Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-05
Washington News and Gossip.

day directed that Brevet Major General r. 5.
Candy be assigned to the command Of the Fifth
Military District, comprising the State Of Tex.
as, relieving Brevet Major General ]. ]. Rey-
nolGs, in command OF that District for some
months past. General Candy is directed to
assume command OF the District as soon as
practicable, and he is further authorized, when
he may find it necessary to a faithful execution
OF lie laws, 10 exercise anv and all powers
onferred by acts of Congress upon district
commanders, and any and all authority per-
iaininG TO Off GERS in charge of military districts
General Reynolds was telegraphed to by a
Trlerd few days ago that he would be re-
heved. He replied, Thank tRe Lord" Gem
eral Cenby will start for Texas about the Inth
instant. II addition to bis duties as Military
Commander an order will be issue assigning
him 10 duty as Assistant Commissioner Of the
Ireedman's Bureau for that State.
1t IS Incorrectly stated In some of the morn
Ing pepers that when General Candy relin-
qulshes the command of this DapsI 5ment, Bre-
vet Brieadier General George w. Wallace will
assume command, by virtue OF being senior
otficer in rank. This is not the case as Colonel
Brooks, of the 4th Artillery, now stationed at
Fort McHenry, is senior officer on duty with
troops within the limits of the Department, and
would therefore take command, unless the
President should assign Colonel Wallace, Col
onel Webb, or some other officer to duty, ac-
cording to his brevet rank.
The ELECTION IN THE SoUTH.-A dispatch
has been received at General Grants Head.
quarters in this city, from Major Gen Meade,
commanding Department of the South, stating
that the election on Tuesday throughout the
Department passed OFF quietly, with the excep-
ton OF slight disturbance at Augusta, Ga,
which called for the interference Of the military
TO suppress the same, and another at Savannah,
which was put down by the police authorities.
The OLD SToRY.-The New York Hcram,
through its Washington kilograms, reyives the
old story that Secretary NcCulloch is about to
leave the Cabinet; with the variation, how
ever, that be is to be removed this time. not
invited TO resign. So far as we eau learn, there
Is not the slightest foundation in fact for the
report.
RETIRING BOARD.--By direction of the
President, board TO retire disabled officers, in
pursuance of the act OF Congress of August Sd
will convene in ST. Louis, Missouri, ,on the 10th
day of November, 1866. or as soon thereafter rs
practicable, for the examination OF su h Off
GERS as may be brought before it. The follow
ing named officers have Oeen detailed as men,
bers OF The Boa rd:-Brevet Brig. General l.. p
Graham. Brevet Brig. Gen. L. ID. V. Reeve,
Brevet Brig. Gen. Henry Vessels, Brevnt
Erig Gen. &. McDoUgall, Breyet Colone, T.
Il. Abadie.
No NOVEMBER SESSION or CONGRESS -
Senator Morgan and General Schenck have
asclded TO issue notifications TO Senators and
Congressmen that IN their opinion there is no
necessity for holding a session of Congress on
The 10th inst. These notices Will b. sent ou.
iTon here to-day. This viii carry the session
over until the first Monday in December.
The FUBIIc DErT.-rhe statement Of the
public debt for the month OF October, which
viii be issued from the Treasury Department
tomorrow, VIII be 4 very favorable one, show
ing n decrease in the debt OF about Si,OUG, jOU
since the ist Of October.
REvEsUE APPOINTMENTS Secretary Nc
Culloeh today made the following appoint
NJ nts O. Internal Revenue officers:
Storti ? .PeTS.-Thomas Fair, Howard Allen.
Joshua :. Fletcher, and Joseph r. Matthew's
iih Pa Clay II Drckert w. H. Scbaeffer Jno
K. kelder, and Clifton Lowe, Sd Ohio; +. w
Ames, LIST La; Patrick Duniea, 5th Ill: John
.!eImeyers, j. IL Hogan, T.. A. Corbet, Hugh
Watson, ThomasW Wilkinson, John 5. Matthews,
and John ". Young, ist Mo-; Dennis Holland,
LEI Pa; J: p Ward, 1st La; Harvey George,
sth Mo; Walter Carehart, 9th Va: Jesse 5.
Napes, ilth y. y; WT3. II. knifPn, Sth n. Y.
CE1gers.-Gideon Cornell, Arizona: F. r.
Strange, 4th Msire; George Gold, 1st New
AeSlco; Pelig fiske, I'd id. James Steele, Sd
Ohio.
Io0aeco hssyector.-F. X. Miller, I9th Pa.
PERsoNAL.-Commission Rollins returred
from New Hampshire to-day. Secretary
Schcfield lett for West Point last night, to be
aoscnt from here one week Hon. William
Faxon, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, has
returned To this city after brief visit TO his
home III Connecticut. wv. +. Peddick has
been assigned 70 duty as chief clerk of tie At.
torney Generals Office during the absence of
Nj. Pleasants. Among the passen gers
who sailed for Europe on Saturday last in the
steamer Berlin was the Countess de Pourtales
and family, for some time past residents OF
Washington.
FREKDNEE's BUsEAU.--Ihe functions CT the
officer in charge OF the Freedmen's Bureau for
The Distinct OF Columbia ceased on Saturday
night at IL o'clrck, Dy the terms of Il War De-
paltment order, discoR TIM in the power Of the
hrreGu IL the cities OF Washington, George
town aud adjacent conntry. The educational
interests OF the freedmen will be cared for
Isnai for several months TO come by General
Charles IL. Howard. bnt the issue of ratlons,
DC, from the Bureau will not be continued
sfter this date This is but the inItiatly We step
of similar action throughout the entire South,
where, as in Washington, the civil authorities
ere capable OF executing impartial justice both
10 black and white.
TAX ON RB-DIsTILLED WHIsT EY.-Many in
qnIIies have been made within day or two
past concerning the decision recently arrived
at by the Attorney General in relation to the
manner in which the internal revenue tax
should attach to whiskey when doubled in
strength by re-distiliation. The Attorney 9en-
erai, it seems, has completed his opinion on
this ques ion, but has not yet delivered it in
official form 10 the Secretary OF the Treasury.
INTERNAL REvHyuE.-The receipts to-day
from this source were SAG, ,l5o.59.
THE ALABAMA CLAUMS-ARRIvALO OF
MRS. LINCOLN In PARIS
Especial Dispatch to the Star.]
NEW YORK, Nov. Especial advices per