Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-08


expects to return 90 Monday next.
PERsoNAI.--Generals II. @. Wright aud
q. Ii. Gilmore, u. S. army. (oT tue Aveuse
paving ccrnmission,) are at the Eboitt
house.
JAY COOKE & Co. were finally discharged
from bankruptcy yescsriay, an1 are nov
free 10 Try their luck again. PbilQ. Press,
eth.
MORE ECoNoNY.--A resolution was intro
dnced IN rhe House this morning providing
fer the payment to l.. Il. Fitzhugh OF the
salary OF Doorkeeper from the time he was
discharged up to August 1st.
INDIANS ARMED WITH CUsrER's GUYS.
Reports received at the War department
from General Sheridan state that many of
the Indians now coming In to the reser-
vatloDs carry arms captured from the ri,
cavalry In the late Custer Massacre.
THE AVENUE PAvEMENr-ExrEyprN
THE TIME.-The House OF Representatives,
to-day repealed so much Of the bill pro viding
as directs the Commissioners to finish the
work by the LIST of December next. Tnis is
In accordance with the suggestion OF the
Commissioners.
MCGARRAHAN AGAIN.-The Judiciary
Committee OF the House to day agreed to re-
port joint resolution to the House directing
the Secretary OF the Interior to withhold tae
Ing company to the Panoche Grande Ian Is
OF California until the claims OF VIM. Nc
Garrahan to the title thereof shall have been
further Investigated.
REPRESENTATIVE RANDALL seems to be
catching IL all round In opposition TO his
penny-wise and pound foolish system OF
economy. At the meeting OF the conference
M q tIna
bill on Sunday. Senator Bayard, IL Is stated :,
became very much exasperated At RandaIi's
refusal to make certain CONCESSIONS, and
denounced him as marplOt. saying that he
was oiggoted, narrow minded, unpalriotic.
and did not represent the views OF his polit-
ical party.
WHY CONGRESSMAN BELL RESIGNED.
Representative Bell, of New Hampshire,
telegraphed his resignation to the governor
OF that state last night. II appears that yes
teIcay. with Others, he requested leave OF
absence MI Randall objected, on tie
ground that II all the members who desired
10 go went away, IL would leave the House
without quorum. Bell became disgust ted
With Tiah the nd9 Plea SET up to prevent ais going
member by resigDing. Several others threat
ened 70 take the same course If Randall does
not yield.
AGREEMEHr on THE LEGISLATIVE AP-
PREPARATION BILL Seen Hu7aairet and
THIRTY ice Clerhs to re DiScharget.-Tne con-
ference managers on the legislative appyo-
prihti0n bill nave agreed 10 basis o. rsiuc-
t!oD Of clerical force in the several executive
departments, and fixed the number 10 be-
discharged a. .35. 1t was decided To allow
the question OF the reduction of salaries 20
De referred TO both houses. If the House d.
reefs It's cODferee5 to recede from the rsduc-
tons, they will sign the report without ref
erence 10 this feature OF the House bill.
THE VENEZUELA RSPoRT.-The House
Committee On Foreign Affairs have adopted
the report prepared by Mr.. Springer 10 rel e.
ton 20 the Venezuelan commission. Aftsr
cutting out large portion OF ii, especially
tne part relating - Mr.. Ortiz, The committee
recommend for adoption a resolution au-
thoriZing the President tn withhold further
demands ou the Venezuelan government on
account OF awards Of the commission until
tne 4In OF Msrcb, 1871, and authorizing the
secretary OF state to postpone further pay
ments 10 holders OF certificates until that
time, unless Congress shall otherwise d.
rect.
KNOTT MUCH ExONERArED.-The Ju.
dietary Committee yesterday afternoon took
up the report generating Mr.. Knott In re-
lation 70 the suppression OF the Caldwell
usP1 TSn,c wnlc1 VA ~, se S 70 them
AFTER some discussion the report was re-
adopted, all the democrats voting in favor of
II and the rePuolicans voting against II.
privilege OF submitting minority report or
preparing resolution as q substitute, but
the republicans, knowing that they would
Caldwell dispatches and he testimony vc came me
into the Houee on the final report, deemed 1t
best not TO do either, and the original report
will be unlimited to the House at once, the
only difference being that when the report
was presented 10 the House last Thursday it
was unanimous one, and now 1t Is signed
oy The democrats only.
BIDS for furnishing stationery for the use
OF the Treasury department, customs, utter
nal revenue, ana other offices, during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1877, were opened
Sturtevant, ESQ.,. chief OF the station
cry, printing and blank division. Bids vera
rece1ved from the allowing individuals and
Wheeler. The James st. John Co., J. III.
walker, j. PIeble & Co, Vernon Bros.
Eairbanks Co., Berlin q Jones' Envelope
Co, and Goodyear India Rubber Co, OF New
York city; +. ID. lockwood, OF Philadelphia;
Smith, Dixon Co. aud G. G. Clark & Co.,
OF BALTIMORE HOlyoke Paper Co, OF Holy
oss M ps -, Morss1 EnyeloSe Co. and Mas
rev Manufacturing Co., OF South Hadley
Fails, Mass; lockwood, Brooks & Co. OF
Boston; c. II; Hamilton Co. OF Milwau.
ker; Solomons Chapman, w. ii Dempsey.
G. w. Thorn, VIM. Ballantyne. J. Brad.
Adams, GermoDd Crandell, and Mohun
Dios-J VI W City.
Ex-ATToRyEY GENERAL WILLIAMS
stated before the sub committee of Congress
IN reference TO the extract from the Ciucin-
pati Gazette, read by the chairman to the
committee, I'm which Mrs. Williams Is
charged with writing certain anonymous
letters TO the President ana members Of the
Cabinet, that the imputstion upon hts wife
was "oamnable outrage and lie whoever
the author or the story might be-" When
AuoTney General he received anonymous
letters OF an Infamous character, and he
presumed they all emauated from the same
source, from some enemy OF the admiuistra-
ton, and some were addressed TO the mem.
bers or The families of Cabinet officers. His
wife was srleveo oy these letters, but moth
ing could then be eaid about them. Re
knew IL was Impossible that she could have
anything 10 do With such communications,
She was as much above such q mean, low
act as any woman IN the United StateG.
There never was q more wanton and wicked
calumny than that contained In the news
paper article. What he proposed to say to
the committee and what they refused to
bear as that the President told him that
the article so far as &c related 10 the Pr0si-
dent, was absolutely false, that he never
saw or heard Of any report; that he had no