Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-19
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
PAYNAsTKR FRANZ CLARKE has been or.
dered 70 The receiving ship Fortune, - be sta.
toned at Baltimore.
JOHN HAY-s.handsome John''-Private s,
retary OF President Lincoln, has taken edit oria
charge Of the Sprin yfeld tlliD Journal.
HON. WV. A. HOWARD appointed miriste
10 China. has not, we understand, fully de-
cided to accept the mission. He is holding the
matter under consideration.
THE FIRST ASSISTANT PosTNAsrER GEN.
BEAL has issued an order that no clerk shall,
give information 20 the members of the press,
II by so doing il intsrferes with his duties.
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE of the
House OF Repre- earltiv:s go 70 Philsdelphia
90 MouGay next from New York They 2 re 70
spend week i A Philadelpaia aud then go TO
San Francisco, re;urni1g in Argus.
THE OFFICERS and mid hIpmea of the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, give a grand ball as a
farewell compliment TO Admiral Po-tsr, on the
night OF June Ith, Ft which Pres deaf Gran.
is expected - be present.
BRRvET MAJOR GEN. RUFUs INGALLS,, As
sis ant q QuarGerma-tsr General, has been re-
tanned ss me- nber Of the Retiring Board, Id
session in New York c:-y, in place of General
Reeve, relieved from duty on thai bolrd.
THE ORDER de,a,li-p First J.ien,snant Iohn
X. Rothwell to duty Indian Agent has been
revoked, and he has been ordered to report to
Major General Schofield, commanding the De.
partment Of Missouri.
+ B. JUDsoE, Of Syracuse, N. Y, has been
selected as q member OF the Bolrd of Visitors
at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, to rttend
the annual examination, which commences TO-.
morrow.
REAR ADMIRAL J. B. monte oMERY has
been detached from the command Of the naval
station at Sackett's Harbor, N Y , and placed
on waiting orders; and Commodore j. p.
McKinstry hes been orde, red to that place to
fill the vacancy.
APPoINTMRNTs BY THE PREerpRSr.-Tbe
following appointments have been made by the
President: Charles Clinton, to be Treasurer of
the Branch Mint and Assistant Treasurer of
the United States, at New Orleans, La. and F
A. Starring, to te agent of the United States to
examine the accounts OF consular officers.
FOR PRoMoTIoN.-Mr. J. Huntington has
been de"jypeted ior promotion TO a third .class
clerkship in the Third Auditors Once, TO fll
the vacancy created by the resignation OF ].
w. F. Cupz, ard George N. Middlebrook has
been promo',d to a second-class clerkship in
the same ofice.
BLONDE ROCK, upon which the English
steamer st. George YVES recently lost, is not on
he CO st Of Maine, as stated in the newspapers
but lies south halt east three and a. halt miles
from the Seal Islands OF the coest of Nova SEQ.
tia. The Seal Island lighthouse (English) Ia
three and-a-half miles from Blonde Rock.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY is con.
st1nt'y ~ the receipt of letters rom parties
asking for the rei~sue Of United States bonds
that have beea lo-t or des royed. The S1cre.
tary his no authority to i-5ue bonds that have
be n destroyed, end in all cases the parties
have their redress by only appea allng to Con.
grcs-.
THE WHITE HoUss.-Among the visitors At
the Executive Man-ion to-day were Senator,
Cole, Fenton, Thayer, Buckingham; Hon. w.
II
Banks. representatives. Churchill, Williams,
Townsend; Hon. Henry T. Blow, Minister %
BiJzil' and Others.
GEN. TKRRILL, the new Third Assistant
Postmaster General, will enter upon the q,
charge Of his duties on Monday next and il is
thought large number Of removals and an.
pointments will be made in his Office during
tue ensuing week as it is the desire Of the Post.
E0u
made in the department by the first Of June.
THE TBHURR-oF.OsFrcR Law Secretary
Fish yesterday Submitted 70 Attorney General
Hoar for decision the question Of the extent of
power Of the President, under the present ten.
ure.of-ofhce law, to make appointments dur.
ing the recess OF the Senate in cases where
Consuls have resigned since the adjournment
OF the Senate. This law is regarded AZ ambig.
uous on this point.
HON. COLUMBUS DELANo, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, having returned here yes-
terday from his visit to his home in Ohio, was
at his office to-day, and kept busy most of the
time in receiving Senators and Representa-.
hves having business with his Department.
Nothing OF importance took place ia that
bureau to-day, though a number Of appoint.
HeAec ouo TeluOVols Will De mace curing the
present week, some OF which it il expected will
be announced tomorrow.
PATkNT CASE DKCTDKD.-Hon. S S. Fisher,
Comm ssioner Of Patents, hrs Just decided an
important interference clse for letters patent
for self.cancelling stamp, the D lrties peing 8.
NJ Clark, late Chief OF the Printing Bareau at
the Treasury Depsr. neut, and A. q. Fletcher,
of New York city, both parties claiming pri.
ority in their inventions which are similar.
The Commissioner OF Patents, after examining
ell the evidence adduced, decides in favor of
Mr.. Clark, and letters patent will be granted to
him.
PACIFIC RAILROAD.-Tbe Pr sideut OF the
Union Pacific Railroad Company having fled
in the Department Of the Interior an AFFIDAVIT
showing the completion and equipment, ss re.
quired by law, OF the last Sc miles OF their rail.
road and telegraph line, which commences at
the LOCO mile post ON that Company's road
west OF Omaha and terminates at the l,c96 mile
post. the Secretary Of the Interior has In .ruct.