Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-05
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
THE PREsIDEST's EVENING RECEPTIONS
Will be held on the second and fourth Tues
days IL January and the fourth Tuesday in
February, frOun 10 10 p. Ia.
Mrs. Grants Saturday afternoon recep-
tons viii begin next Saturday, January Sth,
from 10 ) p. NJ, and continue until Lent.
GovERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Intsr-
nal revenue, s19l ,5oe32; customs, s6o2,l92.5i'
POSTMASTER GENERAL JEWELL, although
not entirely well, was at his desk today.
THE AMOUNT OF national bank notes re-
ceiveI al the Treasury TO day for redemp-
tiOn aggregated S3.523 s..
THE PENSACOLA arrived az Acapulco
December 1Gth last, from Mazatlan. OF
ncers and crew are all well. She expects TO
reach san Francisco in February.
CoNFIKIzD-Tbe Senate. in executive
session &c day confirmed the nomination of
Albert Y. Mccormick, to be postmaster at
ChaTaton, Iowa.
REsIGNED.-Capt. Francis LIE b. Monroe,
assistant surgeon, First Lieut.. Charles f.
LOshe, Sth infantry, and Second Lieut.. Hen
~ y. Irgens, Ith infantry, resigned Decem-
Der 81, 1870.
REPRESENTATIVE GEO. F. HoAR, OF Mas
sachuSetts, is detained at his home on ac-
count of sickness. No day will be fixed for
the Vice President Wilson eulogies until his
return.
PROPOSED STATUE TO GEN. TAYLoR.-In
the House this morning, Mr. Frye, of Maine,
introduced bill providing for the erection
at some suitable place in this city, of an
equestrian statue of Gen. Zschariah Taylor.
,,o-eo,,s, o,lI,-l ,I,o
White House to-day, many OF them ladies.
Among those who had interviews with the
President were the Postmaster General, Sen
atOrs Bogy and Burnside, and Representa-
tives Wells, Bennett. Phillips and Hancock.
THE House IN COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE, on the state OF the union, this
morning Mr.. Wheeler, of Y. Y, in the chair,)
distributed the Presidents message among
TIE several standing committees.
THE MARINE CORPs.-A resolution offered
by Mr.. OBrieD, of Nd, was adopted by the
House this afternoon, directing the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs to inquire into the dis
corps, and to also inquire and report whether
the corps cannot be abolished and its duties
be erformed by the army.
Mr.. RIDDLE, of the 18th district OF Ten
hessee, presented his credentials to the
Speaker this morning, and he was sworn in.
This district was quite unfortunate. First
Mr.. Head was elected and died. Then Mr..
Fife was chosen to succeed him and he too
died, and Mr.. Riddle can truly be called the
most accidental member of the House.
THE ARTICLE which appeared in the
Chicago Inter Ocean, attacking Secretary
Bristow, has been disOwned in turn by each
editor, manager, boss, and proprietor of that
paper, until no one is left to saddle the
responsibility upon except the foreman and
prOOf-reader. 1t is generally believed in
Chicago TO have been the work OF spirits. 1t
looks like that.-[C Gin. Gazette.
THE FREEDMEN's BANK TO BE INvEsTI-
GATED.-In the House this afternoon, Mr..
Dayton, of Virginia, introduced a resolution
providing for the appointment OF select
committee 10 investigate the affairs of the
FreedmeD's bank. After slight debate, in
which Mr.. Randolph, of Pennsylvania, said
that he hoped that that the terrible wrongs
OF the poor colored people would be thorough
~ investigated, The resolution was adopted.
THE POLICY of the democrats towards the
liberals is not calculated to draw to them
much strength from the latter political ele-
ment. In the House, Mr.. Banks, who was
interested in only one employee, A. q. Broad
street, did not carry the necessary weight TO
bounced and now the distinguished Mas
sachusetts statesman can reflect upon the
ingratitude OF political parties.
THE QUESTION OF ExPArRIATIoN was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee by the
report OF the Ways and Means Committee in
the general distribution of the Presidents
message submitted 10 the House to-day. Mr..
Banks cOntended IL should go TO the Foreign
Affairs Committee, and called on the chair
man to defend sucn reference. Mr.. Swami,
OF Maryland, threw his ample form in front
OF the area facing the Speaker, but what he
said no one, not even the shorthand report
ers, could hear.
a
seem 10 put Secretary Belknap ahead in the
Senatorial contest. The latest sign comes
from the editor of the Marshalltown Republi-
cO1. About three weeks ago he requested
t1e people OF the state TO express their choice
for United States Senator by sending the
names OF their favorite candi lates to his
Office He received answers from all parts
of the state, and when the ballots were
counted Mr.. Belknap had more than one
hundred majority over all the other candi-
dates combined.
THE CENTENNIAL APPROPRIATION -
The members OF the Centennial Commission
with several leading citizens of Philadel-
hia were on the floor of the House to-day
urging Immediate action with regard TO their
appropriation. There is 10 be a meeting OF
the Select Committee on the Centennial to-
morrow, when II is understood a bill Will BE-
framed covering the manner in which The
appropriation, If made, shall be control ed
and disbursed. Members of the commission
,, are ANXIOUS for Immediate action, IL order
! 10 TEST the matter an effort will be made ON
Monday next TO put through bill under a
suspension OF the rules appropriating
S1,5CO OCO.
NAVAL ORDERS - MidShipmau w. II.
NOstrand, ordered TO temporary duty on
board the receiving ship Independence, navy
yard, Mare Island, and on arrival Of Rear
Admiral Amy to report to him for duty in
the North Pacific station. Passed Assistant
Engineer Jefferson Brown, to the Manhat-
tan, at Pensacola, Fla. Lieutenant Com
mander ID. G.. Kells, detached from the Rio
Bravo and ordered To command the MahO-
pac, at Pensacola, Fla. Naval Constructor
Edward Hartt, from the navy yard, Phila-
delphia, and ordered to special duty connect
ed with the centennial. Commander George
II. Preble, from command OF the navy yard,
League Island, 10Th January, and Captain