Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-15

revenue, SZUo, IS5.ZS; customs, $329,UI5.2S.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the tour per cent loan to-
day amounted to s2o5,OOO.
PERsoNAL.-Senators Blaine and Edmunds.
both of whom have recently been ill, were in
their places in the Senate to day. '-.' Gen.
Saerman visited the Senate this morning.
THE DISTRICT NoMINATIoNs-The nomina-
tiOrs for District Commissioners would have
gone to the Senate to-day if the Senate had not
adopted a resolution pOstpOning adjourn
ment until next Thurgday. AS it is, these
nominations will probably nos be sen
The e best the rs5 next to neft The Pees
dent gives the following as the District
Commissioners: Josiah Dent, of Georgetown;
Capt. Phelps, present Commissioner on the
tendeDt of Public Buildings and Grounds, as
the engineer officer.
Nor PROvEN.-The Senate committee on
privileges and elections. agreed to-day to re-
port bacf the case of senator Grover charged
with having secured his election as Senator
by forgery. The committee find that the evi-
dCnce does not sustain the charge, in so far
as MIR. Grover is personally concerned.
THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.-The Sen
ate conference committee on the army bill
has reached an agreement, and will report the
bill to the two houses this afternoon. The
restoring the army to 25UO0 men, and referring
the question of reorganization to a commits
sion, and referring likewise the transfer of the
Indian bureau from the Interior TO the war
department to a commission of Representa-
tives and Senators. The Senate cOnferees
agree to the House reductions of pay of Off
GERS OF the army, and the posse con,ttattuS
section is agreed TO precisely as it passed the
House.
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Oh the legis-
lott
bill has practically reached an agreement,
and the bill will proba bly, be reported to both
houses today. The House recedeS from its
proposition to reduce salaries and number of
Senate employees. The House recedes from
its abolition OF the Fourth and Fifth Auditors
office. The Senate comedies to the House a
number of Sl,C00 clerks, but it does not adopt
Iii 1uil the House section providing for the re-
grading of clerks in the departments. A final
meeting of the conference committee on this
bill will be held this afternoon.
COMMODORE WHITING has taken charge of
the bureau of navigat on, Navy department.
vice Rear Admiral Ammen, retired at his own
request.
A CURIOUS RACE OF DILIGENCE.-On last
Thursday evening the House public lands
committee submitted an elaborate report and
bill confirming McGarrahan'S claim to the
Rancho PanOche Grande, including the New
ldria Quicksilver mine, which were received
and ordered to be printed by the House. On
Friday morning the Senate public lands COM
mittIe, not to be OutdOne in the matter, hastily
met and decided to report adversely, but
having no report prepared obtained leave of
the Senate 10 submit one at the next session.
They aLO, in the absence Of McGarrahan'S
friends, (aS the latter say secured a final re-
lection of his memorial by the Senate. This
action was, however, recOnSidered this morn
ing by the Senate. and the case was reviewed
and laid upon the table for future cOnSidera-
tiOn. So McGarrahan has still another chance
to renew the fight.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.-The Senate
has agreed to The report of the conference
OH the river and harbor appropriation bill by
vote OF 81 TO 22.
GUESTS AT THE WHITE HOUsE.-Mrs. Gen.
eral Mitchell and daughter. of Columbus, Ohio
arrived at the White House this morning to
attend the Platt-Russell wedding, which takes
place next Wednesday. Mrs. Mitchell is a
niece of the President.
Hon. HENRY WATTERsON, when the demo.
cratic caucus was being held yesterday, hap
peDed to be in the hall of the House, talking
with friend. for some time after the proceed
ing commenced motion was subsequently
made to invite him to remain, and, though il
received majority vote, MIR. Hewitt, of New
York, so persiStently objected that Mr. Wat
tersOn left the hall. 1t is limited that Hewitt's
objection was TO get even with WatterSOn be-
cause the latter had printed in the Louisville
Courier-JOuTnm, OF which paper he is the
editor, come severe animadVersiOns Oh Mr.
Hewitt'S course
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-
day were Attorney General Devens, Post
master General Key, Secretary Schurz, Sena-
tors Dawes, Conoyer, McCrary, Mitchell,
Kellogg, Allison and Morrill,; Representatives
Dwight, Hubbell. Brewer, Smith, (Pa), Rice
GOhiol, Bsbee, Mckinley, Townsend, (N. ",
Bell, Danford, Glahiq, Bundy, Jones, GOhio),
Commissioner HOyt, Hon. J. B. Treat, (WiS.),
and Judge Wilcox. of New York.
COMBINATIONS AND A REJECTION The
Senate, in executive session yesterday, con-
frmed the following nominations: Horace E.
James. of Maryland, to be consul at Turks
Island; Peter Negley, TO be assistant treasurer
at Baltimore; Stephen Metcalfe, postmaster,
Anderson, An Nd; S; r. AtWell postmaster,
land, l.empi agency, Idaho: Francis H.'Weay-
er, W: Va, Southern Ute agency, Colorado;
BenJ.E Potts governor of Montana territory;
Commander Richard l.. Cav, to- be captain
Commander Joseph L. Skerritt, TO be captain
Lieut.. Commander Mortimer L. Johnson, 70 re
commander: Lieut.. Commander Edward Nj.
Shepard, to be commander. The;Senate re-
ieeted the nomination OF jackson NJ Rose to
be postmaster at Abingdon, Va.
THE ARMY BILL.-The conference commit
TEE agreed laSt nlgnt ON the army DILL The
House recedes from all its principal positions
The force Of the army remains at 25 900 men.
The transfer of the Indian bureau to the War
department and the reorganization of the army
are stricken out and referred to the respect
i've commissions proposed by the Senate. The
pay OF the army is left as i'm the House bill
but the House abandOnS its proposed limita
ton on the power of the President to employ
the army as posse comitatuS.
The BILL TO INCREASE THE PENSIONS of all
soldiers and sailors who have lost either both
their hands or both their feet or the sight of
both eyes in the service of the United States
TO S!2 month, has passed both houses, and no
doubt will be promptly signed by the Presi-
dent. AT the next session bill will be sub.
mitted extending similar relief to those sol
dlerS anc sailors who have been rendered tn.
tally helpless by their wounds and vet do not
come under the provisions of the bill passed
yesterday.
A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS was held i'm the hall
OF the House of Representatives, after the ad-
jOurnment yesterday afternoon, for the DUR
pose OF determining what course should be
pursued Dy the democratic members of the
committee OF conference on the army apprO-
pilatloh OIL. Aside from the tenor of some of
The speeches made in the caucus it became
evident IN the private Interchange of views
among the mem berS that there was a sufficient
number of democratic representatives ready
TO unite with the republicans to insure the
adoption OF the conference report which. as
stated elsewhere, yields the House position.