Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-05

SoSEkNAEST RECEIPTS TODAY Interna
revenue, s23S, ,Sl'.4S: customs. s512. .2S3.14.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to
day amounted to s., ,425 $50.
ANOTHER NoTARY.-The President to-day ar
pointed webster ElmeS to be notary public 10
District Of Columbia.
AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-Secretary Sherman
Secretary SchurZ, Attorney Gen. Devens, Gen
eral Tyner, Senators Kellogg, Teller and Wal
Iace. ana representatives Townsend OF New
YORK, Neal, Gardner, Brewer, Hart, Dwight
Evans Ward, Harmer, Camp, JorgenSen anC
Wait, called On the President to-day.
MARINE ORDERs.-First Lieutenant B. r. Rus
sell Is detached from the detachment of marine
lately serving at the Paris exposition and /,
0fGeied 10 The Washington marine barracks
from duty with the same detachment and alsC
ordered to the barracks here.
ANOTHER CLERK APPoINTEp,-Chairman Ca
bell. who goes to the head Of the House com.
Inittee on railroads. vice Schleicher deceased IT,
day appointed as clerk OF the committee John
\. Palner, or Virginia.
THE PAN0CHE GRANDE CLAIN.-The House
committee on public lands to-day unanimously
agreed to the report of the sub committee send
ing the parties at controversy as 70 the owner
ship of the PanOche Grand quicksilver mine in
California, TO the Court OF Claims for ad Judi
cation.
NoMINATIoNS-The President sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate to- day:-Alger-
non S. Badger TO be collector of customs at New
Orleans, vice Geo. l.. Smith to be removed: VIM
L. McMiller to be postmaster az New Orleans.
Vice Badger nominated as collector: Digby V.
Bell, collector OF customs at Detroit Mich., "a
reappGiniment.) The President has to-day
sent message TO the Senate withdrawing his
nomination OF EbeneZer Il. Fox, as collector OF
customs for the district of Bangor, Me.
GOING TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER CHANCE
Among the bills approved by the President TO-
day was the joint resolution authorizing the
Secretary OF the Navy TO organize board Of
thIee o1ncerS not below the grade OF Rear
Admiral TO examine into the case of Commander
Eushrod b. Taylor and other officers of the
navy as dld not nave opportunity from any
cause whatever TO appear before the board
created by virtue Of the Joint resolution of Juy
12tb, 1slc, as may deem themselves unjustly
passed over by the promotions made in con
fOrmity With the act Of Congress. July 25th.
1c66, such officers Shall have the right to appe lr
III person ard present to such board their cause
OF grievance.
CAUCUS OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS was
he'd this morning to discuss the order OF busi-
ness for the balance of the session. A commit
tee was appointed to draft plan for the order
CT legislative business to be considered.
BAYABD TAYLoR's WIDow.-The Secretary of
State sent letter to the Senate to-day inform.
ing ii that the widow OF Bayard TAYLOR is in
embarrassed circumstances, pecunarily, and
recommending that Congress pass an act giving
her the amount OF tie salary of the minister to
Germany for one year.
OLD CHARGES AGAINST A POSTMASTER far
Isle, Pa, has a little fight On hand about its
postmaster. The present incumbent is Mr.. j.
". Ogilby. His commission expired some time
during the last month. His reappointment was
recommended by all the clergymen, LAWYERS
ard merchants OF the place. 1t was under
stood that he would be again nominated for the
place. Recently charges against him have been
1o'mally made. These charges cover a trans
action which occurred in Carlisle some five years
ago, in which ii Is alleged MIR. Ogilby was i'm
pllcated. His friends have come forward to re-
fute the charges. To-day a delegation from
Garllsle, consisting OF Messrs. c. II. Humrfch,
j. II. Zug and S. W. BOSler called on the Prpst
dent and made statements in refutation of tn
charges and in favor Of Mr.. Ogilby's reappoint-
ment. They think that they have fixed matters
all right.
THE PROPOSED NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY
Mr. Sargent introduced in the Senate to-day
bill authorizing the purchase of site for a
Lew Naval Observatory and the construction of
the necessary buildings thereon. The bill
authorizes the Secretary OF the Navy to pur-
chase the property known as Clifton" north
or georgetown heights, recommended by the
Naval Observatory commission at a cost of
sSo.0l5. NO money shall be paid for the site un-
III the Attorney General decides that the title
thereto is valid, nor until the right Of wav is
granted for a road to the site through the lin
th1cum estate, and from the Tenallytown road
through l, a the ne land OF Joseph Weaver. The Sec
the construction of fire proof observatory on
the site at cost not exceeding 1862, 900, propo-
sails TO DE invited by advertisement and contract
given lowest bidder.
CoCNTERFEITERs ARREsTED.-The secret ser
vice civlSion Is Informed OF the arrest of Dr. J.
III. Mason, Of Illinois, at Fairmount, Indiana,
charged with passing counterfeit ten dollar
legal tender notes. He has been held In hail in
The sum OF $4,000.
CONFERENCE was held last night at the p.
o. department between a sub committee OF the
senate appropriation committee, consisting of
Senators Dorsey and Wallace, and the PostmaS-
Ter General and the heads of bureaus. the
hberality or the House in regard to the p. O. ID
estimates caused the subjects OF discussion to be
Few. The main item on which the p O. d. homes
for more favorable action is an appropriation
for fast mail service, for which from $3.50 900 to
s2tOOC0 has hitherto been Appropriated, but
which was omitted altogether by the House at
this session. Small increases in the amounts
for rent, fuel and light, miscellaneous &C, are
desired, and a few verbal changes in some of
Tie House provisions.
No CATTLE DISEASEIN THE WEsT-The Com.
missioner OF Agriculture sent copy Of the dis
patch received by him from Chicago stating
tnat there was no disease among the cattle In
tie west to Secretary EyartS, who to-day trans
mltted copy OF 1t to the British minister.
BoTH SIDES OF THE BUTLER-CoIB CONTEST
Tie majority report OF the Senate privlle yes
and elections committee on the Corbin- Butler
case, submitted to the Senate yesterday, takes
the ground that the case is not res adjudicata:
that CoIbin'S credentials were signed by Gov.
Chamberlain on the 18th of December 1876 and
that Chamberlain's claim TO the gOvernorship
was unqueSt1oned at that time, Hampton not
being inaugurated until December A. ls76. The
committee say that the validity OF the state
senate was never questioned They claim that
the house was valid body because So members,
a majority OF those TO whom certificates were
Issued by the secretary OF the state, took part
In the election. The action Of the supreme
court OF South Carolina In declaring that 63
members were required to constitute quorum
Is met with the argument that the court had no
1urlsdlctlon and Its declaration mere empty
obfter dictHn.
The minority report, which is signed by
Messls. Merrlmon, salisbury and Hill demo
cratsl, takes The position that the whole case
was presented 10 the Senate at the time Mr..
Eutler was admitted to his seat: that no new
evidence is claimed to be presented and that it
Is but request TO the Senate to reyote upon a
question which 1t has once formally decided IL,
however. majority Of tie Senate diners In the
view presented and shall, without precedent.
without Law and without reason. determine to
1e-eAamne on It's merits the title OF MIR. Corbin
10 The seat, they submit that the former deci-
sion excluding him from the seat was right and