Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-16
THE EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip.

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue S2o",ssS1 13: customs. $685. $50.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day were Senator'S Blaine. Hamlin, Mitchell,
Gordon, and OgieSby Representatives Dnn-
nell. Wren, Kerr, Smith, I.nring, Carlisle, Van
voorhees,, Williams, (N.Y-) and Darrall, and
Hon. GaiuSha Grow.
GRADUAL CHASGEs--Secretary SchurZ will
make the removals in the Indian Office gradu-
ally, in order that the business of the bureau
may not undergo the shock which a sudden
and violent change in IFS officials would cause.
LIFE PREsERvER.-The Secretary of the
Treasury has awarded Patrolman BIiel. of
New York. medal for preserving eighteen
lives.
THE PRESIDENT on COLORED EMIGRATION
The President has written q letter to a coIored
man, in which he sayS:-"I have given some
consideration to your question as to the emf
grafton of cOlOred people from Florida to San
Domingo. am not we'll informed as to the
advantages offered by San Domingo to immi-
grants, but my impression is that your people
should not be haSty in deciding to leave this
country. The mere difference in climate is
very serious objection to removal. The first
generation, in all such removals, suffer
greatly. IT is my opinion, also, that the evils
| hope, rapidly TO diminish My advice is,
therefore, against the proposed emigration
THE EBACHELORGERMAN CLUB have changed
the date of their next entertainment from
Wednesday, January Sd, to Friday, Jan
uary 18th.
THE COLONIZATION SOCIETY.-The board of
directors of the American Colonization So
ciety met al halfpast g O'Clock this morning
J. III. B. LatrObe, president. and VIM. Cop
pinger, secretary. AT IL o'clock the board of
directors in a body paid their respects 10 the
President. who expressed warm interest in
all efforts to benefit the coLored people of the
United States. Secretary Thompson, CommO-
dOre Shufeldt and Rev. DR.. I'd. WooIsey We're
elected ado @addii9nal p vice presidents OF the So
Ident fOr the twenty sixth time.
THE WOMEN OF UNIONTowN.-Senator Dor
sey presented a petition in the Senate today
from the women of UniOntOwn, d. c., praying
for an amendment to the constitution that L.
5 citizens be not disfranchiSed Oh accOunt of
sex.
The SENATE COMMITTEE on public build
ingS and grounds decided this morning to in
trOduce bill for the purchase of the Freed
mems Bank building for the use of the Court
OF Claims. The committee will also report
back adversely the bill proposing to remove
the national capital from Washington 10 st.
Louis.
THE FIRST INDICATORY vote of the passage
OF the Matthews resolution was taken in the
Senate to-day. On motion to refer the reso-
luton to the judiciary committee the ayes
and noes were ordered, and The motion was
defeated by vote Of 81 to IL.
REMOVAL OF THE OBsERvAToRY.-The Sen
ate committee on naval affairs met this morn
ing, and agreed 10 report fayorably on Mr.
Sargent'S bill to remove The naval observa-
tory. The bill was amended iii one or two I'M
important particulars.
AGAINST DoORKEEPEE POLKA printed
circular was extensively thrown around" in
the House to-day charging that DO0rkeeper
Polk has diSregarded the law and precedentS
OF his office: that his acts in hastily appoint
ing and in diScharging without sufficient
cause competent persons: his rendering to
cIam0rOuS Representatives large number of
appointments, and denying to others the
simplest fayOrS; the total want of system and
business regularity in every one of the door
Keepers departments: the prevaricatioH
vacillatiOn and falSficati0n of the door
keeper; the popular disgust excited by his
habifs,-all these things demand that the
House assert its rights, defend its dignity
and insist that the duties OF doOrkeeper be dis
charged in Il fair, proper. and honOra Bile man
ner, and by Il suitable and competent person.
COMMISSIONERS TO THE PARIS EXrOSI-
TION.-The President to-day appointed Geo
A. Halsey and VIM. W, Shippen, of New Jer-
ssey, and Bronson Bayless and Peter Staub, of
tennessee. to be honorary commissioners to
the Paris Exposition. They We're nominated
by the governors of their respective states.
PERsONAL.-Zach Chandler was Oh the floor
OF the Senate to-day. '''' Senator Maxey, of
Texas, arrived from home in Washington last
evening. Mr.. MaXey's father died last week
ID. g. CrOly, of the New York Grdllbtc, is
IN the city.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.-MrS.T .TiIleston, of Mass. ::
DIR. Mary Walker. at-large; and Mrs Craw
ford, OF Arkansas, We're allowed to make al
gumentS before the House judiciary commit
tee this morning fayOring the sixteenth amend
ment to the constitution SO as to confer SUI
frage upon women.