Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-25
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from
this source to-day amount to slsf ,o3o.se.
THE RECEIPTS from customs to-day at The
Treasury department were sssI ,oD2.
FIRST CONTROLLER of the Treasury, r.
w. Taylor, is confined to his room by III
ness.
THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENE
RAJ BARBER to-day returned 10 his duties
after a weeks illness.
JUDGE ]. j. MARTIN, late Sixth Auditor,
left with his family for Montgomery, Ala,
to-day to assume his new duties as postmas
ter at that place.
GIROFLEGIRoFLA,t the lively new French
opera by Lecocq, TO be produced here next
week, will he likely to draw. In fifty nights
performance in New York the receipts were
5000.
CAPTAIN FRANK r. BENNETT, 9th cav
airy, has been ordered to report to the super
intendent of the mounted recruiting service
at 81. Louis, Mo-, for duty i'm connection with
that service.
PERsONAL.-Mr. VIM. b. Shaw Of this
city, was at the National Hotel, Jackson
vile, Fla, on the 22d. ''.-Ex-President
Johnson has been invited to hold a reception
at Cincinnati on his way home.
AT THE WHITE HOUsE.-Amone those
who had interviews with the President to-
day were Senators Aaxey, Cockrell, Dorsey.
West, Mitchell, Harvey, and Mcmillan, ex-
REPRESENTATIVE John q. Smith. aud Delegate
Chaffee.
Hon. s. b. ELKINs, the ex-deiegate 10
Congress from New Mexico, will be married
i'll April TO Miss Halle Davis, the daughter
of Senator Davis, of West Virginia. They
will sail in May for Europe to spend the fall
and summer in travelling.
The SUMNER HoUsE.-Mr W. w. Corco-
ran has leased the Sumner house to Mr. s.
b. Chittenden, of New York, who will make
it the residence of his family during the ses-
Sions OF the present Congfess.-Wosh. On. "
y. Times.
SOME OF THE SENATORS who were among
the first invited and who accepted invitations
to accompany Senator Cameron's party to
Mexico have withdrawn their acceptance,
not caring TO subject themselves to the criti
clsm of going on political missiOn.-WGsh
Cor. ". y. Post.
LOBBYISTS IN BAD REPUTE-The United
States Supreme Court has rendered an i'm
portant decision in respect to claims for lobby
services. The action was 10 recover for ser
vices I6nuSTeu procuring acLlOu by con-
sress on claim for compensation for the
Negotiation of the treaty of Gaudaloupe-Hi-
dalgO. The point decided is that claims for
lobby service are not founded in good morals
and cannot be maintained in the courts.
NAVAL ORDERs-Lieutenant Comman-
der Charles c. j. Barclay, to the Dictator, at
Key West, Florida, per steamer, Sd of April.
Lieutenant b. F. Tilley, to the receiving ship
New Hampshire. Assistant Surgeon Ed'w
IL Green, To the naval hospital at New York.
Passed Assistant Paymaster III. c. Machette
TO the CanOnicus, 31st. Observation-Disclosures
ant Commander Il. p. Lamberton, from the
Dictator and ordered to return home and re-
Fort arrival. Assistant Paymaster w. w.
Barry, from the Canonicus and ordered to
settle accounts.
CoNFIRNATIoNs.-Th Senate, before adj
journing SIM die yesterday. confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations in addition to those
printed in THE STAR last evening Frederick
Buell., to be collector of internal revenue for
the 30th district of New York, vice Geo. r.
kibbe. removed; Thos. j. Jefferds, Indian
agent for the Chericahua agency. Arizona.
POstmasters.-Wm. III. p. Steere at Olney-
VI lie, X l., reappOintment; Asa w Smith,
Woodstock, Ill, vice W. f. Smith. resigned;
u. c. 8. Wintersmith. Elizabethtown. Ky,
a reappointment; otto Funke. Lincoln. Neb.,
vice Cyrus F. Baird, not confirmed; AleNan-
Ger Cree, Georgetown, Col, vice j. F. McKen-
ia, removed: F. NJ Shander. Dennison CITY.
Texas, vice Floyd P. Baker. removed.
ing nominations failed of confirmation, and
expired at the close of the special session of
the Senate yesterday: Charles A. NOlen, OF
Connecticut. to be Examiner in Chief of the
United States Patent Office, vice X. =. Clark,
To be removed; Charles t. Bennett, to be
postmaster at Fulton, y. Y, vice Charles w.
Cheesebro, whose commission expired on the
18th inst Clark and CheeSebro will remain
in office. Nor did the Senate confirm the
nominations of VIM. NJ. Maynader. of Ma
ryland and Cassius X. Breneman, of Texas,
to be paymasters in the army, under the law
passed last month authorizing new appoint
ments in the paymaster's department.
SPENCER, OF ALABAMA, on THE RAGGED
EDGE.-A Washington special to the PhiIa-
delphia Times says,-On the 18th instant the
Alabama Legislature raised "A joint COMMITTEES
OF five. two senators and three representa-
tves. TO investigate the circumstances at
tending the election of George Il. Spencer to
the CDited States Senate in 1872. Those who
are acquainted with the facts assert that il
will be clearly proven that money was use1
10 control certain members of the legislature
who were opposed TO Spencer, and in addition
u this. other damaging effects relative TO the
election VIII be developed The Montgomery
AdreTfiSeT and Mod, in spea king OF this inveS-
tigatiOn, says: IF there is any sense ID JUS
tice in the majority in the United States SEN
ate such evidence Will be laid before them as
will induce them 10 promptly unseat Sena-
tor Spencer"
| INVITED TO STEP Down AND OUT-An
| inspection clerk in the Post Office depart
ment has been requested by the Postma ster
General To tender his resignation, because of
| the fact that he had neglected 70 mott e. 4. !,
I vvs,,aln railroad that VS. NJ, being Maid for a
: performance "a postal service six times a
| week had for the past ten quarters re-
ported service as performed only three times
| per week, thus receiving pay through the
| carelessness of the clerk for twice the amount
| OF service rendered.
The clerk who haS thus been invited to re-
| i'm was appointed from New Jersey in 1856.
| and has consequently been AN official in the
/ department for about nine years. IL il not
| believed that he was in collision with the
\ railroad company, but his mistake (which
| involved an over ayment Of about $1,000
was one which really amounted, without
any wrong intentions on his part, to GRIM
| inal carelessness. On the discovery OF the
error Postmaster General Jewell sent for
1 him and informed him that a public
Il officer he did not think he would ha