Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-12
EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip.

washington News and Gossip.
Mrs. GRANTS RECEPTIONS will COM
mence ON the second Saturday in January
t"th,l az three O'Clock p m, lasting until five
o'clock p. IN. on each reception day.
The Presidents public receptions will Oc-
cur as follows:-Tuesday evening, January
18th; Tuesday evening, February ID; Tues
day evening, February 23d.
state Dinners:-Tuesday, January goth;
Tuesday, February 9th.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from
this source to-day were s244 ,30I46.
THE MEMBERS of the bar of the United
States Supreme Court held a meeting in the
office Of tho clerk of the court yesterday in
respect to the memory of the late Louis
Jauin. and adopted the customary reSolu-
tiuGS.
THE QUESTION Of the continuance or abo-
Hilton Of the New London navy yarI comes
before the Senate Naval Committee to-
morrow, when il il expected tnat Senator
Sargent of Cali iOrHia viii uTls,, the abolition
aHd senator Ferry. OF Connecticut. and Rep
Tc>eutattvcS StarkwCatheT. kellogg and
H&Wl"N- OF the same stale, viii make argu-
"rntk in favor OF sustaining the yarI.
TUE SENATE Committee on Appropria-
tiouS held another meeting yesterday to con-
slider TIE legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation Dill. mus ilr no material
changes have been made in the bill aS il
PASSED the house. IL is probable that the
committee Will be ready to report within
few days.
THE RECORD in the case of An Fook. the
Chinese woman claimed to have been
brought TO California for immoral purposes
AID Involving the right or the state to return
her. has reached the Office of the Supreme
Court. and has been fled. II is expected
that q motion will soon be made to advance
il on the docket.
PERsoHAL-CoIoneI Fitzgerald, of the
Philadelphia Ciiy Item, is at Willarl's Hotel
for day or two ...-ScnathOr Anthony,
who has been detained in Providence since
The rra<SprpHIiuls Of Congress by an attack uf
irtlammatory sore throat. advises his friends
that D." j. COuValeSCCnt. and ne j. expected to
D. in his seat in the Senate this week.
senator Howe. who spoke on the Louisiana
question to-day, had q large audience, the
galleries being comfortably filled.
SENATE CONFIRNATIUNS.-Th Senate in
executive session yesterday confirmed the
following nominations: John NJ Thachor, of
Virginia. commissioner of patents; Ellis
Spear. of Maine. assistant Commissioner Of
patents: Marcus :. Hopkins. of Virginia.
eAamIneT-ln-chleI of patent office; Albert G..
Edwards st. Louis, Missouri, assistant
United states treasurer John G.. Kegley, Sth
district OF Virginia. collector of Internal
revenue, :. :. EaTWell, 2d district of Iowa
collector OF internal revenue; c. 2. Lines
Topeka, kansas, receiver Of public moneys.
TIE CATLIN Conference.-The heirs Of
George Catlin, the artist, have before the
Joint Committee on the Library PROPOSE
tiOn for the purchase for 100000 of the por-
traits and cartoons of their father, some 200
in number, and which were made during the
thirty years travel among the Indian tribes
from Patagonia nearly 10 the Arctic regions,
Specimens of these pictures, go OF which are
portraits OF representative Indians AMI 600
r. pa1Sf
atorn the walls OF the committee room. The
committee agree that IL would be desirable
for the government toown the collection, but
doubt the prOpTlety of recommending the
purchase At the figure named.
THE ALABAMA INvEsTIGATIoS-Th
special committee OF the House Of Rapresen-
tltiveS, Of which Mr.. Coburn, of Indiana, is
chairman. who, under instructions of the
House, proceeded TO Alabama to investigate
and report upon the condition of affairs in
that state, returned to Washington last
nlgni- Their report will not be ready for
several days. The evidence taken was quite
vClUminOUS. and members of the committee
state that the actual condition OF affairs in
Alabama far exceeds the reports that have
been sent north; that Union men and colorel
men are fast leaving the state to save their
lives and property. The committee will con
tinUe their laboES in this city. and will cx-
anime COugreSsmcn Hayes, Sheets and Pei
ham.
THE PRESIDENTS LOUISIANA MESSAGE
Previous 10 the meeting of the Cabinet to-
day senators EdmundS, Sargent, Freling-
HuN~cr. Carpenter, Morton, COnkling. Logan,
and Howe had long consultation with the
President ON The Louisiana question, aud il
II understood listened to the reading 'of that
PORTION OF the Presidents special message
which he had written up TO that hour. These
gentlemen were pTc ,c4't when the members
Of the Cabinet arrif a. and engaged in a gen
CTs.i conversation Oh the same subject. The
publications are DOW that the position taken
by the President will unite the republican
member, Of Congress and the republican
party ia his support.
The Cabinet adjourned at half past two
ne l'rCsldcntS message Will probably reach
Congress this afternoon.
AiE. RASsON'S FINANCE BILL. supplement
tai TO lhe spccir-payment act. proposes that
after tine ist OF NoyemNCr, Is7j, grceubacks
slalI be redeemed at the Treasury at the rate
Of ninety cents on the dollar in gold, and
every succeeding term Of four months the rate
sha'i DC advanced one per cent. until par is
reached. Section two authorizes the eN-
change OF legal tenders for gold at a rate one
per cent. below the rate established by the
FIRST section. Section three provides that
when there is not sufficient sum az the
Treasury or sub-treaSuTicS To meet the de-
mand. certificates shall be ISSUED which shall
represent greenbacks or coin, as the case may
DC, and be- receivable wherever the currency
they represent would be receivable. Section
lOur requires national banks - redeem their
Lesdl-tendeTs are so redeemed.
REPRESENTATIVE X. K. BUTLER AND THE
SUGG FORT CLAIM.-in response To a resOlu-
lion Of the House, the Secretary of the Treas
uTy has sent 10 that body letter in relation
tO the Sugg Fort claim, in which he SAYS that
the claimant (Sugg Fort and the Hon. Il. r.
Butler. member Of Congress from Tennessee.
accompanied the papers, and, as shown by
proof, upon the urgent representations Of Mr.
Butler respecting the validity of the claim,
The necessity fOT immediate action, and the
peculiar hardship OF delay, il was rushed
through the Treas ury, and draft for SZ3,-
1880 was issued and paid. The draft is in
dOrsed, "SUgg Fort; X. X Butler" the money
having been received by the latter. SubSe-
quently, the attention of the Secretary hav-
ing been called to the fact that the claim had
been rejected by committee of the House.
an investigation was ordered, and a report
made that the claim was fraudulent. The
secretary states that suit has been brought
against Fort, to recover the money, and the
matter has been put in the hands OF the Uni
ted states attorney for the district of Tennes-
see, with instructions TO call the attention of
The grand n n