Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-22

FOR the Leonard Scott Pa blishing company's
reprints OF foreign magazines, we have the
fine April number % Bldcslro9ds Magazine.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, sos, si477; month to date,
8 ,1C5 ,i5S 80; fiscal year to date, 500 COG 3G425
customs to-day, s4iC,7OI .6s; month to date,
s. zoe, 101I1 fiscal year TO date, SIP G3S js021.
THE CASE OF Mr.. KILBoURS-Yesterday
afternoon, at the conclusion of Mr.. Christy's
argument before Judge Cartier, in the case
of Dir. Hallet KilbOurn, the recusant wit
nessin the "DistricI Real Estate Pool loves
legation" or writ of habeaS corpus the fur
Il er hearing was continued 10 Monday.
Mr.. EDw. w. DoNN, late head craftsman
in the Patent Office, who was dismissed
on Tuesday last, writes to say that in his
"uotice To quit no cause was assigned, nor
nave 1 seen or heard any charges made
against me. Ny record is clear, and this /
nave asked al opportunity 10 show"
AND MOTHER PLAINTIFFS smithson-
ian Institution to day received the announc
ment OF the discovery by Prosper Henry, OF
Paris, OF planet OF the 18th magnitude in
fourteen hours ten minues right ascension
twelve degrees eighteen minutes defamation
south, daily motion rOrth three degrees.
THE MARY MERRITT INVESTIGATIONS
The Committee on the Expenditures OF the
Treasury department, who have been or
dercd by the House To investigate the case
of the barque Mary Merrit, and Secretary
BTistow's connection herewith, met this
morning. but without examining any wit
nesses adjourned until Monday.
THREE COUNTERFEIT L. S. FIVE DOLLAR
gold pieces were received at the Treasury
department to-day from Paris. They were
sent as specimens OF counterfeit money,
amounting TO st COO, which had been lately
received al Paris from San Salvador. They
are almost perfect in their execution and
would deceive almost any person not an ex-
pert.
TIE Z. -. APPROPRIATION BILL.-The
sub committee of the Congressional House
Committee on Appropriations have finished
the Iostoflice appropriation bill, and II will
be adopted by the full committed and If pos
klole introduced In the House on Monday.
The bill apprOpriates about s33 900 600, or
about :, 300 900 less than last year.
Dom PEDRO.-In view OF the REPEATEDLY
expressed desire OF Dom Pedro To travel
through the United States as private gen.
tl'man, and his aversion TO all public dis
play In his behalf, the House Committee on
crelgn FAIRS have resolved to report ad-
ve1Sely 10 HE arrangements for public re-
cepttOn at WASN'T. gtOn, contemplated by the
resolution adopted few days since.
THE FCRLOUGHED TREASURY EN-
PLoYEs.-A committee representing the fur
Laughed employees or the bureau of engrav-
Ing and printing was beflre the House Com
mlttee on Appropriations yesterday ASKING
for months pay. They said that they ha1
thought that they would only be out of EN-.
piOyment a few days, and that great suffer
ing and restitution prevailed among them
Inc committee IS inclined TO grant the relief.
SENATOR MORTON has advices of the re-
suit Of an election held in the town in which
Secretary BTistOw resides in Kentucky, and
which recently chose delegates to attend the
safe convention to select delegates for the
National Convention. the town teleg ltes
were directed TO vote for delegation which
would present the name OF o. Il. Morton for
the Presidency. This looks like the exem-
plliCatiOn Of the old prOverb, ga prophet
hath 10 honor In his own country
THE FEW GARDEN SEEDS on hand 10 the
Department of Agriculture will be reser we'd
for those residing In the northern sections
OF the Union who have not as yet had any.
The demand for them this year has been
unprecedented, and in consequence OF the
increased labor and small clerical force
thousands OF letters applying for them have
been unanswered. Where parties have failed
10 receive the seeds or answers to their let
tiers, this must serve as an explanation. The
dlstTIeutlon is equaliZed as near as possible.
THE EMHA MINE INvEsTIGATIoN.-Th
House Committee on Foreign Affairs had
announced that IL would close its testimony
This week, but Mr.. Sprin ger, OF the commit.
tee. opered up new inquiry yesterday by
asking Mr.. Parke what money he had made
out OF the Emma mine speculation. He re-
fused 10 answer, and II is understood that
tne committee Will insist upon an answer
when on Wednesday next they receive the
papers from the American legation In LON
don. So that the end OF this case is not yet.
BRDGLASD VS.. BoUGHToN-The House
Military Committee this morning heard Col.
John A. Bridgland, U. s. Consul at Hayre,
with reference to the Indictments against
O latt
of Internal Revenue, dated December 10Th,
1870. ordering ,iOiie pros. of the ind Elements
against him, on the ground that they were
too trivial Tor prosecution. He charged that
he discovered Horace Boughton. now clerk
of the Committee on Military Affairs, thea
assessor OF internal revenue enga ged In
conducting an illicit distillery on Joint &C
count with the owner; that BOughton re-
celNed halt OF the spirits at the distilIery
door; agreeing with the distillers that they
snonid pay no tax; that Bou gh ton afterwards
Offered TO compromise with the governmenT
for $3.50; which application Col. RrjdgIand
refused TO indorse. The 81 800 is yet In the
hands OF the government, turned over as
Bougbton's part OF the uucOllected tax bv
the direction OF Col. Bridgland.
AvERY's PRIsON.-It Will be remembered
that ON the day on which Avery was sem
fenced in st. Louis To two years in the pent-
Tertiary at Jefferson city. his counsel made
request that the place OF imprisonment DE
changed 20 soIEe eastern penn tentiary near
CT LIS hOiDt Dt>lficl y attorney oyer SAID "a
the time that the transfer could be made as
wei after as before commi tment. Attorney
General Pierrepont says on this subject that
neither the court, the Attorney General or
the President Of the United States has any
power TO ma Ike such a transfer after a prls-
oner has been committed. A bill has been
introduced IN Congress this session, aud
passed one branch, giving the Attorney
General the power 10 transfer prisoners
whenever he shall think il proper. Until
that bill becomes a law IL will be i'm posi- Bile
for Avery To secure a removal from Jeffer-
son City. where he Is now confined and any
petition looking 10 this end which he NAV
forward here must therefore be ignored.
THE BILL TO TRANSFER THE INDIAN
BUREAU To THE WAR DEPARTMENT.-The
House OF Representatives yesterday passed
the bill transferring tue Indian bureau to the
War department, by yeas 1879. nays a. IL
provides that after the list OF July next the
Secretary of War shall exercise the supervi-
sorry and appellate powers ard possess the
jurisdiction now eXorcise aud possessed by
Tie Secretary OF the Interior ia relation 10
Itdlan affairs, That he snail from time To
lime make details Of army officers To adj.
nsiUlster the affair o! the Indian bureau of
the war department, the commanding Off
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