Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-27

Ex-SRCRETARY BRIsTow reached his
home in Louisville yesterday, ami at night
a reception was rendered him by his fellow
townsmen of all parties.
Hon. MILTON SAYLER, the pro tenpors
Speaker of the House, says he will not, OF his
own accord, yield the gavel to Mr.. Cox upon
mis- return from st. Louis.
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE of the two
houses ON the Post Office appropriation bill
met this morning at half past 10 o'clock, but
failed to agree. \ second meeting will be
held this afternoon.
CONFERENCE.-The Senate yesterday
confirmed the following nomination:-win-
throp w. Ketcham TO be U. s. district judge
for the western district OF Pennsy yania, vice
Wilson McCandless, retired.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
To- day were Senators Edmunds, Hitchcock,
Logan, Wright and Clayton, and Represen-
tatives, Fort, Lyman, Lamar, Hamilton,
Harris, Small and Harralson.
THE CRUISE OF THE CADErs.-The Con-
stellation, having on board the cadet mid
shipmen, and the May flower, the cadet en-
gineers, left Annapolis yesterday for New
York. The Constellation will continue to
BuZZard's bay.
THE CABINET MEETING To-DAY-The
Attorney General and the Secretary OF War
were absent from the Cabinet meeting to-
day. The former has gone to Boston and
will return Saturday. Assistant Secretary
Conant represented tn Treasury depart
ment at the Cabinet meeting.
WHY CANNOT the Patent office aud Smith
sonisn be opened, during the influx of Gen.
tennial visitors here, at or 8 O'Clock q. m /?
Daily there is q crowd on the steps of the
former building waiting for the doors to be
Give the early rising strangers chance.
NoMINATIoNs.-The President sent the
following nominations to the senate to-day:
Henry A. Marsh to be postmaster at n ashua
New Hampshire; Richard Ashbridge to be
assistant surgeon in the navy; John A. Hen
dersOn, to be assistant engineer in the navy;
Wm. l.. Ashmore, of New Jersey, 20 be col
lector of customs for the district OF Burling-
ton, n. j.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Assistant Surg'n Chas
j. NOurse ordered to the naval hospital at
Chelsea, Mass; Master NJ. G.. DImrock de-
tached from the Intrepid and granted leave
of absence for six months, and on its expira-
ton, 23d December, 1876, his resignation will
be accepted; Master Robert G. POck FROM
the Coast Survey and ordered to the nautf
cal SchOOlship ST. Marys; Passed Assistant
Engineer Thomas W. Rae, from the naval
academy 30th inst, and placed on waiting
orders,
THOSE JUNK SHOP MESSAGES The fol-
lowing is a resolution which Congressman
McCreary intended to offer for passage by
House of Representatives. yesterday, but as
he was unable TO obtain the floor IL is re-
served for future occasion:
beSotred, That the Committee on the Real
Estate Pool ami the Jay Cooke Indebtedness
be directed To report To the House whether IL
has now IN Its possession a large number OF
telegraphic dispatches, numbering many
thousand, AMI embracing the private bust
ness and confidential messages of private
citizens not relating to any subject under
investigation, and IL so, for what purpose
and by what means said committee has
'aused said dispatches 10 be brought before
u FOR examination.
ECONOMY ON THE HOUSE SIDE OF THE
CAPIToL.-Before f'Uncle Jimmy" Will
iiams was made chairman of the House
Committee on Accounts ii was customary
on scch seething days as these which have
now come npon us, to quench the Congress
sGnal thirst with lemonade and iced tea.
THESE eXhtlarating beverages were paid for
| out OF the contingent fund of the House. Mr..
Williams, however, Will hear of no such ex-
tIavsges ard listen to no appeals in this
| direction TO deplete the public purse, aud as
| sequence the machine has been run thus
| Tar on ice water and the contents OF private
| TASKS. To illustrate how this economy
member from Pennsylvania who .'hoids the
| purse strings OF the nation" had been hold
| Ing conversation with number of his col
/
are you going?" said one of them as he head
ed toward the door. 81 am going over to the
Senate to get some lemonade. Blue-jean
| Williams is SO mean he won't let as have
| any on our side OF the Capitol" So Peter is
robbed TO pay Paul. Just as much lemonade
Is used, and the expense of making IL is as
great as ever, the exception being that the
Senate foots the bills. The House calls this
| economy, but the tax burdens on the people
| for lemons and sugar is about the same that
1t was before the era of economy "sot in"
L
| THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD RECU.
| SAINT WITNEss.-The House Committee on
Commerce this morning renewed the inyes-
| tigation of the subject whether any railroad
discrimination in the rates charged for
| freight. At q previous session of the COM
mitIee, A. j. Casatt, Sd vice president of the
| Pennsylvania railroad company, refused 10
| disclose to the committee whether or not the
| Pennsylvania company have discriminating
rates for favored shippers. AT to-day's ses-
| sion, ex-senator Scout, attorney of the Penn
| sylvania railroad company, made an aTgu-
| ment In support OF Mr.. Casatt's declination.
He held first, the committee had commenced
| at the wrong end to elicit the Information
| sought for, and should have gotten 1t from the
| shippers and not from the company; that
| The proposition involved the power of Con-
| chartered by states. He cited the act OF
June 10Th, 1866, to show the furthest point
| Congress had ever gone in that direction.
| He held that there was no power In the state
| To tax inter state commerce, and that Con-
| gress had even gone SO far as TO ask of the
| states permission 10 collect tolls on national
| roads; that If Congress can regulate rates on
railroads, 1t can on American vessels which
| have no national franchise. Upon the com
| pletion of Mr.. Scott's argument. the COM
mittee cleared the room for consultation,
| Mr.. Casatt still declining to make answer.
After consultation the committee postponed
the subject until Thursday next.
THE INVESTIGATION OF JUDGE wYL1E.-
The committee Investigating the charges
| made by Capt. A. Grant against Judge Wy
| lie to-day examined three witnesses Messrs.
A. n. Mcdonald, OF Brooklyn, and Judge
Ray and o. ID. Barrett, attorneys OF this city.
None OF the testimony implicated Judge
Wylie In any way, although 1t was intended
TO prove the charges Of corruption by the two
former Witnesses. The evidence of Mr.. Nc
Donald In brief 10, that he was q claimant
before the ish-American claims commits
sion, having claim for e108, 900. The money
| was paid 70 Mr.. G. w. Riggs, banker, as re-
ceiver, and upon Judge Wylie's order he,
Mcdonald, received the money from Mr..
Riggs, and, at the advice of his lawyer, left
the city In carriage TO prevent any attach
ments being served upon him by parties who
had sued him. This was In June, rs. He
drove out about nine miles and took q
train on the Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road for Brooklyn. He afterwards went to