Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-03
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts to-day
from this source were s550.ii7.
GOVERNOR SCOTT, Of South Carolina. has
rooms at Willard's.
PgRsoNAL.-Moses IL. Grinnell and X. NJ.
Biatchford, OF New York, and j. G. Chapman.
OF Baltimore, are at Wlllard's.
Hon. E. B. wAsHBURNR, our Minister to
France, siiled on Saturday. from New York,
in the steamship Pereire, for Havre.
GENERAL LEE dined yesterday with a
female relative in Georgeto wn, Mrs. Podcs stid.
the wife OF the Secretary of the Spanish Lega-
lion.
HON. FERNANDO WooD failed for Elrope
with his family on Saturday. He expects TO
remaIn abroad until the next meeting OF Con-
grsss, and Will spend the sdmmer in the ex-
treme north OF Europe.
TIE PRESIDENT has signed the commits sion
souri,, as Minister 20 Brazil, IN place of james
Watson Webb, who resig gned and is now on his
way home.
COMMISSIONER DELAso is formally notified
that appeal rom his decision sustaining MIR.
Wepstsr's construction of the law in regard to
the tsx on bankers and brokers will be made to
the courts at once.
Mrs. PRESIDENT GRANT. General Dent, Mrs.
Judge Dent, Marshal Sharpe and lady, and
Mrs. Wallen, guest of Mrs. Grant, thisfore.
noon visited the Marine barracks at the Navy
Yard to witness the dress parade there.
JUDGE BRKcKINRIDGE. Collector OF Customs
at st. Louis, NO., YVES yesterday informed that
his resignation would be accepted. 1t is un
derstccd to be the Presidents intention to give
this place to Q representative of the German
Republican element of that city.
CENTRAL BRANCH PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-A
the conclusion of the argument in the case of
the Central (Atchfson) Branch Pacific Railroad
on Saturday, noticed in the STAR OF tha. date
Secretary Cox informed the counsel that he
should refer the matter to the Cabinet for
decision.
THE DYER COURT OF INQUIRY reassembled
this morning, at 10 O'Clock, at the Army Head
quarters, TO hear the arguments in the case;
but 1t was agreed by the counsel to submit it
without argument. The court is low in secret
session, making up their finding from the evil
dence.
SENATOR SUMNER gave diplomatic dinner
party on Saturday In honor of Baron Gerolt
the Prussian minister, and the CheyalIer
Cerutti. the Italian minister, both of whom
will shortly leave for Europe. Secretary Fish
Mr.. Motley, Senator Schurz, and Mezsrs
Hooper, Evarts and Storey were among the
guests.
APPOINTMgNTs.-The Pres ident to .day made
the following appointments In a1dItIon TO thu
of Hon. Henry T. Blow, of Mo, Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
Brazil
Giles B. Overton, of Pa, TO be Receiver of
Public Moneys for Utah.
DanieI J. Vaughn, Of N. II to be Persioa
Agent at Portsmou m. y. II.
Capt, Daniel Ammen, u. > n, toI CHEZ of
the Bureau OF Yards and Docks.
MINISTER MOTLEY'S OFFICIAL IHsTRU,-
TIoNs, IL is stlieo, do not suggestany mode OF
adjusting the Alabama claims question O..
present or propose the rcopeaIug OF the ne yoti-
ations with the English Government. The
subject Is to be left in allegiance, while tue
American side is 10 be firmly presented TO
Her Majestys Government when occasion
shall require. No one connected with the Ad-
ministration, ror the British Minister, appre-
hends any serious consequences from the
rejc ction of the former treaty by the Senate.
THE CONSPIRACY AwARD.-In the case of
Baker et. al. agt. the Corporation Of Washing
ton ct. al, brough some months since III the
Equity Court for a distribution OF the award OF
$4,000 offered by the city for the arres. Of the
assassination conspiratOrs, aud in which Judge
Olln dismissed the bill, an appeal has been
taken to the Court in General term. In this
case several important questions come up,
among others the power OF the Corp oration to
offer reward for such a purpose; and the
right OF officers of the Government to share in
rewards for the execution Of their duty.
THE WESTERN UNION TEL LHGRAPH OFFICE
WIS to-day removed from its old quarters to
the more commodious bdilding on the corner OF
Pennsylvonii avenue and Fourteenth street.
The New York Associated Press office has
also bsen removed ID the same building. having
It's front on Pennsylvania avenue, on the
ground floor. This institution was introduced
here aeout sixteen, or perhaps eighteen years
5go but. IL was not un'il IsJ4 that an Office was
established-in Browns Hotel buildiug-aud in
the fall OF st6 IL was removed 10 the upper rooms
OF the (at that tTel American Telegraph ori.a,
on PeuEsyI INania avenue, near Four-And.a-
half street.
At iirst the agent had no fixed or particular
locality, aud there was little for him 10 do
compared 10 the present business OF the Office.
Then. the force consls.ed OF himself oaly, If we
exceDt the reporter in the Senate and the re-
porter in the House OF Representatives. Bat AS
he New York Associated Press extended its
field Of operations, consequent on the increase
Of telegraph facilities, the Office in this city
became more important In 1851 Mr.. Gobright
was furnished with an assistant and a mssssn.
ger boy, by whom all the busInc,s, apart from
the reporting OF Congressional proceedings,
was transacted. Within several years past,
however, the force has been augmented, and
now there is an agent and two assistants,
besides gentleman, who nearly altogether
attends to preparing and forwarding kilograms
10 the Southern papers aud a messenger
We congratulate cur venerable yet youthful
friend 9obright, who has attended to the
interests of the Associated Press 90 faithfully
for these many years, that he Is now placed in