Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-02


TIE HOUSE Committee of Commerce this
morning agreed to recommend that Atlanta,
Georgia, and Rochester, New York, be ports OF
delivery.
In THE British House OF Commons last even
ing, Sir h. Wolf moved that the salary of the
British Minister at Washington be reduced
$500. The motion waa rejected, 50 to-
CONFERENCE.-The Sci ate, in executive
session, yesterday confirmed the nomination of
Aaron Huddleston TO be agent for the Kaw In
dams; also the nominations of a number OF post
masters.
NAVAL ORDxRs.-Nsvsl Constructor Taeo
ID. Wilson Is detached from the washin zion
navy-yard and ordered to the Portsm luth
yard. Naval Constructor Thos. T.. Webb de-
tao hf d from the Portsmouth hayward and or
dered TO duty as member of the court of in
quiry.
TIE BILL providing that the act to authorize
the settlement of the accounts of off GERS OF the
army and navy, approved June sd, 1870, AMI
Continued by the act of june 7th 1872, be fur
Their continued for one year from June %, 1874
ana no longer, was considered i'm the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs this morning
and they agreed to report it favorably.
COMMISSIONERS DRUMMoNp. OF the General
Land office, yesterday formally turned over the
bureau to his successor, Mr.. Burdette. The
chiefs in the various bureaus of the General
Land office, t)gether with the clerks, presented
Mr.: Drummond With memorial. expressive of
their high regard, signed by one hundred and
seventy eight persons in the department.
WAsHINeToNIANs ABaoAD.-The folio wing
WashingtOnisns we're registered abroad: AT
Paris, May 16-Miss Jessie Carter, Mrs. S. +
Miller. London, May 16-L s. White. Berlin,
May 12-Wm. Redin Woodward. Florence,
May 11-Mrs. J. Miller. Venice, May 12-Mrs
A. j. Brown, Thos. b. Brown, W. V. H. Brown.
Naples, May l2-Mrs. Mcclure.
THE BILL RELATING TO RETIRED ARMY
OPFICBRs.-The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs has agreed to report adversely the bill
which passed the House last week, to place
ret1Ied ofhcers Of the army, upon their own
application, accompanied by the certifica ate OF
. regular medical officer, who are physically
ineapacitated, on duty "a boards, military
courts, and in charge Of evacuated posts and
ga1rsons, on recruiting service, and such other
for them to perform; and their status shall be
that OF the active officers OF the army for che
time being.
PRRsoNAL.-Mr. j. Lawrin McMurray, or
Toronto, Ontario, has been invited by Hon
George Brown To act as secretary in WASH ng-
ton for Sir Edward Thornton and MIR. Bro Sn,
the British plen potentiaries to negotiate "A re-
clproclty treaty between the United States and
CaIsda. Mr.. McMurray though only "a years
Of age, has held a leading position az a prac-
toner OF the Canadian bar. Two years u 20,
however, he embarked in very prOtta6ie
lumber business. ....Ar. James w. Shehan.
formerly of this city, but for many years on the
editorial staff of the Chicago Tribune Is on a
BRIEF Welt TO Washington. ''''ArchbishDp
Purcell, OF Ohio, is to offfciate at the marriaSe
Of MI. Fitch and Miss MiRnie Sherman .".Seu-
ator Ferry, OF Connecticut, is still at his home
ID that state, and is slowly improving in health,
although II IL not probable that he will resume
his seat in the Senate during the present ses-
sion.
TIE BANK NOrE PRINTING ISoUIRY-The
Committee on Banking and Currency this morn
ing resumed the consider alton or the subject of
bank Iote printing. A great deal of time was
consumed In the explanation of certain appar-
ent discrepancies in Mr.. McCartee's report,
which was made necessary by reason of the mis-.
construction placed upon the figures by th,
agents of the New York Bank Note Companies
Mr. Hubbard, counsel for the New York COM
panies, stated that he had been informed by
employees OF the bureau or engraving and print
ing that the secret process used by that bureau
IN printing notes consisted OF bath, which
Of no real value. Nr. McCartee stated that the
process III Use by the bureau had been satIsfac-
0orily tested by Secretary Bout we'll before IL a.
sdopted. while he was willing to tell, and had
told the committee the details in connection
With lt, he should decline to enlighten the New
York companies on the subject. Mr.. Hubbard
vas then interrogated as to the parties who gave
him such Information. He declined To Disclose
their names, but admitted they were not ex
perts.
THR NEW SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Colonel Benjamin II. Bristow, whose nom.ns-
ton as Secretary Of TreasIry was sent by the
President to the Senate yesterday, is q native
OF Kentucky. Soon after he removed to Louis
Vile from his former home, Hop kinsville, he
was appointed District Attorney for Kentucky,
and fulfilled the duties OF that position with
SUCH signal ability that a few years ago the
President called him to this city to fill the posi-
non or Solicitor General. He was the fI st IN
cumDent OF this Office, which was created by
the law unfer which the Attorney Gener al,
once was recognized as the Department OF jus
uce. The high talents and extensive legal re-
quiremeDts which had marked Colonel Bristo~
AZ one OF the formost lawyers OF his native -stats
soon made for him very enyiable reputation
become connected with the Southern Pacific
raliroad In An important and lucrative position
which he still holds, and he will accept the
oecietaryship OF the Treasury at some sacrifice
OF his personal Interests. The nomination il
fayorably received by both parties in Congress
and 1t 10 thought there will be no Opposition
whatever to his confirmation.
THR SUMNER SALE.-The late residence Of
Senator Sumner has been thronged YESTERDAY
and to-day by prospective purchasers az the
sale OF the furniture, which takes place to-mor-
row. The articles TO be sold will doubtless
bring high price, a. may be understood from
the fact that n bid OF ore thousand dollars has
Deen made for a very cid German hall clock
and 1t Is believed hat II would bring more than
three times that sum ii subjected to sharp com
petition.
The aucrioneers in cha rye OF the sale. Messrs
Latimer & Clesry, have received several or
ders, accompanied by 81 ms OF money, varying
In amount, from persoI at a distance asking
the firm topurchase for them sonaethino belong.
ing to the late Senator as keepsake. One old
lady in Boston encloses two dollars, and req nests
them to secure some trihe for her, however
slight. She adds in her letter that she Is unite
poor, and that her health was too feeble to allow
her to 60 out on decoration day, but that she
gladly took OF her scanty means to buy 6nch
Of flowers to be laid upon the grave'of the dead
statesman on that occasion. We need hardly
add that her commission will be faithfully at
tended to.
ANTI-MAsoNIo MRMoRIAL.-Iu the Senate
yesterday the President pro tenn, presented two
petitions OF citizens Of the United States
praying Congress to withdraw the charter
granted the Masonic Hall Association, or the
District OF Columbia. The petitions, which
were referred to the COMMITTEES on the JudIcI.
ary, are as fellows: 1--WE, the undersigned cit
liens Of the United States, belle wing lin the
words Of Daniel Webster) THAT all secret asso
Citations, the members OF which take upon the I'M
selves extraordinary obligations to one another
and are bound together by secret oaths, are
naturally sources OF Jealousy and Just alarm to
othere; are especially unfavorable to harmony
AID mutual confidence among men living to-
Sether under popular institutions, and are dan
geroue to the general cause Of civil liberty and