Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-21

triCt, composed of the State of Texas, has ISSUED
his instructions to the Board of Registers ap-
pointed TO conduct the revision of the registra-
ton, in which he directs that all persons who
ever held office under the Federal or any State
government, whether or not they took the oath
TO support the Constitution, and afterwards
engaged in the rebellion, or gave aid and com
fort 10 the enemies of the United States, shall
be excluded from registration. Gen. Reynold
says no amnesty or pardon entities tia appIi-
cant to register, and all persons should be re-
jected who may claim to have been coerced to
engage in the rebellion, if IT appears that such
persons sought held, or exercised any Office OF
position of profit or honor uader the Confeder-
ate States or either of the States in rebellion
Removal of disability Ly Congress entities the
applicant to register unless DISTINGUISHED by
crime.
CORONER APPoINTED.-Dr. w w Potter
was this morning appointed by the Court IN
General Term Coroner of the District of Co.
lumbia, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Coroner Thomas Woodward, some
months since.
DIR. Potter was, during the war, Surgeon of
the j1th New York regiment, aad for over a
year was in charge of the Ist Division BAR
low's) I'd corps (Hancock's) of the Army of the
Potomac. At the close of the he settled
here. and for the past three years has filled the
position of Examining Surgeon of Pensions
He is a young man, OF energetic habits, and
will doubtless make a good officer, and for
this position he was very highly recommended,
and those who know him best say of his
right pla&" His Office. for the present. Il, wi1 Si1
be at No. ASS 18th street, above T., and residence
at 49l llth street, few doors above the aven ue
SPANISH AFFAIRs.-Thp European papers
received by the last mails present the policy Of
the Provisional Spanish Junta under light
far different from the cable dispatches In
stead of having abolished slavery In Cuba,
lowered the duties on imports, etc, the Span
lsh Junta had not, up to the sixth In stant. done
anything at all; they were silently waiting fo1
me meeting of the Cortes, before taking any
decision-the statements reported through
The cable were, therefore. mere runlors and
speculations.
ASSIGNMENT or INSPECTORS GENEeAL-Ry
General Orders No. -, issued to-day. the Sec.
re'ary OF War directs the following assign
nents OF Inspectors General:
War Department-Inspection Bureau and
hlhtary Academy ny.-lAspectOr General Ed
Division OF the Missouri.-Inspector GeneraI
X. h. Marcy; Assistant Inspector General \
ID. DAVIS, ior New Mexico; Assistant Inspec-
TOT General A. Baird, for Dakota.
DIvisIon OF the A;lantic.-Inspector q auaral
ID. H. Sacket; Assistant Inspector General ]
IOifcn, LOT Depdi tlntut OF the Fast
Division of the PacifC.-Inspecto General
4 HardIe; Assistant Inspector General r.
Jones, for California
department CO the South-Assistlnt IuspaC-
tor General J.. ii. Ludington.
Inc number OF Inspectors General and As
sl>iants beng insufficient. 20 supply each AIti-
tary Division and department with an officer
OF that branch of the service, selections will
be made from the grades OF field OfiCera (uot
reSImental commanders and preferably ua-
ICrs,) who shall have served AZ ieaet ten year
hl gUF1Ga ifr1lf n.
p'rtSnt duties 20 be performed. Accordingly.
commanders OF Divisions and Departments 10
whom no officer has been assigned will each
name 'hree officers, in the order Of preference
not serving within their respective commands
eligible under the foregoing conditions from
whom the War department will select, If the
eNlgencles OF the service Will permit. one ofH-
Ger and no moe for each Division ana each
department These officers Will ne danomi.
mated, and they Will subscribe themselves
ofhcialiy, Acting Assistant Inspectors Gen
eTal.
AN ELECTION IN TExAs.-Brevet Major
General j. J Reynolds, commanding he Fin
NJ litary District, has issued an order directing
that an election b. held in the counties OF Falls,
Bell, and McLennan, Texas, the 9Th, 10TH
and lith days OF November next, for one Dele
gate, To fill the vacancy caused by the death OF
W. +. Oakes, and to represent said counties in
he Constitutional Convention, called under
tLe act OF March 23d, l-G..
REVENUE APPOINTMENTS Secretary Nc
CUlloch To-day made the folio wing appoint
ments Of Internal Revenue officers
>t0rskesp.rs-Cieorge w. Jenkins and Dane
Duirom, 4th Nd; Daniel Buckley, sth y. l.:
Chas Goodman, ist III Porter Watson, Igth
Ohio: James MalOy, Sd y. Y. Bella Pardee.
2lst \. y: Morris HerstaIn. Gth Tenn. James
:. Thomas, 21st n. Y George II. Bemus. 2Uth
Pa: u Poteet, George G. Latchford, 5th Nd
%aaseLs-Iosah W Thompson, 7th n; Y:
Michael Sanders. Hermodus White, Benjamin
r. Lawpbell, and Ira ID. Sankey 2ith Pa;
Sllas eek, OH Ill; II. :. Thayer, lst n. Y:
Joseph A Hen. Isl Pa; Il. r. TAFT I'd Ohio.
Optic ERs CoAMUTATIoN.-By direction of
the Secretary of War, the monthly rate of COM
mutation for quarters, where officers are serv-
ing without troops, and at posts where there
are no public quarters which they can occupy,
shall be SIS per room, except at places where,
10y the regulations or orders of the Secretary of
" ar, higher rate than has been established.
L ms order TO take effect from and after Novem-
ber ], S6S.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Paymaster c. p Wallach
has been ordered 70 the receiving ship Wanda
liza. Passed Assistant Paymaster Frank H.
Arms to duty at New Orleans, La. Paymaster
Is. j CahoOne has been detached from the VAN
DANA and ordered 70 settle his accounts. Paw
master r. IL. Hirman, detached from duty at
New Orleans, La, and ordered 10 settle his ac-
counts.
RETIRsD.-Upon his own application, Bre-
vet Lieutenant Colonel Burton Randall, Sur
geon, being over sixty-two years OF age. has
been. by direction OF the President of the Uni
ted States. ITed from active service, and his
name will be entered on the retired list Of off,
GERS of the grade 70 winch he now belongs, in
accordance with section l., act approved July
~, 1852.
CLOSE NOTING IN OHGo.-The vote in Nadi-
son county, Ohio, vas tie. There is also tie
vote on Congressman In Highland county.
INTERNAL REygNUR.-Ths receipts to-day
from this source were SI74,47. -.
HANDsoME PEEsEST.-Nr. George ". ChildS
OF the Philadelphia Ledger, on the eve Of bis
tOr Europe, from which ne hopes 70
return early in January, lately purchased a
large and handsome lot IN the Woodland Gem
etefy. which lac has presented 10 the PM I'd, l.
pEIa Typographical Society. The presentati
OF the tlt lp- deeds made last SATURDAY. hy