Evening star., 1877-10-23
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GovERNNENr RECEIPTS To-pAY.-Inter
81 revenue, s2iS 1850; customs, $3.50, ,S51.2 .

9ovERNMENr RECEIPTS To-pAY-Iuter
81 revenue, s2lS S,426-3o; customs, $3.50 1921
THE SENATE COMMITTEES on finance
| and territories held their first meetings OF tn
| special session this morning Nothing bu
executive business referring to appointments
was transacted by eirber
IT STEMS TO be the impression ABOUT the
| Capitol that TO morrow's session OF the
House will be brief, and that Spea sr an
| daii Will announce the committees on Thurs-
day.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
To-day Were: Senators Cameron of Wis.
| Mathews, Cameron of Pa, and Grover;
| representatives ID. Cox, j N Evans ol
| Pa, BIT richard, Ward, Dinlry. WHIT. aud
| Secretary OF : ate and 'he Attorney General
| THE SENATE ADJoU RMS TO THURsDAY-
| Senator Beck, OF Kentucky, moved in the
! Senate this morning that when the Senate
adjourn, it adjourn 10 meet Thursday. On
| me 6Ist vote the motion was lost Senator
| Conkiing dema uded division, and the mo-
| Ton was Carried by a large majority.
THE BILL Introduced in the Senate this
morning by Mr.. Ingalls, with reference TO
bnunties 10 soldiers and sailors of the late
war, is the same bill in text as has bsan ne
| fore Congress several years. II grants each
soldier -; ;S3 per month for military ser
| vice rendered, deducting ali amounts of
bounty previously received.
CORRFcTIoN.-In the statement of District
Indebtedness made by Mr.. Lewis j. Davis at
the citizens meeting Saturday night it was
! mentioned that the debt OF 80 ,3T9,6 ,6JI.gG was
incurred under d representative form Of gov
ernment for The District. Tue types in some
OF the city papers made the word incurred"
''ircieased."
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant Commander
Thomas n. Ware, ordere 10 examination
10 fnF f~s..
McC Little, To ordnance duty at the navy
yard, New York. Master John Hubbard
detached from duty On the coast survey, Oh
The 3lst instant, and ordered 10 the h ydro-
graphic Office, LIST November.
The PERFORMANCE of the part of "Miss
Mutton" by Clara Morris last night was
undoubtedly the most intensely powerful
and absorbing rendition that has been wit
Hesseu on tne washington stage for years If
ever. 1t was the electric fl re of genius IN sni-
lestlDg Itself through a physique apparentIy
utterly Inadequate for such marvellous re-
suits, -
a DET5 RMINED FIGHT is TO be made
against the admission 10 the Senate of Gen.
Butler, OF Hamburg massacre fame, w ao,e
credentials are before the committee on
privileges and elections, HIS enemies
promise to prove the most brutal and blood
this acts against him aud persons are cow
whipping the evidence into shape Wash
COT. Ptito. Times
SENt MATA, representative o. the Diaz
government in Mexico, who has unsuccess-
| fully been trying to obtain recognition from
the United states government as Mexican
Minister, has announced his intention of
leaving Washington Tor home in few days
Sepor Mata is SAID TO be disguised beca ise of
his non recognition by the authOri lies here
aSd probably Will not return. The Ostensi-
ole reason gwen for his departure, however,
is that The climate OF Washington during the
winter dlsagTees with him.
A CASE FROM INDIANA was drcid a b.
the Supreme Court yesterday which tIrned
upon the question whether or not Hon. Thos
A. Hendricsa counsel In the case below
had bee n guilty of such an irregularity in
chaGcery practice as vitiated the decree
The court found that an appea rance by him
In The first instance as counsel for the com
any. and ubssquently for the trustec OF tn
conf any LOuis Vile, New 4 lba1y and Cnt
cago Railroad Company a foreclosure suit.
dld not present Improper or questionable
practice and affirmed the decree. Mr.. Jas
uce Field delivered the opinion.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VEssELs-Thc
u. :. steamer TallapoOsa, Lieutenant 10 seph
+. Jones, U. s. n commanding, arrived al
New York from Norfolk, Va, at $40 a m
on Sunday, the 2lst instant .-.' Commander
Schley, commanding the u. s. steamer Es-
sex, announces 10 the Secretary OF the Navy
his arrival at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe on Sep
tember Goth He expected TO leave on the
18th for Cape de Verdes. Rear Admiral
William +. Leroy Informs the Secretary of
the Navy, In u letter dated MarseileS, OctO-
Der 5th, of his having assumed com maai of
The Y. y. naval forces On the European sta
tioD, relieving Rear Admiral j. l.. Worden.
CONFIRMATIONs- The Senate in excel
tive session to day confirmed the folio wing
nominatiOns-Richard G. Mccormick to be
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice
Conant, resigned; Frederick X. Knefier, PEN
agent fndlanannlIS VII Frav
Teil, term OF Office EXPIRED Armsted NJ
Swope, cole ctOr internal revenue 9TH dis
trict Kentucky; Abraham ID. Hazen, Third
Assistant Postmaster General, vice Barber.
resigned; Thomas A. Wiley. collector inter
nal revenue 9Jh district Penns ylvapia; Ar
thur r.. Bateman, of Iowa, to be second lieu
teEant IN the revenue service; John VI. Lang
stoD, To be minister resident aud consul gen
eral to the republic of Hayti.
DISTRICT INTERESTS IN CoHGREss-A
number OF prominent gentlemen of the Dis-
trict, connected with the citizens com mmittee
lately appointed, have waited on Speaker
RaHGall in reference 10 the formation OF the
House committee on the District OF Column
b'a. They said to the Spea ker they no ced he
would appoint on the committee the best
material IN the House, those who wodld
rigidIy examine into all the operations of
the District officials, who would consider the
needs of the District impartiaily, and recon-
mend only such measures IN regard To It's
afairs as justice aud right demanded.
Speaker Randall replied that their request
deserved and would certainly receive due
consideration.
THE BILL introduced in the Senate yester-
day by Mr.. Matthews, OF Ohio, for a dIstri-
button of the balance OF the Geneva award
provides for q revival of the court OF commits
siorers of Alabama claims (its members to
be selected by the PreSi lent OF the United
states and confirmed by the SeDate) and
makes II their duty TO receive and examine
all claims presented within SIX moaths from
their first meeting which shall have directly
resulted from damage done on the high seas
by any confederate cruisers during the late
rebellion. The jud gments of the comnis.
sioners, together with five per cent. interest
from the respective dates OF loss, are TO be
paid by the Secretary of the Treasury ont of
the Geneva fund - in full, unless the bal
ance of the fund should prove Insult Client, in
which event they are to be paid In ratable
proportions.
The BARLEY CROP Or CANADA-The u.
3. consul at Port Sarnia, in a report to the
Department OF State, says that the farmers
OF Ontario, the great barley pro iuciny dis
trict OF Canada, are much disappointed az the
color OF the grain of the present years barl4y
crop which is very dark. This color is az
counted for by the wetnesS OF the season Al
beer invariably partakes of the color of tns
malt from which IL is manufa.,urai O