Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-26

. pioNtS Oi the IATTflN ana W ar departments.
Referred To the Committee of the Whole.
! Mr.. Potter N. Y. reported a substitute for
the joint resolution proposing an amendment
TO the Constitution. THE proposed amend
mert fixes the term of President and Vice
/ President at six years, and makes the Presi-
dent Ineligible for reelection. The Vice Pres
! ident is made ineligible 10 the office of PreSi-
/ dent when the office has devolved upon him
| during his term of Vice President
| Mr.. r. II. HOar (MaSs.) said while he did
not believe there was anything that would
lead him or the people To desire the election
OF President for over two terms, he did not
! mink there was enough in the argument that
.me i re-electlon OF president led to the cor
| ruptlOn OF the people TO lead them TO VOlun-
tarily deprive themselves of the right 10 vote
Tor whom they please.
REPORT of the election of Andrew John
| son TO the United States Senate from Ten
nessee reached the Capitol at o'clock this
| afternoon, and created a decided sensation.
The news of the election of A. F. Burnside
from Rhode Island, was received almost at
| the same hour
NoNINATIONs.-The President sent the
| following nominations TO the Senate to-day:
| Edward q. Kelton, TO be United States con-
! sui at Mazatlan; Charles Finkelmeir, consul
| at TampataIe; VIM. Crosby, consul at Tai
cahnomo. Receivers of public mOney-R j.
! Monroe, at Lewiston, Idaho: James Stout AT
| Boise City, Idaho; Caleb y. Thornburg, at
| the Dallas land district, Oregon. Registers
| of the land Office-Laban Coffin, Dallas land
! Cal; also number of pOstmasters.
Hon. MAUNsELL b. FIELD, who was for
| time Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
| under Mr.. Chase. and an author of Some note
| died in New York on Sunday, in the fifty
| fifth year of his age. Since his direct cOnnec-
| tiOn with the Treasury Mr.. Field had been
collector of internal revenue in New York
| and at the time of his death he was Judge of
one of the city district courts. Mr.. Field had
| many acquaintances and friends i'm Wash
lngton who Will hear of his death with sOr
| row.
| A LARGE PARTY OF wORKMFN are buSily
| engaged in repairing and cleaning out that
| portion of the Navy department injured by
| yesterdays fire. The exact amount OF damage
| sustained has not vet been aScertained. 1t
| seems pity that the government should be
! compelled TO waste any more money i'm re-
| pairing that old rattle trap. II is liable TO
! catch on fire every day I'm the week. Why
| can't the officers of the Navy department
move into the new building? II would be a
| great saving to the governments; besides the
| valuable records OF the department would be
out of danger of destruction by fire.
THE BILL TO REoRGANIzE THE TREAS
| URY DEPARTMENT.-Mr. Kellogg, of Conn,
to-day made an Intellectual attempt TO bring
| up the bill for the reorganization of the
| Treasury department, embOdying the views
| of the House Committee on civil service re-
| form. General Butler insisted that the floor
| belonged by special order 10 the Judiciary
| Committee, and the House so decided. The
| provisions of the bill sought TO he introduced
| by Mr.. Kellogg have heretofore been printed
| in THE STAR. 1t may be said, to relieve tn e
minds Of any of the clerks in that depart
| ment, that its chances for being passed this
session are decidedly slim.
THE DARIEN ExPLoRERs-Ap private let
ter from an officer of the Darien surveying
expedition, dated at Aspinwall, January 1G,
was received in this city this morning The
| writer says:-"COmmander Lull and Lieut..
| Fred. Collins, with their respective survey
ing parties, arrived here in the Pacific mail
| steamship Acapulco yesterday. All well
| ahd IN good spirits. Commander Lull will
| al once proceed to the survey of the Panama
route. Lieut.. Collins is waiting the arrival
| OF the United States steamer Canandaigua to
| carry him and his party to the Gulf of Da-
| rien. The weather is very favorable for sur
| veying, and the work will be pushed vigor-
| OuSly. Letters for officers and med attached
| TO either survey should be addressed TO the
| care of the American consul at ASpinwall.
| United States of Colombia"
THE COURT OF ALABAMA CLAIMs-The
| clerk is directed to enter of record the follow
| ing minutes: - The time allowed for the
| filing of claims expired on the 22d day of the
| present month of January. The whole num-
Der filed is 1,3S5. Before the expiration of this
| time, 1T would have been useless to strike
| cases from the record. for the claimants could
| have filed new petitions. Justice to all par
| ties now requires that the cases yet unheard
| should be disposed of with the least practica-
| blb utldN. he clerk Is therefore directed 10
| enter upon the trial docket, in theiTnumeri-
| cal order, all claims in which no decision has
! been rendered. This docket will be called
three times, but greater number than 30
cases will not he called in one day. At eacn
| calling of the docket, parties who have not
| been previously heard. will have an opportu-
nlly To osubmit their proof and arguments On
! the third calling of the docket, every claim
| shall be disposed OF by final judgment
| Woodruff AND CLAFLIN WANT 100000
| In the House to-day, Gen. Butler, OF Mass.
| filed the petition of Tennie G. Clafin. Vic
| toria Woodruff and James II. Blood. The
| petitioners represent that they were twice
| arrested and imprisoned charged with send
| ing obscene literature through the mails: that
| at the time of arrest they were. in addition
| TO being newspaper publishers. also in the
| STOCK brokers' business, the profits being not
| less Inan $1,000 per month; that on account
| OF their confinement all their brokerage ac-
| counts were closed out, and their source OF
| revenue from that quarter was entirely de
| StroyCd; that on account of the arrest Mrs.
| Woodruff, as professional lecturer. was
| shut out of many of the best public halls in
the country, some of which remain closed
| against her TO this day, and that her losses
| upon this account are beyond computation
| Petitioners represent that no money that
| could ever be paid them could compensate
| Tor the disgrace and distress which they ha We
| suffered and are still suffering, to say nothing
| OF their pecuniary losses, which they repre-
sent to be $1,000 They therefore ask to be
| fully reimbursed-at ali events to be relieved
| to the extent of 100000, which will enable
| them TO regain some of the comforts of life
| which they have been deprived Of
| THE SENATORsHIP CoNTESTs-Andy
JOI,flSOn'S Chdnces.-The contest in the Ten
| nessee legislature for the seat i'm the United
| States Senate to be made vacant by the eX-
| piration of Senator Brownlow's term on the
| 4th of March has narrowed down TO two
| candidates, ex-President Johnson and ex-
| Governor Brown. The fifty-second ballot
| stood johnson 45, Bate 46, Ewing Z, scatter
| ing 2 Bates name was then withdrawn and
| Ex-Governor Brown was renOninated. The
| joint session of the two houses then broke up
| in a rather disorderly manner, in order TO
| prevent the taking of another ballot. 1t is
| supposed that the first ballot taken to-day
| will end the contest. The Johnson men and
the Brown men are equally confident of sue
| cess.
Senator Curpenter's Oppoaents.-A specia
/ dispatch, from Madison, Wis, to tn =
| Chicago Times says the Senatorial opposition
| last night nominated Gen. Edward 3. Bragg
of Fon du Lac, on the first ballot, the vot
standing Bragg 81, III. S. OrtOn u, j. z. Sloan
| 1. Bragg's nomination was then mad I,
| unanimous.
| Senator GubeT1's Stsccessor.-Balloting fo
| United States Senator TO succeed Gilbert
| commences to-day.
| PEoMIsCUoUs SHOOTING IN THE FLORIDA
| LEGIsLATURE.-The Florida senate was