Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-23


having been converted into 52O's, hence the
| work in that bureau has decreased In the I'd
| Auditors Office most of the bounty claims have
! been examined, which decreases the work
! there, and makes 1t necessary TO ispense with
| the serv ices Of about TOO clerks
| BRITISH RKCoGNITIoN or THE CoNFgpER.
| ACr.-The prevailing opinion among the Min
isters OF principal European powers, r-si.
dent here, is that whoever may have been
/ chosen arbiter OF the points at issue, the ques-
ton of the propriety OF the action OF the British
government in recognizing rebels belligrr-
/ ents would have been decided adversely TO the
! position held by Mr.. Seward, on the ground
that that subject was closed by the pIocIama.
ton blOckadIDg Southern ports, being IN itself
. recognition of belIigerency, otherwise the
ports should have been declared closed
! J.. Il. OLNsTEAD RELEASED ON BAIL-Aftrr
/ considerable difficulty the friends of f. Il. Ohm
stead succeeded in procuring the required
aInoUnt of bail, SlU,OpU, and hc was this after
/ noon discharged from custody. The rec5gnl-
! ZanCes We're taken before Justice Handy. in
the Treasury department. Among his suretirs
are M"ssrs. Il. NJ. Hall, G Chorprnning, ald
Haileit hlhourn, OF the firm OF kilbouIn &
Latta.
return oP THE ATTORNEY GRNEEAL-
Attorney General Evarts returned 10 the cit,
4 last evening from New York. and was ii. his
Office to-day. his family Will arrive here
carly ext week and remain in this city during
/ he coming y inter Two fine Carriages armed
here yesterday from New York having been
purchased IL mat city by he Attorney General
1NTFENATIONAL COU RTESy-Iate ad yig.s
from Europe report Minister BIucroft on a
Nl~IJ 10 Nietna, where he ats received permis-
sion 10 consult ID" STATE archives in search of
documents bearing on the mediation between
tbe United States and ki1g George, proposed
by Joseph II. OF Aus,riI aud Cathartn- oi
Er=-Ia.
'HIcH ART."-An English critic. in review
Ing TINS year exhibition ot the Royal Academy
oi Arts alIudas to MI BIerStatt as ..in Am r.
lean artist =. present making himself rIiicn-
ioCs in London by hi -no5yery- VINO thrust,
into hIs pictures mountains forty miles hi,G e.
MAJOR JOIN HAY, y crptlry OF the lurr-
iCau Is~atiou "A, Vienna was. n last accOur-s
al Paris, on his way home. H expects TO L..
here N time TO vote tor Grant and Colfax.
GOVERNOR SCOTT. of south Carolina, la,
offered five thousand dollars reward for each
Of The assa sins Of Il. r. Randolph, late STATE
Senator from Orangeburg.
f
Seward returned to the city last evening from
New York, and attended the regular Ineeri ng
CT the Cabinet to-day.
return or THE SHAMOEIY-The Uni,rd
STATES steamer Shamokin, OF the South Allan ic
Squadron, wa~ 10 have LETT Rio de Janeiro OF
tn JDlh OF september for the United States.
MAJOR IL. Is. REESE, Paymaster, has been
detached from the Pay District OF California
and ordered 10 tins city.
FROCK ovEECOATs with small velvet collars
and faced with silk, viii DE the prev ailing
fashion this winter.
REVENUE APPOISrMENTs.-Secretar Me-
Culloch to-day made the following appoint
ments OF Internal Revenue officers
StCrekeepcrs.-Henry L. Strickler, Herman
Moss, VIM. Ii. Beck, John NJ. Erril, Thomas
J. Hendrix. II. A. Glessne J. =. Hamilton,
John Goodling. Henry Metzgar, William :.
douglass, Char les A. Myers, Ii. r. Draubough,
| Il +. Roller, r. o. McCleary, James J. Spone-
bereer, Ii. q. Buzzy VIM. j. ReIsinger, VIM. A.
Stable, VIM. Shearer, Abraham KillIan. John
Lawrence, Cornelius Showalter, and Milton
Crone, for the 18th district Of Pennsylvanis,
comprising York and Cumberland coun ies
b, njsInin NJ. Gregory, stn Ind; Jesse p. Nj
Letford, ith Pa; Joseph McMLrray, Henry J.
Adam, and +. V. TAFT, I'd N. Y; F.. G.. Clark
lst Iowa; Robert Hollister and Levi Waller,
a. y Il
Reeside, ith Pa; r. q. Mclean, 9TH Ohio; VIM.
w. Edge, Attn ohio James K. Watson, sth Ky;
Ernest Brennan, ,th Ky.
Isaac Featheriy 12th Ill. Charles ID. Fee, +th
LII.
APPLICATIONS POE MILITARY AID.-AppIi-
cation has been made 10 the Secretary OF War
by delegations from North and South Carolina.
and also by Governor Scott, OF the latter State,
for assistance to aid in preserving the peace OF
those sections. General Schofeld replied tn at,
according TO the evidence presented, only indi-
vidnal m murders had been committed, which re-
eessitate first the Intervention of the civil OFF,
GERS of the State. and il they failed, then the
State militia could be used, and If they failed,
the Executive could thereupon call upon The
Government Of the United States for troops TO
quell u domestic instruction.
PoLITICAL.-Pepnsylvan official vote
shows a Republican majority of 9.o77 for Audi
tor General.
Frank p. Blair, Jr., addressed the Democ.
racy OF Chicago, Wednesday evening.
The constitutional ULion party Of the fifth
district in New York have nominated John
Mornssey, for Reelection TO Congress Grn.
HlIlyear - the nominee OF the same party in
lie ninth district.
The meeting of war Democrats in New
' ork. "Wednesday nigh, m favor OF Grant aud
COlia1 was "A very iaIg- Que. Addresses were
"thvered by Hon. Edwards Pierrepoint and
others.
--Ex-Sena,or Cressweli, and Hon. John
L Thomas, Jr., OF Maryland, are siumpting
New York for Grant and ColfsX.
-trhCiai returns Of the vote or majority in
81 the counties of Indiana except three Il ve
Ihk-r majority Of Lies. The Democ ratio
% gan, he Indianapolis Sentinel, concedes h N
l.'c4 fIHJoruy The remaiuIng cOuaties can
not materially affect the result
- report teiegraphed from ST. Louis that
Gen. Blair had been disfranc hised by the r. z
lstsIs Ia that eIty is untrue
-"HOn. Fernando Wood has declined a
rpar ifnous nomination for Congress tended
am by the Mozart wing OF the New York
Ismocracy.
lNTsBSAL REvxsUE--The receipts to-day
rom this source were s3i9.Isa..3.