Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-21

| the President, returned from 81. Louis yes
tsrday morning.
TIE PRESIDENTS RECEPTION viii take
| place on the evening of the I'D of February,
from 10 10 o'clock.
IT IS RUMoREp that ex- Representative
John b. HawIey, Of Rock Island, III, is to
succeed General Cowen SIS Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior.
TIL RE are seventeen contests for seats in
| the House of Representatives. The Election
Committee are taking the cases by states
alphabetically.
a RUMoE was prevalent at the Capitol this
morning that Speaker Kerr had been ad vised
by his physicians in New York TO resign his
duties as presiding officer of the House but
II could be traced TO no authentic source.
To MORROW A LEGAL HoLIOAY-The
Senate to-day unanimously passed the
House bill making the 22i OF February a
legal holiday, and ROW every one wonders
why such bill was not passed long ago.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DYER, of ST. Louis,
telegraphs TO the Attorney General:-ss I
talked with Bingham last night, and l am
satisfied that have judged Mr.. sherman
too harShly, and think it honorable TO say
as much.'
NJ. F. WAsHBURNE, chief of the secret
Service division of the Treasury department.
arrived from st. Louis Saturday. While in
st. Louis he spraiDed his ankle quite severe
Is, but IS now able 10 go about by aid OF
crutches.
STEAMFR DISABLfD.-T The Signal ser
vice observer at Norfolk reports the steam
ship Australian, of the West Indian and
Pacific line. Captain Peter, laden with cot
ton, from Mobile TO Liverpool, in longitude
50, latitude y, on 9th instant, lost her ru l.
der and rudder post. She will probably
come up here for repairs.
GIN. E. r. CowEN returned from Ohio
last Saturday. He says that it is his fixed
determination to sever MS connection with
Infer.Ar department very shortly, for the
rurroSe n, Giving mis- persOaal attention to
his private busiI,"ss Ia BeHeire, Oato. II is
not mis- intel tiOn to 4"tnHFF Hia Adt1ity IRON
Washins ton present.
THE WEST POINT appropriation bill was
reICr,ed To the Senate to-day from the APP
propriatiO2 Committee. The Senate com
nIittee adds TO the bill q provislol for tn
extra payment of professors 70 length OF
service, and also provision for the pIVnau;
o. The baud. Toe ray of cadets is !s fl as he
House fixed il, $40 per year, instead OF
SO; 20, as formerly.
NOMINATIONS The President sent the
following nominations TO the Senate to-day:
Seth ]. Comfy, to be collector OF customs,
Philadelphia, Pa; Andrew Cone, of Penn
sylvauia, consul ~ St. Paul de Loauda;
John jenkins, L. s. attorney for Wyoming
territory. POStmaS ters-SamUel Warfieli.
j., Circleville, Ohio; James II. Moore, El
Paso' HI; Chas g. Pages, Baton Rouge, La.
THE DEMOCRATIC national. CoNvEN.
TIoN-The members OF the democrati, ma.
tonal committee are assembling prepare
tory 10 the meeting to be held tomorrow 10
name the time and place for holding TN.
natl0nal convention 10 nominate CANDIDATES
Mt and Ia
lions from st. Louis and Louisville are AL
r6aay here 10 urge the selection Of those cities
as the location for the convention.
THE PRINTING INVESTIGATION The
House Committee on Printing has devoted
several of its late meetings to the investiga-
ton of the cost Of public printing at the
government Office. ItapDears that tYe nrioeS
az present paid in the Government Printing
Office are as follows: For composition, siXiy
cents per 900 ems and fifty Ger Is per token;
the printers working by t1e day receive : 4
Ihese prices the committee charge to be ex-
tfaNagaDt- on the ground that mucn of tire
Work done IS technically known in printing
Cilces as Fat matter"
CUTTING DOwN.-The Committe on APP
propriatiOns OF the House to-day distributed
The unfinished portion Of the legislative,
executive, and Judiciary appropriation bill
as follows: War department., Messrs. Wells
and Wheeler; Interior department, Messrs
Randall and Foster Navy department
MessTs Randall and BlounI; Agricultural
Gepartment, MesSrs. Singleton and RaIe;
department OF Justice, MessrS. Atkins and
hamilton; Bureau OF Statistics, Mr. Hale.
me committee to-day finished the estimates
made for the employees of the House of Rep
resentatives. They decided to cut down the
present force % per cent and the salaries
about eleven per cent.
TEE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD-Toe
steamer Dispatch, Commander Fred. Rotg-
eTs, LETT the yard on Saturday afternoon for
Fort Royal, S. C., with Commodore r. w.
Shuieldt chief Of the bureau of equipment
and recruiting, on board II being thetnten-
ton OF the Navy department to establish 2
naval station az Port Royal, CommOiora
Suuielil goes there u ascertain in person
Ine wants o! the equipment department at
that point. During his absence Capt o. e.
Badger. captain OF The yard will act as chief
a. hur.au at the Navy department and
CCmmanderJ. s Skerrett. senior aid 10 lie
duties at the yard.
COURT OF WAR CLAIMs-A bill has beap
introduced in the House, and referred TO the
Committee on War Claims, providing for the
establishment Of q court of war claims, L.
authorizes the President 10 appoint Two ad-
CiJiODal commissioners of claims on the
Board Of Commissioners, authOriZ ed by the
second section of the act of Match Sd, 1871.
The commission, which wlll consist OF five
members, is constituted court 10 be known
as the court Of war claims 1t is empowered
- NCttIIliut All CldlIIS against the United
states growing out OF the late war which
may be brought before il. of those citizens
who were loyal during the rebellion includ-
ing the use and loss OF vessels or boats while
employed in the military service, aud also all
claims founded upon contract, express or inn
piled, with the United States.
THE CHANGE IN THE TREASURY BUREAU
OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.-Mr. Geo.
Il. McCartee, who has so long filed the offir-
of chief of the bureau of engraving an mint
ing, handed his resignation to the oSecretarv
OF the Treasury on Saturday, IN his Ietter ~
resignation Mr.. McCartee says:-"Owins 10
my continued III health, l am constrained to
tender you my resignation as chief CT this
bureau, 10 take effect upon the conclusion of
the count and examination now being M ada
by the committee appointed by you for that
purpose. Please be assured OF my grateful
appIeciation of the Kindness so generously
accorded me al all times by yourself aud the
President"
In accepting the resignation, Secretary
Bfistow rays retiring from the public
service, beg you 10 he ured that YOU bear
WIFI Won my personal and official confidence,
ard 10 accept my thanks for the able and
faithful manner in which You have dis
q arged every duty imposed upon You by
law and the regulations of the department.