Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-21

mark, and expects to have all the appropria-
tlon bills reported by the middle of May. The
following is the present condition OF the sew
eral appropriation bills passed
both houses, and law: military academy, in
committee of conference; consular and diplO-
matte, passed House, and with Senate commit
tee On appropriations deficiency, passed the
House, and sent TO the Senate; naval bil
pending in the House pension bill, reported
from House appropriation committee, an on
Speakers table.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PATENTS hearl
arguments Oday OH bills for the relief of Viii
Gill, of Philadelphia. Both Dodge and Gill
want pay from the United States for the use Of
their patent cartridge-lOading and improve
ments in dge-manufacturing machines.
THE NOMINATION OF JOHN w. EAsBY.-The
Senate committee on naval affairs yesterday
agreed to report adversely on the nomination
of John w. Easily to be chief of the bureau of
construction and repair: 1t was agreed by
the committee to allow the nomination to lay
over for week without reporting it to the
Senate, in order that the President might with
draw the nomination if he sees fit.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
today were Senators Matthews. Cockrell,
Dennis, Gordon. Plumb Davis OF ILL.,, and
lard, L0ring, Pound, Lockwood, Mckinley
Ward. Ryan, Humphreys and Upton.
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TION CASE is liable to be unceremonOusy
ended. Metcalte the sitting member, is re-
publican, representing the Sd Missouri dis
tTict, and the testimony filed by Frost, the
democrat, he considers SO iiimsy that he de
cineS to file any in rebuttal and expects to get
a favorable report from the elections commit
tee on his opponents own showing.
Mr.. WM. B. REED will be appointed by
Secretary Schurz the government representa-
tive on the Board of Fire Commissioners
NOMINATIONs.-Th President sent to the
Senate to-day the following nominations of
pOstmasterS: f. e. Bidwell, Norwich Conn ::
Mis-. Betsy A. MOwre, New London, Conn :
Mrs: Elizabeth Smith, Canajohurie, n Y. :
BeEI. +. Bonney, Hamilton, n, Y: John w.
newton, Mll!ville, n. j.. John +. Mccarthy,
FalparizO, Ind.
The DIFFERENCE between the expenses to
the +. o. ID. of mail service in the far west.
according to the terms OF the existing con-
tracts and according to the contracts awarded
at the recent lettings, will be more than
million dollars. This reduction in the cost of
service will enable the contract department to
reduce its appropriation estimates.
THE j. .. ID. INSTRUMENTATION 67. on
the second floor of the 7. .. ID. building has
Geen assigned the committees of post offices
ami post roads, and they will meet there for
.he purpose OF investigating the department.
THE FISHERIES CORRESPONDENCE. AT Il
late hour, this afternoon, the President sent
to the Senate. in compliance with Mr.. Blaine's
resolution, the correspondence of the State
depalt ltment bearing upon the appointment OF
the third commissioner OF the fisheries arbi-
tratiOn commission.
CAPTAIN DANIEL l.. BRAINR. L. S. n, is
detached from the command of the receiving
Colorado, at New York, and ordered to COM
mand the Hartford, per steamer of the Sth of
April, from Philadelphia.
CIVIL SERVICE ExAMINArIONs.-Tne recent
examination in the p. o. d. for the position of
head clerk in the Washington and Petersburg
railway post office, which may be taken as the
representative OF all examinations Tor similar
POsltl0nS held by the department, was con
Quoted as follows: Cards on which were writ
ten the names of each post office in the states
covered by the route were distribu ed by the
competitors In eases labelled similarly to the
lelter cases In the postal ears, Just rs ii they
were engaged i'll the work of distributing let
terS. Alter card was placed in 4 pigeon hole
IL was not aliOwd to be withdrawn nor was
any competitor allowed to review his work
1he cards used i'll this examination represented
all post offices in the states OF Virginia North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida,
l,t,S IN number. or those Mr.. Sener dis
tributed 4,254 correctly, with n errors. Time
consumed in distribution, 3 hours and % min
uteS: per cent. correct, 9a44. Mr.. McGeorgp,
with the same number of cards, distributed
f,-o- WIFI 10 errors: Time. 4 hours
and - minutes: per cent. correct, 1858 In
addition to this the length of term of service
and peculiar fitness for the position is taken
into consideration. The result of this exami-
nation shows that several other clerks Oh the
route are fitted for promotion. and it was
difficult to decide between those recommended
and others whose records were first class.
THE SYNDICATE CONTRACT having expired
MIR. COnant, formerly Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, and his assistants now in En-
rope, will return to the Uuited States.
CANT BE PAID.-The Treasury department
having submitted to the Attorney General the
question whether coupons of United States
bonds, when detached and destroyed, can be
paid under the terms of section 3,iU Revised
Statutes, he has decided that they cannot
DIED OF YELLOW FEvER.-Advices from
MOntevideO announce the death in that port
on February l, of Capt. Henry A. Adams. ir'
commander of the I. S. corvette Hartford. of
yellow fever.
COAL PRICES MUST Go Up If MINERS Do
STARvE.-The Pennsylvania coal companies
met in New York, yesterday, and fixed the
production for April at ,l25,0OO tons. the ship
mentS for the same month last wear being
l.il2,633 tons, and again advanced the prices
of coal.
PEACE AT DARTMOUTH.-Quet is again re-
stored at Dartmouth college. n. III. OF the
large number dismissed from the college only
Two. iSade IL. Burnett, junior, from San
Francisco, and John CrOcker a freshman i'm
the scientific department from Illinois. have
been expelled. The sophOmOres yesterday es.
cOrted their dismissed classmates to the ears.
some going to the next station.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTIONs-Returns
from all the towns in New Hampshire foot up
as follows: Prescott, republican, for governor,
59.hl: Mexican, democrat, S,S63: Kendall,
25l; Flint. 2S: scattering, 80. Prescost's plu.
ralty is 1.ol4-majOrity, 94l. The house will
stand republicans, POS: democrats, 165 The
majority Tor David E. Willard, railroad com
missioner, is l,Ul2-
HUMAN DEGRADATION.-In casting the vote
which defeated the whipping post bill in Ken
tucky, the leutenant governor put his decision
on the broad ground that humanity is already
TOO much degraded, and that no amount of
saving in criminal expenses would warrant
the state in promoting human degradation
Is IT 4 CASE OF SUSPENDED ANIMATIoS.-
At Fort Fairfield, Me-, Charles Nj. Wells. died
suddenly on the 8th inst, aged 26 years The
funeral services occurred Tuesday at the
church, ten days after death, when his friends
demonstrated against the burial. the corpse
having appearance of life. The body was re-
turned 10 the house of friend where he died
Scarcely any change has occurred in the BODY
since death. The opinion prevails that he is
not dead, though the physicians pronounce
him So.
A SOCIAL SCANDAL IN CINCINyATI-The
CINCINNATI enquirer pu bliSheS the details nf !,