Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-20

western states indicate that Senator Angus
Cameron, of Wisconsin, is their favorite for
the Vice Presidency on the republican ticket.
PERsoNAL.-Hop. Horatio King and wife
have returned to Washington I'm excellent
health after an extended tour in Europe, oc-
cupyiDg about year.
a NEW MORNING FAPER, TO be called The
Nation, is to be started In this city on Mon
day next, by Mr.. Walker, lately of the eii-
torIal staff OF the Chronicle.
PAYMENTS IN SILVER Orders have been
issued from the Treasury instructing the
Assistant Treasurers at New York and Bos-
ton TO disburse 500, 900 In silver each, in pay
ment OF government checks, in addition To
the amounts heretofore authorized to be
paid.
THE NAME OF REPRESENTATIVE j. H.
RAINEY. OF South Carolina, colored mem
Der, was omitted from the list of sIgners of
the Freedmen's bank report, printed In yes
teTdays STAR. Mr.. Rainey united with the
majority OF the committee in indorsing the
conclusions OF bis colleagues.
GIN. CHARLES w. DUsrAN, of DemopolIs,
Alabama, has been appointed clerk OF the
Senate Committee on the District OF Column
bia, vice Chas. E. Mayer, nominated to-day
to be district attorney for the northern and
middle district of Alabama. Gen. Dustan
served with credit In the Union army during
the war.
THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD.-In the
House, yesterday, Mr.. Faulkner, of West
Virginia, filed memorial signed by some
900 prominent citizens OF Washington, pro-
Washington Navy Yard. He also asked that
the memorial be printed In the Congressional
Record. 1t was SO ordered.
ARMY ORDERs-The leave of absencs on
surgeons certificate of disability granted 1st
Lieutenant John r. Trout, Odd infantry, is
extended three months. Leave of absence
Hayden peIong, 9Th Infantry, CAME sot shsrl
dan, Nebraska. Surgeon Charles McCor-
mick will report In person to the Surgeon
General of the army.
THE LOUISIANA INvEsTIG ALTON. The
House Special Committee on Louisiana af-
fairs this morning heard again the witness
Ferguson, who testified that ex-Congress.
man Sypher, Of Louisiana, got him to sign
from forty to sixty fraudulent vouchers,
with fictitious pames, the parties for whose
beneht they were signed being persons who
had rendered him political assistance.
Mr.. CHAs. E. MAYER, who was to-day
nominated by the President to be United
States attorney for the northern and middle
districts Of Alabama, is chairman of the
Spencer state republican committee of that
state, and Is clerk of the Senate District
Committee. He acted as counsel for Sena-
tor Spencer during the recent investigate
into the election of the latter, before the
Committee ON Privileges and Elections.
FITZHUGH TO BE ASKED TO STEP
"DowN AND OUT."-The Committee ON
Rules, at their meeting this morning, agreed
to report to the House that after a full in
yestgation into the official acts OF Lafayette
ID. Fitzbugh, dOOrkeeper OF the House, they
10 hold the place, and that he be requested
To resign. The report will be submitted to-
day.
CoNFIRMATIoNs.-The Senate yesterday
confirmed the following nominations
Nazro, collector Of customs, Milwaukee,
Wis; Samuel l.. Annabel, pension agent at
Norfolk, Va; James Mclean, receiver OF
public moneys, Chillicothe, Ohio; Wan: B.
Srell. judge OF Police Court, District of Co
lrmbia; Almont Barnes, chief OF bureau of
statistics in the State department.; Charles
Psyson, chief Of diplomatic bureau, State
Fepgar, TO be third lieutenants in revenue
service; and number of postmasters.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BrLL.-The
House Judiciary Committee have adopted
an amendment to Mr.. Lawrence's Pacific
Railroad bill which provides that the sink
ing fund TO be paid by the Union Pacific
railroad Company shall be fixed at $4,000
81, coo 900 per annum thereafter until tae
whole interest Is paid, exclusive of the five
per cent. net earnings and the government
tied to the companies on account OF their
Indebtedness TO the United States.
A BILL PASSED OVER THE PREs1DENr's
VETo.-The bill appropriating s16i to pay
TO q. b. Tyler and E. H. Luckett. assignees
Of VIM. 7. Cheatham, the sum of si6i in full
for moneys wrongfully collected from said
Cheatham by the internal revenue COLLECTOR
for the second district of the state OF Ken
lucky In 1870, as tax for keeper OF bonded
warehouse in December, 1869, aud January,
$50, which was vetoed by the President on
the 3lst OF March last, was to day passed
unanimously over the veto-yeas Al, noes o.
NoMINATIoNs.-The President sent the
following nominations to the Senate to-day:
John Z. Sherman, jr., to be marshal Of the
Y. 8. for the territory OF New Mexico. NJ. c.
rage 10 be U. 3. attorney for the territory of
Montana. Chas. f. Mayer to be u. s. attor-
Ley for The northern and middle districts of
Alabama. Rev. Benz l.. Blidridge, OF Kan
sas, to be post chaplain. Postm asters-Z
B. Hargrove, Rome, Ca; VIM. Rowland,
Nebraska; George X. Kimball, Golden,
Colorado territory.
NAVAL ORDERs.-LieutenantF E. 8. Bassett
ordered TO Newport, K. l., 1st June next, for
instruction In torpedo service. Commander
T.. h. owen detached from the command of
The Nantucket, and ordered TO examination
for promotion, LIST June next. Lieutenant
dered to Newport, r. l., LIST June, for torpedo
instruction. Lieutenant j. ID. Adams from
the coast survey steamer Hassler, and Or
cered to Newport, r. l., LIST June. for torpedo
instruction. Lieutenant Edward Woodman
from the Nantucket. and placed on waiting
orders. Master @. 8. Richman from the Nam
tucket, and ordered to the Adams LIST June
next. Ensign Henry Morrell from the Nam
tucket, and ordered to the Adams LIST June
next.
GIBSON AND RIDDLE-A. M. Gibson, cor
respondent Of the New York Sun, is out In q
long reply to the stat ements of Mr.. A. G.
Riddle, charging him (Gibson) with being
an caves dropper and q falsifier In regard to
the Knowlton- Blaine matter. Mr.. Gibson
states that SO far from getting the story by
overhearing IL, Knovlton told 1t to him d.
rectly, as he did 70 almost every other corre-
sIondent, and that the story was almost as
common as q bar.room jest when he printed
an allusion to IL. Mr.. Gibson proceeds SNOW
reconcile, II you can, these facts with your
theory that Knowlton was enabled to come
TO me and conscientiously deny the story
had printed, because IL was not strictly ac-
crrate. Your hypothesis Is tenable In one
way only, namely, that my know ledge of the
facts and circumst ances was confined to