Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-18
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and GOSSIP.

Washington News and Gossip.
ISTERNAL RsvESUK.-The receipts from this
source to-day were s3Is 47e %.
SFCRTTARY BELKSAP returned to Washing
ton this morning.
AMONG TIE VISITORS 1T the White House
this morn ing who saw the President was ex
Senator Jo hus Hin. Of Georgia.
PKRsoNAL-Gen. Won. Scbwein'tz, German
Ambassador at Vienna; Mr.. John Jay, Ameri
can Minister TO Austria; Gov. w. Dennisoa, o
Ohio. and Edgar L. welles, of Hartford, are
WUImley's.
TIE ENGgossED BILL which passed the
House yesterday to provide form OF govern
ment III the Distlict OF Columbia, was presented
the Senate this morning. II is the intention
10 call II up in that body TO day if possible.
THE ARKANSAS WAR has been transferred to
Washington. This morning Joseph Brooks of
Arkansas, claiming to be governor, arrived in
this city and took quarters At the St. James
hotel. During the day he visited the House of
representatives and Senate chamber.
THERE is THE BEST AUTHORITY for the
statement that there is not word of truth in
the paragraph announcing that VIM. ID. Gala
cher, Of Pewee valley, near Louisville, Ky, Is
the second choice of Secretary Bristo for the
position Of Assistant Secretary of the Treas
airy, recently vacated bv Mr.. Sawyer.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenants Henry c.
Hunter and Edward P. Wood, detached from
Colorado and placed on waiting orders. Lieu.
tenant Commander George W. Coffin AMI
Passed Assistant Engineers j. g. Pemberton
and j. e. Prefer from the naTal academy and
placed on waiting orders.
ANOTHER New PLASEr.-Professor Joseph
Henry, secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, writes US to-day: "PrOf Foster, of Berlin,
announces the discovery of a planet of the
eleventh magnitude, by Perrotin, in sixteen
nours, half minute, right ascension, twenty
two degrees, thirty-two minutes, declinati0n
he House DISTRICT COMMITTEE held a
meeting this morning and again discussed the
question of transferring the wardenshp of the
Jail to the marshal of the District, and without
'Onling to any conclusion in the IN after post
oned tt to the next session of Congress A
dtsultoTy discussion then took place in relation
20 the business on thu docket and the impOr-
lance of some of the IN assures, after which the
committee adjourned till next December.
TEE SENATE Appropriation Committee held
long session this morning i'm consideration of
he sundry civil appropriation bill which passed
The Houfe. The amendments offered ard pro
posed are 80 numerous that il adopted the bill
sill almost assume an entire new form and thu
work upon II is far from being completed. The
agreed 10 hOlu another nesting this
sveniig to further consider the provisions of
he bill.
CONFERENCE ON The Gas BILL.-In the San
tte this afternoon Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont,
moved that the Senate nonconcur in the amend
'ueEt of the House to the bill regulating gas
works, which passed the latter body yesterday,
md the provisions of which were printed in
iHE STAR. A committee OF conference on the
'isaPreeiDg votes was ordered. The House
amended the Senate bill yesterday by regulat-
ng the price OF gas according to the price of
.Oal.
The SENATE Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads held a meeting this morning aud
ook into consideration the resolution which
vas introduced in the Senate last week nv Mr.
argent: THAT the Committee ON Pos Offices
nj Post ROacs be instructed to INQUIRE whether
any further legislation is necessary to secure the
transportation of the additional semi monthly
nail between San Francisco, Japan and
nina" The committee agreed to report back
De resolutinr, with the statement tn at, IN the
piniCn OF the committee, no further legislation
necessary. This action sustains the oninion
md decision OF the Postmaster General.
ANOTHER DEFEAT PoR CIVIL RGHrs.-In
ne House this morning Mr.. Butler, of Massa-
:husetts, asked unanimous consent to take the
;ivil rights bill from the Speakers table and
ave IL referred to the j Judiciary COmmittee
several objections were lnterposed. It is not
1rotable that the bill will pass this session.
used, MIR. Butler made motion that there be
! session Of the House to morrow light for de-
)ate only, Except appropriation bulls inter
'ene,) which was carried. Ii Is the general i'm
jression that Mr.. Butler intends maxim, a
~peech on the bill and the causes which pre-
Eent its consideration
NOMINATIONS AND CoHFIRMArIoss.- The
President sent to the Senate yesterday the fol-
owing nominations: Richmond Pearson OF
North Carolina, to be consul at Verviers and
Liege; Fernando e. willett, OF Colorado, to be
,ecretary OF Legation at Mexico; Captain James
VI. Robinson, TO be major In 2d artillery; First
Lieutenant Joseph c. Breckenridge to be can
ain IN q artillery; Second Lieutenant Medic
EN- Crawford, TO be first lieutenant "a artillery.
The Senate in executive session Yesterday
0hnrmed number of nominations, among
nem the following: Richard l.. Hoxie, mem
DER OF The Board of Public Works of the Dis
rict of Columbia, vice Adolf Clues, removed;
Iames a. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, Consul at
seville, together with ali the nominations of
COnsuls and Consuls General Sc mt to the Senate
yesterday, and the following Robert NJ. Rey-
olds, Minister Resident to Bolivia; John l..
;sdsalader, of New York, Assistant Secretary
4 State; John F. Long, Surveyor OF Customs
t. Louis, Missouri.
AUTHORIZATIONS or DISTRICT INTEREST,"
The Senate Appropriation Committee will re-
-ort the omnibus bill which has passed the
louise to-day or tomorrow. Among the
.mendments which will probably be reported
y thO are Tue iOllOWiDg: For the
Improvement of the Capitol grounds $500 900
ara Tor the construction of new building for
he library OF Congress 5000, 900. The Commit
zee on Pubic Buildings and Grounds will offer,
~ the Committee on Appropriations do not in
Corporate II In the bill, an amendment proyid-
lhg Tor the appointment OF a commission to con-
eist OF Fred. Law Olmstead, of New York. the
central park architect; VIM. Hammond Hail.
u San Francisco, and II. w. s. Cleveland of
thics go, TO consider and report at the next ses
sion OF Congress by what economical measures
mi val Ia
connected series of public grounds, Including
nose OF the Capitol and Executive mansion
tbs committee will also move an amend ment
appropriatiDg $4,000 for the extension and
improvement OF the old city hall OF Washing
ION, 20 as TO accommodate the District courts
ne Court OF Claims, and the pension office
me Joint Committee on the Library will press
an amendment appropriaring go coo to enable
tnem 10 purchase works Of art to ornament the
Capitol building.
INVALID PENsIoNs.-The House Committee
on Invalid Pensions met this morning, and
after a revision OF the docket adjourned uptiI