Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-13

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To -DAY.-InternaIr rev.
enue, s527 .5aS0.; customs, s4i9, ,.2.3l.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to-
day amounted to sG222,l5O.
OFFICERS interested in the formation OF tie
Army Mutual Aid association are to have a
meeting at the Medical Museum tonight.
SENATOR CHAFFEE'S SUCCESSOR n p Hill,
who Will be elected by the Colorado legislature
tomorrow, is superintendent of the Boston and
colorado Smelling Works. He is about forty
nVe years OF age. worth half a million dollars,
and was professor OF chemistry in Brown
university before he went west.
RESIGNED. Judge Olin, of the Supreme
Court OF the District of Columbia, rendered his
resignation to the President this morning Tie
Will accept the resignation.
REPRESENTATIVE THoRNBURGEI, OF Tennessee.
who went home to Knoxville sick. is not very
low with pneumonia, = as published Mr. John
Pettib0ne received a dispatch this m0rniay
stating thdt lie Is not seriously ILL., and Is gradu-
ally improving.
\ LOUISIANA CoNsCIESCE-'rhe first conr-
trOller Of the currency has received from an
unknown person, in an envelope postlnlrked
New orleans, La. the sum OF $50. which amount
the sender states he belle. eS has been received
by him errcne0usly. The amount has been
placed to the credit OF the conscience fund.
BALTISoBIaNs AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-Messrs.
II. c. Neill. Z. a. Gittinger, =. c. keefer, and
Jos. p. Perry made up Baltimore delegation
that called On the President TODAY They
wanted the President to withdraw tue nOmind-
ton Of John G. Bridges sent to the Senate last
week as appraiser OF merchandise at Baltimore;
ana they also wanted the present appraiser. MIR.
Lththlcum, retained. The President said he
did not know much about the case. and would
refer their request to the Secretary OF the
Treasury.
MISSOURI WANTS THE BERLIN MISSIoE-
MeSSrS. CrittcEden. Clark, Hatcher, Morgan
and Pollard, OF the Missouri Congressional dele
cation, had quite a long interview with the Pre-
sident this morning. They urged upon him tae
appointment of ex-senator John b. Henderson,
OF Missouri, as L. :. minister TO Berlin. aud
made out a very sIrOng case for that applicant
fer the vacant mission. The President did nOt
Indicate what his action would be. one of the
gentlemen composing the dele cation told a STAR
reporter that all he knew about the mission was
that be and those who called with him had done
their best for Mr.. Henderson and had had "a
very pleasant interview with President Hayes
Another delegation was also out to-day in be-
half OF ex-senator Henderson. This delegation
was composed Of Senators Armstrong and
COckTell, Representative Metcalfe, and another
MfSSOurian. They called on both the President
and the secretary Of State. and presented Mr.
HendersOn'S claims as forcibly as they could.
but were not told that he would be appointed.
PERsOsAL.-Senator Jones. OF Nevada. made
this morning. 80. Representative Finley, who
is suffering from an incipient attack OF pneu-
mOnia, has gone home 10 Ohio. Hon. JOHN
g. Hawley. Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury.
goes to Illinois tonight 10 argue an important
case IN tie supreme court OF that state, and
viii be absent the remainder OF the week -
EN-GOy. Hendricks OF Indiana, IS in the city
AN EXAMINATION TO ill Two vacancies q nOng
the principal examiners az the Patent Office,
one vacancy among the second assistant ey-
aminerS. and the vacancies caused by the pro
motions 10 I'll these vacancies, wiz be held in
tie Interior department building on the 18th
and 5th OF next month. This examination vii,
result III three appointments and seven promo
tionS, which viii make the examiners c0rp
complete.
GEN. BUTLER was in the House to-day, and
viii remain Until the session Closes He wore
the usual bUttor-hole bouquet. and was cor
daily greeted by his colleagues. II is said tha-
he has speech prepared attacking the AttOr-
ney General for failing to take notice of com
plants filed by him (ButIer during his Cilber-
natorial canvass, of the intimidation OF voters
in the manufacturing districts in MaSSachu-
SettS.
INVESTIGATION AT THE WASHINGTON NAVY
YARD.-The Secretary Of the Navy has ordered
an investigation into certain charges made
against the civil engineer at the navy yard, to
the effect that he has placed skilled mechanics
On the rolls as laborers, at laborer's wages, and
gation is to ascertain whether these charges are
of sufficient Importance for the action of a court
OF .inquiry. This Investigation Will be held
with closed doors, and should a court OF inquiry
be called it is likely that 1t will be held with
open doors. The investigation has been poS-
pOned TO next Wednesday, at 10 O'Clock, at the
instance OF J. p. Hamilton, OF the Workingmen'S
Assembly.
IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR HENRY.-The fol-
lowing Will be the order OF exercises for the
roPtJ
Henry, late Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
luton, ia the hall OF the House of Representa-
tiveS on Thursday evening, January 16: The
Vice President of the United States, supported
by the Speaker OF the House, Will preside, and
the Senate and House will take part in the ser
vices. Opening prayer by Rev. DR.. McCosh,
President OF Princeton College. Addresses By
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Hon. r. f. WitherS.
Prof Asa Gray, OF Harvard University; Prof.
". b. Rogers, OF Boston; Hon. j. A. Garfield
Ron; :. 5. Cox and Gen. ". T. sherman. Con-
Guiding prayer by Rev. DR.. Sunderland, Chap
lain CT The Senate.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR TIE BURNSIDE Built
seems 10 be generally conceded that Represen-
tatiye Atkins, of Tennessee. with the counsel
and cooperation OF Some OF the officers OF the
army, has prepared substitute for the Burn
side bill Its principal provisions are as follows:
The army Is to be reduced to the desired
strength, not by summary dismtSsals or en-
forced retirementS, but by the slower opera
ton OF natural laws. Regiments are to be con-
and the whole army, line and staff alike. al
lowed to shrink TO the desired numerical limits.
The retired list, instead OF being restricted now
to four hundred men, is TO be made as large as
tie necessities OF the service may require, and
all officers, without exception, are to be placed
on that list as fast as they become lncapac-
tated for active duty Or reach the age or sixty
TWO. In the meantime the supply OF new OH
ceiS from West Point is TO be cut OFF. The bill
provides that the members OF the next two
classes graduating from that academy shall, II
they so desire, receive $3.50 each upon the COM
pletaOn OF their studies, and be permitted To re-
turn 10 their homes. subject TO recall at the eN-
piration OF two years II their services are re-
quiled. The army is placed under the supreme
control OF the secretary of War, subject only 10
the higher authority OF the President. fhe
system" OF regimental organization. Lieuten-
arts are given the same eligibility to promo
tion in other regiments that the higher officers
eDjcy. The interchangeahility OF line and staff
officers. which is a much criticised feature OF
tute.
TIE INVESTIGATION or MINISTER SEWARD
The House committee on expenditures in the
State department to-day, continued the exami-
nation OF DR.. s. Wells Williams, Of Yale Col
le2e, In regard TO the premises owned by him
AID occupied by the United states Legation at
PekiDg, China. No new facts bearing upon the
inNt StigatiOn were elicited. In the course OF
his remarks DIR. Williams explained to the COM
mittee that he had been induced to purchase
The buildings in question, because, while acting
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