Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-23
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip,
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTs.-Internal reve-
nue. today, $685. &c; customs, S793, 791sI.
The CABIHEr met to-day, with all the
members present, aud was in session about
an hour.
sPEAKER KERR resumed the chair as
presiding officer of the House to day. His
health is considerably improved.
SENATOR SHARON, of Nevada, will arrive
here tomorrow to assume his Senatorial
dnties.
ExSHNAToR HILL, OF Georgia, was In
the Senate chamber to day, and was very
cordially received by his fOrme- colleagues.
GENERAL B. X. COwEN went to New
York last evening, and is expected to return
10 morrow.
THE DISCUSSION in the Senate to-day on
Mr.. AnthOny's resolution prohibiting any
but verbal errors in the speeches of Senators
printed in the Record developed consiGera-
bic opposition, many Senators holding that
as no Migrant violation OF the rule had ever
occurred in the Senate, the matter should be
leit TO The sense OF propriety and honor of
Senators.
THE h STREET PARKING.-In the Senate
to-day, the bill introduced by Mr.. Spencer
on the 18th OF December, 1875, 10 ratify and
confirm tie paving, parking and footway as
now CONSTRUCTED nv the board of p,bIir
works at the intersection of I6th aud X
streets northwest, in this city, and for other
purposes, was reported adversely from the
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
TO which IL had been referred.
GESERAL FREMONT was before the House
Committee on the Judiciary this morning.
LIo,
money in connection with the Memphis aud
FL PaSO railroad. No member of Congress
is included in il, and the payments male
were disbursed by Mr.. Defrees, ex-Congres.
SioEal Printer, who has heretofore testified
that all the mOrey paid out by him was for
printing and other incidental expenses of the
company.
INTERESTING TO TREASURY CLEEKs on
PEoBATION.-The Solicitor of the Treasury
department is Of the opinion in the case Of
clerks IN the department appointed on toe
usual probation, that the usual reappOiut.
ment is an entirely new appointment. This
Is OF considerable Importance 10 clerks on
probation rom states whose quota are full.
This was not a formal decision OF the Solicit
Tor, but the case was simply referred to him
for his opinion, which agrees with that OF
the chief clerk aid assistant secretary.
NAVAL ORDERS. - Lieutenant Comman-
der a. II. Wright, ordered TO the Michigan
as executive. Assistant Engineer @. II.
hF2TIey, 10 examination for promotion.
Lieutenant Commander 4, G. Keliagg d.
tacEed from the Michigan, and ordered as
executive OF the Juniata 1St of March. Lieu
tenant Commander Chas. w. Tracy, from
the Juniata lst of March, and placed o.
waiting orders. Ensign Lucien Young, from
tire POwhatan on the 29th instant, ana or
dered 10 the huron April 1st.
SUIT AGAINST GIN. JOHN c. FREMONT.
To-day, General Crittenden and Mr.. C. IngIs.
r ThOs. l.. and Il. II. Crittenden, executors
Of John J. Crittenden, deceased, entered suit
against John e. Fremont for SO, 600 in which
sum IL Is claimed defendant, In December
1873, became indebted to j. j. CrIttendsn for
h : services as attorney for defendant IN Ir1-
curing from defendant letters patent for GER
taln lands IL California known as Les Mari
pesos.
LETTERS have been written TO members or
the republican national committee, asking
each one 10 agree that the action selecting
Cincinnati may be reversed, and some other
city be designated for the republican con
ventiOD: the reason assigned is a charge
that hotels at Cincinnati have liked upon aX-
ol bltant rates, and that large numbers have
written for accommodations from various
arts OF the country, and been answered that
rooms are reserved.-l Washington Cor. ca.
Gazette.
AN UNAUTHORIZED APPoISTNENT-The
Committee on Indian Affairs, OF the House,
TO whom was referred the resolution passed
by the House two weeks ago, requiring the
Secretary OF the Interior TO inform the
House by what authority he appointed Hon.
j. Z. c. ShanRS Indian commissioner for the
Indian territory, have agreed upon report,
In which they decide that the appoin tment
of Shanks was entirely without authority
OF law, and this after careful consideration
Of the excuse given by Mr.. Delano. Five
thousand dollars, IT appears from the Secre-
tary's answer, has been paid Shanks for the
services he has thus far rendered.
THE MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE No
Appropriation Neetled-For two successive
years, including the present one, no appro-
pTiatiOn has been asked of Congress for the
marine hospital service. When the fact is
remembered that for forty years previously
Congress has been annually called upon to
make up a deficiency of from one hundred
thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and the further fact that more relief
has been furnished during the past two
years than at any time since the 0rganiza-
ton of the service, this economical showing
speaks well for the management of the fund,
and leaves the present Congress with DO.
thiDS 10 do in the way of "Tetrenchment," so
far as the seamen's fund is concerned.
ARMY ORDERs.-lst Lieut.. Chas S. Heint-
zelman, Sd artillery, acting signal officer,
now at Fort Whipple, Va, Will proceed to
Denison, Texas, and assume charge OF the
construction and operation of the lines OF
telegraph 10 Texas and the Indian territory
rel eviI LIST Lieut. A. W. Greelv stu cav
airy, acting sigr al officer, OF his duties in
connection Herewith. LIST Lieut.. A w
Greeley, upon being relieved, will report 10
the chief signal officer of the army by letter
The superintendent mounted recruiting ser
Vice Will cause TO he prepared and forwarded
one hundred and fifty gecrnits II Caddo sta
ton, Indian territory, where tGey will be
reported upon arrival To the commanding
general department OF the Missouri, for
assignment TO the 4th cavalry. The Ieave-
of-absence granted Major Lewis Merrill, 18th
cavalry. shreveport, tLa..D from heatquar-
tiers department or the Gulf, is extended
fourteen days.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CoNvEN-
TIoN-S. Louis The Place, June eth the Time,
as ITedictedia Yesterdays Sdr.-After our re-
port Of the National Democratic convention
closed yesterday, June 9th was fixed upon
as the day for the assembling of the conven.
ton The claims OF different cities were
then canyassed as the place for the holding