Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-22

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SPFAKXR BLAINE has again been chosen
Chairman of the Maine Republican State Com
mittee.
ThE PRESIDENT with his family left Wash
ingtOn to-day for New York to take leave OF
their daughter, Mrs. Sartoris. General Bah
cock accompanied them.
PERsoSAL.-Coi0nel John l.. Rautt, SsconI
Assistant Postmaster General, was married
yesterday at Decatur, ILL.,, to Miss Lula
PIekrell, Of that city Mr.. and Mrs RoQtt
win arrive in Washington in a few days.
NAVAL GAzETTE-Lieut. Commander G.. G.
Schultz has been detached from the New York
navy yard and granted sick leave; Passed As
si>tant Engineer E. II. Meule has been de-
tached from the Swatara, and has been ordered
to the bureau of steam engineering.
TIE Ways and Means Committee to- day in
formally agreed to discharge F. A. Prescott,
SaEborn's lawyer, the subcommittee (Messrs
Niblack, KassOn, and Dawes, being of the
npin.On that it is unnecessary to pursue the
Sanborn matter further.
THE HOUSE Committee on Invalid Pensions
'o-cay agreed to report in favor of a pension of
$50 per month to the widow of Prof. Bache,
late of the Coast Survey. They also agreed to
increase the pension OF the widow of Com
mander shirk, q. s. N, TO $50 per month.
SAD STATE OF REPRESENTATIVE MaLLIsH.
Representative Phelps, of New Jersey, accom-
panied by Speaker Blaine, drove over to the
Insane Asylum this morning to visit Representa-.
ave Mellish, OF New York, and found him in
bed, under charge of keeper, unable to recOg-
nize them, and In so low condition as to be
liable to die at almost any hour.
TIE REFORM SCHOOL INvEsrIGATIoN.-The
Speaker of the House has not yet filled the
vacancy in the Committee on the Expenditures
1t the Department OF the Interior, but the
chairman, MIR. Orr, will probably call a meet
ing OF the committee for the purpose of investi-
'stihg tas ordered bv the House) the expend-
'ures OF moneys appropriated for the reform
school OF the District of Columbia.
COMMANDMENTS Senate in executive
session yesterday confirmed the following nom
nations: Audubon McClurg and Ernest Nor
htet. to be assistant surgeons in the navy. AS
siFtant Engineer David NJ. FuImer, to be a
passed assistant engineer in the navy. First
Lieutenant Joseph X. Hyer, to be captain. Sec
md Lieutenant Charles Il. Hinton, TO be first
lieutenant; also, the nominations of number
Of postmasters.
TIE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL-The House Judi
ciaTy Committee to-day considered the civil
lights bill, and by majority vote agreed that
he bill shall make no discrimination against
cOiortd persons in respect to the privileges OF
hotels, common carriers and public schools
The majority Of this committee hold that as the
coloTed men are allowed TO vote and hold Office,
10 would be inconsistent to refuse them ALI tbs
rights accorded to white men.
AFTER THE wEDDINe.-The east room of the
White House was thrown open to-day to nu-
meToUs visitors, who thronged that spacious
3srlOr to admire the floral display that remains
brilliant mementO OF the wedding. The "A oral
bell and arch OF flowers tn at ornament the dais
we're themes Of panegyric with more than one
fair damsel, and some could not resist the
temptation 10 ascend the platform aud get
lnder the bell. Several Photographic views OF
he east room we're taken to day.
MR.. AND Mrs. A. G. f. SARroR1s arrived at
lie Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, a. about
en- minutes before eleven O'clock last night,
accompanied by General Porter and Colonel
EItd. Grant. Beyond the ordinary nightly
-hropg, there v ere but few to receive them on
Lelr arrival. They were furnished with apart
Dents consisting of bed rooms, parors an
uessing rooms, overlooking 23d street, and im
Gediately retired. At the depot in j sTsey Cit
Ley were met by about dozen young EnglisJ
esidents and carriage from the hotel.
THE SOUTHERN OVERFLOW SUFFERERs.-
hessTs. Hays and Sheets, OF Ala, were beforr
lie Senate Appropriation Committee this
morning 10 urge the immediate passage of the
lolnt resolution adopted in rhe House on Mon
lay last, authorizing the President to issue
clothing and rations TO the people of their state
ordered destitute by the recent oyerfows
The committee agreed 10 report the resolution
and in the Senate this morning 1t was reported
oy Mr.. Logan, chairman of the committee, and
was passed.
MR.. F. o. PRESCOTT, wh) recently refused
to testify before the Ways and Means Commit
tee, relative to disbursements of money given
him by Sanborn, has addressed a letter to the
chairman, MIR. Dawes, asking that the com
mittee expunge from the record in the Sanborn
investigation the testimony of NJ. q. Dickinson,
jr., on the ground that said testimony is irrele-
want; that most OF the same is utterly false, and
tbat which has any foundation in fact, is so dis
said committee should not be made the medium
Of personal malice between citizens.
THB MOUTH OF THE MIssrssrPpI.-we are
requested by Prof. FOrshey to correct an item
published on the 18th inst, setting forth that
Capt. Esds and himself had that day presented
their views on the above subject TO the House
COMMITTEE on Railways aud Canals, and that
the committee, by a vote of to 3, agreed to re-
port a bill in the main in accordance with their
joint views. Prof. Forshey SAYS he was not
heard on the occasion referred to- and that SO
tar from agreeing with Capt. Eads' theories b.,
believes that canal cut through miles from
deep water in the river to deep water I'm the
gun Il the only easy and practical way OF secur-
ing the desired relief. He Saws moreover that
A vote was taken without aifOrding him an OBJ
pO'tuDty to be heard on the subject, as prom
sed.
TEE LATE GENERAL DYKR.-A general ore
from the War department announcing the de-
cease, at the Washington arsenal on the 10Th
instant, Of Brigadier General A. b. Dyer, chief
Of ordnance |. y. army, and major general by
trevet, recOUnts his military history and valua-
bic services to the country, his energy. his gem
erous and genial temper, his unaffected sim
plctty and candoT coupled with aniy digairy
and above all, his incorporating integrity
The funeral ceremonies will take place from
the Church of the Epiphany. on street, be-
tween 18th and 18th streets, at O'Clock to-mor-
row afternoon. AS appropriate honors to the
memory ofthe deceased, minute guns (thrteen)
will be fired at the Springfield armory and at
each arsenal, commencing at IL O'Clock M, ami
the national dag will be displayed at halt-staff
from the same hour till shutdown. The usual
badge of mourning viii be worn for thirty DAYS
by the officers Of the Ordnance department.
The BRIDAL CHAMBER ON THE BALrIC.-It
has already been announced in THE STAR that
the captain of the steamer Baltic has given ND
his cabin on the upper deck to sccommod ate
Mr.. and Mrs. Sartors on their wedding trip to
England. Not only this, but the internal fit
tiDss have been altered and deliberately adorned
until 1t equals the most elegant quarters OF q
irst-class hotel. A rich Turkey carpet covers
che floor, lace and crimson dam Ask curtains
hang at the windows. and from the ceilings are
suspt nded several bronze lamps OF an antique
pattern. The furniture Of this apartment is a