Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-12
THE BILLS introduced in the House this
morning by Mr.. Wells and Mr.. Buckner, the


former with reference to an appropriation
for the payment OF the interest on the sos
District bonds, and the latter In relation to
the sinking fund and the board OF audit,
are the bills pu bllshed in full in THE STAR
OF yesterday. The communication from the
District Commissioners, with reference to
the interest on the 3 IS bonds, is in the hands
OF the Speaker, and will be presented TO the
House some time to day.
THE ONE TERM PRoPosITIoS.-The House
Committee on the Judiciary this morning
agreed TO report a bill limiting the term OF
the Presidential office to six years, and max
ing the incumbent thereafter ineligible TO
the office, the law TO go into effect on aud
after March 18th, 1881. Six OF the committee,
and majority, endorse this proposition.
Five Of the members, however, including all
the republicans and one democrat, will sub
NIT bill from the minority limiting the
Office TO term OF six years, to go into effect
March 4th, 1877, and making the incumbent
again ineligible to the office until eight years
shall have elapsed from the date OF his re-
TRACY.
ANOTHER INvEsTIG ALTON CALLED FOR.
Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia, introduced a
resolution In the Senate to-day calling for
the appointment of a committee of five to
investigate the condition of the books and
accounts of the Treasury department, par
ticularly with reference todiscrepancies and
slteratlons In amounts and figures that have
been made in them, especially In the annual
statement of the expenditures of the govern
ment, revenue collected, and the public debt
contained in said reports, and If any such
discrepancies and alterations be found to ex-
list 10 report the same and the extent and q l.
ture thereof, the years wherein they occur,
by what authority made, IL any, the reasons
That induced them, and report generally
such other and further information bearing
upon the SUBJECT as to them may seem best,
and that said committee have power to send
for persons and papers. Mr.. Davis gave no.
tice that he would speak on his resolution
tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS BY THE PREsIDENr.-The
President sent the following nominations to
the Senate to-day: f. NJ. Drew, pens ion
agent, Augusta Maine; Charles K. Brown,
do, Cincinnati, Ohio; Samuel w. Mallory,
register land office, Camden, Arkansas;
kansas; Thomas j. Mitchell, of Illinois,
1Edian agent, Fort Peck agency, Montana.
substances III: Williams, of Maine, at
Sydney; Edward NJ. Smith, of New York,
at Mannheim; John c. Myers, of Nebraska,
consul general at Shanghai. Postmaste
T. T: Carter, at Adams, N. Y; Rachael c.
Nair. Yellow Springs, Ohio; George w. Tab
Ter, Martinsburg, w. Va; Mrs. G.. III. Dick
eIsoD, Boscobel, Wis; Robert IL. Johnson,
Wausau, Wis; Daniel Harker, jr., Milton
Junction, Iowa; James III. CrOwder, Mis-
souIi Valley, Iowa; Jonathan Maxson, West
Liberty, Iowa; Charles w. Snyder, Cedar
Falls, Iowa; GeOrgs W. Porter. Clinton, Ill;
J.. II. Post, DeKaI5 Center. Ill: John w
Brown, WaTrensburg, Mo; r. w. Grimes,
Kearney, Neb; Louis Walker, Woodland,
Cal John w. Goodwin, San Buenaventura,
Cal; James e. Peacock, san Demanding,
Cal; VIM. f. Wood, Fernandina, Fla.
Army-Reverends George W. Simpson, Of
Maryland, and q. A. England, of Colorado,
TO be post chaplains; Captain George NJ.
Stern berg, assistant surgeon, TO be assistant
surgeon and major; Captain Alexander Pr
per, to be major itn artillery; First Lieuten-
ant George +. Barstow, to be captain Sd ar
tillery; Second Lieutenants Charles w.
Hobbs and J. d. Hoskins, to be first lieuten-
ants do; First Lieutenant James Mercur,
10 be captain corps of engineers; Second
Lieutenant William III. Bixby, TO be first
lieutenant do; First Lieutenant II. NJ. Nc
Dougall, 10 be captain; Second Lieutenauts
Charles Braden and Charles e.. De kudiO, to
be first lieutenantS 9TH cavalry; Second
Lieutenant F. II. Ray, to be first lieutenant
8th infantry; Francis Woodbridge, of Penn
sylvania, and Richard L. Steedman, to be
second lieutenants.
Mrs. WooDHULL's CLAIM BEFORE Con-
GREss-HeT article on Beecher the Crssc Of
Her ATrest.-Mrg. Victoria c. Woodruff and
her sister, Miss Tennie c. Clahin, appeared
before the Senate Committee on Claims this
morning, and the former read a statement
settlng forth the facts ia regard TO the Inn
pTisonment of herself and sister on the
charge OF publishing an obscene paper. She
claimed that her arrest and imprisonment
for thirty-One days was not only an atroci-
Gus outrage against individuals, but an uH-
war,antabie infringement of the rights of
the people and a dangerous precedent. She
quotes the remarks OF Assistant Attorney
Davies in court, who said that they chad
uttered an atrocious libel against a revered
citizen whose reputation II was well worth
the while of the United States to vindicate;"
and further says that the arrest OF herself
and sister was made for the purpose of rem
dering unnecessary a suit for libel against
them by Mr.. Beecher. Mrs. Woodruff went
on TO detail the manner in which they were
arrested by Anthony Comstock and indict-
ed but never tried; also of her arrest early in
1873 on the occasion of her delIyering lee
ture entitled The Naked Truth" She
quotes tne decision of Judge Blatchford,
quashing the Indictment She claimed that
by these illegal arrests their business in
Wall street was Frustrated and their news
paper was fhrown out by the American
News company with orders for 10000 copies
upon its hands, and her business as lee
tuIer was destroyed. The expense of their
defence against this persecution exceeded
goo, to pay which they were obliged to
sacrifice everything OF value that they had,
even down to the very clothes they wore. A
moderate estimate she thought OF the net
loss they sustained by the suspension of
their paper, for which there was q very large
demand at the time, would be $4,000. Mrs.
". was listened TO by the committee with
respectful attention.