Evening star., 1869-06-12
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvsNUB.-The receipts to-day
from this source were s6i7 ,5Il.
MAYOR BOWEN has accepted an invitation to
attend the great Peace Festival at Boston, and
VIII leave for that city tomorrow evening.
GEN. A. +. HovEY, L. ). Minister TO Peru.
arrived in New York on Wednesday last, on
aleave of absence.
TIE BUST OF SENATOR SUMNER, is to be
placed IN Doric Hall, at the Massachusetts
State House.
PRESIDENT GRANT is expected in Boston
on Wednesday morning and will attend the
jubilee and review the military He will be the
guest of Mr. Boutwell,.
CAPTAIN JOHN FRRY has been appointed
special agent of the Post Office Department for
the district embracing the States of Virginia
and Nsrth Carolina.
PRESENT FOR ADMIRAL PoRTRR.-The An
napolis Gazette says the citizens of Annapolis
propose to present Admiral Porter with fine
span Of horses.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR has directed that
the warrant of Henry Williams, superinten-
dent OF the National Cemetery at Anderson
vile, Ga, be revoked on account OF improper
conduct.
GEN. .. A. MACK, A. A. q who succeeds
Gen. l.. II. Pelouze at the War Departments
has arrived here and will enter upon the dis.
charge of his duties on Monday.
THE IR N-CLAD TURRRTTBD SHIP DICTATOR
which has been under repair at the Philadel-
phia Navy Yard tor some months, will be ready
for sea IN about ten days, and the iron.cIad
Canonicus in three weeks.
SECRETARY Cox expects to leave here in the
early part OF next week for a bret visit to his
home in Ohio. This will leave but three men,
bers OF the Cabinet in town: Messrs. Fish,
Cress well ana Hoar.
BRRvET MAJOR GENERAL S. s. CARROLL,
Lieutenant Colonel, having been found incapa.
citated for active service on account of wounds
received in battle, the President has directed
that his name be placed upon the retired list
with the full rank OF Major General.
SPECIAL ORDER No. I39, Just issued from the
War Department, directs that Brevet Major
General William H. Emory, Colonel 5th cav
airy, having declined the appointment Of Gov.
ernor OF the Soldiers Home, the order assign.
ing HIM to duty there be revoked.
THE CENSUS COMMITTEE have finished the
examination OF DIR. Jervis on the subject Of
vital statistics. They will next hear Dr.
Snow, who took the last census Of Rhode Is.
land, and will then begin to put their material
into shape.
A REDUCTION in the clerical force Of the PEN
sion Office will be made about the 3Oth instant
and twenty-eight or thirty clerks discharged.
most OF whom are on the temporary list. Sew
eral inefficient ones on the permanent roll will
be dismissed and their places supplied by COM
petent ones on the temporary roll.
CONTRACT POR ENyRLoPEs.-The Contract
for supplying the Post Office Department with
about 2O,0O0,NO envelopes for two years, CON-
mencing on the 1st OF July next, was this morn
ing awarded by Postmaster General Cresswell,
5,OOO,O0 to George H. Ray, Of New York, and
the balance 10 Messrs. Dempsey Il O'Toole, OF
this city.
A BOARD OF NAVAL SURGEONS will meet at
the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, on the 2Oth
instant, for the physical examination Of candi.
dates for admission to the Naval Academy
Surgeon Ninian Pinkney has been ordered to
duty as President Of the Board, with Surgeons
John S. MessersmIth and Edward Shippen as
members thereof.
THR STATEMENT IN THE STAR Of the 9th in.
slant that 200 males and 200 females would soon
be employed In the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing has led many to suppose that new ap-
pOintments would be made. This is not so, as
a careful reading Of the item in question would
have shown. Only portion OF the old hands
who have been furloughed will resu me work.
No new appointments will be made.
COMMISSIONER DELANo has Just issued the
following circular:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office Internal REQ.
enne, Washington, June IL, 1s69.-No property
seized by any Internal Revenue officer will be
released by order from the Commissioner until
theoficer who made the seizure and the Asses.
sor and Collector of the district have reported
the facts in the case, with their recommends.
ton, or had ample opportunity TO make such
report and recommendation.
&. DRLANO, Commissioner.
GEN. MCMAHON AND HIS MIssIoN.-A let.
ter received here yesterday, from prominent
veys the intelligence that General Mcmahon,
our Minister TO Paraguay, was about forty
miles from Asuncion, with General Lopez
The allied Brazilian and Argentine forces.
numbering between forty and fifty thousand
men, refused to allow any Of our officers
through their lines to communicate with Gen.
Mcmahon. The weather was extremely warm,
but as soon as II moderated an attack would be
made upon Lopez's forces, which were esti.
mated from five to ten thousand.
CLERKS TO BR DIsCHARGBD.-An order has
Just been issued by the Secretary OF War di.
rectiDg that all enlisted men Of the general SER
vice detailed for duty as clerks, and all other
clerks in the War Department and various bu.
reaus thereof not authorized by law. be dis
charged on the 18th instant, with leave o. ab-
sence for one month, 80 that their discharges
will take effect on the 18th Of July. BY this
order between three and four hundred enlisted
men, detailed for duty as clerks In various bu-
reaus Of the Department, and who receive
compensation Of nearly one hundred dollars
per month, will be dismissed.
THB PPBsIDBNr AT WEST PoINT.-President
Grant and family arrived at West Point Thurs
day evening, on the steamer Mary POWELL and
were received at the landing by Gen. Pitcher
and StaR xpho Aroyo xvish than To Roo,s untal