Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-10

! REVENUE s-0I5SZ; customs, S3I7,9l 81.
GENERAL SCHoFIELD, commanding at West
Point, arrived in the city to- day, and in COM
pany with General Sherman called at the
| White House.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day We're Senators Kellogg, Bailey, Paddock
and Burnside. and Representatives Briggs,
wait Mckinley, Burchard, Peddie and Nc
| Cook.
BEsIGNATION.-The President has accepted
the resignation of Assistant Surgeon Samuel
S. Jessop, to take effect the 18th o. June next
APPRovED.-The President to-day approved
| an act to authorize the Secretary of Wir to
| prescribe rules and re- ulat IONS to be observed
| in the preparation, submission and opening of
| bids for contracts under the War Depar .ment
| SENATOR BURNsIDEs BILL for recruiting
colCted troops for the regular army viii come
| up IN the Senate for action tomorrow, in ac
| cOrd..nce with an arrangement made this
| morning.
| THE ENTERPRISE which arrived at Norfolk
| yesterday, came from New Orleans where she
has been doing harbOr surveying. 1t is prob
| able that she will now be sent on surveying
! duty in the Amazon river for the benefit OF
| commerce.
| NOMINATIONs.-The President sent to the
| Senate yesterday the following nominations:
| Jas. DennarS, to be receiver of public moneys
| at Springfield. Mo: Jas. e. TOman, surveyor
| general 1Of Ore l5On; also number of post
| masters.
SENATE STATIONERY.-T Sc cretary of the
Senate has awarded to the following named
Washington houses portions of the contra ct to
supply stationery for the Senate during the
next fiscal year. beginning on the Is OF July:
| SOomOns u Chapman, Ballantyne 4 Sol,
MHittaker 4 :, s22n, on Rotsrs Beale, Richard B.
SOME CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE 2. G.
D.-From the examination of Col. Burnside
= the 7. o. d., it appears t1..t in the mi,cell--
neOuS contingent expenses OF the dep. tment
| Since July ]. 1877, are thee items: pair OF
| bay horses from Nj. Moses for $3.50: a set o.
new harness from X. Kneesi for Sl75: over
& Hutchinson 81 to l.. E. Walker for photo
| graphs: and $3.50 IA sensible outlay for
furnishing and placing fire alarm box.
Mr.. GUsTIN's DUTIEs.-Representativ Jere
| n. Williams in his examination of the P. 0. ID.
finds that Mr. Geo. A. GuStin, fOurth-clasS
| clerk, appointed as StenOgrapher in the office
| OF the Postmaster General, was detailed for
| duty at the Executive Mansion last fall, and
| since that time has not been occupied in the Z.
| o. department at all. He attends to the appIi-
cations of ladies for Office at the White House,
| and does some StenOgraphic work there. The
| committee viii report against any such n;6-
! ceeding as this.
4 he aC1fiC bAilhOAD FINDlNG DILL
passed by the Senate last night makes the
Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroad
| companies pay into the United States Treas
| uTy III addition to the whole of the govern
| ment'S earnings. not to exceed for the former
| company one hundred and fifty thousand and
| for the latter three hundred thousand dollars
| per year The government has heretofore
retained all OF the government earnings,
| although One-half of them shaS been to the
| companies. The objection made by them to
the bill was not as TO the amount to be paid
into the sin king fund, but to other sections of
the bill, including the declaration of the right
20 amend, alter OF repeal the bill, should it
| become law. The amount due the cOmpa-
MES Hereafter from the government for trans
| fore been held III the United States Treasury
| without benefit or interest TO the companies,
| viii Immediately on the bill becoming law
| bear compound interest as part of the sink
ing fund and be placed to the credit of the two
companies.
| THE BLAIR RESOLUTIONS have been received
by the Maryland Senators and Representa-
| tiyeS Mr. Blair says the bill to give the Su-
| preme Court jurisdiction of the subject of the
last presidential election is ready, and will be
| offered III the House OF Representatives.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL, as reported to the
| Senate yesterday from the committee OH ap-
| preparations, is amended by the addition of
| the following items For the Government In
| sane Asylum, sl4,5S3; for mints and assay
offices, 900; for survey of South pass, Mis-
| sissippi river $500; for expenses of operating
| highway, $500; for immediate repairs of
foundation OF Whale shack light and for sig
nal station, Portsmouth, n. H., $1,000 for
| provisions TO the marine corps, $l42T7; for
amount due New Brunswick and Canada rail
| way company under arrangement of the Post
master General for carrying United States
mails, sll .935: for taking observation of total
| solar eclipse July 29 next, 5000: printing for
| War Department. SlS,O0O; P0well's survey of
| Rocky mountains, 5000; Haydens survey
| +inr, nf oba,fS bDn
| ctllaneOuS expenses of Senate extra session
| Sl4,742. The House deficiency appropriation
for subsistence OF the army is increased by
| 10000; an increase of ST., 900 is proposed for
| work on the Capitol grounds, and an addition
| of $4,000 is made To the House item for print
| ing for the Patent Office. The additions pro-
! about SlsO,GtU. The total amount of the bill as
| II passed the House was S2,36O,433.
| INVESTIGATING AN NINvEsTIGATION.-Short
after the report OF the committee investigating
| the Philadelphia custom house was made to
| Secretary Sherman, Il number of Interested
| parties III that city claimed that the conclu-
slSnS $40 @ arrived at by tne investigating commit
taken. Secretary Sherman appointed chief of
Special Agents Tingle, Mr.. Dunlap, of the
| customs bureau, and Mr. Lyman, of the sta.
tiOnery division TO inquire into the charge
The committee held two or three .sprelimi.
nary meetings, but did nothing, They then
reading ot = ty$a@ony. This testimony ai ny Was sas
| yOluminoUS, very yOluminOuS. The committee
| met and heard some of it read 1t was either
such dry reading, or the committee thought
! life was too short, for they shut down work at
| that point, and have been heard from since
| neither have the parties who made the charge
which lead to the committee being appointed
ARMY ORDERs.-First Lieut.. J. NJ Burne
| 18th infantry, will proceed without delay to
| San Antonio, Texas, as witness before a
| general court martial. Leave of absence until
October lst next IS granted Cadet F. H. Hun
| ter, United States Military Academy.
| DEFEAT OF THE JAY GOULD LOBBY ON THE
| PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL.-The Jay Gould
| lobby died hard tonight. All through the day
| Mr.. Gould and his lieutenants were on the
| alert, laying hold OF Senators who passed
| through the corridors, and enticing them, when
| possible, into private corners to reason" with
them. As dernier resort the lobby tried the
game OF brag. and all through. the afternoon
boasts were made that the Judiciary commit
tee bill would be defeated. 1t was also tried
| TO force the debate over to another day, but
Senators EdmundS and Thurman resisted this
so strongly that the effort was soon abandoned
| The judiciary committee bill was passed by
| such vote as must have convinced MesSrS
Gould and Huntington of the vanity of their
expectations. Probably they would like now
10 have the money back which it has cost to
| keep the lobby in their interest 1t will be
4 useless Tor them to mako anv furthpr affort