Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-14
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip,


GovRBNMKNT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Inter-
nal revenue, s50S, 41l.G9; customs, SOL O63 OF.
THE PRESIDENTS RECEPTION will take
place on the evening of the I'D OF February,
from to 10 O'Clock.
THE House Military Committee has agreed
To rel ort bill extending TIL July, 1877, the
time in which claims for soldiers bounties
may be filed.
W. T. MASTER, OF Baltimore has been
awarded the contract for building a new har-
b r boat at Philadelphia at cost ofsli, 800,
he being the lowest bidder.
On ACCOUNT of the small amount OF funds
o. hand general reduction OF the force en-
ployed in the League Island navy yard will
take place IL few days.
THE NEXT BILL which will be taken mp
by the House ApprOpria ton Committee will
be for the support OF the Post Office depart
ment.
ADMIRAL LIE Roy arrived at Norfolk
Saturday aud taxes command of the North
Atlantic Squadron to-day, relieving Admit
raj MulIany.
THE House Committee on Elections, to-
day, decided the contested election case OF
BrombeTg VS. Harralson, in favor OF the sit
ting member, Mr.. HarralsOn, who is col
Ored man.
No SUCCESSOR to DR.. Hambletor, late
clerk OF the ways and Means Committee,
has as yet not been determined upon. 1t
is now generally understood that the place
Will Lot be given to Col. Donovan, OF Ohio.
SENATOR CHRIsTIANCY made his appear
ance in his seat In the Senate to-day for the
first time since his return from his wedding
a nd oil
graduated By his brother Senator's.
WITNESSES IN the BABCocK CAsR
HOME AGAIN.-CoI. Douglass. Deputy Com
missioner Rodgers, Mr.. G!lfillan, cashier Of
the L. s. Treasury, and Mr.. March, private
secretary Judge Burnam, witnesses in tbs
trial of Gen. Babcock returned TO Washing
ton this morning.
TEE 3 G5 DISTRICT BOND BILL was this
NOR ing on Speaker Kerr's desk, with one or
two others. BY some mistake ii was referred
10 the District of Columbia Committee in
toad Of the Conference Committee appoint
81 uron the disagTeeing votes OF the two
Houses. Toe result VIII, OF course, only be
20 delay action, but such delay is damaging
10 the interests OF tie District.
THE delayed overland train brings this
evening Mr.. Franklin Pailp, of Washington,
ID. c., a gentleman whose table at the ma
t.onal capital has had more honored and
u
N ri y falls 20 the lot Of a simple citizen to
entertain. ChRs. Dickens, when in Wash
irgton, made his home under Mr.. Philips
hOspitable roo. By-tne-by, it is one of
WashingtOn's hTagS that PHILIP brewS better
punch than any other man IN the country
Alta California, FEB ;.
A REMEDY FOR THE TEXAS BORDER
TRoUBLEs.-Gen. Ord, commander OF the
military department of Texas, before the
House Committee Ga Frontier trOu 6Ies. Sat
uTday, gave full account of cattle raids 10
which the rancherns for 80 miles along the
liver and $50 back oft are subjected. He does
not think the national sOvernment of Mexi-
CO ought to be blamed, the thieves being gem
orally in league with the local authorities
on the border, their chef being the notorious
crease or the cavalry force, With power to
pursue the robbers intO Mexican territory
AID deal out summary vengeance.
THE TEXAS PACIFIC RArLRoAD.-The
House committee on Pacific railroads con-
sidered The Texas Pacific railroad Saturday,
but reached no conclusion. The report of
the subcommittee, Mr.. Lamar, Of Missis-
sippi, Atkins, OF Tennessee, aud ONeill, OF
Pennsylvania, in favor OF the b i'll was read
Mr.. Lut;rell presented dissenting opinion
Ia favor of the construction OF the road by
any company which would built 1t without
subsidy, and reserving he right of Congress
TO prevent discrimination and to regulate
the frtights and fares. Mr.. Garfield also dis
sented, opposing all SUBSIDIES on financial
grounds.
DEAD.-The announcement in our ooitu-
ary notices OF the death of Mrs. Miranda
Verrill, the mother of Mr.. Crosby s. Noyes,
will cause sincere pain 10 the large circle OF
friends who have known her, and learned 20
appreciate her truly Christian character,
her uDfailiug kindness OF heart, her devotion
TO all the duties of life her sweet patience
under suffering, and her constant thought
fulDess for Others. or a vigorous, New Eng
lard, family stock, sne retained up to the
last hours OF her advanced age all her facul
ties and mental powers 10 "A remarkable de-
gree. Her funeral will take place on Wei
nc Sday rom the resitsn &c of her son, 110i II
street H. W.
THE CHARGEs AGAINST Mr.. BENJAMIN.
We are assured, upon what we cannot but
regard as competent authority, that the
charges against Mr.. Charles +. BENJAMIN,
clerk of the Southern Claims Commission
TO which reference was made IN Fridays
STAR, (tie substance Of which paragraph
had previously been teiegraphed from this
ethyl are vague ii their character, and not
substaHtiated by any evidence whatever.
Tie charges were submitted TO the commits
sion 10 DAY, and Mr.. Bartlett was requested
To bring his prOCfs,i IL he had any, by Thurs
day next. We are informed, furthermore,
That although the originator OF tL~Se charges
has repeatedly had opportunity TO sustain
them, he has heretofore utterly failed or de-
CliLet TO do so. Altogether, those WnO know
Mr.. Benjamin do not seem 70 attach any i'm
pOrtance to the matter Whatever.
REPRESENTATIVE SCHUMAKER AND W
&. kING.-A sub committee Of tho House
Committee OF the judiciary has Sill under
consideration the question G.icct'ig the sta
tins Of Representative ScnGn1 ksr, OF New
York, and Representative King, OF Mime
sofa, owing 10 their alleged dishonest con-
duct il connection with the Pacific Mail
steamship subsidy. The immediate point at
issue involved is whether improper conduct
at a time when they were not members OF
the House disqualified them from now hold
ing seats. This matter will be carefully con-
sidered by the sub committee, as dlstin-
guished lawyers have given opinions that
the House has 70 right 10 question the acts
of members committed during previous
Congress, or at "A time when they were not
mem bers of the House. Mr.. King, by advice
of counsel, holds that this House has nothing
10 do with the subject, as It pertained TO the
former House, which sent It's statement of
his case 10 the United States attorney for the
District OF Columbia, in connection wi th that
OF Mr.. Schumacher, TO be judicially investi-
gateI. The House thus entirely ribs itself
of the entire question, he hollis, and there
fore has no business to revive or recall IT.
REV. JAMES A. hARRoLD lately sent q
PETITION TO the Senate, stating that he was
stationed at Falls Church, Va, in 1861, and
that by order Of General Wadsworth 1t was
deemed necessary 70 destroy his house and
ND lDsg no