Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-10

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nue to day, 1913, 1885, customs, $40 ,35I.9l.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
today were Senators Spencer, Hamilton,
/ Sargent and ConOver, and Representative
| Townsend.
THE democratic House seems to be more
charitable to PinChback than the republican
Senate, for to- day he moved about the floor
| OF the former body as risky as Msry's lamb
| after II had been chased out OF school.
THE 3G5 DISTRICT BOND BrLL.-Judge
| Buckner had intended to day to call up the
| IS District bond bill, in the House, but he
| yielded To the suggestions OF several mem
/ beIs 10 defer the same.
THE House Committee on Appropriations,
| at half.paSt ten o'clock to- morrow morning
| give a hearing TO the members of the board
| cf trustees of the girls reform school of the
! District in behalf OF an appropriation in all
\ of such an Institution.
| FX-SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Gideon
Welles, with his son Edgar, and Mr.. VIM. H.
! FaXOn, formerly chief clerk, and subSe-
| quently Assistant Secretary Of the Navy.
| are stopping at WormIey's. Last evening
| the eX- Secretary received quite an ovation
from many of his old friends in Washington
y HANDSOME RFMUNERATIoN-Pr Profess
| sor Silliman testified yesterday in relation
to his connection with the report on the
Emma mine that he was paid $1,000 in ad-
vance, and so 900 after the cOmp letiOn Of hi .
| services, which occupied him from six 10
| eight months.
| CONFERENCE.-The Senate yesterday
| confirmed Warm Bristoe as associate JUS
| tice of the supreme court of New Mexico;
John Tweedy, postmaster, Danbury. Conn;
| David q. Cox. pension agent. Washington
| = VIM j. Murtagh and Or. Charles I'll.
| Nichols, TO be police commissioners for the
| District of Columbia.
| A DELEGATION of wine and spirit traders
| Of the United States had an extended hear
| Ing before the Ways and Means Committee
| today. They want the present revenue law
charged, reducing the tax on whisky To INV
cents, and providing that government OIL
| GERS shall hold their positions for life, and es-
tabilshlrg bonded warehouses for exporting
NOMINATIoNs-The President sent the
/ following nominations 10 the Senate to-day:
/ John l.. Hsyne, collector customs a Braz0s
/ de Santiago. Texas: Moves y Prentiss l.. s.
! iparkhaIl for northern district OF Ono; Ab-
| ner w. Waters, ditto for District OF OREGON;
] j g Price. OF Arkansas, 10 be pension agent
/ at Little Rock. Ark; Jacob Alexander To oe
| postmaster a GTeenville. Mississippi.
MOVEMENTS OF L. S NAVAL VESSELS
/ The flagship Hartford, with Rear Admiral
| Leroy. commanding the North Atlantic sta
\ ton. arrived at Fort Monroe yesterl ay from
! Norfolk and exchanged saluteS with tn
1 - Z 1It ' dUldtld. huron, Marion All
/ flNmouth are q $50 in the roads. The ste amer
/ Dtsi atch arrived AZ Pensacola, Fla TO dav
| and will sail TOR Washington in a few days
/ THE SIOUX DEFICIENCY. - Toe House
! Committee on Appropriations this morning
| decided to report favorably on the deficiency
| appropriation OF SEQ. 900 for the Sfoux
| luclaL at Red Cloud agency, the money 10
| Ee available Immediately. 1t will be re-
| mem oerec that this deficiency was asket for
| ~ The President recently III special mes
sage.
| GIN. RUFUS INGALLS,, acting Quarter
master General, says the watch he gave Mrs.
! Grant some years ago, was a UNIQUE little
| affair for which he paid nine hundred francs
| in Paris or about one hundred and eighty
| collars. He says, moreover, that it was In
| Tiffany 4 Co.'s safe In New York for two
| years before he gave it TO Mrs. Grant, and
tar the id thing never did Keep time
worth cent.
DEMOCRATIC RESIDENT COMMITTEE. -
The National Democratic Resident commit
| tee have completed their ORGANIZATION. The
| committee is made up as follows: Senate
Hon. j. W. Stevenson, of Kentucky; Hon W.
| W. Ia on, OF COnnecticntt; Hon. II. G.. Da-
\ Wis, of West Virginia; Hon. w. p. Whyte OF
| Maryland; Hon. j. B. Gordon. OF Georgia
House of Representatives Hon. Hester
| Clym6r, of Pennsylvania; Hon. G. W. Cha
| pin, of Massachusetts; Hon. j. w. ThrOck-
morton, Of Texas; Hon. c. Hooker. of Mis-
| sissippi; Hon. A. s. Hewitt, of New York;
| Hon w. NJ. Robbins of North Carolina:
Hon. NJ Sayler, OF Ohio. District of Column
| bia-Mr. w. W. Corcoran, Mr.. James F.
Harvey, Mr.. Charles Mason.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND PoLYGAMY.-
| In the hearing before the Committee on Ter
| ritories OF the United States Senate yester-
| day morning, Mrs. Sara j. Spencer. in behalf
of the National WOman's Suffrage Associa-
| ton, said: protect these women as you
protect black men, let them silently and
safely deposit their ballot, and polygamy
| VIII fold It's tent like the Arabs and silently
nee away; Tor polygamy has its root and
| ne IN Inc subJectlon OF women. Make them
| free, and oiygamy becomes i'm possible For
| woman knows that her husbands heart is
| lost t0 Ter When she shares il with another"
| MS Il A LOCKWOOD presented brief but
1 frcIbie and eloquent appeal for Justice IN
| the women OF Utah.
| PETITION FOR \ HOLIDAY On APRIL
| 1iTH.-In the Senate today Mr.. Frelinghuy-
| sen presented the petition of ]. VI. LangS-
| ton, John F. Cook, John II. Brooks. John p
| Sampson and Solomon q. Brown, asking
u at IN view OF the fact that the 18th of DriI
| next will be the anniversary of the emanci-
| ptton Of slaves in the District OF Columbia,
| I'D also OF tie assassination of AbTah am
| LII coin and that the freedmen OF the cOu /
! try have erected "A monument to the memory
| O Persistent Lincoln in Lincoln S1uare the
| day meH tlnned be made holiday 10 all per
| SOILS employed in the several departments OF
| [ e government in Wa.hiug;Oa. The nett
| tiCr was accompanied by Joint resol .itfnr
| 10 inns erect. referred 20 the Committee On
/ tie Dislrict OF Columbia.
! ELECTION OF PRESIDENT BY THE Pro
! PLE-The Senate Committee on Privileges
| and + Elections held a meeting this morning
| ana discussed Mr.. MOrtOu's joint resolution
! Ia ameId the Constitution of the United
/ States So a To elect the President and the
! Vice President by the direct vote OF the peO-
| yle. and abolishing the electoral colleges
| The discussion developed considera ole fer
! eI &C OF opinion, hut ii was finally agreed to
| allow the resolution TO be reported favOra-
| bly,, its opponents reseTviDg the tight 10 Op-
| pose IL IL they deem proper. The amendment
| OF Mr.. Morton proposes that each state shall
! be divided into districts, equal in number to
| the number of representatives to which the
| state may be entitled In Congress, and that
the person having the highest number of
votes In each district for President shall re-
| ceiVe the vote Of that district, which shall
| count one Presidential vote; and that the
| person having the highest number of votes
for President I'm state shall receive two
Presidential votes from the state at large.
REPOsT AGAINST EXTENSION OF A SEW
| ING MACHINE PATENT-The House Com