Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-15
SPEAKER RANDALL has appointed Mr.. Acillen
q member OF the committee on foreign affairs

SPEAKER RANDALL has appointed Mr.. Ac,llen
member OF the committee on foreign affairs.
NoMINATIoNs.-The President sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate to-day:--Post-
maSters-John II. Bibb. at the University Of
Virginia; y. f. Ezekiel. at Beaufort S. c. Root.
". Boone, Newberry Courthouse, S. c.
AT MEETING OF the committee On ways and
means to-day, Representative Gibson moved to
reconsider the vote by which the committee
last Monday decided 10 recommend changes in
the sugar tarifi, but the motion was lost, there
being only tive nemberS In the affirmative
against six III the negative.
No SMoKING.-An order prohibiting snokfn >
in ROOMS in which women are EMPLOYED. has
peen Issued at the Interior department.
AMENDING THE BILL TO REPEAL THE REsrMP-
TON ACT--The House committee On banking
and currency to-day authorized Representative
Ewing 10 offer the following amendment to the
Dill now pending on the calendar OF the House
providing for a repeal OF the resumption act:
,u,, mp'c.aded. That the money hereafter received
from any sale OF bonds Of the United States
shai he applied only TO the resumption of other
bonds bearing the highest rate OF interest and
subject 10 cal. And procided further, That
whenever from tlme TO time the proceeds OF
saleS or bonds shall aggregate g. 100000 the
secretary or the Treasury shall issue call for
that amount OF bonds to be redeemed and the
interest on bonds called for redemption shail
cease in thirty days from the date of such call
Aud prorided .fu,ther, That all the United States
notes received in the Treasury shall be reisSued
ara kept in circulation without change in the
aggregate amount Of the several denominations
existing on the Slst day OF May. 1878; and it
snail not be lawful TO issue legal tender notes
OF larger denomination than one IhOuSan nd
dollars
The vote OF the committee on the adoption
OF the amendment was as follows: AyeS-Buck-
ner OF Missouri, Ewing OF Ohio. YeateS Of North
Carolina, HartZeu OF Illinois, Fort OF Illinois,
Nays-Hardenberg OF New Jersey, Eames OF
Rhode island-2. MeSSrS. Bell OF Georgia, Hart
Oi New York, Chittenden or New York, and
Philips OF Kansas were absent.
TIE TICONDERoGA. bearing the nag of Com
modore Schufeidt, and bound to Africa on a
cruise in the interest of American commerce,
arrived al Funchal, Madeira, December e4th,
sixteen days from Hampton Reads, Virginia
rive at Sierra Leone between the lSt and 20Jh O
January. Commodore Schufeldt reports to tn !,
Navy department that the health of the officer
and crew is good. The ship is in good condition
lof the iurther prosecution OF her duties.
OUR PACIFIC SQUADRON.-Rear Admiral c. r.
p. Rodgers, commanding the naval force on tn ,
Pacific station. reports the arrival of the flagship
PENSACOLA at Guatemala, December 26th The
PENSACOLA left the Mare Island navy-yard on
the l3th ef November, and visited MaZatlan
GuaymaS, P1nchiltnque, near La PaZ San Bias,
Manzanillo, and Acapulco. She will now go to
fanama. The Lackawana left San Francisco,
Cal, october 18th; has visited all the above
!nehtlohed parts except GuaymaS, and after
America expects to be In Panama In the middle
OF this month. The u. s. steamship Alaska Is
still at Panama. The U. s. steamship Adams
at Callao, Peru, viii also go to PaHama.