Evening star., 1869-12-02
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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Washington News and Gossip.
ISTERNAL REvEsuF.-The receipts from this
source to-day were s5I5,si6.
Mrs. ANN W. ALLEN has been appointed a
clerk in the Dead Letter Offsce, Post Office
Department, in place of Miss VI. X. keriin.
THOMAS BISSHUEsT, OF Indiana, has been
appointed special agent for the Post Office
Department.
Mr.. JAMES W. MARSHAL, the new First As
sistant Postmaster General has entered upua
the discharge of his dutics.
PERsoNAL-Hon. William II. Upson, of Ohio
IS at the Ebbitt House, and Hen. George f.
Spencer, OF Alabama, is NJ WIZARDS.
SANrEL RUTH was to-day appoint3l Conec-
tor of Internal Revenve for the FL district of
Virginia, vice James p. Prince resigned.
TIE PRESIDENT was busily engaged in his
Office to-day, and received no visitors although
large number Of persons called, among who m
were several Senators and Representatives
Merrimac, fame yesterday entered upon his du-
ties as Superintendent OF the Naval Academy
at Annapolis.
The MExIcAN CLAIMS COMMISSION meets
here on Monday, December 9th. There are on
the docket 100 American claims and 1870 Mexican
claims.
GEN. JOHN G.. BRECKENRIDGE called at the
Executive Mansion this morning to nav his
respects to the President, but orders having
been given that no cards should be brought in
to-day, he was unable to obtain an interview.
COMMANDER X. RANDOLPH BREEsE has been
ordered to report to the Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance for duty, as a member of the perma-
nent Ordnance Board, soon to meet at the NAVY
Department.
ANTICIPATING THE EINTEREsT.-The Treasury
Department is anticipating the payment of in
terst on fiye-twenties due January LIST, and has
already paid Off about million dollars with re-
bate at the rate of seven per cent
The House SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE JUDI
CIARY has concluded taking testimony in the inn
peaehment of Judge Busted, of Alabama. and
are now reviewing the whole case preparatory
TO report.
HE REPORT Of the Commissioner of Indian
affairs for the present year will be very lengthy.
entering fully into the affairs OF the policy of the
Government as executed by the Commissioner
and the Quaker agents and superintendents
REVENUE DECISION. oy.-Commissioner Delano
has decided that bonds of indemnity to the Coy
ernment must be stamped the same as a bond
indennifying person for the payment of sum
OF money.
MAJOR ISAAC W. MACLAY, of the Ordnance
Corps, L. $. A, was married in New York on
Tuesday, to Miss Laura A. Hayemyer daughter
OF ex-Ma1or Havemyer, OF that city, Rev. DIR.
Longacre, OF the Methodist Church, performed
the ceremony, which was strictly private.
Hon. READER w. CLARKE, Third Auditor of
the Treasury, has rendered his resignation for
the purpose of accepting the appointment of
Supervisor for the Southern district of Ohio. To
ill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of General L. l.. Young.
j. CABELL BRECKINRIDGE, son of General
John c. Breckenridge, was married in this CITY
yesterday afternoon to Miss Sallie F. johnson.
daughter of Hon. Robert w. johnson, ex-Sen-
ator from Arkansas. The bride and groom left
the city Oh the O'Clock train on bridal tour.
The RECEIPTS FROM CUSTOMS at the ports
below named for the week ending November q
were as follows: Boston, 1922 905.36; Philadel-
phia, S129 .90O35; New York, 81 ,925OOO; Balti-
more, siGs go; New Orleans, O3th to Goth.
so 1882; San Francisco, (13th to 10Th s12l III
Total, S2,iii, 1926.
The ATTORNEY YGENERALsHIP.-It now seems
to be pretty definitely settled, among newspaper
men at least, that Attorney General Hoar is to
90 into the Supreme Court, and that he will
probably be succeeded i'm the Cabinet BY Judge
Edwards Pierrepont, now L. s. District Attor-
ney for the southern district of New. York
PROMOTIONS IN THE TREAsURY.-George l..
Cook has been promoted from second to third
class clerkship, and Vim. H. Plunkett aud j.
W. Green from first to secon.l-class in the
Treasurer's Office.
Sherman Platt has been promoted from sec
ond to third-class in the Third Auditors Office.
THE REVENUE TAX ON NAPorHECARIEs-J.
W. Douglass, Deputy Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, has decided that persons who keep
shops where medicines are compounded, or pre-
pared according to prescriptions of physicians,
should be required to pay tax as apOthecaries
Notwithstanding they may have paid as liquor
1ealers.
MARRIAGE OF Miss MATTHEws.-MissC Carrie
V. Matthews, the stepsister OF Vice President
COlfax, was married last night to Col. Hollister,
Collector of Internal Revenue at Salt Lake City.
The wedding took place at the residence OF Mr..
Colfax, and was performed by Rev. j. q. Butler,
of the st. Paul's Lutheran Church. The Presi-
dent and other intimate friends OF the family
only were present.
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A REMAEKARLE MAN.-Ilon. Thomas b.
Bryan, Of this city, awarded the certificate of
election as delegate from Du Page county to the
Illinois Constitutional Convention, has refused
to accept it, saying his opponent was fairly elect