Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-14
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip,

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Tnter-
nal revenue, s2s2 .259-O7; customs, s2I1 ,S7oO2.
AT THE CABINET MEETING to-day Score
tary BelkHaP was the Only member absent.
THE AMOUNT Of national bank notes re-
ceived ~ the Treasury to day for redemp-
ton aggregated ss75,g56.
| SAMUEL WILSON was, to-day, appointed
| special counsel for the government in the
internal revenue cases m san Francisco.
| THEY SAY Mrs. Grant doesn't look day
/ Older than when she first came to Washing
/ tor, ten years ago, which is a strong indica-
ton OF good husband.-IN T. Commercial.
/ THE AMNESTY BILL was considered in
/ the House Judiciary Committee this morn
| ing. The committee agreed to report the
1 bill with the Banks amendment, and 10 al
| low debate and further amendment.
| EX-SENATOR HENDERSON, of Missouri.
| who conducted the suits on behalf of the
| United States against Mcdonald, Joyce and
| settlement of his accounts. He claims that
| his services are worth $4,000.
PATENT OFFICE RULEs.-Gen. Ellis Spear
Mr.. Edward II. knight and Mr.. w. H. Doc
little, OF the Patent Office, have been ap-
pointed by Judge Duell, Commissioner of
Patents, commission to revise the rules
and regulations OF the Patent Office.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day were Senators Hamlin, Ferry and
Harvey, and Representatives Phillips and
White, and Governor Morgan. The Ohio
delegates of the National Republican Exec
| utive Committee also called and paid their
respects TO the President.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Ensign A. Ludlow
Case, jr., ordered to report to the chief of the
ordnance bureau for special duty. Passed
Assistant Surgeon Charles a. Seigfreid to
doIe George L. Balcb, detached as governor
of the naval asylum, Philadelphia, 1st March
next, and placed on waiting orders.
THIRD CLASS MAIL MATTER-The bill
reported by the Committee OF Post on res
and Post Roads yesterday provides that
U'ailable matter or the third class, embracing
all pamphlets, occasional publications, traO-
silent newspapers, magazines, hand bills, etc,
rot exceeding four pounds for each package,
shall be charged postage at the rate OF one
cent FOR each TWO ounces or fraction thereof.
SINGLE FOUR-YEAR TERM.-The House
Committee on the Judiciary this morning,
on the motion OF Mr.. Laurence, of Ohio, who
previously voted with the majority of the
Il committee, recOnsidered its action with ref
erence 10 The limit OF the term of the PreSi-
Dental Office. The committee. after discus
sion, agreed TO present constitutional
amendment, fixing the term of the office al
four years, and thereafter forever making
the incumbent Of the Office ineligible Tor re-
election.
CONFIRMATIoNs.-Am the confirna-
lions by the Senate yesterday were the fol-
lowirs:-Joseph Russell Jones, collector OF
customs at Chicago; Il. G. FeIdknap, an
praiSer OF merchandise at Chicago; Major
ROOT Macfeely, com missary general of sub
slstence; First LieutenantS Frederick F.
Whitehead and John +. Weston, 10 be cap
taiDs and cOmmissaTies of subsistence: quar-
termasters department-First Lieuteriants
James II. Lord, james NJ. Marshall. Edwin
b. Atwood and JOHN Simpson 10 be captains
anu assistant quartermaSters.
THE COMING WOMAN SUFFRAGE Cox
vsNTIOS.-The executive committee of the
national woman's suffrage convention have
issued q call for the holding of q convent ion
IN this city, at Tallmadge Hall, on the nth
and 18th inst. The discussion proposed is:
Are not women also citizens OF the repu5-
nc-lart Of the peoples, On what lust ground
Is discrimination made between men and
women? Why should women moe tran
men De governed without their own COntrol2
why should women more than men be de-
MED trial by jury of their peers? On what
authority are women taxed while uurepre-
senttd? BY what right do men declare Lnem-
selves invested with power 90 legisla,e 10:
woune..?
| 1T DOESN'T REQUIRE MUCH INTELLI-
GENCE to open and shut the doors about
| the Congressional halls, and viewing the
| matter in this light Col. Fitzhugh evidently
chose his men mainly for muscular develop
ments. This morning a well-known news
paper man, a few minutes before Il o'clock.
enoeaN ored 10 go on the floor OF the House
A Swapping fellow OfCeltic origin interposed
| b burly form and said, ''Yees can't 90 i'm
Why? asked the scribe. "Bekase. sir. hey
are claiming the hure." "They are doing
what?' said the knight of the penc !, thin K
ing: probably, they were taking up McPher-
sons ugly carpet. BE jabers, they are
Gaining the lure, and yees can't 20 in" The
IerceptIve instinct of the newspaper man
| could not comprehend from this what was
| going on, but he pushed his inquiries further
CLEARING it, "Bedad." said The Cclt, Ethey
clearing it, but amt that claiming il, I
Wud like TO know"
CHY LCNG.-The Supreme Court today
heard the case of Chy Lung, on error from
the Supreme Court OF California, Involving
| the question Of the constitutionality of the
law of California requiring the master
owner or cOnsignee OF any vessel bringing
immigrants into the state who are lunaticS
IDIOTS, Ceaf, dumb, blind, crippled or indrn,
LOT accompanied by responsible relatives
| willing 10 support them, or who are CON
| Nlcted Criminals. or debauched, or IeWd
women, 10 give bond OF $500 that they shall
not IN any manner become a charge upOn
| Inc state within two years of their arriT4I
| Coy Lung was one OF twenty-five Chinese
women brought To san Francisco by the
| Is retained IN custody, in the absence of the
| required bond, and, as UNDERSTOOD for the
purpose OF this case to test the law, the other
women being discharged upon haoeas cor
pus by Judge Field, OF the Federal Circuit
Court, who held the law 10 be void. Attor-
ney General PierrepOnt submits that as
plalntif is the subject OF a forei gn govern
ment baviT z treaty relations with the United
States the FEDERAL Courts have jurfSdIction
and argues at great length that the state
law is unconstitutional, as being in conflict
with the treaty relations with several DOW
ers.
COMMENTS on THE PREFERENCE-The
selection OF Cincinnati as the place for hold
ing the next national republican convention
is looked upon by the sagacious politicians
mere as very damaging to the prospects of
Mr.. Blaine. The influences which son ght To
nave the convention called at Philadelphia
were entirely favorable to his nomination
On the preliminary votes this morning il
was apparent that there was no prospect OF
the convention going TO Philadelphia, and