Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-18

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terday.
HON WIN. WINDOW, Representative from
Minnesota, will, 1t is thought, bs elected United
| States Senator from that State.
PERsoNAL.-Hon. q. A. wasnburn, of Cali.
| fornIa, Is AT the Ebbitt House. Hon. T. e.
Stewart, Of New York, is at Wizards.
CAPTAIN FABIus STANLEY has been de.
| tached from the Naval Rendezvous at Balt,.
more, Nd, and placed on waiting orders.
PROF. AsAPH HALL, OF the Naval Obserya.
observations Of the total eclipse on the 7th of
August last, returned here this morning.
Mr.. f. d. QUICK has received the appoint
ment OF Postmaster at Brownsville, Cameron
county, Texas, in place Of Edward e. Downey,
suspended under act approved April $, 1859.
AT 1T AeA1s.-George Alfred Townsend has
just trotted out as new an old "pome" contrib.
uted originally by him to the New York Inie.
pendent-"Ten PAGES From MY Gate,"&c.
PURCHASE OF FIvs.TwRNrY BoNDs.-Frou
May 1st to september Both secretary Boutwell,
purchased sl859o,n5O IN registered 500 bonds,
s3i i1O0.950 Of coupon bonds, making a total of
S52,69l,OOO purchased in five months.
THE MARINE RErIKIne BoARD, recently in
session at the Navy Department, have, it is
stated, recommended the retirement of Major
Cohen, the junior major OF the corps and Lieu.
tenant Miller.
THE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS have been
made in the Sixth Auditors office. Treasury
Department:-Charles p. McCalla, w. H.
Goddard, John H. Clendenning to third.class;
Charles Lenz, Geo. u. Curtis, Arthur Glenn.
ents and william Rafsr, to second. class.
ALEXANDRA H. STEPHENS, writing to DR.
Culver, OF this city, under date of the 18th,
says, in speaking Of the Georgia State Fair:
ut will be utterly cut of my power to be at
house since February last but a few times, and
then / was helped out and IN. 1 have very
little hope OF ever leaving home again"
OVER fifty thousand dollars per day of the
Few two dollor notes is now being received at
the Treasury Department from the Bank Note
Printing Companies in New York. The work
upon the first instalment has been completed,
and they will be issued by Treasurer Spinner
tomorrow.
APPOINTMENTS OF INTERNAL REVENUE
COLLECreRs.-The President has appointed
DR.. Noah 3. Moore collector Seventh Ksn.
lucky District, and Fielding Hurst collecsSr
Sixth Tennessee District, vice McGee, who has
not been heard from for many weeks, and is
supposed to have absconded, as mentioned in
THE STAR few days since.
THE NRw ONE AND TEN DOLLAR NorRs
The first lot Of the backs Of the new issue of
one and ten dollar legal.tender notes are ex
pected at the Treasury Department Tomorrow
no Qra nf nnta will ho
menced Immediately, and it is expected the
FIRST instalment will be ready for issue in about
en- days.
THE RESIGNATION OF JUDGE RICHARDSON.
Secretary Boutwell, has taken no action yet
upon the resignation Of Assistant Secretary
Richardson, who desires to retire from the
ofhce as soon as possible. Mr.. Boutwell, is
however, very anxious that Judge Richardson
|. shall remain until the first Of January, and it
is said that the Judge will do so in Difference
to the wishes OF the Secretary.
A DELEGATION from Western Maryland,
composed Of Messrs. Daniel Weisel, George
French, H. Webb, W. H. Lowdersmith, John
L. Graham, q. w. Black and H. Clay Naill.
mad an interview with the President this after.
noon, and urged the appointment Of Hon.
George A. Pearre, of Cumberland, a. United
Of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina,
under the recent act of Congress authorizing
the appointment Of nine Circuit Judges.
DISMISSED PROM THE ARMY.-Captain F.
w. Bailey, 33d United States infantry, grad.
uate of West Point from Ohio, has just been
tried by court.martial and dismissed the SER
vice. on the charge Of refusing to pay board
bills and tailor bills in San Antonio, Texas, and
the President has confirmed the sentence
Lieut.. J. H. Shellabarger, 9TH United States
cavalry, of Ohio, has been dismissed the army
for alleged improper conduct as an officer.
Capt. Louis E. Granger, 25th United States In
fantry, OF Massachusetts,, has been dismissed
the service and sentenced to imprisonment at
the Dry Tortugas for conduct unbecoming an
officer and gentleman, and for the misappro.
priation Of public money.
GRN. THOMAS REPORTS ON ALAsKA.-Gen,
Geo II. Thomas having made thorough inspec.
tion Of Alaska, and studied its condition and
resources during the past summer, has just
forwarded his report TO the War Department.
He thinks sending revenue and other civil Of.
fcers there q useless expense, and that the
military posts should be reduced. The ex.
penses Of keeping mp the civil service will
very far exceed the revenue collected. There
- NO PROBABILITY OF any 0mlSt3plon IN tuat ol.
rection, a there IL not the slightest inducement
for any. No mines Of valuable minerals have
been discovered which II would pay to work
There is plenty Of timber and coal. but plenty
OF as good quality, and easier Of access, can be
had thousand miles south Of the Territory.
As an agricultural region it has no value what.
ever. Grain cannot be raised, and the few vsr.
etables that can be produced rot ii not used
within . few weeks. AZ 70 the reported irresu.
iarites Of troops there, and the alleged neglect
Of General Jen. O. Davis, the General dnds
that the accounts which have been circulated
are gross exaggerations.
IMPORTANT TO rHs TOBACCO TRADB-Oom.
missioner Delano decides that the mixing of
fine cut shorts with other kinds Of tobacco.
whether chewing or smoking, renders the 10.
oacco 90 mixed liable 70 TAX Of y cents per
pound; that "rofuse scraps or sweepiuee."
whether resulting from the manufacture Of
cheWing tobacco or the monuf4cture o. cfgars.
to Be entitled 70 the tax Of le cents per pound.
must Be put mp and sold SubstAnhally in the
ordinary condition in which are made. II they
are remanufactured, the tobacco made there.
from 10 Liable 10 tax Of % cents per pound;
tnat tobacco prepared By proceseec generally
employed in the manufocture OF cneWinG %.
oacco, uung sweetening. lioorice. or sweetened
material, 10 liable 70 the tai Of 30 cents per
pound, though claimed TO b sWeetened smoking