Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-13
Washington News and Gossip.


present Administration, was one for the APP
pontment of no other than Mr. Jane. Gordon
Bennett, of the New York Herald, to be Amer
lean minister to France, Was Mt that hi Ugh y,
AS the boy says, in the Bowery
INDICTMENT OF NOSES A. PIERcE.-This
man, recently arrested in New York for fraud
upon the Pension Bureau, has been indicted
by the grand jury of the United States Court
for Connecticut The true bill found against
him contains six counts-lst, for forgery of the
affidavit, (Rachael Ogden's, in the Ebenezer
Allen caseD 3D. for procuring its transmission,
knowing it to be false and forged; Sd, for hav-
ing it in his possession; 4th, for procuring the
forgery; 9Th, for willingly aiding and assist
ing in its forgery; 9Th, for uttering and pub
fishing it as true, knowing it to have been false
and forged On being arrested, Pierce was
searched, and upon his person were found his
recommendations to the present Administra-
ton as "a suitable person for a clerkship, or
any similar appointment" We apprehend,
however, that they did not state whether he
belonged to the ''Hards'' or the ''Softs'' He
certainly is hard case. if not Hard ShsA'
Whatever platform he may have stood upon
heretofore, he now occupies very narrow one
upon SOIL too, anything but ''frec''-having
been committed for wan. of bail in the sum of
$4,000.
THE AWARD OF THE CONrE ACTS FOR THE
SUPPLY OF INDIAN GooDs, REQUIRED BY THE
GOVERNMENT IN THE PAYMENT OF INDIAN
ANNUITIEs.-The time for receiving bids for
these goods having run out on the day before
yesterday, yesterday the various contracts
were awarded. The competition this year was
greater than for some years past. The bid
ders for supplying the blankets and dry goods,
whose tenders were considered, were VIM. II.
Compton, Washington city; BENZ. F. Allen:
New York; Storer & Stephenson, New York;
Blanchard, Converse Co Boston: and Grant
4 Barton, New York. The last mentioned
obtained the contract, being 1909 lower than
the next lowest bidder
For supplying the agricultural implements
the bidders we're : Thomas Poultney, Balti-
more Calender, Rogers Il Co., Boston; and
Storer & Stephenson, New York. Calender
Rogers 4 Co. obtained this contract being $50
lower than the next lowest
For supplying the axes required, the bid
ders we're: Storer & Stephenson, Thomas
Poultney, Calender, Rogers & Co.. and Thos
r. Wilson, of Trenton, N. j.; the last being
1914 below the next lowest bidder
H. !,
& Stephenson, Thos. Poultney and E. Tryon.
Philadelphia-the contract falling to the last
named.
1t is thought that the goods contracted for
under these proposals, will cost the Govern
ment an aggregate of about seventy-fve or
eighty thousand dollars. A few bids we're re-
ceived, but not considered, as they failed to
comply with the requirements of the advcr-
tisement.
TREASURY DECISIONS OF INTEREST TO THE
ARMY 1T has been decided by the accounting
officers of the Treasury Department, that an
officer is not entitled to draw ration commu-
tation for his servant. while the latter NAV
have been subssted in kind at tho public ex-
pense. And also, that an officer is not enti.
tied to the pay of his brevet rank, while serv-
ing on court martial; that service not being
. command, in accordance with the intent
of the law of April 10th, 1878, under which
brevet pay is allowed.
ASINCIDEST IN a CONCERT RoOM.-Last night
while the Germanaas were performing fine
Sy-p,,bnpy l..
Carusi's being crowded, the President of tho
United States entered, attended by C. J..
Ward, Esq, of Towanda, Pa, and Mr.. Web
ster, his private secretary; whcreupon, the
Ger"aa"ias instantly changed the music to
Hail Columbia, and most OF tho audience rose
in respect for the presence of the Chief Magis-
trate of our country, and it's glorious national
anthem. We notice this circumstance, as such
an event never happened in Washington be-
fore.
A I. S. CONSUL FOR SIDNEY, New SOUTH
WALEs.-The President has appointed J. II.
Williams of Me-, to this office
PRoMPTNESs OF THE CoMM1s sIoSBR OF PEN.
sIoNs.-A claim has recently been allowed at
the Pension Office in the name of deceased
widow, late Of the State of New York, at the
rate her husband received during his life time,
on proof presented by an agent in the case
that the widow died in 1887. The fact, however.
was subsequently discovered that the widow
died in 1886, and therefore, was not entitled :;
and Geographic despatch was sent to Alba
ny in time to stop the payment, amounting to
three thousand dollars
The proper steps will no doubt be taken by
the Pension Office to investigate the whole
matter.
A NEW UNITED STATES MARSHAL APPOINT
ED.-Jefferson I. Martin, Esq, has just been
annninted limited States NJ arab al FOR IL. w..