Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-15

ooNhhShEST RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-lnter.
nal revenue, 500, l99 Sc; customs, 1915. 5j3 %.
THE FIrzHUGH ISvEsrIGArIoN.-rae
Investigation into the Fitzhugh letter will
be begun TO morrow.
1T APPEARS that DIR. JefYries, assistant
printing clerk OF the House, has not be N
removed. BE has only "Sub let" the place
to Kentucky friend OF Clerk Adims.
SILvER.-The reports OF exchange OF silver
for fractional currency, and In payment Of
checks, up TO the 18th inst, make the total
of -, 22i, COO.
MRS. FITCHs DIAMoNDs-The House
this afternoon suspended the rules aud
passed the bill ID allow Mrs. Minnie Sher.
man Fitch to receive her diamond present
from The Khciive of Egypt without paw
ment ofcustoms duty.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day were the Secretaries OF State, Trsa-
sury, and Interior, the Attorney General,
Justice Strong; Senators Logan, Paddock,
Bruce, Robertson, Alcorn, Hitchcock, and
Oglesoy; Representatives. Milliken, Settle
ana Dlborell, and the Commissioner OF In-
dian Affairs.
THE sIO,OOO,OcO SILVER BILL KILLED.
The House this afternoon refused to pass
The Frost bill, reported from the COMMITTEES
on Banking and Currency, authorizing the
secretary OF the Treasury to exchange
10000 600 legal tenders for a like amount of
silver. to be afterwards replaced with frac-
tiohai currency, which is to be destroyed.
DANGEROUS CoUNTERFEITs.-Itis stated
that large number of counterfeits have re-
Gently been received at the Redemption bu-
reau OF the Treasury than ever before In the
same length OF time. Among these are two
dangerous counterfeits, one ten dollar note
on the National State Bank Of Terre- Hsute,
Ind, and five dollar note on the First Ma,
tional Bank of Louisville.
NAVAL ORDERs-Lieutenant Charles II.
Rockwell ordered to the Adams as execu-
tive, LIST une next Master Carl Rohrer to
Newport, r l., LIST June next, for torpedo in
strucfion. Surgeon II. Y. Beaumont and
Assistant Surgeon ID. N. Bertolette to the
practice ship Constellation. Passed Assis-
tant Surgeon A. M. Moore to the practice
steamer Mayiower, Commander Francis
VI. Bunce, detached from the navy ward.
washington, ard placed on waiting orders.
NoMINATIoNs.-TheP President the follow
ing nominations TO the Senate to-day: Ma
than Golf TO be u attorney for the district
OF West Virginia; Andrew j. Evans. same
for western district of Texas: Virgil s. Luck,
same for western district of North Carolina:
He0geman Slack TO be u. =. marshal for the
district OF West Virginia; NJ. A. Sweeny, OF
San Carlos agency, Arizona; James Mclean,
OF Ohio. receiver of public moneys at Chilli,
Gothic, Ohio. Also several postmasters.
SECRETARY BRIsTow says that the pub
nshed statement that there is a letter In ST.
Louis written by him, in which he sets forth
that he resigned his coloneIcy In the army
because negroes were enlisted, is unquali-
fedly false. He never resigned at ali. bur
dld change from one regiment to another
Further than that, he says that the Question:
whether negroes should be employed In the
army or rot was for the government to solve
MS duty was TO obey orders, and he did so.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF THE
JOCKEY CLUB held full meeting this after.
noon. 1t was decided to open the grand
steeple chase purse OF $1,000 to all corners.
- 49,. lie charge sSof entrance, which, il was
believed, would insure larger field. The
price OF admission TO the grand stand was
nxed at nifty cents, and IL Is understood that
large numbers of ladies will attend AR.
rangemehts have been made for special cars
for ladies' on the trains from the Baltimore
ard Potomac depot.
MCKEE AND MAGUIRE.-The Attorney
General had long interview with the Pres
ident to day regarding the pardon of Mckee
and Mcguire, and the case was referred to
he Attorney General. After his return
counsel for Mcguire, had short interview
with him, Mcguire remaining in the ante
room Mr.. Knox, OF Wisconsin, counsel for
Mckee, also saw him. He will recommend
that the law shall take Its course without
executive Intervention.
THE LECTURE on JAPAN, by Gen. Capron,
before the Philosophical Society, as reported
In THE STAR of the 9th instant, was deliy-
cred In the regular session room of the society
at the Army Medical Museum, and not ia the
Smithsonian building. The society Is not
Der OF gentlemen acting In q private Capacity
ior the advancement OF general science and
view Of recent publications in reference to
the matter.
$500 A YEAR FOR DOING NOTHING
George w. Campbell, OF Chicago, testified
before the civil service committee Saturday
that he Was brother Of the marshal of the
marshal OF the northern district of Illinois;
that when Gen. Sweet was pension agent at
ship In the ONCE al 80 So Der annnm. WHICH WHICH
was afterwards reduced to 81 500 per annum;
that he was so employed for two or three
official condition was a mere sinecure. II.
VI. johnson testified that he was a clerk In
tbe same off1ce, and that he never knew
that he only came to the office once or twice
month. Joseph r. Jockey, formerly dep-
uty commissioner OF pensions, testified that
an examination of the accounts there. and
found a defcit Of g, 900, as testified by Miss
Sweet Miss Sweet told witness the circum-
stances connected with the deficit. While
witness was in Chicago he received a dis
patch from Gen. Baker, Commissioner of
Pensions, telling him TO let the Chicago Of
nee alone, as he, Baker, would attend 10 the
settlement OF that matter.
POLITICAL NoTEs.-A meeting of the re-
form element OF the Union League Club OF
Philadelphia was held in that city on Friday
night, al which resolutions were adopted en-
dorsing NJ. Bristow for the Presidency, and
calling for conference meeting at New
York to-day. The conference on the
Presidential election TO be held In New York,
in response to the call issued by Carl Schurz,
Wm. CQllan RrvQnf M a