to establish national
university at Washington, ID. c., in which In
struetion shall be given in the higher branches
OF All departments of knowledge, and facilities
iurhlshed for further research and investigation;
That the university shall consist Of thirteen de-
paftments; that the President OF the United
states shall be eS ccio chancellor OF the univer-
styi that the President shall nominate, by and
with the advice OF the Senate, the president and
several professors; that the government of the |
institute shall be vested in = board of regents
composed of chancellor and vice chancellor
and one Senator from each state that unoccu- |
pied rooms or buildings Under the control OF |
the government may be temporarily used BY |
said university for the purpose of lee |
lures or recitations until such time as |
proper edihces can be erected for the |
rsciusive use Of the univ ersty; that the West /
folnt military AcademY. the Naval Acadamy