The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-20
THIRD EDITION
WASHINGTON.
Special Dispatches 10 The Evening Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, April 20.

Consul Recognized,
The President has recognized Loritz Won
Baulback as ViceConsul of Oldenburg at Mil
waukie, and also as ViceConsul of Bavaria at
the same city.
Bills Signed by the President.
The President has approved the bill autho-
rizing the transfer of gunboat to the Govern
ment of the Republic OF Liberia, which is to
pay for the vessel; also, the resolution protest
ing against pardons by foreign Governments of
persons convicted of infamous crimes on cond-
tion of emigratirg to the United States; and the
bill TO reimburse the State of Missouri for
moneys expended and provisioning militia forces
to aid in the suppression of the Rebellion. The
sum of s6,7l6,0OO is appropriated for the
purpose.
PRrdOns by the President.
The President has pardoned John G. Harris,
Of Kentucky, convicted of a violation of the
revenue law; Horace L. Jones, of Michigan,
convicted of embezzing from the mails; Wal
lace W. Whittlesy, of the District of Columbia,
convicted of abstracting public records from the
United States Treasury Depot and George War
rem Townsend, of Massachusetts, convicted of
attempting fraud on the Enrolment Division of
the Provost Marshal's office.
Mhrlheb uOmo 10 EASLpOfBs MO.
A company of Marines numbering lOS men,
have been sent from the Washington Barracks
to Eastport, Maine, to maintain our neutrality
laws on the border, in view of the Fenian move
ments thereabouts. The steamer Augusta, carry
ing ten guns, LETT the Washington Navy Yard
yesterday for Eastport, Maine.
A Wedding.
The only daughter of Senator Nye was married
last evening to John r. Waller, New York
merchant The bridal party left for New York.
Internal Revenue.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has been at
work reorganizing the collection districts in the
States OF Virginia and Tennessee, so as to make
them correspond with the Congressional dis
tricts. The agents to fill the positions thus Gre
ated are already under consideration, and will
be appointed within few days.
Senator Fessenden Sick with vartOIOId.
Senator Fessenden's illness has developed into
varioloid.
The Presidents speech.
A satirical Congressman pronounces the Pre-
sidents speech to the colored people re-
markable only for the total omission of all men,
tion of himself
Promotion and Appointments.
Captain Edward Robinson, of New York, late
Assistant Adjutant-G General has been breveted
major and appointed United States Consul at
Strasbourg. In view of the anticipated war
between the German Powers, Strasbourg is des-
tired to be place of much political Importance,
it being the easternmost fortress of France.
large army of observation will probably be sta
toned there. Major Robinson, from his know
ledge OF European languages and politics, is
well qualified for the position.
A Contribution.
The Union Congressional Committee yester-
day received, through the Hon. William D. Kel-
ley, the check of W. STILL colored man of
Philadelphia, for $12s9,50, contributed by the
associations of colored people in that city, for
aiding in the circulation of Congressional
speeches in favor of manhood suffrage.
Sale of Hospital Stores.
The Government sales of hospistal stores,
which have taken place here from time to time
during the past six months, have netted the
Government about 81, 100000.
General Bakers IL epOrt.
Detective Baker has made very voluminous
report in reference to bounty-iumping frauds
perpetrated under the calls for troops. He
traces the jumpers from the time of being sworn
in till their reaching the field. He shows that
of the five hundred thousand men called out and
sworn in by the Government only one hundred
and sixtyeight thousand reached the field as
soldiers, though thousands of others received
their bounties. This wholesale system of fraud
is shown to have been perpetrated in nearly
every loyal State.
Southern Federal AppOi ntment.
The Senate Committee on Commerce to-day
agreed to report in favor of E. T. Parker as Sur
veyor of the Port of New Orleans, and reject
Gilmore as Collector of Mobile, on account of
his participation in the Rebellion.
Customs Receipts.
The receipts from customs as New York and
Philadelphia for the week ending April IA, were
as follows:-New York, 50, s57, 900; Philadelphia,
$l93,77s.
Prize Money.
All payments of naval prize money on lists
upon which no sums have yet been paid have
been suspended for the present, until certain
rules for their payment shall be determined by
the decision of the Supreme Court, before which
several prize cases are now pending
Smuggling from Canada.
The concurrent testimony of the Customs
officers stationed on the Canadian frontier shows
that, Notwithstanding the predictions of many,
smuggling operations have decreased since the
te mination of the Reciprocity treaty.
Attack ON COIOred People.
On Monday evening an attack was made With
stones by the rowdies of this city on the bar
racks of the colored troops. This morning some
houses on New York avenue belonging to
colored people, we're set fire to and five houses
were destroyed.