Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-15
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
MINIsrIR wAsHBuRsE arrived ~ Paris
yesterday.
ADMIRAL GoLDsBoROUsH starts to-day to
make tour Of inspection of navy yards.
TIE MARINE BAND will give promenade
concert In the White House grounds this afier-
noon commencing at half-past five O'Clock.
PERsoNAL.-Senator Fenton, Of New York,
and Gems. McKibbn n and McIntosh, Of tne U.
S. Army, are at the Ebbt..
ENOCH HoAG, appoiItsd Superintendent o.
Indian Affairs tor the Central Superintendent.
cy, received his commission to-day.
THs COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS has ap.
pointed Doctor A. w. Dodge, Of b ltmore. ex-
mining Surgeon for that city.
HON. ]. NJ. EDMuNDs has received his com.
mission from the President as Postmaster of
this city.
slOLoNkL >. PARKER, commissioner OF
Indian Aft-;rs, left New York for this city
this morn Ing, and viii resume his duties on
Moncay next.
SECRETARY BoRIE will leave here this even
ing for Annapolis, Nd, with Vice Admiral
Porter, and spend tomorrow with the Admi.
raj at his residence at the Naval Academy.
MAIL ROUTE MESSENGER APPOINTED John
F. Ehus, OF Alexandria, Va, is appointed On
the line Washington ID. e., to Hamilton, Va,
vice H. X. Purcell, removed.
FREE DELIVERY SYsTRM.-Special Agent
Briggs OF the p. o. Department has left here
for cities in the South where it is intended to
introduce the free Letter crrrier system.
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, has said that he in.
tends 10 stamp on bonds purchased and re.
turned to the Department the statement that
they are the property Of the United States, held
as sinking fund under the law OF 1862.
WALTER SPANGLER, OF Missouri, was to-day
appointed temporary clerk in the Second As.
sistant Postmaster Generals office. Out of the
nine new clerks appointed In this office, eight
are ex.- oldie-s.
THE CENsUe.-The subcommittee OF the
speci1l committee OF the House appointed on
the census, consisting Of Mcssrs. Garfield,
Haldermau, Latin, Wilkerson and Cullom,
will meet here on the 25ih instant to prepare
bill providing ior taking the ninth census
HON. HENRY S. LANE, late United States
Senator from Indiana, has been appointed a
member Of the Indian commission of ten au.
thorized by an ., of the last Congress 10 look
after the interests Of the Indians, and to serve
wihootp,y.
INSTRUCTIONS have been sent to the military
commander in Georgia to institute a thorough
examination into the ecent killing of Mr. Ad.
kins, a member Of the Georgia Legislature, and
to find out. il possible, the perpetrators OF the
assassination, that justice may be meted out to
them.
STCRxT SERVICE DIVISION OF THE TRRAsU.
RY DEP RTMENr.-J. X. Redington, ESQ.,,
formerly clerk to Commissioner Delano, has
been appointed corresponding clerk in charge
of the S,cret Service Division of the Treasury
Department. J. W. Ferd Cunz, formerly OF
the Third Auditors Office, has been appointed
4th class clerk in the Secret Service Division
and placed in charge of ofaccounts and disburse.
ments Of the bureau.
THE GRAND ArMY OF tn. REPUBLIC has
pass:d resolutions disavowing any political
object pertsir'ng to the organ,z ton, and re.
fU,l
this city. General John A. Logan was elected
Commander. in Chief; Governor Fairchild, OF
Wisconsin, was cho-en Senior Vice Comman.
der; DIR. s. p. Wylie Mitchell was elected Sur.
e on General for the United States; Rev. A. H.
Quint was cho1en Chap lain in Chief.
MARRIAGE OF 81: .R OF THE PRESIDENT
Mr. X. Corbin, a New York millionaire, was
married, In Covingor, KY. on Thursday last,
as nf ha
President. The wedding was entirely private.
They will soon arrive in New York city, where
Mr. Corbiu 3ides, and it is expec ed they will
visit Weshine ION in the course of a Few VIC eks
Mr.. Corbin was formerly connected with the
st. Louis Democrat, but Of lac years has
realiz; d handsome for .une by succe ,sful
speculitions In New Yo.k city.
THE CURRENCY DIVISION OF tn. TREASURY
DKPAI I1MBNT.-Workmen Al now er gagged in
removing the heavy hydraulic presses from
the upper story of the Treasury Department
building, and they will be shipped to New
York. About seventy. SIX Of these presses were
in the building, though ffty only in working
order. A number of engravers have been dis.
missed from the Currency Division. and 1t is
thought thet the entire work Of engraving and
prinring OF the currency Will be removed to New
York in short Tune, as Secretary Boutwell,
mas already given q large portion OF the print.
ing that he's heretofore been done in Ibis divi.
sion OF the treasury to the INK note companies
OF New York. One OF these compahies has Just
received an order to print all the fractional
currency aud the backs Of the legal. tender
notes, leaving nothing to be done to these notes
at the printing division OF the Ire lsury bat
stamp, number, and seal them. In conse
quence Of so much work having ben taken
away irom the Treasury, the Superin.
tendent will be obliged to discharge a
large number Of bank note printers
Several Of the worknen already dismissed
have le.f here for New York, to seek employ.
ment G. b. McClrtes, Esq., Chief of the
Printing Division, Is also in New York, and i,
not expected to return for some time typo.
graphical ONCE will be kept in the Department
to do necessary printing.
THE NEW OoNsTIrUTIoN OF VIEGINIA-DIs.
CUesIoN In TIE CABINET MRHrIHG YHsrse.
DAY-THI ELECTION TO BD HELD JULY 6rH,-
We yesterday mentioned the fact Of q deleea-
ton Of Virginia Conservatives calling upon the
President to express their views on the adop.
tion Of the new constitution. Sub iequentiy
the subject was considered BY the Cabinet, ali
the members present, and discussed at length,
and the county organization clause introduced.
but after celebration 1t was determined not to