Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-07-16


United States Consul az s.. Iago de Cuba.
julius X. VAN VECHrKs has been appoint
ed Examiner in the Appraisers Office AZ New
York, by Secretary Boutwell,.
TEE SECRETARY of The Treasury has author
lied the Natlonal Express Company 10 carry
dutiable merchandis between New ork and
Can ada as bonded agent OF the Government
SURGEON NEWTON II. ADAMS has been or
dered to duty in attending Officers OF tue Navy
and Marine Corps at WashiGgton MOI othec-
wise provided with medical and.
Observation-Disclosures General Speed is
at Willard's. Hon. Ulysses Nercur o: Pa,
Hon. John A. Hl2son o: Iowa. L. H. Chant l.
ler OF Va, and Gen. Ames, I. 5. Army, a,e
at the Ebbe,t.
THE REVENUE OFFICERS of Philadelpbis,
with the AID of tne mar.nes, have been king
another raid among tie illicit dsullers in the
Richmond dis.rict this time completely clelr-
ing them out.
CAPTURE OF WHIsKY-Informatio has
been received at the Internal Revenue Office
OF the capture OF a lot Of whisky by l.. L. Os-
ment, Assistant Assessor o. the Filth District
OF Tennessee.
GENERAL SHERMAN has directed the Com
mandlng Generals OF Military Department. on
the frontier to furnish such military protection
and escort as may be necessary to the members
OF the commission upon Indian Affairs in their
tour CT inspection Of the Indian tribes.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE left here this morn
ing for a visit to Rhode Island, and to attend
the Alumni celebration at Dartmouth College,
hare har aJ,,,
Ierger haheas corpus case did not, up to toe
time be let, receive any notification as 10 his
opinion on that case.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY has
received a number of letters aud telegrams
from prominent parties in New England
urging the appointment OF Mr.. l. n. Barbour
as Supervisor Tor Massachusetts, Rhode Island
and Connecticut in place Of General Osborne,
declined.
CUSTOM HOUSE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Boutwell, yesterday ordered the reinstatement
OF Thomas Crawford as Inspector in the Gus
tom House at Philadelphia. James Irwin has
been appointed Storekeeper i'm the Custom
House at Chicago.
ACTING QUARTRRMAsTEE GENHR,L-The
order of June 23d designating Brevet Brig.
Geo. James A. Ekin TO act as Quartermaster
General during the absence of Gen Meigs, has
been rev oked, and Brevet Brig. Gen J. q. Nc.
Ferran has been authorized to act as Quar- .er-
master General until further orders.
SINGING AT THE WHITE HoUss-a nun.
Der Of Germans from the Baltimore Srnger
fest were Al the Executive Mansion this morn.
ing, and after going through tue parIors and
East room they assembled in the Ia It named
apartment and sang farewell song, which
was received with great applause by number
Of persons who had congregated in the room
MORE SUGAR FRAUDs.-Informa:ion has
been received at the Treasury Department OF
the seizure of large Let CT sugar In 81. Louis
Mo-, by the Collector Of Customs there on the
charge Of having passed through the custom
house at New Orleans by fraud. The sugar
was received in ST. Louis as dom est,c article,
in Louisiana hogsheads; but experts who have
examined it pronounce it to be Cuba sugar. 1t
is held until the matter can he in vestieated
1HE NEW YORK Posi- UFFICE.-The work
upon the new Post Office in New York ci v
will be commenced at an early day. Mr.. Mul.
lett, Supervising Architect OF the Government
will open bids on the 3lst inst, for making the
excavation and removing the iron railing and
on the l4th OF August bids for furnishing
material for the foundation. Messrs. Stewart,
Greely, and Orton, the commission to effect a
charge OF the site as authorized by Congress at
the last session, having failed to accomplish
that object the building will be erected on the
original site-the lot in form of an equilatsral
triangle Of about 300 feet on each side at the
southern extremity Of the City Hall Park
Congress at the last session appropriated
$200,0D to commence the work on this building
and Mr.. Mullett feels confident that If the
necessary appropriations be made. the bu ID.
ing can be completed and ready foc occupancy
within two years.
ENFORCEMENT OF THE NRU TRALITY LAWS
The district attorney and the marshal OF New
York have severally been instructed at any all
hazards to enforce the neutrality laws and
break up expeditions against Cuba. For this
purpose they have each been empowered by
commission from the President, under the
grand seal, to call upon Gen. Mcdowell for
such troops as they may require, and the ed.
miral in command Of the navy yard for such
vessels and forces as they may deem neces-
sary to prevent the departure OF any hostile
expedition, and they are also directed to pur.
sue any such expedition, and capture it on the
high seas, If necessary. General Mcdowell
and the admiral have each received orders to
respond to any call that may De made upon
District Attorney Pierrepont in New York has
has taken measures with the naval officials
and the military in the forts to obey his in
structions.
INDIAN MAIL RoBBERs.-Geueral q. A.
Smith, Second Assistant Postmaster General,
has received advices from Mr.. NJ. Il. Dufield,
Special Mail Agent of the Post Office Depart.
menf, dated La MesiIla, New Mexico, July I'd.
in which he states that when he arrived there
he found the citizens much excited in regard to
the depredations committed by the Apache
Indians, who have just captured the two last
mails between that place and Tucson, Ari-
zons. being the third mail captured BY
them within eight days, killing two dri.
vers and wounding the third. They have
killed many men on this route within the
last year, and have taken many mails
From La MesilIa TO Tucson. distance Of 800
miles, there Is not one mile that Is safe to travel
on account Of the Apacnes, nor has 1t been safe
since the Organization Of Arizona Territory.
This section OF country, IL is stated, IL the
worst in the country for Indian depredations,
and the fewest number Of Indians commit the
most depredations. A subsequent dispatch
gives the nsmes of the drivers killed a. Estivan
and Reyes $ais, and states that the malls are
badly torn mp and scattered around. and the