Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-16
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

EN EIN lNO DIAN.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL KEvEsuK.-The receipts from this
source to- day were s471,56s.
THE RESOLUTION requesting Senator Alcorn,
of Mississippi, to resign, was voted down in the
state senate on Saturday, BY vote of q to4.
THERE WAS LARGE NUMBER of visitors at
the Executive Mansion to-day. Secretaries
Fish, Robson and Richardson had interviews
with the President.
BILL TO ABOLISH THE IRoN-CL AID OATH
bill will be reported this week from the House
Judiciary Committee to abolish the test or
iron-clad oath in all cases where it is now re-
quired by law.
Hon. ALRx. II. STEPHENS is quite i'll at his
rooms at the National hotel, with neuralgia of
the kidneys. Night before last several physi-
clans were in consultation relative to his case,
and agreed that his condition was serious. He
was somewhat easier yesterday and to-day.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT has received no in
formation cOnflrmatOry of or relating to a dis
patch published in our teleg raphic columns to-
day stating that martial law prevails in Ha-
vana, and that other serious disturbances exist
there.
retired to-day by order of the President, and
General Shiras assigned to duty as commlssary
general, and General Amos Beckwith assigned
TO duty in the Office at Washington, also BY
order OF the President.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. John b. Fry, clerk of the
Senate Committee on the District of Columbia,
has so far recovered that he expects to resume
his duties in q few days. SO. Gov. Bennett
Mrs. Bennett, and Miss Curtis, of Idaho, are in
the city, corner A and streets.
THE Court ON GEN. HowARD's CAsE.-The
President has ordered that the following Off GERS
compose the court of inquiry in the case of Gen.
%. y. Howard General Sherman, General Nc
DOwen, General Pope, General Meigs, General
Holt. Major A. Il Gardner will be Judge ad-
vocate OF the court. The court Will meet in
Washington on the 81 March.
TIE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES
will, it is said, recommend the abolition of all
special agents OF the Treasury department, and
also recommend various reforms in the bureau
OF printing, not the least important of which is
that all note printing shall be done by the gov
eminent. thus saving eNPressage (no incOnsid-
cradle Item between New York aid Washing
ton.
NoNINATIoNs.-The President sent the fol
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day: Com
mOdore Fsbius Stsnly to be rear admiral in the
navy; VIM. A. Simmons, collector OF customs
tOr district of Boston and ChariestOwn, Mass;
Joseph II. Maney to be a supervisor of intern Il
revenue; Nathaniel Lyons to he consul at Sierra
Leone. James Nj. True, of Illinois. consul az
Kingston Canada; Philip CLAYTON, of Georgia
consul at Valparaiso.
Army RKDUCTIoN.-The House Committee
on Military Affairs expect to cut down the army
establishment so as to save about four millions
Of dollars annually, but some OF the members Of
that committee express doubts as to the House
indorsing the proposed retrenchment. None OF
officers examined IN
have minated how any reduction at all can b.
made, and, besides, not a few members of the
Rouse Will govern their acton by the opinions
OF these officers.
The MONUMENT TO WASHING TOMS MOTHER.
In the course OF three weeks a committee of the
House OF Representatives will visit Fredericks-
burg, Va, to examine the condition OF the sit,
for monument to Mary, the mother of Wash
ingtOn. The cornerstone OF the monument was
laid By President jackson in May, 1888. The
object OF the committee IL to make a thorough
examination and report the facts to the House.
IL is said that the erection OF the monument
involves an expense of 500 900, which sum Con
gress will be asked to appropriate.
BILL TO ABOLISH Navy YARDs.-In the
House to-day Mr.. whitehouse introduced bill
which provides that the navy yards at Kittery.
Me; CharlestJwn, Mass, and Washington, D.
G, be abolished, ard all civil Offices and EN-
Payments Herewith be discontinued and di-
recting the Secretary of the Navy TO sell al
public auction the material and machinery on
hand, or transfer it to some other yard, and
after having disposed of the material and ma
chinery to sell the real estate upon such terms
and conditions as will secure the highest and
best bids. The bill was referred TO the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs.
A BILL TO ABOLISH PENSION AGENcIRs.-
In the House to-day Mr.. Butler, of Massachu-
sets, introduced a bill which provides that
pensions payable in the District OF Columbia,
shall be paid at the Office of the Commissioner
NJ aud rRnf oil uhAr Ill rAnN
several p0stmasters at the county seats OF couu-
ties and at the seat of justice in the several
states and territories are made and constituted
eX-officio pension agents, who shall give addi-
tional bonds, and shall be required to make
payment to all pensioners residing within the
circuit OF their respective districts, and shall
receive the sum OF ten cents as compensation
for each pensOner paid. The bill also abOlishes
the Office OF pension agent after the act shall
have gone into effect.
APPOINTMENTS IN THE CIVIL SRRvICE.-The
House committee on reform in the civil service
will, in the course of few weeks, report to the
House q bill to regulate appointments in the ex-
ecutive dep artments at Washington, with a view
to supersede the civil service com mission, whose
workings do not receive the commentator OF
the committee. The bill will not disturb the
present incum0ents of Office, but apply to the
future, proposing TO divide the appointments
pro rata among members of Congress, on the
existing principle governing appointments Of
cadets TO West Point and the Naval Academy.
examination, be found incompetent, he will he
At liberty TO nominate another, and SO on until
the office shall be secured. The plan proposed
will, il Is thought, dispense with the DELAY Incl
dent TO the examination OF applicants under the
civil service commission, i've months, in SOM
cases.
TIE OFFICER WHO WAS III URDERKD BIZ THE
SIoUx.-Lieut. Robinson, OF the 18th U. S
infantry, Who was murdered by the Indians
near Fort Laramie on Monday last married
A nf
OF New Britain, Coun., shortly after his gradu-
ton from West Point. The father of Mrs. Oar
ling, the Hartford CouTdnf says, was a planter
II L cNes before the war, and during the war she
came north and resided with her uncle. At the
close Of hostilities between the north and south
she returned to her Texas home, and remained
there about a year and a half, when her father
was killed oy the Indians, and she again became
an inmate Of her uncle's family. Upon her mar
Laramie, where he was stationed dispatch
from her stated that she should start at once