Evening star., 1877-12-06


days viii take place before the 18th inst.
THE SILVER BILL.-The vote whereby Tues
day next was fixed for the consideration ofthe
silver bill was ~ 10 Is. Friends of the bill
conStIue this vote as an indication of the
standing of the Senate ON the que> ion.
SOLID FOR PATTERsON.-The House com
n'lttee on elections to-day by vote of seven 10
four agreed 10 report that Patterson. demo
erat. is entitled 10 seat a> representative
rom colorado. The democrats voted solidfor
Patterson.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. after the ad-
JouTnment of the House yesterday. was of short
duration. 1t was decsded 10 endorse the new
Washington daily, The Post as the national
democratic organ. The caucus also appointed
4 committee of five To arrange pairs for mem
oerS VINO are Unexpectedly called home.
THAT CANARD ABOUT THE RECONCILIATION
OF INDIAN COMMISSIONER HAYT-It is posi-
lively denied at the White House that the re-
nomination of Mr.. Hayt 10 be commissioner of
INDIAN Affairs sent To the Senate on Monday
was a forgery, aS alleged by a morning paper
The President signed the nomination in the
presence OF one or more of the executive
clerks.
IHE INCOME TAN BILL-The bill intro
duced in the House yesterday by Mr. Harri
son. OF Illinois to provide for an income tax
proposes to levy upon the income of all United
States citizens which NAV be over II Osl and
under S2eO annually a tax of one per cent !:
over s2.CtO and under 5000 one and one-quar-
Ter per cent, and graduating scale up to
ana including 5000: over $4,000 and under
S57Hto tax OF three per cent. over $500 and
under $4,000 four percent. and five per cent
on all incomes III excess of $4,000.
The Court OF INQUIRY investigating the
Huron disaster yesterday heard the testimony
OF Admiral Trenchard, who stated that he
gave permission for the Huron To 90 TO sea
When her draughtSmen had arrived. Commo
dore Wyman presented copies of the charts
furnished Tor the Use of the Huron Master
W. T. Conway testified at length as TO his ey
perience in the disaster Master w. +. Con
way was again before the committee TODAY
ard finished his testimony No other witness
seS were examined to-day.
THE COMMISSIONERS OF CLAIMS. in their
seventh annual report, state that they have
considered 1859 southern claims. The amount
claimed was =. .76l Ice: the amount allowed
was S434,63S They made allowances in seven
hundred and fourteen eases: nine hundred
and forty-fVe We're diSallOwed. Under an acr
ol congress, claimants who have not vet
proved up their claims are required to do 50
before the 10th day of March next. The com
misSioners have still about 300 claims await
ing final action. and no proofs at all have been
Med III about I,6N cases. being fully one-third
9l those presented under the act Of March 5
ISL =
FUNERAL OF ONE OF THE LATE OFFICERS
OF THE HURON.-The steamer Carolina YES,
terday brought 10 Baltimore the body of Litu;
Lambert Cuttings Palmer OF the wrecked war
steamer Huron. and it was forwarded to this
city Tor burial Lieut. Palmer was a native of
Maryland, son OF Gen. j. &. Palmer. surgeon
general of the navy, and nephew of Mr. Lam
bert Cuttings. of Baltimore The remains of
Lieut. Palmer We're accompanied from Balti-
more by his widow and his brother. and were
mtt @ ;t me baltimore and ONO depot in this
c!lN hS me surgeon general and a squad of ma
iints. who escorted the remains tu the Iatp
residence OF the deceased, corner 18Th and %
SuettS northwest. where the funeral services
are III progress this afternoon. attended by "A
large number of army and navy officers and
citizens of Washington.
NONIMATIONs.-The President sent Ia fin,
Senate the following snominationS: Theodore
Roosevelt. collector port of New York: Edwin
Merritt, surveyor port of New York: L. Brad
Iofd fflnce, naval officer. New York VIM. H.
hihE, surveyor customs. Greeup0Tt y. Y:
Ifos. j. N. Jones. collector customs Auuapo-
lls; Robert +. Smith, collector customs Mo
bl", Aia.: jas. devils. naval officer. New Or
leans; 'i&S. II. Jolley. collector customs Teciie
La; John Baxter. circuit Judge 9Th district nj
Tenn; Samuel Il. Nci.in associate iuSticp sp
premc court. New MEXICO: George =. Sanger.
;. attorney for district of Massachusetts :
southern district of Alabama: Morris ID. MEX
ersham, postmaster. Mobile: Alex. Reed. To
ledO. Ohio and a large number of uuimDort a nt
denominations.
THE NATIONAL. WASHINGTON MONUMENT
SOCIETY met to-day in the Judge Advocate
Generals Office. DR. Broadhead in the chair
and DIR. Blake secretary. A letter was read
from PIoi. Henry accepting his election rs a
member of the board. A committee of five
Dr. Blake DIR. Br0adhead. Gen. Mex Dpnn.
Prof. Henry and +. d. Stuart-was aDpojnted
10 represent The Interests of the society before
W,rp N II tod IN,
adoption of a joint resolution recurring the
commission (under act of August ID 1867 10
commence work on the structure without fur
ther delay, and II necessary To give the com
mission authority to use the appropriation al
ready made IN any manner they NAV deem best
A resolution was adopted reciting that as be-
tween thlee and four hundred thOuSa nd dollars
have been contributed by the people il would
be an act of bad faith TO depart from the origi-
mai plan and massive Obelisk without studied
oriameniation is entirely consistent with fhe
simple UnOStentatiOus and republican charac
Ter of George Washington.
THE RECONSTRUCTED SENATE COMMITTEES
The following are the principal changes i'm the
Senate committees as announced by the Vice
President to-day: The democrats have in
creased representation on five of the principaI
COMMITTEES as follows: Finance. Senator Voor-
heeS: Military affairs, Senator Butler: Naval
affairs, Senator Jones' of Florida: Indian AT
fairs, Senator Mcdonald: District of COlum
hia, Senator Harris: Senator Burnside has
btth 10 DtbSt offices
and post roads, and Senator Jones. of Neyada, ,
has taken General Burnside's place on com
merce. Senator Ferry has been relieved from
the cfairmanship of the committee on rules
and Senator Blaine has taken the chairman
ship thus made vacant. Senator Teller super
cedeS Senator Blaine as chairman of the com
mittee ON civil service and retrenclment
Senator Kellogg has been placed on the com
mittees on territories, railroads, MississipDi
leyees, and the special committee to inquire
into the subject of elections of President and
Vice President Of the United States. Senator
Butler has been placed on the select committee
on transportation routes to the seabOard
RING PLUMBER IN DISPUTE-A singular
suit is now in progress in New York before
eN-yudge Seymour as referee, in which James
ii. Ingersoll. one of the old Tammany ring.
seeks to recover from VIM. NJ Tweed the sum
OF Sll2,WO. Tweed claims to have expended
the amount as IngersOll's contribution tn the
sum with which to corrupt the New York
Legislature TO secure the court house apprO
priatiOn on the tax levy of 1871. The matter
has been settled. and Tweed holds IngersOITs