Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-03
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

TEs FINANCIAL APPAIEs OF THE Posr Or
FlC1 DEPARIMKNT.-ws are authorized by the
proper accounting officer Of the Post Office De-
Partment 10 state that the statements tele-
sraphed from this city, and referred to in the
STAR, concerning the financial affairs OF the
Post Ofice Department, are based upon n re-
liable authority. The official statement OF re-
ceipts and expenditures for the fiscal year inst
closed will not and cannot be completed until
September or October next, and whatever de-
nClenCy may then appear Will not arise in any
considerable degree from the causes mentioned
IN the paragraph referred 10. The greater part
II the supposed deficiency will be owing to
the establishment, by Congress, of expensive
mail routes In the new and remote Western
Territories, which, being expected to produce
but little revenue, Were speedily provided for
by appropriations made by Congress-. They
are. therefore, not really proper charge upon
the ordinary post office revenues.
The statement that the deficit of 1866 was the
tTst for several years is also mistake, this
being in former years the rule and not the ex-
ceptiOn. The surplus of lS65, also alluded to,
was the first for a long series of years, and will
probably necessarily be the last for some years
to come.
In partial Offset to the apparent deficiency,
there Will also be the allowance of S7O0,OOO per
mission of free mail matter, sum which the
department earns as fully as any other branch
Ct It's revenue.
THE PROPOSED CAMP OF INSTRUCTION AT
LINCOLN DEPOT.-As has heretofore been
noticed in our columns, there is to be Camp
of Instruction established at Lincoln Depot,
now occupied by the Quartermaster's Depart
ment The old Parker Barracks, about q half
mile westward of Lincoln Depot, are being
htted up for the reception and uses of the As
slstant q luartermaster. and when the buildings
NJ present occupied by the Quartermaster
department are vacated. the entire enclosure
Is to bedevoted 10 the military uses. A portion
Of the 18th Infantry are already located there,
and II is contemplated to gather all the troops
IN this vicinity AZ that point, added to which
Will be light battery +, 5th artillery. which is
expected frsm Richmond in the course of this
month The Camp" will then represent all
The arms of the service, and, NO doubt, in
parade or review, could turn out 4 small army
An OFFICRRLESS STATR.-It is generally held
hat all the Virginia State officers went out OF
Crhce when the Constitutional amendment was
declared ratified As their places could not be
hlled with persons able 10 take the test OATH
1OthIng has been done in the direction of new
appointments. and by common consent the
10 continue on sufferance until some action can
te tskeH by Congress.
HgLMBoLD, the Napoleon of Advertisers. is
enjoying himself with his pretty wife az Long
Branch. He spends s2O0OU0 a year in adyer-
using and clears 500 600. Any Of our sub.
scnbers who want to make S3O0,UOO 4 year and
iuxuriate at Long Branch with their pretty
wives. shouid--advertise.
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TURNED Up AGAIS.-It is stated that the Ku.
kluxes have made their appearance in Eastern
Virginia. A number Of Radicals about Dunn
frIes and other points along the Potomac, have
been served with notices, IL is said, and con-
siderable uneasIness is felt
The Posi- OFPICE DEPARTMENT has COM
uenced the readjustment OF salaries Of post
masters CLERKS IN cities. This work is done
CECe IN two years. The salaries OF clerks in
the large cities sre found 10 be inadequate 10
he labor performed, and insufficient generally
for the support 6f clerks, especially those who
have families dependent upon them.
Gov. GoRHAN, the Secretary OF the Senate,
Will visit California during the recess He is
Young, smart, and od-lookIng, and has
already made himself Enthusiastically accept
able in his Secretaryship.
AAENf VI n u 4ucllltTs IOI LldklQS
paper from wood and straw, has been extended
for seven years from August ,, 1865, BY the
Commissioner Of Patents. This is the patent
mat has caused so much litigation among the
various paper-raakers throughout the country.
The COMMISSIONER Of Internal Revenue has
ssued circular prescribing the mode OF COL
leeting the tax on tobacco and cigars under the
amended tax law.
OFFICIAL REPORTS received at the Indian
department indicate that there Is NO ground at
present 10 expect hostilities towards the whites
by the Indian tribes on the western plains
ANOTHER DISCHARGE FROM rHETRRAsuRY.
During the present month over one hundred
clerks Will be dismissed from the Treasury
Department on account of the reduction in the
appropriation bill OF those to be dismissed
over MY are females.
GEN. SrEApMAS is TO resume the position Of
Internal Revenue Collector AT New Orleans,
The Senate having failed to confirm any person 4
10 discharge the duties of the Office. 40
PORTION of Washington is called "Swan.
pOodle."-N. i. AGil. - AVA
Used 70 be. .... l
THE ENGLISH MIssIoS.-Data says: The in
structions from the Government to Hon Rev
erdy johnson, Minister TO England, are few,
and has powers to treat with the British Gov.
eminent upon the settlement Of the Alabama
claims general and without limit. Mr.. John
son, therefore, meets the British government
upon this long-protracted discussion untram.
elled by any OF the previous propositions or
demands made by the State department, and 70
which England took exception. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY expected that within two months after
the arrival of Minister Johnson 81 the Court
Of 81. James he will have effected an amicable
and satisfactory adjustment of the Alabama
claims. 1
CoLYAx says he has made An agreement with
General Grant 10 have him make his speeches.
GEO. ALFRED TOWNSEND is in wilmIn yton,
Del. He proposes 10 let his pen rest for a week,
IN whiSh case some forty or fifty papers will |
be minus their ''G. A. T." correspondence.
DATA says: General H. l.. Lawrence, recent
ly our Minister TO Costa Rica, but recalled on |
account Of his duel with the Secretary Of the |
Prusslan Legation, was complimented by his |
trends in this city with a banquet On Thurs
day evening last. II Is understood that Gen \
eral Lawrence will receive another diplomatic |
appointment shortly. !. .J4 - |
t.ss
HON. JOIN SHERMAN has mad great friend.
ship for Schuyler Coltax tor the last twenty
years.