Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-02

from New York tomorrow.
The PRESIDENTS NEXT EVENING RECEP
TON will be held Tuesday, the 5th instant
from to 10 o'clock.
THE SECOND INsTALMENT of the Mexican
awards just paid by Senior Zamacona, the Spe-
cial Mexican agent, was 100000, not $4,000, as
enormously printed in yesterdays STAR.
IT is STATED that Gen. lie Due commission
er of agriculture, has requested Mr.. j. K.
Dodge, for many years Statistician Of the
bureau, to resign. Mr.. Dodge is one of the
most competent men ever connected with the
bureau.
Mr.. JOHN W. FOSTER, the United States
minister to Mexico, who was summoned home
at the request of the House committee to fur
niSh information with regard to the DiaZ gov
ernment, has arrived in Washington.
The PROPOSED NEW CONGRESSIONAL IL
BRARY.-A meeting of the joint committee on
the library was held to-day. There was a
full attendance, and the necessity for new
building for the Congressional library was
fully discussed. 1t was finally agreed that a
joint resolution be introduced in Congress
next week for the appointment OF a commits
sion TO cause to be prepared plans and deter
mine upon the site for a new library building.
The commission is to consist of the chairmen
OF the Senate and House committees on the
library, the chairmen of the Senate and House
committees on public buildings and grounds
and the Congressional librarian. Mr. Spofford
The joint resolution will also recommend that
$500 be appropriated to be expended by the
commission IN securing plans, &c, for the new
building.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day were Secretary Sherman, Senators Cam
erOn of Wis, and Mcdonald, Representatives
Neal, COnger McCoOk. GoOde, Henderson,
Young, Manning Mckinley, Wren Dwight
Van EOrheeS, keifer, Phillips and Butler, and
Second Controller Upton.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Ensign Frank L. SAWYER
ordered to the receiving ship Franklin at Nor
folk: Ensign Ii. f. Reich and MdShipmen
Alexander Sharp and Cameron MGR. Wins
low to the Constitution: Assistant Surgeon
Ernest NOffieet detached from the Norfolk
naval hospital and granted three months
leave.
TESTING TORPEDO BoAT.-The Secretary
of the Navy, Commodore Jeffers, members of
the House naval committee. and others, went
down the river this morning to witness the
test OF the torpedo boat Alarm. The torpedo
test was made below Alexandria. The Alarm
is the boat built after the design OF Admiral
Porter
THE TREASURY now holds $}46, 172 $50 in L.
5. bonds to secure National Bank circulation,
and l3,49S,00e to secure public deposits. U.
:. bonds deposited for circulation week end
ing today, 4CO. Amount withdrawn.
SSz0,IC0. National Bank circulation outstand.
Ing-currency notes, $32C,6J6, $50: gold notes,
Sl,i32, ,l20.
THE CHARGES AGAINST ARcHITEC" CLARKE.
A meeting of the House committee on expend-
itureS on public buildings was to have been
held to-day to consider charges made against
Edward Clarke, architect of the Capitol. by a
lawyer named Buchanan, of this city. No
quorum was present, and the committee did
no business. The charges against Mr.. Clarke
are similar To those which have been made on
previous occasions against him, but which
have never been proven. He is accused OF
nl>applylng money appropriated for expendi-
ing two salaries having hired OUT implements
belonging to Congress, &c, sc.
THE LIST of assistant commissioners to the
Paris exposition is not yet complete. Great
care will be taken in the selection of the as
slstant commissioner general, who will have to
write the official report of the exposition for
this government.
WHERE is WELLS?-An Associated Press
dispatch from this city last night says:-"A
gentleman OF Louisiana, who is generally we'll
informed of passing events in that state, SAYS
that ex-GOv: Wells arrived in Washington yes
terday and took lodgings in a private house,
not caring to have his locality publicly known,
but that small circle of public men have been
confidently Informed that he is in the city, and
that his demand on them is for protection
from the pending prosecution in New Orleans.
II they should be unSuccessfufin furnishing it
he would leave the country, provided means
were furnished TO enable him TO live indepen-
IDENTIFY abroad, otherwise he would protect
+ himself as far as possible by making unpleas-
ant disclosures concerning his connection
With the returning board and affecting other
prominent parties. There is no means of cor
robOrating this information, owing to the
strlctness of alleged concealment."
Those who ought to be in the confidence OF
Gov: Wells say that he is not in Washington.
but IN close communicating diStance-at Alex
andria!
THE DESTITUTE SURVIVORS OF THE WRECK
The signal service station at the wreck OF the
steamer Metropolis reports at 10:30 a. m. to the
chief signal officer as follows: The survivors
VIII leave here at L m. to-day by "Cygnet" for
Norfolk. They are destitute OF clothing, and
most all are barefOOted and bareheaded, and
are we'll cared for by the people, Secretary
Thomson has telegraphed TO the cOmmandant
OF the Norfolk navy yard to lend all the blan-
ketS and mattresses necessary for the comfort
OF the survivors.
MEETING OF the House committee on
regulating the counting OF the electoral vote
for President and Vice President was held
this morning. None of the Sub-c committees
we've ready TO report, and after q deSultory
conversation on he subjects, which the com.
mittee is 10 consider, the meeting adjourned.
IN THE LATE STORM the cautionary signal
had been displayed at Cape May thirteen
hOuTS III advance, before the WIND attained
velocity of 25 miles per hour, and at Norfolk
l@l% hours in advance, before the wind at
tanned the same velocity.
REPRESENTATIVES, Atkins, Foster and
BlOunt, of the House committee on appropri-
atiOns, We're at the Treasury department to-
day for the purpose of seeing about the appr0-
pllatlon for that department for the coming
fiscal year. They eyinced a strong desire to
cut down salaries.
The COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE NAVY
DEPARTMENT met this morning at their rooms
IN the department. They examined no new
witnesses. Naval Constructor Easily pro-
duced papers relative to the working of the
bureau of construction.
TO-DAY, subscriptions to the new popular
loan up to , clock amounted to SIS OOo.
THE WRECKED STEAMER Metropolis had on
board eight mail bags Of letters and three of
papers from New York and Philadelphia; one
of the letter bags was addressed to the South
Atlantic squadron, and the others were for
Rio de Janiero, Para, PernambucO and Bahia
Brazil, and 81. Thomas, W..
4B-A Springfield beer seller acknowledges
that his sales have fallen OFF over one-half
since the Murphy movement began.