Evening star., 1869-08-14
WASHINGTON D. C.. SATURDAY. AUGUST H. 1861

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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REVENUE receipts to-day
from this source were s3o5.L56.
HENRY ID. Cook, ESQ, has gone to Fire
Island with his family.
Acr,SG SECRETARY RICHARDSON has con.
firmed the nomination OF Julius A. Morrell TO
be clerk in the New York Custom House.
PROPOSALS for erection Of Naval Hospital
at Annapolis, will be opened at the Navy
Department at noon on the 31st instant
ALEXANDER FULTON, ESQ. late Supervisor
cf Internal Revenue for Maryland and the
District OF Columbia, was recommlssioned this
morning without reference to territory.
CoMMeDoRR JARVIS, U. s. NJ, died at Gene
va, Mo-, Thursday, aged "a He entered the
Navy in 1912. and has been on the retired list
for many years.
HON. THOMAS L. TuLLoCK recently appoint
ed collector of this District, returned to Wash.
ington yesterday afternoon, and will enter
upon the discharge of the duties of his office
next week.
POSTMASTER GENERAL CRRswRIL left here
Yesterday for his home at Elkton, and will not
return for ten days. He still carries his arm
in sling, but is rapidly recovering from his
recent injury.
THR LARGE DIsrILLERY Of Mountioy, in
Philadelphia, has been seized by the super
visor there for a violation Of the internal rev.
enue laws, and the night storekeeper and
gauger arrested. The day storekeeper alb.
seconded when the seizure was made.
SEIzBD FOR VIOLATION OF THE CUSTOMS
LAws.-Information has been received at the
Treasury Department Of the seizure of the
Brig "Mann White" by Special Agent Biug.
ham, at Boston, for violation OF the customs
revenue laws.
A POSTAL CONVENTION establishing a re.
ciprocal exchange of correspondence between
the United States and British Honduras has
been concluded with Great Britain, and will
be carried into operation on the Ist of October,
1850.
QUICK TRIP TO THE PACIFIC.-Mal. Gen
French, recently assigned 10 duty on the
Pacific coast, who left here with his family on
the 5th instant arrived in San Francisco on
the evening of the 18th, stopping one day at
Omaha, not missing a connection or meeting
with an accident.
TEE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON RE-
TRENCHMENT, together with Senators Morrill,
and Cattell, of the Finance Committee, and ID
Sans TO laT,
last night on the Woodruff silver palace car tor
San Francisco, via New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Central and Fort Wayne railroads Several
ladies accompanied the party.
REDUCING THEIR PAY-Acting Secretary
Richardson, upon the recommendation of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, this morn
ing issued an order reducing the pay of assist
ant assessors in North Carolina and Tennessee
from $3.50 to IS per day; those in the Gulf
States from $3.50 to SO per day, and those in
the Territories on the Pacific slope from as to
81 per day.
SHIP CANAL ACROSS THE IsTHMUs OF DA-
RIEN.-Rear Admiral Charles IL. Davis, re.
Gently returned to the United States in the
steamer Guerrero, from the command of the
South Atlantic feet, has been ordered to make
arrangements for a survey of the Isthmus of
Darien, with a view of obtaining information
as TO the feasibility. cost, &C., Of constructing
canal across the Isthmus
POSTAL APPoINTMKNTs-The Postmaster
General has appointed George w. Soper postal
clerk on the cars between Boston, Mass. and
St. Albans, VT, vice s. E. Bailey removed.
also, Robert Sheads mail route messenger be.
tween Hanover Junction and Gettysburg, Pa
John w. Allen postal clerk on the cars be.
tween Boston and Orleans, Mass, vice Marcus
NJ. Nye resigned; and S. NJ. Hartley postal
clerk on the cars between Chicago, Ill, and
Davenport, iowa, vice X. Anderson removed
ENFORCING THE RuLRs.-Acting Secretary
Richardson yesterday issued circular calling
special attention to the second paragraph of
the rules OF the Department, issued June 1.
1869. An accurate daily account must be kept
of the time each clerk and employee is absent
from his or her work, either by coming late or
by leaving during or before the close OF busi.
ness hours. A report Of the time lost will be
made to the Secretary ON the last day Of each
month, and hereafter a proportional part of
the pay will be deducted for every such ab-
sence, unless caused by unavoidable necessity,
evidence of which must be furnished.
THR NEW ORLEANS SUGAR FRAUDs-Mr.
kinsella, Special Agent OF the Treasury, has
returned here from New Orleans, where he in
vesugated the recent sugar frauds. The per-
son implicated in the said frauds set up as a
defence that they imported the sugars in good
faith, that they were weighed and appraised
by officers Of the Government, that they were
voluntarily left IN the custody of the Govern.
ment, and NO attempt ever made to remove
tn EN- that Terror or fraud has been committed
by the Government officers, these facts pre.
clude the liability Of sugars or owners, and
that, if other lots OF sugars have been fraudu.
lently put upon the market, that fact does not
justify the seizure Of sugars which have nsve
been taken from bend.
PRRsID1Nr GRANT. accompanied by his
family. made q pleasure trip over the Erie
yesterday. He reached Susq uehanna
from New York at $40 p. m, and after inspec.
ung the extensive shops Of the railway at that
place left in q special train for Horrells vile.
At Binghamptsn. Oswego and waverly large
crowds thropged TO greet him. He arrived in
Elmira at = O'Clock last evening, accompanied
BY q delegation Of leading citizens. A large
eoncourse Of people were at the depot to
welcome him, and on being introduced TO the