Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-27


expenses. 100000; manure. &c, $4,000; stable,
$1,000; salaries OF travelling inspectors. $50. COO
For staircase on the west front of the Capitol,
S25.Ue0.
BILL APPRovED.-The President to-day ap-
proved the bill appropriatng 81 500 for the ben
eft OF the Roberts penny lunch.
AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-SenaUors Anthony.
Burnside and Bruce; Representatives Harden.
bergh, Briggs, O'Neill. Conger. Dwight, OLE
James. Rainey, and FELTON, were among The
Presidents callers to-day.
COMMISsIoNED.-The President today signed
the commissions of Horat1o c. Burchard, to be
and OF A. LOudOn SnOwden. to be Superintend-
ent OF the mint at Philadelphia.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
and the Senate committee on commerce are
holding extended sessions this afternoon with
view TO finishing their consideration of the
suDdry civil and the river and harbor bills,
respectively, In time to report both measures to
tie Senate today.
THE PRESIDENT sent to the Senate to-day the
nomination OF James Hill to be collector OF in
tern2l revenue district OF Mississippi Also, a
humber OF poStmaSterS. among them that of
Sarah teast for TowsOntOWn, Md.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE BILL PASSED BOTH
HoUSES.-The House, at o'clock to day agreed
TO the conference report on the internal revenue
Dill. This is the bill which provides for the re-
ductlon or the tobacco tax from - to 16 cents.
AS TIE senate previously agreed to the confer
ehCC report, the Dill now requires only the Sig
natuIe OF the President to become a law.
PROMOTIoNsIN IN THE PATENT OFFIcE-As a re-
suit Of the recent competitive examinations at
the Patent Office to MI the two vacancies in the
corps Of assistant examiners and the vacancies
10 re caused by the promotions TO fill these DO
Stti0hs, MI D. ii. Pierce. of Delaware, and Mr.
L. NJ. T. Cook or Maryland, have been pro-
mo1ed from first assistant eXaminerShipS to the
position OF a 7sstant examiners. The eXamina-
ton OF the papers necessary to determine the
cther promotions is not yet completed.
The TELLER COMMiTTE REPoRT.-The report
OF the majority OF the Teller committee speaks
Of extensive frauds in South Carolina by the
use Of the tissue ballots and the exercise of yo-
renee Dy democrats against republicans and
other opponents. lt also charges intimidation
and murder in louisiana, and concludes by
claiming that Congress should take measures
10 protect peaceabe citizens, as those states
have failed to do so.
MINISTER SEWARD TO BE IMPEACHED-The
House committee on expenditures in the State
Department held secret session last evening
ard although the Injunction of secrecy has not
been removed from the members attending as
TO what tranSpired, IL Is stated on good aJthori-
ty that the majority will report to the House
articles OF Impeachment against Minister Geo.
oppose the report.
The p. o. APPROPRIATIONS BILL.-The House
committee on appropriations to-day decided to
recommend non-cOnCurIence in all the Senate
amendments to tie post Office aDprOnriatf0n
bill but also agreed to allow debate on separate
votes in the House On two OF the amendments
namely: those which provide for the Brazilian
mail service, and for q Redistribution OF mail
matter, etc.
VENTILATION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES, HALL
The House to-day adopted resolution proyid
ing for the appointment of an advisory board to
inquire into the subject Of an Improvement OF
The ventilation OF the hall OF the House of Rep
resentatiyeS.
Coin COJNTERFEITERS ARRESTED-The secret
service division has information from one OF its
operatives Of the arrest at Allentown, Wayne
county. Iowa, yesterday, of George Watson for
making counterfeit coin. The telegram an
nouncing the arrest states that George Baker.
WatSOnS ''pall.' was arrested at the same pIaca
last Friday. The moulds, coin, &c, were Sc
cured.
SUDDEN DEATH.-J. III. TOmpkinS who was
the principal witness for the government in a
large number OF tobacco and whisky cases OF
long standing in New Orleans, died suddenly in
that city this morning OF neuralgia of the heart
His death VIII entail considerable difficulty in
the successful prosecution OF the cases in ques-
tiOn.
THE CENSUS BILL, as it passed the House.
provides that the enumeration shall commence
on the first Monday in June, and the returns
shall be forwarded to the supervisors on Or be-
fore the first OF july 1880, and in any CITY hav-
ing over ten thousand inhabitants the enuner-
alton shall be taken within two weeks from the
INST Monday in June. The President, by and
with the consent of the Senate, is TO have the
appointment OF the supervisors of the census
whose number is limited TO one hundred and
nifty, and who are to receive compensation of
s3g9 eacn 1he sum OF S3,OO0.00O (S250,000 of
which is appropriated by the billy Is limited as
the maximum cost Of the census.
The CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE OF TIE
GI EENBACK PARTY in Washington met yester-
day. and a proposal by NJ. NJ. Pomeroy, Of Chi
cage. was accepted, by which he turns over to
the committee list OF the greenback clubs
chalteTed by him. The committee appointed
Ice Crandall secretary, TO correspond with Mr..
PoIf eroy on the subject. The committee also
designated Hon. f. p. Devices chairman OF the
national executive committee, and any persons
by him authorized to take charge OF organizing
ana charterlng such clubs in future.
The FATAL WRECK ON THE JERSEY COAST
The signal corps station, six miles south of
Barnegat, reports to the chief signal officer at
. a. IN. to-day, as follows: Crew of station No.
10 boarded wreck OF schooner David H. Tolck.
in surf boat, and just brought the bodies OF
captain j. E. Sawyer and his wife, Ida sawyer,
To Shore; the rest supposed to have been aboard
and the two on the BTeeche'S buoy were washed
away during the night. Two bodies have been
found near Barnegat station, one still missing.
Tie names OF the three drowned Seamen are
Henry johnson, Frank June, Richard Gordon.
The saved are 1St Mate Francis Peterson, I'd
Mate Emanuel ClanSen, Cook Edwin POrtlock.
Seamen Alfred Cochran and Louis Everett, and
The twO-y ear old child, Geneva Sawyer. Vessel
has broken in two and nothing can be saved.
later dispatch says: The vessel remains under
water, nothing but the maStS are seen. The
saved men and child are doing well, and
awaiting means to take them to their homes.
THE CATTLE TRADE IN ENGLAND.-Our mir
ister To England in dispatch to the secretary
OF State, or Feb. s, 1879, discusses the causes
Which Will Influence the action of the PRIV
council in reg ard to the importation OF cattle
from the United States. Mr.. Welsh has fur
nlshed the council with mass or Information
On the subject, received from the DepartmentO Of
state, andother trust worthy sources He has also
he'd PERSONAL interviews with Lord Salisbury
at the foreign Office; with Lord Tenterden, Mr..
Lister and Others. Considerable correspondence
or he subject has passed between our minister
and the foreign office. The veterinary surgeons
are purs uiDg their Investigations very thorough
iy. Six steamers from the United States nave
recently reached Liverpool with cattle,
all OF which after a thorough examination by
The experts proved to be entirely free from dis
case and have teen allowed to pass into con-
sun p'lcn on the hOof. Should this eXem otion
fSU.,rx in frfry