Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-19


sigEcd, and Michael Schafer, or Illinois,
was this morning appointed in his place.
ASTRONOMICAL DIsCOvERY.-Pror. Wa
son announces To the National Academy at
the Smithsonian Institution the discovery
this morning OF a planet of the eleventh
magnitude in thirteen hours twenty-eight
minutes right ascension, eleven degrees
forty -hve minutes south decliDation, daily
motion north two minutes.
ECONOMY IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE
SEkvICE.-The Senate finance COMMITTEES
have received from Commissioner Pratt
letter favoring the abolition of the Office or
supervisor of the internal revenue. Ine
revenue agents, he says, can perform all the
nsceSary service 6 I'LL ~ Tue IsSt nSeai
expenses of tine ten supervisors averaging
SIS as each.
NAVAL ORDERS Lieutenant III. G. o.
Colby, ordered TO the photographic office;
Surgeon y. a. Hoehling, To the navy yard,
League Island; Captain George \. Belknap,
detached from the navy yard, Pensacola,
Fla, and placed on special duty in making
ont instructions for deep sea sOundings;
Lieutenant j Ohm s. Newell, from the navy
yard, New York. on the G0th inst ant, and or
dered 10 report at Newport, Il. l., on the 1st
IL June next, for instructions in torpedo
service.
THE PRINTING BUREAU EMPLOYEES
Every morning there is a large crowd OF per
sons, both male and female, gathered about
The doors of the Engraving aud Printing
Bureau, patiently waiting for a chance OF
employment. There are about sixty printers,
each with his assistant, at work and IN the
rest OF the bureau, up TO the present time.
there are about two hundred employees en-
gagged. The force is being gradually in
creased, but the applications for employ
ment are So numerous, and the outside
pressure so great for the reinstatement OF
former employees, that the superintendent is
obliged 10 feel his way carefully.
THE CHARGE AGAINST GEN MERRILL-
Gen. Custer appeared before the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs yesterday in
relation to the charge against Gen. Merrill
Ofreeeivtng $1,000 as bride. Gen. Caster
testified that all the Information he possessed
on the subject was contained in q private
letter to himself, the author of which he lid
1 OF wish To- disclose. He said he Motif ed his
superior officer. and also notified the War
department, but no notice had been taken OF
tie matter. He disclaimed any intention OF
wishing TO prosecute or iniure Gen Merrill.
The story had come 10 him and he had given
the information. Beyond that he knew
rofh!rg about the matter;
THE SILVER CIRCULAR.-Secretary BrlS-
tow has issued instructions TO the Treasurer
Of the United States in this city, and the as.
s5stant tTeasurers at Boston. Mass; New
YORK city; Philsdel phia, Pa. st Louis, NJ
Charleston, :. G New Orleans, La CIncin
Tatl: OHIO; Chicago, III San Francisco Cal;
Baltimore Md; and the United states de-
ICSitOTiCs az Buffalo, y. Y, and Pittsbur-,
Pa, upon the presentation at their respective
CfEceS fol redemption OF the fractional cur
TeUCy OF the United States. in sums of five
collars. or multipieS Thereof, assorted by de-
nominations, ana in amount not to exceed
one hundred dollars, TO issue therefore a like
amount Cl the silver coin OF the Unitei
states Of the denomination OF ten. tYsuty-
nye and hf.y cents.
TEE SCENE N THE SENATE To Day
TIE aujiC-Cc to-day at the Senate TO witness
The Belkrap Impeachment prOcje 3ingS was
fully q large, If not larger, than il was on
Mon dey last. AT ten minutes to noon so
Great was the crowd that doOrkeepers and
Capitol policemen were stationed al the foot
OF the StaITWayS leading to the galleries TO
prevent any more persons from going up,
and hundreds. after Vainly endeGvOring to
secure seats through the influence of the
sergeant arms or members Of Congress,
LETT Disguised. Fully wO-th'rds OF those
present in the galleries were ladies. But
very few cOlOred persons occupied seats in
he mems gallery. Those present, Judging
I5Cn their appearance, represented the re-
spectacle and Intelligent class OF the com.
muEity, and appeared to take a deep inter
est in the proceedings. The diplomatic gal.
leTy was occupied mainly by ladies. From
the feet that among the occupants OF this
gallery were several males with hair par.el
in the middle, il Is TO DO presumed n al the
foreign ministers were represent ID nv AZ
tach6s OF the different Legations. Frederick
Douglass occupied a seat ~ the ladies' gal
Iery.
General Belknaf,, Accompanied by Hon
Mail. H. CaTr,cnter. his senior counsel, ar
rived al ne Capitol at about quarter to l.
o cIoCK. At 1921 O'Clock he entered the Sen
ate chamber, accompanied by his counsel,
MessIs. Carpenter, Blair ami Black, and they
TOOK the seats assigned them on the right OF
the President pro teDtpOTe. The proceedings
in the case will be found in our regular Con-
gressional report.
MORE ScIxnI1 SroprEs aporr SrCpr-
TARY BRIsTOw.-The following are the Two
| latest productions OF the scandal mill con-
corning Secretary Bristow:
| About a week ago, Judge BARLEY, OF this
| cfy, is said TO have testified before a House
committee, under protest, that s. Taylor
| Suit, now a resident OF Maryland, told him
| that Secretary BristOw had, when district
| attorney in Kentucky, seized a number OF
| distilleries, his among the number; that the
| dlstillels raised pool and succeeded In In
| ducng BTiStOw TO resign his office aud be-
| come counsel for them; that BriStOw did re-
sigr, and succeeded In designating as mis-
1 successor one Colonel Wharton, VINO nONe
! ITO>Clt Tcd the case. Yesterday Suit was ex-
| amiDed, he denied az he ever told BARLEY
what ne testified that he had, and to use his
| own words, "that IL was damned lte."
| BARLEY Is brother in law OF Senator Sher-
! man. The story has been in circulation a
| week. and now that Suit has denied the
| charge, the seESatiOnalists accuse him Suit)
/ Of pTeVSTicatiOn.
/ A story was also elegraphed from this city
|
! the connection OF Secretary BrtStOw with
| the Texas Construction Company. II was
| 10 tie effect that BriStOw, as tho solicitor OF
| that organization, had q com mission sent
out from the Interior department at toe ex-
/ pense of the government to ascertain the
| value OF and title To certain Mexican pri-
! vate land grants; that The commission, in
! stead OF reporting To the Secretary OF the
/ Interior, reported 10 Mr.. Bristow as solicitor
| of the road, direct, the effect OF which was
! To give him Information In advance, whi ch
. hGaF for fc ixrl ia ne
| eminent bore the expense.
| THE SESSION OF THE NATIoSALA CAD-
KMl OF SCIENCES was resumed al tine Smith
sonian Institution at noon to-day. The at.
tendance of members was much larger than
yesterday. Among the late arrivals are many
we'll Known lights in the scientific world. On
calling the meeting to order Prof. Henry de-
| Hvered an address 10 the academy, consist
ing OF report OF the operations OF the several
| committees TO whom scientific questions
from government bureaus have been re-
ferIed during the past year, and the pres
ept condition OF the establishment. He re-
ferTed To the question OF the increase OF
the number OF members of the academy,