Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-01


honors.
A RENEWED EFFORT is being made by
the friends of VIM. Mckee, editor OF the 81.
Louis Globe Democrat, now undergoing ser
tence In jail, for completely in the whisky
frauds, TO secure his parton. His attorney
Is now here for that purpose.
SENATOR BAYARD telegraphed yesterday
to Mr.. Tilden as follows: 81 take the first
hour since my return from Mississippi to
assure you that my earnest support will not
be wanting to elect you to the presidency,
where your services are so much needed by
the American people"
THE CAUSE OF the removal of I'll. L. Var.
yam, chief of the special agency division of
The Internal revenue bureau, 1t Is stated
was his course in procuring the dismissal OF
special agent recommended by the Presi-
uent, man crippled In war, and whose
character was above reproach.
PKRsoNAL.-Mr. c. A. PiIsbury, OF News.
paper Row, is off for his usual summering on
the coast of Maine, near Belfast. ... Mr.. c.
Cathcart Taylor, one OF the large school of
bright and agreeable young journalists that
Philadelphia has contributed to the profess
sion, is In town for day or two.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE called at the White
House to- day. Among those who had inter
views with the President were the Secretary
OF the Interior, the Postmaster General, the
Attorney General, Senators Hitchcock, Pad
dock, Sargent, Mitchell and Clay ton, and
Representatives Rusk. Wilson and Harris.
WANTED BY THE JUDICIARY CoMM1r-
TEK.-J. Proctor Knott, chairman OF the
House special committee on the whisky
frauds, has subpoenaed Ex-Secretary Bris-
tow, BlufOrd Wilson. and Hormer T. Var
nittee.
THE MISSISSIPPI INvEsTIG ATIoN.-The
members OF the Mississippi Investigating
committee arrived in Washington from
mississippi Yesterday. They examined about
one hundred and nfty witnesses at Jackson
and Aberdeen. There are about ten more in
Washington whom they will examine the
Latter part OF next week.
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE on the
Post Office appropriation bill to-day agreed
upon report. The main points OF differ
eDce between the two houses were on the
amount TO be paid for railway trans Drta-
| ton, the salaries of postmasters, and the
| postage on third class matter. The commit
tee agreed On compromise on these points.
NOMINATIONS The President sent the
| following nominations to the Senate to day:
Lott. s. Bayliss, receiver of public money,
YanRton, Dakota. Passed Assistant Engi-
| neer George w. Magee to be Chief Engineer
| U. 5. navy. James +. Gardner, to De as
sistant surgeon u. y. navy ito fiji vac ancy)
| r.. Il. Whitford, pension agent, Concord,
| new hampshire.
NATIONAL BANK5.-The Trea2lry now
holds S341 394, $50 in U. S. bonds to secure
national bank circulation, and sis ,673 600 TO
| secure public deposits. q. s. bonds demos
lted LOT circulation for week ending to-day,
! so coo. U. s. bonds held for circulation with
| drawn week ending TO day, 500, 900. Receipts
| OF national bank notes forwarded for re-
| demptlon FOR the week ending to day, as
| compared with the corresponding week OF
last year, 1876, sass OG0; 1876, g.. 2S6, 600.
| TIE SPECIE RESUMPTION ACr.-Ran-
call Gibson, OF Louisiana, member of TIE
Banking and Currency Committee, ana
| chail man OF the Special COMMITTEES on Lou
| isiana fairs, has returned from New Or
| leans. he says he will vote against tie
| proposition bef0re the committee TO repeal
| Tue specie resumption act. This will give
| the hard money representatives "a majority
| OF the committee. On previous vote taken
on the proposition the committee stood I
| 20 5.
| THE WEATHER IN JUNE.-The me-
teoroicsical summary for June at this
staten, prepared by Theodore Mosher, h..
rometer, SO199 (9th); lowest barometer
29IS1 (25th); highest temperature, 90 dee.
| (NthG lowest temperature, so deg, Ust)
prevailing direction of wind, south; great
| est velocity OF wind, 26 miles per hour al
| 6.20a. m, the 18th instant; total number OF
| miles, 1921; number of cleardays, 8; number
OF cloudy days, 1; number of days on which
rain fell, IL; number of fair days, o; com para
4 tive temperatures-1S71,1 1872 deg; 1872 rs:
1873, IS o. 1874, 77.2 1875, 10 o; 1876, SO; com.
1 parative precipitation-1871,4 AIS inches; 1872
| go; 1913, l.63; 1874, 3.41 1875, 06; 1876 457
SO this was the wettest June since 1871.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Capt. Paul Shirley de.
tached from the command Of the naval rem.
| devious, San Francisco, and placed on wait
Ing orders. Capt. William F. Spicer from
command OF the naval rendezvous. Boston.
ana placed on waiting orders. Capt. d. B.
devious, New York, and placed on waiting
orders Lieut.. Commander Frank Morris
a ara MEDICAL Director J: w. Taylor from the
waiting orders. Lieut.. Commander De Witt
Z. Kells from the Colorado, and ordered 10
| command the Canonicus at New Orleans
| Lleuts. u. Z. Houston and Ransome II Peck
| raised Assistant Surgeon l.. HI. Ware, and
ShleI Engineer George F. Cutz from naval
| rendezvous. San Francisco, and placed on
| waiting orders. Lieut. Jos. ID. Kelly, Sur-
| geon j. x TryOn, and Passed Assistant En-
| glneer Ralph Aston from val rendezvous
New York, and placed on waiting orders.
JUDGE HUMPHREYS TO BE INyEsrI
GATED.-The sub committee of the House
Judiciary committee charged with the in
vestIgation OF Judge Wylie has had referred
| 10 IL the list OF charges against Judge d. C.,
Hnmphre Us, another OF the District Supreme
Court justices, placed In the hands of Chair
man hhott by Gen. r. ID. Mussey, of the Dis
tTict par, who complains "that Judge Hum
phreys is wholly unit, mentally, for a nudge.
That he Is Ignorant of law and incapable OF
logical reasoning; that his manner towards
counsel, witnesses, and jurors is ungentle.
manly, dfscOurteOus and overbearing; that
ne Is frequently intoxicated upon the bench:
That he has refused to sign bills of exceptions
70 his rulings; that he has borrowed money
from members OF the bal, which he has faiied
70 pay; that generally, by his conduct as e
Judge, he has hindered Justice, rendered him.
sell public laughing stock, and brou aht
o1scredtt upon the court OF which he Is a
member" DC. The charges were introduced
In the House to-day.
The MoMKNroUs QUESTION OF IcRD
TEA AND L1MoNADE IN THE HousE.-In
the House Of Representatives night before
last MI. Conger, (republican,) Of Michigan,
ACE few remarks ON the Geneva oVard
bill, during which he divergod into discus-
sion OF the subject of iced tea and lemopsde.
he sent TO the clerks desk and had read q
paragraph which appeared in THE star of
the Ntn instant, entitled ECONOMY on the
Rouse side OF the Capitol" in which &c was
stated In substance that ssBlue Jean VIII.
name, OF Indiana, would not permit the
expenditure OF any portion of the House con-
" gent fund for iced tea and lemonade, and
Lnat consequently when the mem bers or ti,e
Rouse got thirsty they went over TO the San.
ate Size and INDUCED In those beverages AZ
the expense of that bodv Ha vonfN e