Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-15
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s5C9lS.59: customs, 1897 ,Os30s.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO the four per cent. loan to-
day amounted 100000.
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS AND THE AD-
JOURNMENT QUEsTION.-The following is the
condition of the several appropriation bills
FOrtiiicatiOn bill passed both houses and a
law pension bill passed the House and pend
ing in the Senate committee on appropriations !;
Post Office, legislative, executive and judicial,
and river and harbOr bills all reported to and
pending in the House; the little deficiency,
consular and diplomatic, and military acade-
my bills are in conference committees: the
naval bill is with the House committee on ap-
propriatiOns, with Senate amendments. The
following bills are yet to be repOrted:-The
cheney bills. III the tariff bill is soon disposed
of, and the several investigating committees
make water hauls, as is quite probable there
IS no reason why Congress cannot adjourn by
June 3Uth.
DOORKEEPER FIELD to-day appointed JAS
G.. Knight. of Wisconsin, to be first assistant
dOOrkeeper of the House of Representatives,
vice ;. h. Donovan, OF Ohio, resigned. Mr..
Knight was Union soldier, and served four
years in the third Wisconsin regiment
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS to-
day held special meeting to consider various
preparations looking to compromise of con-
tiicting interests in regard to the extension of
time for the completion of the Northern Pacific
railroad. The committee adjourned until to-
morrow without taking action: but the ind-
cations are that an agreement will be made to
secure i'll the main the local Oregon interests.
cOntended for by senator Mitchell and at the
same time diYpSt the bill he introduced of Ger
lp Il
Objectionable.
PERSONAL. - Representative Aleck Ste
phens, of Georgia, has recovered from his re-
cent illness, and was in his seat in the House
to-day
CHAIRMAN GLOVER, OF the House investi-
eating committee has struck another demo-
crat in his explorations II is charged that
the accounts of 5. X. Donovan recently assist
ant dOOTkeeper OF the House, are crooked in
the matter Oi the expenditure 10y him of 49,, ,OO0
VITA which he was intruSted as deputy ser
geant-at- arms OF the House 10 defray the ex-
penseS OF the committee which visited LouiSi-
ana last winter. Glover is the authority for
the statement that $1,000 went into the pock-
els OF some one not entitled TO receive it.
A FLANK MOvEMENT.-Mr. Sargent today
introduced the following as substitute for
the House bill which proposes to place Gen.
Shields on the retired list:
- That the President be, and he hereby is,
authorized to place upon the retired list of the
United States army the following distinguished
officers OF the late war, with the full rank held
by each respectively at the date he resigned or
was mustered out Of the service, with pay and
emOumentS TO which officers of such rank
upon the retired list are entitled by law: Lieu
tenant General Ulysses 5. Grant, of Illinois
Major Generals John A. Dix, of New York
Banks, of Massachusetts; b. f. Butler. Of
MASSACHUSETTS: Ambrose Z. Burnside.
Of y, Rhode Island, "; 5. Rosecrans,
hogan, of Illinois; Lewis Wallace, OF Inli-
ana; stephen A. Hurlbut, of Illinois: w. b.
franklin, OF Pennsylyania; Henry w: Sic
cum, OF New York Cadwalader c. Wash
Alfred PleaSOntoB, of New York; William F.
smith. of New York: John b. Steadman, of
Ohio; Granville NJ. Dodge, of Iowa; Jacob ID.
James A. Garfield, of Ohio RobC. c. Schenck
OF Ohio; John Z. Fremont, of California !;
Brigadier Generals James Shields, of Mis-
Charles Deyens, of Massachusetts: VIM W.
Averill, of Newly ork; Clinton B. Fisk, of Mis-
sour VIM Van Dervees, of Iowa; Ralph p.
John NJ: Thayer, of Nebraska; Halbert E.
Paine, of Wisconsin; Thomas Ewing. of Ohio :
Alexander Shaler, of New York; yudson Kill
lnois; Edward NJ. McCook, OF Colorado: John
+. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania Joshua L.
Chamberlain, of Maine; Joseph t. Hawley, of
Connecticut, and Edward F. Noyes of Ohio.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS of the Senate,
which was held Saturday. was called al the in
stance of the democrats of the House, who
desired the Senate to appoint a committee to
cooperate with one to be appointed by the
House, Tor the purpose of consultation with
reference to pending legislation. The caucus
appointed Messrs. Wallace of PENNSYLVANIA,
Eaton, OF Connecticut, Mcdonald, of Indiana,
COckIell, OF Missouri. and Ransom, of North
carolina. Senator voorhees, was called upon
1or his views as to the strength OF the new ma
tlOnal party in Indiana. He said ii was, he
thought, growing but that it would take away
as many votes from the republican as the
democratic party
PRACTICAL REsUhPTIoN-The L. s. assist
ant treasurer at San Francisco reports a
deposit of coin received by him from Hum
bolt on account OF sales of public lands. This
IS the first coin deposit received by the govern
ment III payment OF currency obligation.
THE POSTAL COMMISSION EXCURsIoNIsrs
left Havana for home Saturday.
STRAW BIDs.-The Senate committee on
military affairs has reported favorably on the
bids
APPOINTMENT.-The Secretary of War has
appointed the widow of the late Col Emory,
who died recently at San Antonio Texas to a
IN this Gty Col. Emory was q son of Gen
Wm Ill. Emory, United States army.
The DISMAL SWAMP CANAL-The House
committee on railways and canals has agreed
upon bill indOrSing the issuing of siOO, 900
worth of the bonds of the Dismal Swamp Ca
nal Company the proceeds of the sales of such
bonds to be expended in widening and deep
enlng the canal through the states of Virginia
and North Carolina.
The SENATE ELECTORAL BILL.-The bill
prescribing the method of counting the elec-
toral votes and deciding questions arising
thereon, agreed upon by the Senate commit
Tee ON the electoral count, embOdieS, SubStan-
tally, the propositions submitted to the cor
responding House committee by Hon. Eppa
HnntOn, OF Virginia. The principal points are
tlat each state shall provide for the judicial
determination OF any controversy concerning
the appointment of electors, and that every
such determination made by the highest state
court shall be conclusive evidence as to the
lawful title OF the electors so declared to have
been appointed; that where conflicting de.
ciSiOnS from different tribunals in the same
state come before the convention of the two
houses OF Congress, the votes of those electors
only shall be counted whose title as electors
the two houses, acting separately, shall con-
currently decide upon. The returns of the
elt tctOrs Of the several states are to he trans
n tilted to the President of the Senate by the
st cOnd Wednesday next after the meeting of
the electors instead of the first Wednesday in
January as now provided by law