Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-28
EVENING STAR.



INTERNAL REvRSUR.-Ths receipts today
from this source were si66.49i.37.
SENIOR LzMUs, Of Cuba, has returned to hi,
cify.
THE U. s. COURT OF CLAIMS has adjourned
The next regular term commences on the frs
Monday Of December.
GOVERNOR Low. OF California, the newly
appointed Minister to China, arriyed II "a
city this morning, and is staying az Wilisrd's
WSEcRBTARY RoBBsoN has appointed Cary ".
Sanders, of Allegheny County. Penn, t, b-
an assistant paymaster in the U. S Navy
TIE SECRETARY OF STATE notifies all appu.
cants for Office in his Department tnat there
are at present none unfiiled, and that applica.
tions are useless.
JANIS NJ. WILLIAMS, Of Indiana, Govern.
ment Director Of the Union Pacific Railroad,
has rendered his resignation to Secretary Cox,
but it has not yet been accepted.
SENATOR SPRAsUB's FAMILY has been in
creased BY the birth Of daughter. at Nara.
Ransett, the residence OF Mrs. Sprague for the
last SIX months. This is the second child, the
first being q boy.
INTERNAL RRvBNUR RECEIPTS for the month
mp to this date, amount to ten millions three
hundred thousand dollars. 1t is estimated that
the total for the month will reach twelve mil
lions more than for the corresponding month
of last year.
IT Is aAID that Carlotta Patti is engaged 10
her pianist, Theodore Ritter, .'an insignific ant
little German, who rejcices In a blonde mus
tache, projecting lips and eyeglasses. Indeed
1t is asserted that they are privately married:
but Patti is non .committal on the subject"
PRoMoTIoNs.-W. w. Wilder from laborer
to first.clsss clerkship in the Fifth Auditor
Office. Warwick w. Miller from first to
second. .cla.s oserkship IN the First Auditors
offce. John X. Garrison and Baxter A.
Barnes from third to fourth class clerkshIps
in the First Comptroller's office.
UNCLE SAM WANTS HIS DuRs-A number
OF persons holding positions rs Ministers, Con.
suls and Commercial Agents Of the United
States at the time of the breaking out of the
rebellion are TO be called upon to settle the
amounts against them on the books in the
Fifth AUDITORS office.
TIE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Of the Union
League Of America, of W hich Governor ieary.
Of Pennsylvanla, is president held a session
here yestedray. They are here for the purpose
Of devising some plan of raising money to help
the Republicans to carry Texas and Miss.
issippi.
PERsoNAL.-BesIdes the President and family
We notice the presence, in Philadelphia, of a
number of Wasningtonians, as invited guests
to the wedding at Bishop Simpsons last night
and to the dedication Of the Orphans Home
to day-amopssshs.., Rev. Dr. Ne~aa.. aud
lady, s. Nornent, Esq, and several other
prominent citizens.
OLD DowsLY, who has rather Grade ideas OF
the purposes Of the dcumenical Council soon
TO assemble under the call OF the Pope. and
who has withal some difficulty In keeping even
with the growing expenses of his gay wife and
young lady daughters says he thinks sits
about time they were calling an Economical
Cour Gil IN this country. There's as much nee r
Of it here as there is at Rome"
The CONGRESSIONAL SUB.CoMMITTKs ON
FOREIGN AFFAIRS was in session in New
York yesterday to investigate the alleged Ill
treatme ent to5 Bliss and Masterman in Paraguay.
Admiral Davis was the only witness exam.
ined. He denied they were treated as prison.
eTs on board the Wasp, or received any indig.
mites. The Admiral had NO confidence In
Bliss, and he was obliged to keep him under
surveillance. He discredits the statement thai
Bliss was tortured by Lopez as he describes.
INCREASE OF RrvxNuR-During the months
Of July, August and September OF 1868 the re.
ceIpts from internal revenue in the Third Col.
lection District OF Maryland comprising the
thirteen upper wards OF Baltimore city, from
the Eighth to the Twentieth, both inciusive).
amounted to a7O6.2OO, and during the same
month Of the present year 1t aggregated $685..
$50, showing an increase In the three months IN
favor Of General Grants Administration of
S2s2, 100.
PEHsION FRAUD.-Mr. James p. Tustin, OF
this city, Is in Des Moines, Iowa, assisting the
Hon. w. +. Sapp, u. s. Attsrney for this Dis.
trict Of Iowa, in prosecuting one E. H. Dou.
trIch for fraud on the Pension once. The
accused prepared false claims tor pension
The case attracted much attention, and the T.
S. District Court is the tribunal before which
il being tried. 1t is the first OF this kind
ever tried in that State. To aid in the faitsfui
execution of the pension laws, conviction is
very important.
INA CONVERSATION with Senator Thayer on
TUESDAY On the subject of the canvass in Mis-
sissippi the President stated that he had al.
vsed Judge Dent against being connected with
the Conservative movement in that State, re
garding it as being opposed TO the Administra-
tion. The President further said that he fsi,
bound by public duty to endorse General Al
corn, the Republican nominee for Governor,
and believed that he would be elected. Ths
President expressed desire that the Nebraska
legislature would ratify the Fifteenth Amend
ment. t+
GoSI TO THE FAIR.-This morning, Post
master General Cresswell, Commissioned OF
Agriculture Capron, Commissioner OF Patents
Fisher, Gen. Michler, Commissioner OF p ublic
Buildings, &C., Mr.. Bodisco, OF the Russian
Legation, VIM. r. Smith, w. w. Oorcoran, and
Henry ID. Cooke, left here in special car AZ.
tached TO the o 30 train for Baltimore, and were
received at the Camden Depot BY COMMITTEES
Of the Maryland Agricu Society. headed
by ". W. Glenn, Esq, who escorted them TO
the P,mhco fair grounds near Baltimore,
where the Maryland Agricultural Fair is In
progress.
TIE WAsHIHor0H Co1n1sf0upnnr Of tn,
Baitimors Gasede has tns iollowingnswspapsr