Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-08


Rotary OF the Treasury, from a gentleman in
Michigan:
FEBRUARY 18th. 1oI6-lSecre'0ry Of The
Treasury Enclosed and draft for $500, which
please pay into United States Treasury. 1t
! -rscience money, 1t is the becoming
G tristan man which induces me to paw il.
When a man becomes saved from his SiuS
through cur Lord Jesus Christ, he repairs
a. wrongs that are repara5le, II in his power
TO DO SO.
GENERAL LOVE ON THE SALE OF THz
GATLISG GCN.-A telegram fro N Indian
aPoIis ays:-In answer TO a Washington
s1peelaI IN the Cincinnati Enquirer, General
noNe eeys there is not the slightest fou IDA
Lon Ior tne assertion that Gov. Hendricks
anu hlmself used any Improper influence in
RWro . dg The saIa of the Calling gun to the
Ipartrnent. He has telegraphed the
speaker of the House and asked 10 De called
before the Committee on the War depart
ment should there be any such inquiry as
referred to before that COMMITTEES.
THE DISTRICT "REAL ESTATE Pool,
ISyE sTIGAIION.-Tbe House committee on
the District ''real estate pool" held a session
this morning. when the question OF requiring
Mr. Hallet kilbourn to respond to the sub
pCena dBcdS teclHl served upon him last week,
ordering him u produce before the commit
tee certain books and statements relating TO
TIE reai estats pool Mas inrther eonsidered
power To compel their production, and IL so,
Is ii admissible to do so? Judge Jere. Black
viii file with the committee an additional
brief taking a negative view in each case
upon the adjournment of the House this
afternoon. This the committee will consider
and announce their decision al their meeting
meeting on Saturday next.
THE Senate Committee on Public Lands
held meeting 10 day, and heard Mr.. James
| ii. StOrrs, attorney for the Central Pacific
railroad, IN opposition 10 Sen ate bill III,
which provides that all lants heretofore
granted in any act of Congress making a
grant OF lands TO corporation to aid in the
construction OF any railroad shall be subject
10 local taxation as the property OF such
corr Grafton and its 8ssigneeS, I'm the same
| manner as the lands of individual citizens of
the states and territories wherein situated.
| Mr.. Storrs took the general ground that IL
would be bad policy for the government to
| impose additional burdens on the railroads
" hich are so largely indebted to it. The bill
| will be again considered at the next meeting
OF the committee.
| THE Post OFFICE INvEsTIGATIoN-A
| +. Ryan and several others were before the
House Committee on Post Office this morn
| Ing and examined at some length in regard
| 10 a number OF bids for mail routes recently
1led al the Post Office depart nent by Ia
NAMED Reynolds, for k1ttle, It is claimed
| The mail contractor prominent in the Kinds
| postal fraud case, recently before the Crinli-
hal court OF this District. According 10 the
| Stettnent OF Ryan he (RyanD was one OF the
| cOIds men on the bids, Kittle having secured
| him To do So Afterwards in the LATTER NAT
| OF last month he filed an affidavit before tho
| Post Office department asking To ne reIJaraJ
| as bOEdsmen and gave the details of the Az
TAR and his connection herewith. Judge
| 1yncr, the Second Assistant Postmaster
| General was alsO before the committee in re-
| latiOn to the same matter.
PERsONAL.-Attorney General Pierrepont
Is suffering with very severe cold. .'..Gen.
| Pope is now en- route from Fort Leayen-
| worth to Washington 10 testify as TO alleged
| frauds by Major ingalls,, late agent of the
| Five Nations, Indian Territory. "A dis
patch from Boston says Mr.. Dana, who has
| just been nominated as Minister to England,
| had AN attack Of vertigo while attending SER
| vice al Trinity church at the Institute of
| Technology on Sunday, and was taken to his
| residence, ont no serious results are antici-
pated: THE report OF the appointment Of
| Chin Ian Pin ana Yung Wing Joint minis
tiers OF the Chinese empire 10 the Unitei
| States, Peru and Spain is confirmed
CongTessmeD Walker, OF Virginia, and Han
| cock, OF Texas, have gone 10 New Hamp-
| shire TO make speeches IN behalf OF the de-
mOcracy.
A LITTLE STORY is told anent our new
Minister TO England, Hon. Richard III. Dana,
jr., OF Boston. While dining with several
memters Of Congress and others In this city
few years ago some allusion was made 70
his book, 1.-TWO Years Before the Mast" /:
is said that MI Dana Immediately becomes
1 confused whenever any allusiOn to his
nautical experience is made, and delights in
launching out Into an interesting sketch of
1t. He did so in this instance, and was lis
tened TO with great attention and interest.
At the conclusion of his story some staid and
| elderly member OF Congress tnnocently and
with 10 intep ton of giving offence inquired,
Mr.. Dana, where can / see copy OF that
book? never heard of IL before" Mr.. Dana
sszed al the inquirer as IL thunderstruck at
| his ignorance OF the existence of his prOiuc-
tion; and reddening with Indignation, re-
| piled. "At any library In the land, sir. At
any bookstore, sir" The topic of converse
lion was changed as soon as possible.