Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-06
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. NATIONAL AFFAIRS. A Fitting Tribute to Gen.
 eraI HaWley. Presented With a Valuable Vase FOR HIS LAB0RS IN THE CENTEN-
 NAL EXHIBITION.
 The ReassembIing of Congress. A Bill for. Apportionment of
 Representatives.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

l Faithful Services Rewarded - General | HawIey Rewarded for His Labors a, the Centennfal-Presented ed With a Mag. nfficent Vase-The New Treaty With China-Another Delay For the Refund. ing Bill-An Increase in the Army Ap- proprtatiOns.
 WASHINGTON Jan. 5.-The ceremony ol presenting an elegant silver vase to General Hawley, president of the late Centennial commission, from the members of the com mission, took place at the rooms of General Hawley this evening. There were present ot
 the commissioners General Hawley of Con-
 necticut, Judge Loring of Massachusetts, Hon.
 D. J. Merrill of Pennsylvania, Thomas Don
 aldson of Idaho, Alex R. Bateler of West
 Virginia, L. A. Gobright and Dr. J. E. Dex
 ter of the District of Columbia. Among the
 distinguished guests were President Hayes,
 Secretaries Sherman, Ramsay and Schurz,
 Postmaster General Maynard and Attorney
 General Devens, with quite number of Sen
 ators and Representatives and distinguished
 gentlemen from Philadelphia and elsewhere
 who had been connected with the centennial
 Ladies present were Mrs. Hawley, Mrs. Gov
 ernor Claflin, Mrs. S. B. Chittendsn, Mrs.
 Allen of New York, Miss Scoville of New
 York. Mir. D. J. Merrill, on behalf of the
 commission, made a brief introductory
 speech, in which he recited the action of the
 members of the board He said in this con-
 nection that for their services there was not
 a commissioner who had received so much as
 a ribbon. The absence of title was perhaps
 because there was none higher than that of
 an American citizen. The commissioners had
 given him dinner, which was just the thing
 that suited him. They had given Director
 General Goshorn 8 set of books. He was
 probably reading them now, as he was
 not here. They were just the thing for Goshorn. And now they had pre-
 pared this elegant work of art for their president, which was just the thing for Hawley. General Thomas Donaldson then in a most happy and elo- quent speech presented the vase to General Hawley. The vase is massive one of solid silver, set in pedestal made of articles pos them are wood from the ship Hartford the flagship of Admiral Farragut, from the Inde- pendence Hall, fran the ship Constitution, iron from the ship Caskill and the propeller of the ship Portsmouth, gold and silver ore from the Alice mine in Montana, marble from New Hampshire, Tennessee and Vermont. The material he said was all American, the work was conceived by American genius and executed by American hands. General Hawley in accepting the valuable present referred in a few words to the difficulties which met the commission, and gave the credit of the suc- cess of the exhibition to the manufacturers and people of the country. He promised to treasure the gift, and said he would deposit it with the Connecticut Historical society so that it could be exhibited at the next centen- nial. The vase bears this inscription: ''To Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut, the Presi- dent of the Centennial Commission, from it's on March 2d, 1872, to it's final meeting January 18th, 1879. Presented by the members of the commission as mark of personal esteem and in recognition of his pa triotic, able and honorable services as presi- dent of the International Exhibition of 1876 at Philadelphia, Pa."
 The international sanitary conference met at the Department of State at 12 o'clock and was called to order by the Secre- come. Hon. John Hay, Assistant Secretary of State, was chosen presiding officer, and Dr. Thomas J. Turner, of the United States navy, who is also secretary of the National Board of Health, was made secretary. In view of the absence of certain specialists now on their way as delegates and the lack of specific instructions on the part of several from their governments, it was con cluded to adjourn to Wednesday next at o'clock without proceeding to the considera- tion of any question.
 Mr. Prescott, of the United States Chinese arrived here this afternoon, bearing the official copy of the new Chinese treaty and presented it to the Secretary of State.
 F. Wood, chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, is confined to his bed by He is unable to visit the Cap- tol The refunding bill will not be consid- cred until he recovers.
 The House Committee on Appropriations | met this morning. At the last meeting be- fore the holiday recess the army appropria- l ion bill was agreed upon, the sum total 1 appropriated being $26, 19O, 800. To- 1 lay the sum was increased to $125, 1000 1 % meet the payment for government trans under the recent decision of the | Supreme Court. The sum total of the bill is | therefore $26, ,315, sOO MT. Clymer was in- ,tructed by the committee to press for imme- liate action on the bill, antagonizing if neces- ,ary, the funding bill.
 The House Committee on Commerce to-day l considered the river and harbor bill It is ex- | 3ected the bill will be ready to report by the 10th inst.