Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-30
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
Fx.SECRB1AeY SEWARD calls from San
Francisco for Mexico to day.
E'>rl lNAL RBvRNUs.-The receipts from this
source to-day were SJo., - sGi .sr the fl zeal
year enCing tris dats si9GSl.52.
Us. MARSHAL LAPPoIyrEo-Th President
has appointed Joseph M Or Urited Sat-,
Marshal for Utah.
ADVOCACY Of the po tel telc ,faph sy5'sm is
gaming accessiens from ameus members of
COrglGss.
PAYMAsi r. ID. CIAcKs. L. 9 Army, has
been ransierrsd from ne De- IN -atof d..
ko,a to the DePlrtn en: of the Plate.
Two HUMID RED AND THIRTEEN THOUSAND
roLLARs in fractional currency were received
at the Treasury Department TO day fIom the
Bank Note Printing Companies In New Yolk
JNc. ID. BRANDT, ESQ, the efficient Chief
Clerk of the Ordnance Bareau, Navy Depart
ment, has returned here from his ususl visit %
Long Island, with bis health much improved. /.
MAJOR GENERAL TURNer, United States
Army, was ms,red at s.. Louis on Wednesday
10 Miss Blanche Soulard. Gen. Sheridan and
other officers of note were present.
PRESIDENT GRANT has 1ent a telegram to
Pon. John CoyodC ch"'l .r"n CT tIe Pm ~,
y5uia Sta r 1publiclu Commit p, NO e, No
him that it Will b, impossible for him TO attend
he egI.cultr1al FFir ct Auea'oWp.
THE EECTTr1s from internal revenue during
the first quarter OF the pre- ent fiscal year wers
tn riiliors (or 25 Ter cent.) gr lter than uu
ring the CC;rasT ending period OF 1867: attribu
table to an honest and efficient administration
e ne law
A DELEGATION OF ALABAMIANs, among
them Senator Spence, ara here urging the
President TO nominate Judge ID G. Humrhries
of that State, for Justice OF the Supreme Cours
NIL tee Nac9rcy cccasioned by the death OF
Justice S@ayne.
CHARGES AGAINST A u. ). MARSHAL-It
is reported that pIrties in high standing in the
Republican lrty in Illinois have forwarded
10 me President written charges OF ofici,I
misconduct ag,irst the United Stats Marshal
for the Southern District of Illinois
THE CoEMITTRR of Congress (of which M
Lynch, OF Me-, Is chairnau) TO inquire into the
causes Of the decay Of American shipping in.
terests was TO have met in New York on the
stu Of OC oter, but we learn that the tiue OF
meeting has been postponed until the lth O.
October.
THR TREASURY TIME TABLR.-It is reported
hat ~.
was noted at the Tro spry Department, will
be laid aside at the close Of this month, as II
was only introduced, it Is c9id, with a viawto
frd out 'bc-e who were hahltuslly Is :, and
q. ct 'rse hem.
COLORRD TROOPS FOR TEXAs.-Tbe SUPER
iutendent of mounted recruiting service at
Carlsle Barracks, Pa, has been directed II
forward without delay all disposable colored
r, -Iutts at that post to Galveston, Tex.. where
they will te assigned to the 9Th Uniicd States
cavalry.
The PRESIDENT has recognized Caspar
RitchIe as Vice Consul of the Swiss Conf de-.
alton for the States OF Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky, to reside at Cincinnati. Also, Peter
Stoub ss Consular Agent of the Swiss Con-
federation for the States of Tennessee, TO reside
at Knoxville.
LIQUOR DRALREs.-Commissione DeIano has
decided that where wholesale Druggists sell
liquor in quantities less than sne-h1lr pint
they must take out license as retail liquor
dealers, ard that where they sell alcohol in
packages OF over five gallons they must take
out a license as wholesale liquor dealers
RECEIPTS FrCy CUsToMs.-The rsceipts
rom customs at the ports below named from
September I'm to 25tn inclusive We re as fol-
lows:
New Yorr S2,,,7,53j &c; Eost3n, S291. .607 g.:
FhiladeIphra. -i4l,737 22; Baltimore, SI7036 81
New CEIarns, sep. 18th to 15th,) S65,39P s6
san Fr"c Sc 3. Is spt. Eth 10 18th Sis3 $500.
Io-ci, -JaI0, 80 ca.
DIsN ssRD THE SERvICE.-Breyet Captain
Wal;er :. Long, U. 5. A, having teen found
guilty before a military court martial at New
Orleans, of conduct u nj coming an officer and
violation OF The act OF March ID, 1S6}, has been
sentenced 70 be dism's ed the service OF the
United States. which sentence has been ap.
proved by the President and he has been dis.
missed accordingly.
The WHITE HOUsE.-A A large number OF
visitors we've at the Executive Mansion TO- day,
nearly all OF whom were admitted to see the
and Sen"tor Spencer, OF Alabama, hal inter.
views this forenoon. Secretaries Cox, Bout-
well, and Colonel Capron, COMMISSIONER of
Agriculture, were with the President this
afternoon.
HON. BENJAMIN :. CowRN, who represen,e
one of ihe Ohio district in Congress from 1871
TO lSi3, did at St. Clarsville, Ohio, on Mon
day eveurg last, from paralysis. After hie
retireme Mt from Congress, J Judge Cswen filled
with great credit and cceptance, msuy pcsi.
tIons Of honor and trust, and he was for many
years regarded rs among the highest legal
authorities In the State. He died iulI of years,
respected and beloved by all who knew him.
The DUTY ON STEsL.-The President and
Secretary Boutwell, were yesterday visited by
delegation representing the steel manutac
.urers Of the country, who stated that invoices
at foreign ports are generally very low, and as
appraisers at our ports generally accept the e
invoices, the Govern nent is thereby the loser
to a large amount annually, besides which the
manufacturers here are materially injured.