Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-15

nal revenue S2l7 ,6'6; customs, S446,ou.
THE AMOUNT of national bank notes re-
ceived at the Treasury to-day for redemption
aggregate Si.62u
THE French Geographical Society has
elected Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys, chief Of
the corps of engineers, u. S. army, CORES
rondjDg member.
1T Is SAID to be the intention of Sneaker
Kerr TO announce the Standing Committees
o. Congress on. Tuesday next ID both Houses
Holidays
THERE WAS REPORT fioa ting about the
1nterio- department to-day that General B.
H. COwen had this morning been requested
to hand in his resignation, but Secretary
Chandler says that there Is not word OF
truth in il.
w. E. NIBLACK, of Ohio, a member of the
last Congress, as Mr.. Kerr was not, has bcsn
several days in the city, assisting the
Is in the vigOr OF health and the prime of
years.-"Ldertes," in Graphic.
Hon. THOMAS SwANN has indicated tn the
Secretary of War bis intention of giving to
the United States deed of the land to the
Balls Bluff National Cemetery free of cost.
Ihls Is the only national cemetery in the
country to which the United States is not
Po'SSScSA
THE ST. LOUIS WHISKY TRIALs.-The
Attorney General this afternoon received q
dispatch from Col. Dyer, at st. Louis, in
which he says there will be no important
trials of the whisky ring cases there before
January This of course delays the trial of
Gen1 BabcOck.
THE Senate Committee on Privileges ard
Elections held meeting to-day, and dis
cussed Mr.. MOrtOn's bill to provide for
counting the votes for President and Vic,
PreSldent. No conclusion was reached, but
IL is believed the committee will report it
favorably 10 the Senate, as they did last
winter.
PERsONAL.-Gen. Fraucis Walker, ex-
superintendent of the census, is in tovr,
800 DR.. Tiffany and Miss Tiffany are in the
city on visit They are guests of Gen and
MRS; COwen, on NJ street. 80. Gen. McClei-
Ian Las taken up his permanent Re idence in
Baltimore, mainly on account Of his wiies
health.
HENDERSON'S SPEECH-Tbe Attorney
General has In his possession a sworn COPY
OF the recent speech OF ]. b Henderson at So.
Louis, phOno2raphically taken by Mr. Jas.
Holland in behalf the United States 1t is
the papers, and bears no evidence of having
been delivered eXtemporaneou sly, as before
reported, but contains some carefully Quoted
Poetry and finely wrought sentences.
CoNFIRMATIoNs.-The Senate, in execu-
tive session this afternoon, confirmed the
following nominations: Alexander L. John
son, OF New York, to be circuit Judge for the
second judicial circuit; G. w. RingeOld ap-
pralser OF merchandise at New Orleans;
AlDert u. WCct, pension agent at Philadel-
phla, Pa, widows asency;) Ferdinand
Joha Mcdonald, resigned; /. NJ. Bean, col
lector OF internal revenue, first district Wis
conSln.
THE CENTENNIAL EXCURSION.-Al letter
from Gov. Hawley to friend In this city,
explains the delay In the delivery Of the
tickets 10 Philadelphia to members of Con-
GEES and other invited guests byssying that
the citizens comLiittee of Phiiadelphia are
getting up an elaborate card, and the en-
erav'r Is not yet really. Guests will be sent
10 the Continental Hotel and the Girard
Houte, and their entertainment will be very
eiat crate, and entirely in the hands of the
city government aud private citizens.
BOYS IN BLUE HELPING THE CEN1EN-
NIAL.-The Chief of Engineers, Chief of Ord
natce, Surgeon General, and Chief Signal
once OF the army, ale authorized to detail
o. duty at the InIer national Exhibition of
15i6, at Philadelphia, as many enlisted men
OF their respective organizations as NAV be
required by Major 8. G. LyfOrd, ordnance
dep1rtment; chairman OF the board, on be-
purposes directly connected with the display
TO be made by the above Bureaus of the War
department.
A DISTRICT BILL.-Mr. Spencer, in the
Senate, to-day introduced a bill. which was
referred to the District Committee, pro-
viding that the paving, parking, and foot
Ways Hh as now constructed by the late board
and X streets northwest, (this city y being a
departure in the manner thereof from the
same is hereby confirmed and ratified ED s md
that the small triangular pieces of ground
taken nom lot 3, square 1S5, and lot r. SCARE
1S?, De annexed TO and form q part of said
Iots, squaring the same, and that the legal
title thereof vest in the present prOprietOrs,
Henry Dickson and VIM King.
DEFINING STATES IGHrs-In the Sem
ate to-day Mr.. Morton submitted the follow
ing concurrent resolution:
"ResOtred by the Senate (the House of ReDre-
sentaltces conen1Tti'g). That the people of the
one people in the sense of national unity.
RESOLVED, That the government of the Unit
60 states is not compact between the states
but was formed by the people of the United
states In their primary capacity; that the
rights of the states are defined and guaran-
side theory of soveresn not cy any ona
rights OF the states cannot be enlarged or d.
unfinished except by an amendment to the
ResOired, That the rights of The states have
the same sanction and security In the con-
stitution az the rights and powers of the ma
tionai government, and that local domestic
government by the states within the limits
OF the constitution is an essential part of our
free republican system.
Resotred, That the doctrine that state has
the right 10 secede from the Union Is lDcon-
sistent with the idea of nationality, is in
conflict with the spirit and structure of the
constitution, and should be regarded as hav-
ing been forever extinguished by the sup
preston Of the rebellion"
The resolutions were ordered to be printed.
NOMINATIoNs.-The President sent the
following nominations to the Senate this
afternoon "A. e. johnson, of N. Y, to be
U. 8. circuit judge for the ID judicial circuit;
A. White, Of Ala. TO be chief justice, Utah
Territory; H. w. Blade, OF Montana, to be
associate justice, Montana Territory; D. p.
Thompson, OF Oregon, TO be governor OF Ida
no Territory; T.. B Smith, of Maine, Thomas
simons, Of N. Y. and A. g. Gaylord. OF M Itch,
TO be assistant attorneys general; HOratiO j.
Sickel and Albert ID. Wood to be pension
AGENTS at Philadelphia; Robert NJ. Kelly, to
be pension agent at Louisville, KY; Joseph
NJ. Livermore, to be surveyor OF Eastport
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