Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-02
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

will continue on both evenings from eight to
ten o'clock p. m.
State Dinners:-Tuesday, January 26th;
Tuesday, February 9th.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from
this source to-day were Sli5o65.29.
PISCHBACK-The Senate caucus Commit
tee on Southern Affairs. Of which Senator
Morton is chairman, yesterday adopted
resolution declaring Pinchhack entitled To
his seat, which resolution will be reported AT
an early day TO full caucus.
THE FOLLOWING internal revenue ap-
Iointments were made to-day :-Fdwd Gid
dingS, collector Washington territory; Chas.
V. DcIJaEd, collector sixth Michigan dis
tTict Philip X. Thompson, Stor5keeper sev-
CIth kentucky; w B. kinyOn, gau@2r taird
Wisconsin.
NONINATIOSS-The President sent 10 the
Senate to-day the following nominations: -
Commodore Roger y. StembeI 10 he rear ad-
miTal on the retired list; Chief Constructor
Isaiah HanscOm TO be chief Of bureau OF con
stTCctiOn and repairs, Navy department.; also
number of pOstmaSteTS.
THE SUSDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS
ETLL - about ready to be reported To- the
House of Representatives by the Appropria-
tiOn Committee. The bill for all purposes
arprOpriatcS over nineteen million dollars,
OF which amount - .}-15. .j45.Sl is for public
buildings. All 2ppropriationS OF District in
tercSt contained in the bill have heretofore
been printed in THE STAR except one re
Gently agreed upon of sslSj, ,jtS.5j for the COM
pletiOn OF the new Jail.
THE CABINET met at noon to-day with the
following members present: Secretaries Bel
knap, RObeSon, and DelanO, Postmaster
General Jewell. and Attorney General Viii
iiamS. Secretaries Fish and BTistOw are
both confined 10 their rooms: the former
both i'll and iame, and the latter still suffer
ing severely from q badly Sprained knee
Joint. They were represented respectively
ny Assistant Secretaries Cadwailader ami
COnaIt the session adjourned at hllf past
one.
PEEsoNAL.-Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont
is supplying some readable "reminiscences of
distinguished People have Known" 10 the
-Ne,o YORK Ledger. Her last contribution tells
The curious story of the BO1iscO marriage. ''''
senator Patterson has changed his residence
from 5li 18th street TO the northwest corner
9Th and f streets, the Sprague mansion. ....
Senator Buckingham, of Connecticut, still
the better. wv. ID. Wilson. esq. and wife
of New York, and Miss ID. T. Graham, OF
Ontario, are at the Arlington.
ENCKE's CoMET.-Rear Admiral C.. Il
Davis, U. S. Navy, Superintendent OF the
United States Naval Observatory, has made
q report TO the Navy department relative 10
observations OF - Encke's" comet, in which
tc says ltldt Slittt every dNaiIdDte
opportunity has been used 10 look for Encke's
periodic comet, an elaborate ephemeris OF
which, by Won Asten, was furnished to tine
Observatory " i9e ilnr,vrIaI .Aca1eny or
Sciences of st. Peters buNgh. AS the comet
was so far away from both the sun and earth
ifS2,0O0,000 miles from the sum- il was known
10 be too faint 10 be seen in the smaller in
struments Of the Obserratory and the
twenty-SiX-inch equatorial was employed for
the search. The comet was first seen by Pro-
lessor Holden and Paymaster Tuttle. U. :.
Navy, on the night OF January 26th. 1t was
extremely faint with no nucleus, and with
no Well-detned boundary. II will probably
te too faint TO observe for some weeks.
PROPOSED NEW GOVERNMENT FOR TIE
UNITED STATES.-A petition was presented
m the House OF Representatives yesterday by
General Butler. and was referred to theCOm-
mittee on the Revision of the Laws. ii j in
GeIman and English. Tie petitioners desire
tne abolition Of the Senate, because il - only
copy OF tine aTistOcratic English House Oi
Lords and other monarchieS. and pray that
the powers now vested IN II be transferred to
the House OF Representatives. They also
want the office OF President and Vice PreSi-
dent abolished, and their respective powers
vested I'm an executive council of seven mem
DerS To be separately chosen by the House OF
Representatives, and to be Jointly response
bic TO that body and be subject to its dIsm s.
sal; also, that article fifteen Of the amend
ments to the constitution be amended by i'll
seTting the word sex" after the word "cOl-
orr and finally that 10 important law be
enforced until i i sanctioned by majority
OF the people.
THE MEMPHIS AND IL PAsO RAILROAD
EXFosURE.-The alleged exposure Of the
proceedings in Congress connected with the
old Memphis and El PaSO railroad company
made yesterday in one Of the New York
papers, - not likely to create the sensation
evidently expected to follow The rights OF
the company IN Texas were forte ted many
years since. at least so declared the courts
and the attempt To revive them met little ia
vOr. although Fremont and his hOpefula soci-
ates We're, for a time, confident il would BE-
successful. The company never asked IaOfe
o. Congress han a right OfWay TO the Pacific
The bonds had no fXe,i value and the stock
which il is charged was distributed to mem
beTS OF Congress, was utterly worthless and
must have been so had the right OF way been
secured il any one received il by vote OF
the company they received literally moth
ing. and II Is well known that IL was with
difficulty that the officers could command
the funds necessary 10 pay the rent of their
offices in New York aud elsewhere.
THERE WAS AN EXCITING TIME in the
House to-day after the republicans had at
last succeeded in getting suspension of the
rules in order to Introduce the proposed new
rule. The vote was Isl TO ~, a strict party
vote with the exception that Mr. Sener. re-
publican, voted with the democrats. When
MesSrs Randall and Cox rendered their res
ignatiOnS aS members OF the Comglittee on
Rules, the hubbub was greatly increa Sed.
Speaker Blaine fOrcibly remarked that the
gentleman from New York mfr. Cox had
the right of resignation, but to bring il up
for dramatic effect only ne thought would
suggest itself even to Mr.. Cox as simply tri-
fling with the House. The excitement al
ready pervading the democratic side of the
House was intensified by the Speakers use
OF the words dramatic effect ~ and a dozen
members were OH their feet to know what
right the Speaker hadto construe any man =
motives. Mr.. Cox again rose to his feet, and a
remark was made by some one plainly hea ri
IN the reporters gallery, 'ioh, YOU dry up
This reused Mr. Eldredge, who quickly re-
toried that no mans motives could be con-
stTued by the Speaker, and that a gentleman
IN taking the floor should not be subject to
ridicufe and sneers. Happily Mr.. blaine
made some soothing remarks. which had the
desired effect, and the proceedings were tenn,
pered down. General Garfield. of the CoIs
mittee, who is entitled to one hour took the
floor TO explain the rule. He divided the
hour among members of both sides of the
House Tor five minute speeches. The new
rule, which Will be adopted, provides that on
any pending measure the Spea ker shall onl Y
entertain one motion, to hx the time desiS
rating The day 10 which the House shall ad-
jOuIr- No vote can be taken, however on
the Third reading, or the reading of an en-
crossed bill, or the passage of The same on
the same day 10 is introduced without il be
ire ordered by n three-fouTths vote OF the
HCuSP. fEis 10 apply 10 all hills pxcenf an