Evening star., 1869-07-14

Vol. XXXIV.
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RBvKNUE.-The receipts te.day
from this source were S67i,460.61.
VIM. WINTHROP, United States Consul at
Malta, is dead.
MR. .SIEADMAN. United States Consul at m
tisgo de Cuba, died there on the 6ta inst.
Two HUNDRED new money order post Offices
were opened on the 12th instant, making to-
tai of 500 Offices in The country.
FRANZ T. HATCH was yesterday appointed
StorskeepeI in the Custom House at New
Orleans.
T. L. PALMER, Special Inspector in the Gus
tom House at Eastport, Name, was yesterday
removed.
steamer w. w. Colt, of the Norfolk line. for
Norfolk papers of yesterday, in advance ofthe
mails.
PKRsoSAL.-Hon. sseph Segar, Of Virginia,
is at the Ebbitt. Hon. Charle. O'Neill and
Hon. Leonard Myers, of Pennsylvania, are
at Willards'.
A CIRCULAR from the Secretary Of State CIV ves
notice of the terms upon which will be held the
session of the Mexican Claims Commission,
and prescribes the duties OF Mr.. Commissioner
Ashton.
THE WHITR HoUsE-There was q large
numbe. Of visitors at the Executive NJ snsiou
see the President, who was engaged in ar.
ranging his business preparatory to leaving
here tomorrow.
ARRESTS FOR REVENUE FRAUDs.-The Act.
ing Commissioner to-day received telegram
from supervisor S'anwood, in Mississippi,
announcing that Collector Willis and Deputy
Collector Quill, with whiskey distIller, had
been arrested there.
APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL AsENrs.-Maior
j. B. Morris, of Penn, has been appointed
Special Agent Of the Treasury Department for
the Sd Customs District, with headquarters at
Philadelphia. DIR. A. p. HeIchhold has been
appointed Special Agent for the lath Customs
District, with headquarters al Sault St. Marie
JOHN WALTERS AND EDWARD NCMANUs
have been dropped from the rolls Of the Third
Auditors ONCE from the 3lst instant, and the
following appointed obert +. Lyons, Pat.
rick Donrelly, and George Ely Donnelly, at a
salary OF sslO each. Isaac Robertson has been
appointed a laborer, at $500.
MR.. AND Mrs. GRANT, the President father
and mother, arrived at the Executive Mansion
on Monday evening from Knoxville, Tenn.
The Presidents family are now all with him
The Presidents father and mother will prob.
ably accompany him TO Long Branch to.mor-
row.
MIR. ISAAC N. MORRIS, late Governmen,
Director OF the Union Pacific Railroad, whose
report caused so much comment, is out in a
long letter this morning., in reply to Hamilton
u. FAINT, in which he I'M. y reiterates his for.
mer statements concerning the road, and is
rather severe on Senator Conkling ana ex-
Senator Wade for their telegrams in praise OF
its construction and management.
NAVAL ORDRRs.-Lieut. Commander Thos.
H. Eastman has been ordered to duty under
Rear Admiral Thatcher a, Portsmouth, N. II
Paymaster r. =. Spalding has been ordered
to duty as Fleef Paymaster Of the Pacific coast
in place Of Paymaster E. q. Doran, detached
and ordered to settle his accounts.
Commander T. Scott FiIlebrown and the offii.
GERS OF the u. s. steamer Narragarsett, which
arrived at Portsmouth, N. H ON Monday last,
have been detached and placed ON waiting
orders.
APPOINTMENTS By THE PRESIDENT
President made the following appointments
to-day:
James F. Wilson, Of Iowa, Government Di.
rector Of the Union Pacific Railroad Company,
vice James Brooks.
James H. Foote, Of N. g., Pension Agent at
Raleigh, NC.
Harlan p. Hall, OF MINI, Pension Agent at
St. Paul, Mimi, vice Reuben b. Gal usha, sus.
pended.
George T. Terry, Of Nevada, Register Of the
Land Office at Austin, Nevada.
Isaac T. Gibson, Of Iowa, to be Agent for the
Usage and other Indians at Neosho Agency,
vice George q. Snow, suspended.
Joel II. Morris. OF Ind, Agent for the Potto-
watomie Indians in Kansas, vice L. K Palmer,
suspended.
James S. Upton, to be Postmaster at Battle
Creek, Michigan.
PosT OFFICE APPoIsrMENrs.-Postm
General Cresswell made the folio wing ap point.
ments to-day:
Route Agents-Dayid p. Freeman, Of Craw.
louisville, Ind, route agent between New
Albany and Lafayette, Ind, vice BENJAMIN
+. Welker, removed; w. Albert Bessey, OF
Poultney, VT, between Rutland, VT, and
Troy, N. Y, vice j. N. Putnam, resigned;
John I. Young, between Moberly and Kansas
City, Mo-, vice q. J. Gillett, removed. Hamlet
+. Roberts, Of East Hartford, Conn between
Providence, r. , and W Waterbury, Conn, vice
Orrin johnson, removed; Joseph Mitchell, of
Battle Ground, Ind, between Michigan City
aud Indianapolis, Ind, vice John Gulick, re-
moved; G. w. Lambert, Of Terre Haute, Ind.
between 81. Louis, No., and Terre Hauts, Ind.
vice w. w. Slbley, removed; David Marsh,
between i pdianapolis and Michigan City, Iud.,
vice Geo. w. Griffith, removed; VIM. L. Wells,
between Omaha, Nebraska, and Promontory
Point, Utah; J. U. Morrow, between Omaha,
Nebraska, and Promontory Point, Uran; John
b. Moore, between same points; and George
II. Boggs, between Omaha, Nebrasks. and Pro-
montory Point, Utah, each with pay Of sI,0OO
per annum.