Evening star., 1869-09-03
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvRSUR.-The receipts from
this source to-day were si.O22,773.
wM.H. MoARDLE Of Mississippi OF Nc Ardie
case notoriety, Is at Willards'.
MR. PEABODY has gone to the residence of
his sister In Msssachuse.ts.
Mr.. W. v. s. WILSON, Chief of the note d j.
vision, Secretary's office, Treasury Depart.
ment, leaves here this evening for a short
pleasure trip.
STILL lNcRRAsING.-Sl13,O0O in fractiona,
currency was received at the Treasury De.
par'ment this morning from the Bank Note
Fnnhng Companies in New York.
w. +. CADY, recently appointed chief clerk
OF the Indian office, has received his commits
sion and will shortly enter upon the discharge
Of his duties.
MR.. j. w. DwYRR, chief of the office of Su
pervisors and Dete ctives, at the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau, has gone TO Ohio on a leave of
absence OF TWO weeks.
THE PRESIDENT and General Porter arrive,
at Saratoga last evening. The President and
MRS Grant will have reception in the Union
Hotel this evening.
Major GENERAL WARD b. BURNETT. the
old Mexican hero and disting he'd New YORK.
soldier, with his young wife, have arrived in
town.
SkNAToRCoLE, Of California, who has lately
been IN San Domingo has returned strouplv IN
iaHor OF the annexation Of the island tn tho
United States, and viii urge the matter upon
congress at the approaching session.
WE ARE GLAD to learn by a private letter
tnat Cnarles j. Petit, Secretary of the North
Auanuc squadron, (and formerly clerk IN the
Navy Department,) who has been dangerously
III In san francisco, is now recovering,
toVkRNoR.ELEcT SRSTRR, of Tennessee. as
serts that the Legislature recently elec,sd :,
tnat State will ratify the Fifteenth Amend
ment, and contradicts the report that he vii
assemble the former Legislature for the mr.
pose OF voting upon it.
PROMOTIONS IN THE PATENT OErrc,
Sypnerd, II. Olive and Randolph BAH have
oeeh promoted from messengers to clerks in the
Patent Office. ]. +. Wilmington and w How
aIo nave oeen appointed copyists of drawings.
Edwin a. Stevens hes been appointed laborer
in the same office.
NAVAL LORDERs.-LieutC Commander Charles
s, SIgsbee has been ordered TO Wasbir e,on n
e., for special duty connected with signals
Lieut.. Commander Henry Glass has haen
detached from the Tuscarora and granted loo GO
Of absence.
THR POSTMASTER GENERAL has pos,ed tho
following notice about the Department.
"No vacancies exist in the cIar,o.r for.. . g
TINS department The Postma ster CienaraS ., Vi
cnnes hereafter TO receive calls from annIi
Cants. Applications in writing WILL be filed and
FIRST LIEUT.. ID. NJ. WALLINGspoRp. 9TH
United states cavalry, tried at Fort Harker
Kansas, by court martial for conduct upbecou.
ing an officer aud a gentlemen, in which the
finding was guilty, and the verdict dismissal,
from the service, has been released from arrest
and restoi to duty, the President HAVING
dieapproved Of the &C. ion of the court
PRoMoTIoNs.-The following promotions
nave been made in the Internal Revenue Rn.
reau; w. b. Hawes, A. l.. McCrea. f. A
Bushey, f. X. Chapman, ID. NJ. KELSEY. X.
Phipps, Geo. Z. Kirby, j. 4. Town.end, and
II. II. Service, from Ist to 2d class, HC T.
gan, j. M. Darling, &. 1. Hutchins, ]. w.
Goodhue, and j. T. Noyes, from I'd to Sd class.
TOBACCO SR1zURR.-The Revenue Bureau
mas received Information from Collector Crane
OF the nitn North Carolina district, of the sei
zure by him of large lot Of tobacco contained
In boxes with counterfeit stamps affixed. al so
ine factory, fixtures and raw material belong.
ing to the parties supposed to have been euiltv
OF the fraud. The property .ized is valued AZ
$4,000.
TROOPS TO BF SENT TO NOMINATION.
James NJ. Cavanagh, of Montana, has had an
interview with the President, and troops ha va
been ordered by the Secretary OF War TO that
Territory to protect citizens from Indian den.
relations. Secretary Cox, Of Interior De-
partment, and General Parker, Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs, acted with great promptness
in facilitating Mr.. Cavanagh. MIR. e. left last
evening for Saratoga.
THE MARRIAGE OF Miss Georgiana Appleton
TO Capt. Hunter, U. s. A, was celebrated a,
Trinity Chapel New York, yesterday after.
noon. Rev. ]. II. Hobart. formerly rector of
that church, officiating. There was a highly
fashionable audience present and the cere.
mony passed off as pleasantly as could be de-
Miss Louise, sisters of the bride The bride
was attired in white silk, trimmed with point
lace and, low neck and plain skirt. Miss
Edith wore French muslin, with fioupces
puffs, &c. Miss Louise was dressed to match
The bride is OF Maryland family, and has al.
ways been quite belle in society.
STATIONERY CoNTRACT.-Bids were opened
at the Treasury Department yesterday tn sup.
ply stationery for all the custom .houses
throughout the country during the fiscal year
ending June 81, $50. The bidders were as fol-
lows :-Devoe & Waterson and Bonne & Co.,
OF New York; Bryson & Son, Moss Il Co., and
Z. ID. lockwood, OF Philadelphia; NJ. Taylor,
Of Buffalo; E. barron, Of Rochester; Philip d.
Solomon, Blanchard & Mohun, Jones & Keith
and Coyle Towers, Of this city. The COM
mittee appointed for that purpose, consisting
Of Hon. r. w. Raylor, Deputy Commissioner
Parnell and Mr.. Goddard, of the Secretary's
Once, with Mr.. Sturtevant, in charge OF the