Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-16
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GENERAL ScHoFIELD Will leave the city to.
morrow morning for Mississippi, it is said,
INTERNAL RRvENUE--The receipts to-day
from this source were S224,297.S
ROBERT NJ. DOUGLAS. son Of the late Senator
has received from President Grant an appoint.
ment as his Assistant Private Secretary
GENERAL MEADE left Atlanta Ga, vest .rday
for Philadelphia to assume command Of the
Division Of the Atlantic.
GENERAL STEADMAN was among the passen :
gers from Havana who arrived at New Or
leans, n the steamer Juniata yesterday.
On DIT that General Sheridan has declined a
serenade rendered hIm by the Grand Army Of
the Republic.
SECRETARY BoRIK. who went To Philadel.
phia on Friday last, has returned to this city,
ard was at the Department to-day.
TIE HOUSE COMMITTEES of Ways and Means
met this morning, all the members present. but
no business was transacted the meeting beng
solely for the purpose of organization.
Ex.PRKsIDRNT JOHNSON will leave this citv
for Tennessee on Thursday, and after spend.
ing few days at his old home in Green Vile,
will 90 to Nash Vile.
AMONG the appointments talked Of as likely
to lie made is that Of General Dent, in place OF
~.
Francisco.
THH HOUSE adjourned early to-day. The
regular order was the call upon committees for
reports, but they had not been organized long
enough to have business prepared for report.
The Inte,hgencer gets the Bartletts mixed in
making Mr.. Bartlett, "forrerly Secretary o.,
the Reconstruction COMMITTEE" the Private
Secretary to Mr.. Boutwell,. 1t is not that Bart.
lett, but another good looking Bartlett.
IT HAS BEEN stated that the House Of Repre.
sentatives takes part with the Senate in the
election Of Superintendent of Public Printing
This is an error. The Superintendent is held
to be an oficer Of the Senate.
THE RIsIGNArIoN of Brieadier Genera, John
A. Rawlins as chief Of staff of the General of
the Army has been accepted, to take effect on
the 18th inst. General Rawlins' resignation
was necs ssitated by his acceptance of the 20.
sition of Secretary of War.
JAMES O'BsIRNK, Esq. Register Of Wills for
this District, yesterday sent in his resignation.
He will be succeeded by Col. Amos Webster
late OF Gen. Grants staff. Col. Webster has
every qualification to enable him TO nh the
aCceptably.
THE JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the rec.
ognition of the Independence Of Cuba which
was introduced in the Senate by Mr.. Sherman
to-day, is the same as that which was intro.
duced in the last Congress-.
THs FRIENDS Of Mr.. Hartley. Assistant Sec.
retary of the Treasury, will learn with regret
that be to day received intelligence Of the
death, at Valencia, Spain, on the 2lst ult, OF
daughter, Martha f. Colt, wife OF the United
States Consul at that port
THR PRESIDENT, in conversation with q
prominent Senator few days since, declared
that IL was his intention not to send in any
nominations of importance until definite ac.
.icn was taken by Congress upon the tenure.
of-ofiice bill.
a NUMBER OF New Hampshire Republicans
have arrived here, and more are coming to look
after the appointments from that State Among
those already here are ex-Gov. Hartman, ex.
Senator Geo. G. Fogg and ex-Representati We
Mason w. Tappan.
THR RESIGNATION Of General N. l.. Jeffries,
Register OF the Treasury, and OF Hon John
Wilson, Third Auditor, have been accepted by
Secretary Boutwell, Mr.. Wilson will remain
IN office until the qualification OF his successor
but General Jefries will retire Immediately.
TosTKR's NOSE is ont of iernt-perhaps we
should say her toe Irma beats her all to bits
IN the sauoiness, piquancy and flavor with
which she Kicks out her right foot into va
cancy. And she accompanies the gesture with
comieal, coltish little squeal, quite irresist-
able. Tostee must look to her laurels.
The CRETAN ENVOY TO WASHINGTON
Constantine Voloudaki, is slowly vending his
way here, being made much OF In European
fashionable circles. The London and Paris
pictorials give portraits of him strikingly
handsome. We may warn our bellies, however,
that his age is somewhat against him+5.
BRErKT MAJOR GENERAL j. l.. DONALDSON
has been retired from the military service, by
direction OF the President, because of oh ysical
disability. The President directs that his name
be placed on the list of retired officers Of that
class in which the disability results from long
and faithful service, or from some injury incl.
dent thereto.
NEW and rather formidable competitor with
the many candidates for the Swiss Mission As
appeared to-day In the person OF William s.
Lane. Esq. of Philadelphia, who comes with
such recommendations as will, 1t is thought,
have great weight with the appointing pow -
He is backed strongly by the commercial aud
financial interests of Pennsylvania.
THB RRsIGNATIoNs OF the following Mid.
shipmen have been received at the NAVY De.
partment, and accepted by the Secretary: W.
q. Scott, Chas. H. Brake, ID. Whipple, p. Ar
mold, ID. S. Little, Edward Lloyd, " alter Fra.
ser, +. L. Greene, w. 5. Dong. ID. L. Worsley,
w. L. Baldwin, ]. H. Burns, @. ID. McCarty,
A. B. Brown, Francis Winsiow, Z. T. Bah.
cock, T. y. Carnahan, and @. A. Sanderson.
Hon. HAMILTON FISH reached Washington
this morning. He did not make his appearan ca
at the State Department. but this forenoon he
received number Of visitors at his apartments
In the Ebbiu House. At ten o'clock he visited
h. n ita NH