Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-07-15
EVENING STAR.

EN ENING SJAke
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REVENUE The receipts to-day
from this source were S735. l25.25.
Willaris.
Mr.. EDWARD BIBB. one o. thu principal sx-
aminers In the Pa,ent Office. has resigned.
SECOND COMPTROLLER BRooHEAD has de.
cIded that deseIters are lot entitled TO bounties
which are 10 be paid only on an honorable. dis
charge.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR has direc ed that
Fort Madison. a. Annapolis, VI l., be turned
over to the Navy Department 10 be nsed as an
experimental battery.
REGISTRATION IN NIssIssIPPI.-The mill
tary officers who conducted the registratlop
and election in Virginia will be ordered TO MS
sissIppi for the same duty.
WN. &. ERNoNwICH was To-day appointed
Collector of Internal Revenue for the third
district of Mississippi, in place OF William NJ.
w ills, suspended.
Mr.. DENT, the father OF Mrs. q rant, LETT here
this morning for Laurel. Nd , aud will spend
a few weeks there with DR.. Sharpe, his son.in-
law.
HON. HusH CAPRoN. Commissioner of Agri.
culture, has, we are glad to announce, so far
recovered from his recent illness as to be able
TO attend TO his official business.
SECRETARY RAWLINGS left here last even.
ing on the nine o'clock train for Danbury.
Connecticut, to visit his family there, and will
be absent about two weeks.
FOR PROMOTION Master H. w Grimuer
and Ensign Z. Mccormack, V. 5. ", have
been ordered TO this city for exami aatiou for
promotion.
No APPOINTMENTS TO BR MADE IN THE
TREASURY. Boutwell, requests US to
announce that it Is perfectly useless for parties
| to call upon him fer appointments in the
Treasury department, as none Will be made
| COMMISSIONER DRLANO will return here on
Monday next, and until then no appoiutmen,
| OF Supervisor for Massachusetts, node sland
and Connecticut, in place of General Osborne
| (declined), will be made.
HON. WN. A. RIcaARDsoS. Assistant Sac.
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morning from his home in Boston where he
has been for the past two weeks, and was a,
| his Office TO day.
| THE WHITE HoUss.-There was large
| crowd OF visitors at the Executiy. Mansion
this morning, but none We're admitted to see
the President as he was in his Off &c but shor,
| time this forenoon.
Mr.. WHITTLEsRY, late Republican candi.
date for Congress in the 7th district of Virginia
| is here and has in his possession fraudulent
| tickets alleged 10 have been used by the Wake,
| men in the late election-Repubican vignettes
| ETC., with names of Walker men.
| THK DECATUR COTTON CASE. involving tbs
value of l5O6 bales of cotton, has Just been de.
| cided at Memphis, Tennessee, against the Gov.
! ernment. Secretary boutwell, has requested
4 the Government counsel TO carry the case ur
| on appeal OF writ OF error.
| THE PRESIDENT has appointed Theodore II
Eckerson, of Washington Territory, 20 a Ca
detship at West Point Military Academy. He
is the son of an old army officer, who served
| with General Grant before, during, and sine.
| the Mexican war.
| McGARRAHAN, yesterday, through his coun
sci. rendered to Secretary Cox S22, ,220, and mad,
4
| California, recently awarded 10 the latter b,
| the Supreme Court of the District OF Columbia
Secretary Cox holds the matter under ad wise
! msnt.
| TIE PRESIDENT Will leave here this eyenin,
at six O'Clock, on the United States steamer
| Tallapoosa, for Long Branch. Besides the
President and his family, embracing his pa
rents, his wife and cniIdren.) ex Sscretar,
i nd q al
| on board.
PATENT DRCIsIoNs.-In the interference CT
case OF Chenoweth, Murriil and W heller, TO-
| Improvement in feed water apparatus fol
| boilers, the Commissioner of Patents has de
! cided in favor OF Wheeler. The application o.
Charles Waters for extention of his patsn
| for improved lanterns has been refused.
| THE INTERNAL RRvKnUE BUREAU is In re
| ceipt of information that in various localius.
| bogus revenue detectives are circulating very
extensively, and making sums ofmoney out o
small dealers by playing on their fears. Meas
| ures will he 1t once taken to have all such ar
rested and punished.
| THE COMMITTEES or THE WAR PRISONERS
ASSOCIATION, who are agitating tue questio,
| of the erection of q monument IN this city {,
| the memory of Union soldiers who died il
| Confederate prisons, called upon Genr Sher
| man yesterday TO request his endorsement o
| 'h.ir plan. The General received them kindly
and promi sed to reply TO them writing with
in a few days.
| The YKRGRR HABEAs CORPUS CASE BE
| foRE CnIRF JUsrICs CHAs.-As our repor
closed yesterday Attorney General Hoar wa,
speaking against the petition and was folio WEI
| by Mr. James NJ. Carlisle in advocacy thereof
| Mr.. q. reviewed the arguments OF the ATTORNEY
| General, occupying over two hours. Th,
| Chief Justice then asked to be furnish viii
| certain authorities bearing on the case, whici
| he announced that he would hold under ad
visement, saying he would notify the counse
| as soon az he was ready ts give his opinion
The decision of the Chief Justice is ex pectet
| day or tomorrow.
1NTRREsrIrG CUBAN NBws.-Adyisss from
Cuba TO the I'd instant have been received ii
this city by friends OF the Cuban cause, il
| which it is announced tina, the reported risins
| in Porto Rico had caused great rejoicing in tns
camp OF General q aesada. Spanish deserter.
to the Cubans report the dissffection In th,
| Spanish army Increasing every day, and an
| open revolt is threatened. The officers keeE
i their commands together with the greatest diff