Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-30

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ing have agreed to repor1 in favor OF di>con-
tinuing the coinage O. ~ cent pieces.
JNTHE SOUTH CAROLINA CONTESTED ELEC-
TION case between Raney and Richardson,
The House subcommittee on elections will
probably repOr; that there was no election.
THE House NAVAL COMMITTEE have agreed
to report adversely upon the claims of SccOr
& Co, Nat. Mckay. and Perine. Secor & Co,
for extra compensation for building certain
steam rams. &c.
II THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE SENATE
yesterday afternoon the nomination of II. Ii.
billiard, of Georgia, for minister to Brazil,
was reported favoraby from the committee
on foreign relations 1t VIII come up for ac
ton al the next executive session.
SENATOR EATON will propose to amend the
silver bill by providing for the coinage of a
silver dollar Of 435 grains and limiting its
legal tender value to sums of not more than
five dollars.
TRADE DoLLARs.-The Cabinet yesterday
decided that the coinage of trade dollars shall
be resumed at the Philadelphia mint.
TIE BILL GRANTING PENSIONS to certain
soldiers and sailors of the Mexican, Creole,
Florida and Black Hawk wars will cost r~Ob-
ably about sl.5O0,O00 to meet its requiTemc 5.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE by
which the Secretary of the Treasury will re-
ceive in payment of subscriptions to the four
cent. loan, coin OF currency checks drawn on
banks or bankers in New York. The currency
checks Will he converted into coin at current
rates without expense to the owner. and in
every ease any excess over amount due Oh
subscription Will be returned to subscribers.
Similar arrangements for collecting drafts
will hereafter be made, ii found necessary. in
other cities having sub-treasury officers.
CAST OUT.-The order passed by the House
yesterday enforcing the rule with reference ID
admissions on the floor has had a salutary
effect. To-day the faces of all the old lobby
i>tS were missing in the rear Of the seats, aud
they were compelled To bask their shinS in the
OIlter corridors.
Our CURRENCY.-The Comptroller of the
Currency reports the amount of additional
circulation issued during the month of Janll-
ary at II 500 total amount issued since the
passage of the act of January II, 1879, Sill
1850. The total amount OF legal tender
notes retired to date under the act of January
"a, 1877, is s32 $50 30 the amount retired during
the present month IS SSS;S02. leaving the
amount of legal tender notes outstanding on
February ], $50 11O42t The amount of ma
uOnai bank notes outstanding on February l.
$Gt, ,0296D. together with 81, 432 l20 Of national
gold bank notes.
Mrs. ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER AT THE
CAPITOL.-The House judiciary committee
heard Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker this
morning in favor of woman suffrage. Among
those present was Mrs. CrOcker who created
some diversion when the ladies held their
prayer meeting in the Senate She came by
invitation of Mrs. Hooker, who yesterday
wrote her note enclosing her card OF ad-
mission. with the statement that she, Mrs.
Croker, could have ten minutes to speak if
she 80 desired, Mrs CrOcker came into the
committee room when Mrs. Hooker came to
her and said, My dear Mrs. Crocker hone
will break up the meeting" Mrs. CrOckerre,
piled: Il was not born in the gutter az raised
i'll 4 "arrei. am a lady, and here by your i'll
yita1On if You don't want me to speak will
not. and she did not. No member OF the iu-
dietary committee spoke word either of en-
couragement or discOnragement, but sat with
the II broWS corrugated and heard Mrs Hooker
patiently.
LIEUT.. CHAPMAN G. TODD, Us. y. has been
ordered TO the receiving ship Franklin a. Nor
folk, Sth February.
MORE CLERKS NEEDED.-Mr. Durham, of
Kentucky, from the House committee Oh
appropriations, has reported bill which ap-
prOpriateS $4,000 for the employment of clerks
in the General Land Office to investigate
fraudulent land entries, trespasses on public
lands, &c; $4,000 to enable the Commissioner
of the General Land Office to employ the
necessary clerical force TO carry into effect the
act of Congress approved June %, 1876, for
bringing into the market the public lands in
and Florida; and 500 for twenty temporary
clerks in the Treasury department, at - per
day.
PARIS EXPOSITION NOTEs.-COmmissOner
General Mccormick has returned TO his office
in New York. ''''DOnald G.. Mitchell has
been rendered a position on the Paris commits
sion. James b. Fades has been appointed
honorary commissioner to the Paris exposition
for Missouri. -'''Agricultural exhibits from
the southern states viii be accepted by the
Commissioner of Agriculture until the 18th of
February.
Mrs. MARY A. MARCY, wife Of Gen. Ran
dolph B. Marcy, Inspector, L. $. A, died sud
denly in Baltimore, yesterday, of congestion
OF the lungs: Mrs. Marcy was the mother of
Mrs. Mcclellan, wife of Gen. q. Mcclellan.
now governor OF New Jersey.
LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY ILLUSTRATED.
brief discussion occurred in the Senate during
the morning hour to-day on the subject of the
delay in the matter OF obtaining pensions
Senators Hoar, Edmunds ingalls,, and Ham
lin svalIed themselves OF the opportunity of
laying the blame for the existing condition of
affairs in the Pension bureau on the .'econom-
ical, parsimOpiOuS, penuriOus'' branch of
Congress occupying the south wing of the
Capitol. The force in the Surgeon Generals
office is so much inadequate 10 the work to be
performed that the business of the Office is
sixteen months IN arrears. There are nearly
70,C00 cases in the Pension bureau awaiting
action, with not enough clerical force to pre-
vent the extra number OF cases from constant
~ accommodating
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
this morning were Senator Rollins. Represen-
tatiyes Townsend, Stephens, Harmer. Shallen-
berger, White (Pa), Pound. Gardner and Pot
ter. Gen. Schofield and Col Wherry.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE SILVER BILL-The
Senate finance committee have authorized
Mr. Allison to offer as an amendment TO the
silver bill his provision for an international
monetary conference 10 fix 4 common ratio
value OF gold and silver: this. however is not a
condition precedent to the provisions of the
bill.
BIDS for the great western mail service
come 10 the Post Office department at the rate
OF a bushel day. Next Saturday will be the
last day on which bids will he received
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO the popular loan re-
ceiNed al the Treasury today amounted to a
little less than $4,000, making the total
amount subscribed to date $2,650,0O0.
THE CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY's
SUIT.-Yesterday afternoon in the room OF the
chief clerk, Third Assistant POstpaster Gen
eral, evidence was taken by the attorneys of
the Continental Bank Note Company. to be
used in their suit against the government now