Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-17
WASHINGTON. D. c.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER H. 1869.
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvlNUK.-The receipts to-day
from this source were s5Oi, ,763.45.
SUPERVISOR PERRY, Of North and South
Carolina, Is in town.
JOHN MoRRIssBY, NJ. O., is about to erect a
magnificent residence in Trey.
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, did not return here
this morning as was expected, but will prooa-
bly, reach here in the evening train.
BRKvBr LIEUT.. COL. T. H. REEVES, Capt
U. s. A., (retired) has bsen relieved from duty
in the FIeedmens Bureau.
RichiDgs' English Opera troupe, was formerly
clerk in the bureau OF Constructor, Equip
ments and Repair at the Navy Department.
MR. MCCARTRR, Superintendent Of Currency
Printing, is quite SICK in New York city,
where he met Secretary Boutwell, in compli-
ance with a telegram.
An ORDER has been issued in the War De-
partment building making messe ,gers respon-
sible for The value OF all articles pilfered from
the rooms after Office hours. In some cases a
messeps ger hes thr or four 70 pms 10 care for
PERsoNAL.-Hon. VIM D. Kelley, of Penn
sylvania, is at WIZARDS. ...-Col p. p Pitkir,
of Vermont, long connected with the q uarter
master Department of the Army Of the Potoma
during the war, is at the Ebbitt.
BRHvRr LIEUT.. Col. A. q. WIIDRICH, CaD.
tam Sd Artillery, has bean ordered to repor. to
MAJOR General Mead, commanding military
division OF the Atlantic, for duty as Aid-de-
Camp.
FIRST LIEUT.. w. /. HENDERSON, LIST United
States Cavalry, has been retired from the m Ill
tary service with one years pay and alIo wan
ces, snd it Is ordered that hereafter his na me
be omitted from the army register.
ONE HUNDRED and fffty-two thousand
nine hundred and ffty-iwo dollars in frac-
tional currency was received at the Treasury
Department to. day from the bank note print.
ing companies in New York.
MR.. H. c. P. WILSON, of Baltimore. clerk
in the Secretary's Office, Treasury Depart rent
lection to the questions propounded to the
clerks by the recent circular Of Acting Secre-
tary Richardson.
THE COUNSEL AGAINST GKnEeAL DYER re-
quest President Grant to hear su argument by
them, whereby they will endeavor to show
that his approval should be withdrawn from
the finding of the court. martial of which Gen.
eral Thomas was president.
THE RAwLINs FUND.-Postmaster General
Creswell was yesterday the recipient Of $500,
intended for the fund for the relief Of Mrs,
Rawlins. The donor, although giving his
name TO the Postmaster General, did SO in con-
Hdence, and with the request 1t b. ken.
from the public.
ORDERED WEsT.-By direction Of the Secre-
tary of War, Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas NJ.
Vincent. Assistant Adjutaut General, will
proceed to Cincinnati, Ohio, Sprip gfeld, ILL.,,
and Chicago, Ill, under Instructions from the
Aclutant General, end return to this city upon
the completion Of his duty there.
SPECIAL AGENT BRIGGS, Of the Post Office
Department, has been dispatched by the Post
master General to San Francisco, to make the
necessary arrangements for the introduction OF
the letter carrier system in that city. When
this is completed Sacramento and other Pacific
cities will probably receive his ate ntion.
PATENTS RRPUsRD.-In the matter of the
interference between the applications Of Mi
chsel Collins, Bodo England, Edward Jones,
and Sylvanus Walker, for letters patent, and
OF Hypolite Nonier for a reissue of letters
patent for improvement in lamp ohimneys, the
Commissioner of Patents has refused the
peiions In each case.
THE HARVARD CREW are being made much
of il New York, where they arrived by the
City of Antwerp. MIR. Blaikie of the Harvard
men, books himself at the Astor House as of
washington, ID. c. He has been appointed
Pardon Clerk in Attorney General Hoar's
Department, to succeed Mr.. Hoar's son, who
has gone to Cambridge to study law. Mr..
Blaikie's future residence will therefore be in
Washington:
tor the naval court-martial to assemble in
Boston for the trial of Lieutenant Commander
II. b. Seely, Of the steamer PIwnee, for ILL.,
treatment of seamen, follows: Rear Ad-
miral II. X. Thatcher, president Captains Z.
G. Parrott, K. N. Stembel, and Foxhall A. Par
kerr Commander W. f. Spicer: Lieutenant
Commanders q. ii. Perkins and Albert Kautz
The Judge Advocates are Commander w. )
Temple and John w. Bell, Esq.
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