Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-08

cur Tuesday evening, February 23d, and will
continue from eight to ten O'Clock 2. m.
State Dinner:-Tuesday, February 9th.
INTERNAL REyENUE-The receipts from
this source to-day were S556 ,54S.H.
LIEUTFEANT CoNHANDERJ. F. MCGLEN-
SLY, T. :. n, has been ordered TO the navy
yard at Philadelphia.
A BRFAKwATER-m the House. thi.
morning, bIr. Seucr introduced bill 70 ap-
pTopriate O.OGJ for the construction OF a
breakwater of South Point, on the Potomac
river.
THE LITTLE TARIFF Bill. A LAw-The
President today approved an act to amend
existing customs and internal revenue laws
and FOR other purposes. otherwise known as
the Little Tariff Bill
AT THE WHITE HOUsE-Attorncy Gen
eTal Williams, Commissioner Douglass,
Commissioner Watts, Senators Sargent and
Patterson. and Representatives B. f. Butler,
Wallace. StOwcll and X. r. Butler ma / audi
ence with the President this morning.
Mr.. SLOSsi BILL. with reference to the re
organization o. the Patent office introduced
i'm tie House this morning provides that the
examiner of the class Of chemistry shall BE-
filed by an expert in chemistry who shall
not be member OF the medical profession.
LTEUT. COMMANDER WELD. ". ALLEN,
L. g y, was found dead in bed NJ the Fal-
mouth house. in Portland, Maine, yesterday.
The cause Of the death was apoplexy. He
was about forty years OF age, and was Il
native Of Maine. lie took charge OF that
lighthouse district June Is, lS,5.
PETITIONS FOR THE MOEEILL BILL-Ir
the Senate to-day Dir. Morrill,. OF Maine,
presented fifteen petitions OF citizens OF the
District or Columbia praying for the passage
- what i known aS the Morrill, bill The
ietItiOns embrace about 1.gOD names, in
Guiding very large proportion Of the prOmi
nent citizens of the District.
THE Annual REPORT or Commissioner
Thacher. OF the Patent Office. recently for
wardcd 70. Congress. shows that - 600 pat
cntS Were granted during the year 1S74 which
Is the largest number ever granted in one
year. except in 1>Gy, when about 1900 wrra
issued. The receipts OF the Officc wee
S6'".Gp3. which was $4,000 more than ex
pcnditureS.
BEEv. BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM HAYS. /. $.
A. died Yesterday at Fort Independence, Bos-
ton EdTbOr, Of organic disease of the heart.
lie was appointed to West Point from Ten
ne,SeG. graduated in 1910, servei with credit
III the Mexican war and was promoted 10
major lie served through the late war, and
FOR the last few years had command at Fort
Independence and had charge OF the coast
deieuCcS OF Massachusetts.
1.-THE ARLINGTON ESTATE.-In the Senate
to-day tire Judiciary Committee were dis
chaged from the further consideration OF the
memorial OF G.. W. Curtis Lee. praying that
Cor appropriate sum for the purchase
of the Arlington 6 tate in NirEiaia. The COM
mIt;eC also asked 10 be and were discharged
from the further consideration of the bill in
troduced by Dir. Johnston, April t., ISIs
giving jurisdiction To the Court OF Claims TO
hear The claim Of SAID Lee.
WAsHINGTONIANS AEEOAD.-Tne follow
ing Washngtonians Were registered in Paris
on the 10th Of January: Mrs. Boothby, L. l.
Iapham. Mrs. &. {. OldfeId, J. T. sherman.
Mrs A. ID. West, W. +. Williams. Nice-R
G. Dean. Mrs IL. q. Dean. Miss Dean. A 4
Dean. L0ndOn-J- II. LathrOp. Mrs. LJthrop.
Miss VI LatuTOp. Mrs. J. L. Newman Gn-
ueva- January 12-MI~S F.vart~. Mrs. \ Ib-rt
J. GlIO1- Florence. January Mrs Z. y.
br~tcd.
SENATE CcNFIEsIATICSs-Th Senate, in
executive session Saturday. confirmed Tie
following nominations: Edward Gitdings.
collector Of internal revenue for Washington
territory. vice James l.. Hayden. removed.
Charles \ IeLand, collector of internal rev
eLUe lOr iHctjH district of Michigan: G. Gorge
j.. Patterson, l. =. district attorney for Flo
rIda: Giles OVcTtCn. register land Off ,a Fair
Play. Colorado, Valentine NIcSilyeT. re-
CeIVcT, salt lake CITY, W. h. RucHiurfI r.
'e!NrF, ar Play. Colorado; also. Il uuInD-r
Gl IUSiM2st tcTS.
NEw LIBRARY OF CoNcFEss senator
Howe. from The Committee on the Library.
Ou saturday reported Il bin making further
provisions for the accommodation OF the
l'nfaiE oI congress. IL 1pprODr!at IS ~2j1,OJ0
tO commence the erection OF q fire proof
bNlltiHE III Inc center O. Judiciary square 10
which shall be- removed the copyright reror.i /,
and all books and other material Of the
library except Such portion. not cxcceliug
-f.'t' volumes. a. snail d. ue~I IEEJted by Tia.
committee To remain i'm the Capitol The
new library building shall be designed and
JUS erection >up-rI1ten.ied by commission
consisting Gi the Supervising Architect GT
fGe Treasury. tine chairman Of the Joint
Committee on The Library on the part OF Inc
Senate and the House res pDctiyeiv. the clair
man of the Senate Commit 90 on PunIfs
Buildings. and The Librarian Dl Congress.
TIE INTERNAL REyESUE AND CrsroHs
EECEirT- FAILING OFF.-Dmiug tue first
thT.C weeks Of January there wa a slight
Improvement iu the receipts from customs.
and tI" nope was expressed that they would
CONTINUE - improve. The last week of the
liu.t-i. however again shows q decided fall
-A- on iG- amount received being but 4 lfttlc
over - .,t","Y The total amount now being
received VIII average about $1,000 go Der
month. on ~llpoH3,JJJ per aunUun. The re
l--pt> .oI iHc lr>l quarter Of the present fiscal
Nt'tI " ere - 900. and the estimated re-
C.fp'> Tor the remaining threc-gUarterS.
-ii5# In.0"o. making total OF SlG1 col .Gl0 II
is LOw evident that this amount will not he
reached by at least ~15,OO0011. The Internal
Fe.eEu' receipts continue la fan OF. and tt il
doubtful 81 Tie receipts Of the present month
Will reach - .gOJCO1-
IHF AERANSAS REPOET~.-RepOrt> were
submitted on Saturday by the Congressional
committee that has been investigating
Arkansas affairs. The majority report i
signed by four members. two republicans
3ud Two democrats. and Is opposed To any
further interference with the state govern
mcnt by Congress. Ii recognizes the validity
Oi the new constitution and the election of
hr. GaTldnd as governor, the question OF
The illcSalItieS involved being finally dis
posed Of by majority OF the peODle. Tie
minority report comes from one member
only, Mr. Ward, Of Illinois, who argues that
there was no fair expression OF the popular
viii. and That consequently Mr. Brooks is
>tIll The legal governor. When the Little
Rock people heard of the majority report of
the committee they fired cannon. had pro
cesSiCn, and rejOiced generally. AT Pine
Bluh they fret one hundred guns, and five
hundred at Hot Springs.
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE-Tbe
senate Committee on Privileges and Flee
lions mad under consideration on SATURDAY
lhe twenty-secOnd joint vote in regard to the
counting OF the electoral vote. 1t was finally
agreed 10 report bill repeating the present
RUE ana enaCtlng a new one. Instead OF the
CLltCtlOl OF either House being sufficient To