Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-07

OF our exchanges are enormously announcing
toe death, IN this city, of William f. Ritchie
formerly editor Of the Richmond Es1uirer and
husband OF Anna Cora Mowatt Richie, actress
f, and authoress. This is a mistake. The per-
| son meant is George Harrison Ritchie, young
est sen OF the late Thomas Richie, of the Rich
moad Enquirer, who died in this city SATURDAY,
morning, at the residence of his brother in law
| DIR. r. X. Stone, and was in his thirty eighth
! year. He had recently returned from Califor-
| Ria in impaired health. HIS remains were Ia
| ken to Richmond for interment In Hollywood
! Cemetery, on Monday. He was formerly a
purser I'm the United States navy, and suose.
| quently in the Confederate navy.
ARRIVAL OF DUPoNT's BATrERY.-Com-
pany +, 5th U. S. Artillery, (Dupont's Light
Battery) arrived here this morning from
Richmond, Va, having been ordered TO duty
IN the Department OF Washington since the
departure of the both Infantry for Tennessee.
| This battery, commanded by Capt Henry A
Dupont, son Of the celebrated powder manu-
facuturer, is the pet battery of the army, their
| proficiency in drill and discipline exceeding
| that of all others. The battery il for the
! present encamped at Sedgwick barracks out 7tt
street, but will probably be removed 10 the
| course OF a few days TO Lncoln Depot east of
! Capitol.
4 -
| Sykes, Chadwick .S Co sold, a day or wo since,
through Messrs. hilbourn S Latta, to ex-CIoy-
ernor L. W. Barley, Of Ohio, the valuable
property opposite the Treasury Department.
! fronting on Pennsylvania avenue and I.afay
ette Square, long occupied as the head uarters
| OF the Department of Washington. The price
| paid WIS, we understand, $4,000. Judge
| Barley intends TO improve the property with
a view 10 making it his residence in future
nlp hie frx,itk
be an acquisition, not only to the bar OF Wash
| ington, but to the society of the capital.
| THE CAMILLA RIoT-The Secretary of War
| has received from Gen. Meade a report of the
| Camilla riot. 1t includes the report Of Can't.
Mills VINO was ordered to make the investiga-
ton, and affidayits of numerous witnesses IL
| will be submitted TO the President at once.
General Howard expects his report from Gen.
Sibley on Thursday.
| THs PURCHASE OF CUBA TAXING reliance
should be placed IN the rumors about tha pro
! posal of the United States to the new Soanisb
Goverhment for the purchase of Cuba No
| such proposal has been made, and 1t is well
| understood no newly organized government
| could entertain such an offer without losing
| pr stige.
PERsoNAL-Hon. T. B Washburne, of hi.
| throughout this week. lie is stopping at the
| Fifth avenue Hotel Major General B. F. Bnt-
| Ter and Major Genl Rosecrans passed through
| that city on Monday, the latter on his way 70
| Mexico.
| TREASURY Com NINCREAsE.-The TreRsury's
OWE increase OF coin since September LIST is
| nearly S9,95OO0p, Independent of the payment
OF the interest on the Ten forties and sales of
com com by MT. Van Dyck, amounting to about
Col. SMOOT, special Indian agent, arrived
here Yesterday, from the Choctaw and Chick
! saw country, where he has been to pay those
tribes S260coo, due them as loyal Indians for
property destroyed during the war.
GENERAL GRANT was present at the Iaying
! Cf the cornerstone of the New 5 ate House at
Springfield, Illinois, on Monday.
| TIE INDIAN ACKNOWLEDGMENT ID
! G., Oct. :. Is6S-TO the Editor of the S,cr.-SIR
| see 1t stated in your edition Of yesterday hat
Col. L. Tappan. of Colorado, who is a mem
Der OF he Indian Pc ace Commission appointed
by congress, and which holds its meeting in
Chleago to-day, was opposed 10 General Shsr-
! man for the reason that he (Tappan) thought
/ General Sherman had not used stringent
measures enough with the Indians. Please
allow me TO correct that statement, as il gives
| an entirely wrong impression of Col. Tappan,
WHO las not now and never had any idea abeut
treating the Indians more string gently II is lust
I Tue reverse he dlSagreeS WlthIfenerdl Sherman.
/ particularly because he issued recently a mill
\ tary order that the women and children OF the
Indians whom his soldiers were fighting should
be killed. Col. Tappan thinks (after a residence
| OF more than eight years in the Indian country
| that tie Indians have been cheated, bar tered.
sold, and ill-treated in every way possible and
ne has stated. that while he was on the Com
mission investigating different Indian troubles
the Commission found in euery case, the original
fault was with the whites, who tried their best
10 make money, or land, or its equivalent ont
OF The Indiana As n Law o;,
culauon, and as i thought you would not
knowingly give such a false idea concerning
any OF the Peace Commission, / have written
the above, knowing what / state to be true.
VIII you please give this as conspicuous q
place as the article Of yesterday held.
Yours, PEG
PoLITICAL.-The books OF registration will
be again opened throughout Maryland on the
12th and 18Th inst and persons who may have
faLed TO register be afforded another opportu-
nifty 10 do so.
John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts,
addressed large assemblage of the Democracy
OF philadelphia, at the Academy Of Music, ON
Monday evening.
The Frederick Md, Repu,lican states that
a scheme is said to be on foot TO export voters
from Marylsnd into the southern counties Of
Pennsylvanla, for the purpose TO carry those
counties for the Democracy at the October elee-
ton.
- Messrs. John Evans and ]. b. Chaffee, of
Colorado Territory, who about a year ago
Were elected to the United States Senate ha ye
resigned their commissions. Congress not hay-
ing as yet admitted the Territory into the
ULion, they resign in order TO allow the people
10 consider the question OF admission or nom
admission, free from personal considerations
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican says
ave have excellent authority for saying thai
Horatio Seymour has given mp the contest, and
freely tells his Democratic friends in private
thai Ne has not the faintest hope Of an election"
The Democrats Of the Second District of
Massachusetts have nominated Ed Avery, of
Braintree, for Congress. The District is at
present represented by Hon. Oakes Ames, who
seIyed in the 3Sth and 39th Congress, and was
reelected to the 40th Congress by s,5eI votes Z.
sgainst :, 4J6 for Ide, Democrat
The Wheeling Register says ex-senator
Carlile has moved his family 10 Clarksburg,
West Virginia with the intention of becoming
the successor of Hon. r. q. Van Winckle in
the United States Senate, provided the Radi-
Gals shall have a majority In the next Legisla-
ture.
Gov Smith of Vermont is a candidate for
the seat of Mr.. Edmunds in the United States
Senate. Tue latter will also be put in nomna-
ton by his friends on the expiration Of his
tel m.
Hon. Frederick Stone, of the fifth Mary
land district, is announced to speak at Rock
willie to-day and at Annapolis on the 18th.
- 1t is estimated that 10000 persons attended
Democratic mass meeting at Selma, Ala, last