Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-27

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THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
THE PRESIDENT will hold a reception this
evening from to 10.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO To-DAY.-Internalreye-
nue., s212, 1.73; CUSTOMS 500, 1861.
WHITE HOUSE CALLERS. Representative
iiubbell, Neal, Camp, Van Aernam, Ward, vii
Der. Hurd, and Brents called on the Pre5den
to-day.
NORTH CAROLINA MoONSHINERS.-CollectO
Young telegraphs from Raleigh, n. c., to-day
as follows to Commissioner Raum: Genera
Deputy Moore just returned from Moore county
where he captured two Illicit distilleries in ful
blast, one belonging to j. J. Shields and Nick
Smith and the other to David Henneday. Hen
neday failed to give bond, and is in Jail.
NAVAL ORD ERS.-Lieutenant Commander c.
j. Barclay has reported his return home, and
has been placed on waiting orders Pay Inspec-
tor Fl. NJ. Denniston as member of the board OF
inspection February 10th, relieving Pay Inspec-
tor Richard Washington, who is ordered to the
Richmond and as fleet paymaSter OF the Asatic-
station per steamer lfom San tfauciseo zu feo-
Iuary.
POINT LooKoUT.-Mr. Groome presented
petition in the Senate yesterday from the own
ers of Point Lookout, asking the government to
purchase that property and set it apart for
soldiers home.
CorIEs of the double-sheet STAR Of Saturday,
containing corrected list, to date, Of the resi-
dences of Z. S. Senators and members of Con-
gresS in Washington, can be had at the count
ing room for two cents each.
THE MCGARRAHAN CLAIM.-The House COM
mittee on private land claims yesterday dis
cussed at some length the bill OF Representative
Manning, of Mississippi ''to ascertain and de-
termine the title to the tract of land in the state
of California known as the Rancho Panoche
Grande" (McGarrahan's claim), and will resume
consideration of the matter at their next meet
ing.
THE L. 6. SHIP CONSTELLATION was put out
Of commission at New York yesterday. {.
SECOND LIEUTENANT j. T. BURNETT, 5th cav
airy. has been ordered to report for assignment
to duty with infantry at a post in the depart
ment OF Texas.
THE MISSION OF THE NIrsIc.-The Z. s. S. Nip
sic arrived at st. Thomas on the 11th instant
and expected to sail on the 18th for La Guayra
to inquire into the reported outrage upon Mr..
EckeTt. L. s. commercial agent at that place.
Mir. Eckert was at st. Thomas and would take
passage in the Nipsic to La Guayra. On the
passage from Hampton Roads the Nipsic at
tanned a speed of II knots under sail and two
thirds boiler power. Commander Sch0onmaker
reports that the NipSlC Is good sea boat and
easy in motion.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS DECIDED the
question recently submitted to him by the Cab
inet in regard to the Eades' jetties Captain
To- ocJ-c fort ba inta
cent. on the 81 500, ,000 the payment OF which Is
withheld from him until the permanency OF his
work is assured. The Attorney General decides
that he is entitled to the interest, but that it
shall not be paid him for any time that he may
fail to maintain the required channel.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE to-day
briefly and informally discussed the funding SUBJ
iect and agreed to invite the Secretary Of the
Treasury toappear before them for the purpose of
orally communicating his views in regard to it
at special meeting to be held at time to suit
his convenience during the present week
probably next Friday. The committee also to
day by majority vote decided to report favor
ably on the nomination of John NJ. Morton. as
collector OF internal revenue for the first district
OF California.
ENDORSING BLAINE.--A dispatch from Chester
Co., Penn ylvania, received here to-day, says
THAT Waddell was elected delegate to the Chi
cago convention. and that resolution endors-
ing Blaine was passed.
THE SENATE, in executive session, yesterday
confirmed the following nominations: To be
ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers plenipoten-
tiary-Jas. Russell Lowell. of Massachusetts,, to
Great Britain; John w. Foster, of Indiana, to
Russia: Lucius Fairchild,. of Wisconsin, to
Spain; Philip H. Morgan, OF Louisiana, to Mex
leo. To be [. S. consuls-LewiS Richmond, Of
Rhode Island at Belfast; Jas. w. Siler. OF Ark
ansas, at Mayaguez. Simeon Dodge, of Massa-
chusetts. to be collector of customs for the dis
trict OF Marblehead. Mass. stephen n. Simon
son, of New York, to be assistant appraiser for
the port OF New York. PostmaSters-Virginia,
Robert G. Staples, at Portsmouth: Georgia,
David S. Johnston, at Madison. The Senate,
after another prolonged discussion, reached the
point OF action In the contested nomination OF
DR.. Philip S. Wales, to be Chief OF the bureau OF
medicine and surgery and surgeon general OF
the navy, and confirmed it by vote OF 50
against 5.
UNIFORM SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEAS
UREs.-Prof. j. E. Hilgard, of the United States
Coast Survey came before the House committee
on coinage weights and measures yesterday and
urged the passage of a bill establishing uni
form system OF weights and measures in the
several states. The committee invited him to
come before them at their next meeting, and
give his views at length upon the subject. The
committee accepted the report Of the sub-com-
mittee, and agreed TO report, favorably, bill
authorizing importers to use the metric system
of weights and measures. They also agreed to
report fayorably several bills providing for the
adoption OF the new metric gold and silver
United States standard coins, as formulated by
Dr.. W. w. Hubbell, for international purposes.
PosTNAsTERs SALARIEs.-The House COM
mittee on post offices and post roads at their
meeting yesterday, discussed the subject of re-
adjustment of salaries Of postmasters, and
agreed to report fayorably the bill introduced
In the Senate by Senator Bailey, OF Tennessee,
which as amended by the committee provides
that the Postmaster General shall readjuSt II
accordance with the act Of June 18th, 1866, the
salaries Of all posmasters Of the third, fourth
and fifth classes whose salaries have not hereto
fore been readjusted, who made direct official
application on sworn returns OF receipts and
business forreadjustment, and whose quarterly
returns show they were intended for readjust-
ment subsequent TO the law OF 1876. Such
readjustmentS to date from the beginning OF
the quarter succeeding that in which such ap-
plications on sworn receipts were made.
THE NATIONAL. BANKS CHARTER LIMIT.-The
act OF February 25, 1868, provides that banks
organized under it shall have succession for the
period limited in the articles of the association
not exceeding twenty years from the passage OF
the act. The act Of the year following-June 8,
1s64-provides that associations organized un-
der that act shall have succession twenty years
from their organization. Under the first act 3Sl
banking associations were organized The
charters OF these banks expire February 25, 1888,
or previously, the charters of 213 expiring on
the date mentioned and 1OS between Nav