Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-03

THE secord head line over Secretary Sher.
mans letter In Saturdays STAR should have
read he ''declines, and gives hts reasons
therefor instead az "declines 10 give his
reasons therefor as misprinted.
JOHN H FLAGG, who FOR The last seven
years has filed the position Of principal leg.
islsive clerk OF the Senate. has resigned, TO
enter upon the practice OF law in New York
cay.
The PRESIDENT agd three of his clerks
brought Tie message 10 The Capitol 10 day.
Secretary sherman listened 10 the reading
of portion OF the me. ssgs ia the senate.
Secretary SchurZ was also IN The Senate
chamber.
DISTRICT COMMISSIONER BRYAN was con-
filmed Ivy the Senate this morning. and n
ceived The hearty congratulations of many
OF bis friends upon his success aftcr the long
and bitter personal light made against him
by some Of The ex-Di,lrict officials.
NoMINATIoNs.-The President sent to the
Senate to-day the following nominations
John b. HaWiey, OF Illinois, 10 be Assistant
Secretary 81 the Treasury, Alfred f. How
ard, of n. II, collector OF customs, district OF
Portsmouth. n. n; Ezra A. Hayt, % n Y
to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
THE REJECTION OF FIrzsrMuoNs.-The
Senate this morning removed the ban OF Sc
creSy from the executive vote OF the Senate
"All' ID ftioCtfG me appoint fElHli 81
mois, tue GeoTsla marsnel. The vOue was
p for reject ion - 10 for confirmation Sap-
ators Matthews, Patterson. and COn8yer vot-
ing with The Democrats.
REMOVER Edgar l.. Suowden was re
moved this morning as Assistant Postmas
ter OF the House OF Representative, and was
succeeded 10y y. &. w. NUwIiu, oT virginia
who has heretofore been enpiov~f in The
Patent Office as a messenger. Mr.. Snowiaa.
who has been relieved, Is connected with tue
Alexandria Gazette, al ways discharged hts
duties faithfully AMI cOUrteuusiy. AMI his
removal creates some surprise.
THE VICTIMS OF TIE HURON DISASTER.
Mr.. Dallas Saunders telegraplS To General
Niger, chief signal officer from Norfolk. Va.
that most OF The bodies recovered from the
wreck OF the Huron, are buried between STA
lions four and five. Mr. Saunders says the
easiest way To reach the place Is by steamer
Chignot- from Norfolk TO VauslacS's landtag.
ana ihere take sail boat tO Curri'ucly CLUB
House +. j. Payner, steward o. the cub. is
always al The landing with his san boat.
PEBsoNAL.-Mr. anj Mrs Alexander C.
ChenOwith sre spending the winter with his
father Cn Vermont avenue. Mrs. {. VIII be
remembered as Miss Kitty Wood daughter
OF Hon. Fernando Wood, aud a fsVorite IN
society here few winters ago. '..- l.. V.
Smaliey, one of the well known stan cor
respondents Of the " Y. Tribune, IS 10 be the
editor OF the Cleveland H1 dld under its new
propTisiOr>hip. EX-RepreSeniative Parsons
40 SA-S Va TIC LEV ONhtAN.
TIE FOLLOWING NOMINATIONS were
confirmed last Thursday, but suspended on
motions TO reconsider. None Of these mo.
tons 10 reconsider were called up for action.
and the nominations therefore stand con
filmed, and are so officially prOmul gated to-
day: John NJ. Harlan, Associate Justice II.
y supreme Court; j. r. Montgomery. of
New York, Consul al Geneva: Burt Van
Horn, OF New York, Collector OF Internal
Revenue, 2sth district of New IurR. vice
4 Nnflr .H.a.Ha 81
masters.
THE COLORADO RETURNING BOARD
During the uial of Msssrs. Brian3 aud Craig
for presenting a false claim, In the Criminal
Court to-day, there was considerable testi-
mony as TO the reputation % the parties. IL
came out Incidentally that Col. Craig Ia 1855
was the democratic candidate FOR governor
OF Colorado, aud Gen. Butler remark 4. as
an evidence OF his gC-t character, that Col.
craig as hraien only by 4 ba<er's dozen
voies. Mr.. Wilson corrected Gen. Butler o.
sayIng:-'Oh, no; Col. Craig beat his op2ys-
EenL several hundred votes, bat The return
ing board counted him out.'
Conf IRMATIoNs.-The Senate IN execu-
tive session to-day confirmed the foIl09-
ing nominations: Thomas B Sryau. 20
be commissioner for the District 90
Columbia; Jack Wharton. 10 BE- 81 ar.hal
Of the Uuiiet States for the district or Lou
isianai fDomaS b. Reid, of Wise BUiiu, con-
sui a; Fui chal, Me1eria; JOl q y Campb.Il
OF Cheyenne, consul at Basic. swift. ri 1 a;
John +. QuBrles Of Georgia, cpUaslI al j..
Malaga; Jnsepn ". Wilson. OF 10 ga, consul
81 Jerusalem; Wickhsm Hoffman. Of New
York secretary OF legation 20 Russ a: JO1n
NJ. McClinrock, marshal OF the United : ates
for toe District az Mary land Also mum
Der OF revenue officers, postmasters, etc.
END OF THE SPECIAL SEssIoN.-Bosh
Houses If Congress adJourned the special
session at ten minutes b fore tgel Te O'Clock
Ia the seven weeks OF This session there
we've hearty eighteen hundret bills intro
duced II the House and referred to commit
tees. The Oui > bills that were the passet by
Doth hCaSes and have become IL VS. were the
Army Appropriation bin fer the current
year, ai-d the Navy Deficiency bill. Tue
bills 10 remonetize silver and 60 Repeal the
Kesum ptlon act were passed By the House
and sent 20 the Senate, out received no con-
siderstion by that body. The Paris EXPOSE
tiou bill and the General Deficiency b n
were taken up and passed ia the Senate
with amendments, but the amend meuts
have rot been acted on IN the House. All
the uDfiDisbed business, however, will hold
Its place ia the next session, after i've DAVIS
shall have elapsed.
THE TENNESSEE REQUIsIrIoN CASE
10 day, at noon, the case of A. Vangender,
OF the Pension OH e, arrested here last week
on fequisltion OF the Governor OF Tennessee,
was before Judge Wylie on habeas corpus.
Mr.. Nangender is charged with suoornation
OF perjury In that state, and to-day fiei an
answer denying that he was guilty OF any
crime, asserting that his acts in Tennessee
were simply those Of q u. Officer. and de-
nying that the indictment is a legal insiru-
ment, or that he can be held under it. Ex-
Senator Foote and Hon. Horace Harrison
appear for the state, and District All Drney
Wells ana Randolp Coyle for Mr.. VangendeT.
The DECEMBER TERM OF THE CRI MIN AL
COURT was convened TO day by Ju ga Mac
Arthur ard TIE petit jurors were ca led and
discharged 10 Monday next Tue and ju-
rors were discharged until January 9Th
Ine District Attorney presented list OF 10
civil cases In which the United States is the
p.atnti1i, transferred from the Circuit Court
and SITS ted that he should call them on Mon
day two weeks. He askss that the cases
agaiDst III. b. Tyler and Edwsrd Owen, &C.
lions on bonds, De dismissed, aud the neces-
sary order was made. He also as ked that
the two cases against Z. B. Omstead be con-
ttnued, and IT was so ordered.
EX-WAsHINGroN POLICEMEN IN LUCK
Messrs. WIN. II. Lee and Theodore L. Huys-
man, both ex-policemen, have received ap-
pofntments as commercial agents; the first
named TO ST. Mark, Hayti. and the last TO
San Martha, al Guyaquil, Central America.
Both have given bonds and will sail for their
respective posts.