Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-05
THE Bunr.u Ae.xrs TO B. PROTECTED. :

General Howard has found II necessary to
issue circular calling attention 10 the fac
that the Act of Congress continuing in force
the Freedmens Bureau provides that all per-
sons appointed to service under the act are
''upder military jurisdiction, and entitled to the
military protection of the Government while
In the discharge Of the duties Of their ONCE
Quite a number of Bureau oflicers have lately
ben obliged to resign because their lives were
not safe.
One OF those who lately arri we'd here was
tried for his life before a Mayors Court in
Texas, himself and the few soldiers under him
having all been arrested for firing into drunk.
en- mob which they were endeavoring to dis.
perse. He says he has no doubt he would have
been hung had not a party of cavalry passing
through that part of the State accidentally
heard that some United States soldiers were
prisoners in the Jail, and marched to their re
lief.
INDIAN CuRrosrrIEs AND MEMORIALS
Hon. q. f. Mix, acting Commi -sioner of Indian
Affairs mas issued a circular to Superinten-
dents and agents Of the Indian Bureau, an
nouncing that ga cabinet of Natural history has
been opened in the General Land Office s.for
the collection and preservasion OF q system OF
scientific memorials from different p arts of the
country, outrepresentin especially the geolog-
zeal and neurological character Of the public
land States, and contributions solicited there
for from the Governors Of the various States
and Territories, and from prominent persons
interested IN science. In connection there.
with, It rs proposed 70 establish dep irtment
Tor the reception of indian curio7.tes and me-
morals ofene character and peculiarities OF the
Indian race The Commissioner of the q sneral
Land Once. Joseph s. Wilson, Esq, having
suggc sted to the Hoa. Secretary of the Interior
the desirability of the cooperation Of the va.
rious officers and employees OF the Indian ser.
vice In forming such branch Of the Cabiset
ana tne Secretary ocncurring therein, with his
hlT pt nn y-Or tara
tention to the subject, and to assist in Carving
ont t5eobIi ct designed 50 far may be prac-
ne1ole, by soliciting aud procuring specimens
OF Indian costume, weapons OF war and other
articles OF Indian use, with all proper infor-
nation respe cuDe the same, as may give inter-
est and add value to the collection proposed to
represent, in the Cabinet the Indian character
and history. Offerings and contributions OF
the kind desired should be forwarded to the
Comnissiorer of the General Land Office
Inere being no funds at the disposal of this
office applicable to the object, any expense in
cIden,ai thereto will, it is presumed, be de-
frayt by that officer"
ISSUE OF PATRNTs-For the week ending
on Tuesday, the 18th instant, 290 patents will
be issued from the Patent Ofice. During the
past week S25 applications and 4s caveats have
beer filled.
REVENUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nc
Culloch to-day made the following appoint.
ments of Revenue officers
Storekeepers.-A. A. Terrell, Sterling, Illinois:
.: Is. Stone, Franklin county, Ohio; Robert
Cue Jers.-Chas. E. Dimmitt, 9th Ohio; HH
Brown, 1st Michigan.
Tobaeco Inspectors.-AIlen o. Bipckley, 9th
gan, sd N. Y; II. J. McMahon, sd NJ Y: Jno
F. Coulter, 32d New York.
REDUCTION OF FoRCE.-Mr. West, Chief
Clerk Of the Treasury Department, has notified
Secretary McCulloch that, on account OF the
reduction Of WORK and failure of appropria.
tons, 1T will be absolutely neces-ary to dis.
Snsrge seventy-fve female clerks Irom the
Department during this month. The Second
Auditor, Mr.. French, has also given notice that
for like reasons there must be discharged from
bis bureau over one hundred male clerks. Mr.
McCulIoch will be compelled, reluctantly, to
put in execution these Suggestions, which will
Unfortunately create great deal Of distress by
throwing out OF employment many utterly
helpless females, az well as male clerks.
RETURN OF COMMISSIONER RoLL1xs-A
letter YVES received here this morning from
Hon. E. A. Rollins, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, now in New Hampshire with his
family, announcing that he will return to this
city about Friday or Saturday next.
NAVAL ORDKEs.-Second Assistant Engineer
Levi T. Stafford has been ordered to the Mp
sic, and the orders OF Second Assistant Engi-
neer Thomas Lynch to that vessel have been
revoked
THE WHITE HOUsE.-A number of visitors
were at the Executive Mans ION to-day, all of
whom were admitted to see the President. Sec
retary Seward, Secretary McCulloch, and Sem
ator Fowler, We're among those who had inter-
views.
ALABAMA RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THE LIE.
GIsLATURK.-The President has received copies
of resolutions passed by over three thousand
citizens, of all parties and both races in
Lowndes county, Ala, declaring that the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State did adopt, ON the
2lst of September, by a partisan vote, a pr.
amble and resolutions memorialiZing the Pres
ident to detail troops for the preser vatlon Of
law ana order, &c. The resolutions further
declare that said memorial is false in fact, and
is reflection and libel upon all the people Of
the State, and that II can only be regarded as a
measure to create political capital tor the Rau.
Ical party At the North, and that II was palpa.
bly, and deliberately designed for that pur-
pese.
INTERNAL RRvENUE.-The receipts to-day
from this source were Sl,OO7,6il.69.
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THE WORKING PRoPLE.-The Working
Mems Home in New York has furnished the
following report in reference to its operations.
The cost of living to the 30 DO boa rders WI