Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-20

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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RKvKNUR-The receipts to-day
nom this source were 81 ,25I ,5a6s.
SECRETARY BKLKNAP returned to this city
on Saturday, and was at the War once to-day.
TIE NEW FRENCH MINISTER, Provost Pardol,
will bring with him to this city his son and
daughter.
REsIeNEp.-A. q. Morrell, Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the second district of Min
nesota, has resigned.
VICE ADMIRAL PORTER returned here on
Saturday evening from West Point, and was at
the Navy Department this morning.
MORE HOPEFUL.-It will be seen that the
Horse passed a bill to-day authorizing the
paving of Pennsylvania avenue. Our great
thOroughfare win get pavement yet.
DAVID DREAMER, of Baltimore, Md, is ap-
pointed to third class clerkship, Finance Office,
Post ONCE Department, salary s1,6OO per an
mum, vice David 8. Burson, removed.
THE DEPARTMENT OF LAw.-The bill Great
ing Department of Law goes into effect on the
first Of July, or about the time Mr.. Hoar's
successor win be ready for duty.
THE HOUSE RESOLUTION authorizing the
President to take steps to secure more humane
war in Cuba, is before the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, whose members are dvi-
ded on it.
The REVEREND Colonel VIM. A. Cook turns
pu as an applicant for the position of additional
Judge Of the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia under the bill just passed, authoriz-
ing an additional judge and abolishing the Or
phans' Court. We do not suppose that it is
within the range Of probabilities that he should
succeed in his aspirations.
A TELEGRAM from Alabama announces the
death of G. @. Grove, who was on Friday con-
nrmed by the Senate as Secretary of the Terri
tory of Utah. He was formerly a confederate
officer, but had his disabilities removed by Com
gress.
SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT STILL.-Supervisor
Fulton, reports to the Revenue Department that
he has seized the vinegar mandatory of Da-
vid Wimppheimer, at Burlington, N. j., and
found therein q copper still, worm, beer vat
pump, &C., besides Several barrels OF spirits.
To BE EXAMINED FOR PRoMoTIoN.-Lieu.
Edwin H Miller, U. s. N, has been ordered to
Washington, ID. c., tor examination for promo
tion. Assistant Sufgeo Thos. X. Brown, has
been detached from special duty connected
with the Treasury Department and ordered to
examination Tor promotion.
The TAX BILL.-The Commissioner OF In sr-
nal Revenue was in conference SATURDAY. with
the Senate Finance Committee on the House
tax bill. Some important amendments have
been made, but the income tax is lett where the
HOVE fixed il at three per cent. with fifteen
hundred dollars exempted.
JUDGE HoAR has left here for Boston and the
Harvard Commencement, but will return i'm
about ten days to reman four or i've weeks and
close up the business of his Office. He expects
to resume the practice of his profes SION in Bos-
ton next fall. Assistant Attorney General
Field, who resigned tome weeks ago and ex-
pected 70 90 out in about fortnight, will prot
ably remain till MIR. Hoar closes his connection
with the office.
JUDGE HoAR.-The Springfield Mass Re
publican presumes that Judge Hoar viii at once
resume the practice of law in Boston, but that
he will of course have much business in the
Supreme Court and will practice ut Washing
ton for part Of the year. Says that paper:
"He can lend hand not averse to smiting
for the dicomfiture OF the corruptionists of Mas
sachusetts, and the bummers that infest the
domir ant party throughout the nation. In the
prcsidential campaign OF 1872, il the Democrats
are to be kept from winning a victory, il must
be by the prominence and activity OF men like
ARTILLERY LIEUTENANrs TO SERVE WITH
LIGHT BATTERIEs.-A special order just issued
from the War Department directs that for the
purpose OF diffusing instruction the Lieutenan.s
of the five artillery regiments are expected to
serve In turn with the light battery of their re-
spective regiments, not exceeding two wears at
August "a, 1si9. From this rule NAV be EXCEPT.
ed:-Lieutenants in command of companies,
the Captains Of which are indefinitely absent;
regimental staff officers and such officers as
from accidental causes are unable to ride. Com
manding officers Of regiments will in due season,
70 carry out this arrangement, report to the Az
jutant General Of the Army the names Of Off
GERS who should be transferred under this order
The CUBAN BOND INvEsTIGATIoN-Thea affi-
davits of N. d. Taylor and ex-Congressman
Deweese were published yesterday in full, and
show that the Cuban lobby business, after all
that has been said, does not amount to much.
IL does not appear that q single Cuban bond was
rendered to member Of Congress or received
by newspaper correspondent, except perhaps
4: r. Bro0ks, who was at the time connected
with the Philadelphia Press, but who, Ii also
appears, wrote pamphlets and did other work
outside of his journalistic duties for the Cuban
Junta as regular agent, for which he received
bonds purporting to be on their face worth
SO COO, but on which he testifes he never
realized anything. Two millions OF bonds were
also put up in the hands of another agent in this
city, but il has not appeared in the evidence
that single newspaper nor q member Of Com
gress was in any way influenced by said agent.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-The
Howard bill providing for the construction Of the
Southern Pacific railroad comes up for discus
sion in the Senate this evening. A road start
ing from some point west Of the Mississippi
river, on the parallel OF yicksburg, and run
ming directly west to the Pacific coast Is to be
provided for. This location would accommo-
date the existing system Of railroads in the
Southern and Middle States, and the larger
portion Of the country, better than any other