Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-27


THE House Committee on Patents have
agreed 10 a bill providing for the reOrganiza-
ton Of the Patent Office. The committee viii
report it ifOPpOrtunity occurs, which is not
AT al probable.
VS.. KINGS PROPERTY TO BE ATTACHED
The processes issued by the chairman OF the
Committee of Ways and Means having faileI
To bring Mr.. VIM. s. King 10 Washington. an
attorney Of the Pacific Mail Steamship com
rany has gone TO MinnesOta to attach the
property a. that Of an abscOnding debtor.
IN THE LIBEL CASE of Senator Chandler,
OF Michigan, against the new taper CORE
spOndont Buell., the attorneys have fled a
stipulation 10 have the question of the rigat
to remove the defendant to the District of
Columbia for trial. brought on hahPaS cor
pus before the United States district court
for the eastern district of Missouri.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO-DAY.-Secre-
tary Belknap, Secretary DelanO, Commits
sioner Smith. Senators Carpenter, West,
foreman. Hitchcock, Robertson and Came
ron Representatives Williams, Clark,
Whitley. Sheets. Bundy and RuSk had
audience with the President this morning.
FIVE DOLLAR STAMPS AND SIX DOLLAR
TAN.-COmmiSSiouer Douglass to-day sent
the following telegram to a collector Of in
tcnal revenue, IL applies TO all points
''Sell no more stamps for cigars than are
from the factory prior To change of law. Five
dollar stamps will not pay six dollar tax"
JOSEPH b. SrEwAET's SUIT AGAINST
SPEAKER BLAISE.-In the Court in General
Term this morning, Judge Macarthur an
nOUnced the opinion of the court affirming
the decision below in favor OF defendants ia
the cases OF j. Ii. Stewart against Speaker
blaine, ana same against OriWaY Sergeant
administration FOR false arrest under the
order OF the House of Representatives.
CoNFIRNATIoNs-The Senate yesterday
confirmed the following nominations: Har-
vey Jewell, of Mass. 10 be judge of the Court
of commissioners of Alabama Claims. vice
Martin RyersOn, resi- gned: James y. Tyner
of Ind, to be Second Assistant Postmaster
General, wee John VI ROutt, resigned; .. n.
Denny, collector of internal revenue for Ore
GOGi George 4. stevens, collector OF customs,
Milwaukee, Wis; Levi Hubbell. L. 8. attOr-
ney eastern district of Wisconsin; also the
nominations OF number of Indian agents
and POstmaSterS.
MARRIED.-Major r. L. Shelley. OF New
Orleans, who has been spending the winter
in Washington in the interest OF the rebuild
ing OF the lcveeS Ofthe Mississippi was last
evening married at Epiphany Church. TO
Miss Josephine r. Sewcll. OF Pittsburgh.
WHO, with Ler mother, has been living at
M1llard,s Hotel for the past two months.
Major Shelley was IN iOurneiicnl tor lo1o
time, having been the correspondent i'm the
south for the y. Y. Tribune during the trying
Times at the close of the war. The young
6rldo IS beautiful blonde. such as smoky
PlttSburg, oddly enough, has many 10 boast.
THE BACK PAY" OF THE PACIFIC RA.I,
ROADS.-The course of the Cabinet in do.
Gliding to take no action on the Proposition of
the Union and Central Pacific railroads fS
LoL intended 10 ms'an that the government
toes not favor an adjustment outside of the
courts. II nothing transpires in the mean
tlme 70 render such action unnecessary, and
me propositions are renewed at the proper
time. u Is probable that they will be sent to
Congress in December next. IN the mean
time. however. the Attorney General will
proceed with the suits now being prepared
against those roads for the recovery OF back
pay due the government
CONGRESS has already disposed Of several
important Appropriation bills the pension,
naval, military academy and consular and
diplomatic bills having been signed by the
President. The appropriation bills yet un-
disposed OF are, the SundFy civil, now before
the House; the deficiency bill. not vet re-
ported in the House; the army bill. new in
conference committee; the postal bill. which
viii be ordered TO a conference; the Indian
bill. now with the House for concurrence in
The Senate amendments, and the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation bill,
now IN the hands Of conference committee.
As the Senate amendments to the army bill
are uHlmpOTtant. the House will doubtless
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extra session OF the House VIII not be Beces-
>aTy. and that all OF the appropriation bills
can be disposed of before noon on Thursday
next.
Mr. RICHARD b. IRwIN's WHERE
ABOJTS-Gjye Inn a Ct0lc--A telegram To
the y. ). T6aey, from this city, says. Nj
Irwins friends state that ne has received the
usual form Of discharge as witness before
Tie Congressional COMMITTEES. and that after
a few days rest, prescribed by his physician,
ne will return TO this city. The following
letter from Irwin addressed 10 a friend mere
IS furnished for publications:
Now that that wretched investigation has
ended IT. pei SecUtiOns, | must have a few
days of absolute rest. | shall go into the
country. where there are neither newspapers
roT telesramS. nor Congress, nor Directors;
where the wicked cease from troubling. and
the weary are at rest. suppose Rufus and
hi> gan. viii howl! Let them-fOT week 1
am tired OF having 3S $4,000 people sitting on
my head ana must have few days rest
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT MISS WINNIE
REAM = notwithstanding the very inclem-
eUt weather Of last Wednesday evening, the
TarlOrS Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ream amt their
daughter Miss Winnie Ream, were a. usual
hlle't with distinguished and interesting peO-
l'le who were delightfully."- entertained by
fine music and choice recitations. Mrs. Car
'er gave The Engineer and that touching
poem, "AIi quiet along the Potomac to-
hiSHi III Hef usual charming manner. Miss
SwaVZe, the accomplished elOcutiOniSt from
Brooklyn made her debut into Washington
society with Italy" followed by Kentucky
Belle Instrumental music on the piano bv
Miss Pike. daughter OF General Albert p ke.
and Miss Scheluker, both sOOd performers
and songs by Mrs. McAlliSter, I'r. and Mrs
Long. Col. BOudinOt, a well a. Miss Winnie
Reafn, who accompanied herself on the harp,
made the evening seem very short. although
many OF the guests fingered until after mid
hiSht Considerable merriment was occa-
stoned by the sudden depa ture of number
oI members of Congress a bout eleven o'clock
who were summoned to duty by a call OF the
House. They could but reluctantly ex-
change the social pleasures and attractions
for the charms of a dead lock which Inighf
last fOrty-eight hours.
The GRIEVANCE OF MR.. LANNAN.-In
tie senate yesterday Mr. Howe chairman of
the Joint Committee on the Library made a
report on the petition OF Chas. Lanman.
PRAYING compensation for an alleged in
utugement of a copyright by Major Ben
Perlcy POore, In his publication, the Con
gTessional Directory. The report states that
the committee have allowed Mr.. Lanman 10
withdraw his papers, but that they feel called
upon To Tepel the suggestion that the Direc-
tory i an infringement upon any property
rights OF the claimant. They further say