Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-09-05


eeIent health.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER y. II. FARQUHAR
has been detached from the Severn and ordered
to command the Kansas now at the Washington
navy yard.
The L. =. STEAMER SHENANDOAH, Comman-
der Clark Fl. Wells. sailed from Boston yester-
day for Lisbon, Portugal, 20 join the European
fcS:. She viii be stationed in the Mcditer
rsnean.
Tue EVIDENCE taken by the House Committee
on Education and Labor at the last session inre-
'stion TO General Howard's management of the
Frcedmen's Bureau. has all been printed and
makes a volume OF 500 pages.
COMMANDER CARTER teegraphs TO the Navy
Department this morning the arrival OF the
United States steamer Savannah, under his
command, at Fort Monroe, Va, thirty-two days
from Madeira. All on board are well.
ORDERED WEsT.-Msjor j. y. q. Whistler
and Captain :. 4. Wainwright, 22d l.. s. inGsn-
try, and Assistant Surgeon j. III. T. King have
heen ordered to repair 70 Yorktown, Dacota
Territory, by the first Monday in October next
for the purpose of giving testimony in United
States case before court there.
MOVEMENTS or THE PREsiDRNT-NothinS
has been beard from President Grant as to
when he will be in Washington to hold Cabi-
netmeeting, but il is expected that he will ar
rive here Tomorrow morning and return to
Long Branch in the evening. He will not at
tend the Massachusetts, militia muster and the
New England fair this week.
THERE is quite an excited contest between the
several lock manufacturers whose locks were
recomme nded 10 Acting Secretary Richardson
a suitable Tor bonded warehouses cars, &c
Zach one processes to be able to pick the locks
of his competitors and most of them have been
opercd by experts, but it is claimed in one case
that a wooden pattern was made from the origi-
nal key from which a metal key was manufac-
and the lock thus opened.
THE COMMISSIONER or INDIAN ATFAIRs il in
receipt o. enclosures from LOwrie Faturn. IN
dan agent at Lawrence, Kansas, to the effect
that the EiOwa Indians are acting ir the same
old Indian style-cOmiug in peaoeabiy and then
carry ing of what they can from the settleTs,
and after getting out OF the camp, acting - il
they had never seen the whites. He rec m
mems that the distribution of annuities II
them be governed by their good behavior.
ORDERS are being prepared az the Navy De
partment relieving from active duty all naval
officers on the retired list IN accordance with
the general of last week published in the STAR
which provides that from and after the first of
October next. 10 retired officer OF the NAVY.
shsll be assigned to. or remain upon active
fntv. except pa member of the Lighthouse
Board, the Board for the examination of officer.
forrromOtion and Tor the retired list, and at the
Naval Asylum.
CHIEF JUsTICE CHASE. according to tnle-
e. IN from Providence, X. l., is now a. Nara
.r..r, l.i,.
posure during BIS recent excursion 10 the
Northwest Senator Sprague i in Providence,
L. /. He hes 10 knowledge of the unfavorab,e
character OF Judge Chass's illness a reported
in New York. The New York World saws The
serious illness OF Chief Justice Chase calls forth
a great deal of sympathy. He is unable to walk
without assistance, and his mind is reported
shattered and impaired The Chief Justice is
only siNty-two. He is attended by physicians
OF great skill, and the hope is that he may re-
cover.
REDUCTION OF GOvEENMENT EXPENSES DUR
ING PRESIDENT GRANTS ADMINISTRATIONS
The expenditures OF the government for the
eighteen months from September 1st, 1866, to
March 1st, 1SG9, were SGD, ,I65, ,6S9. 50, and the
expenditures from March 1st, 1SG9, TO September
list, 1e.O, the first eighteen months of President
Grants administration, were S2t5, ,9I2, ,C29.l2; a
decrease of So, ,s53 ,0GO.II as compared with the
last eighteen months of Johnson's Admnstra-
iiOn- This decrease is shown by the books of
the Treasury, although the pensions have in
creased aboutS ,5O00 .0cO per snnum during Presi-
dent Grants Administration. The Executive
and miscellaneous expenses in the eighteen
months Of Johnson's Administration above
mentioned were SO, 30, ,322.31, and IN the eigh-
teen months OF President Grants Administra-
tion they were S19,0ii, ,09l.O2. The expenses OF
the War Department decreased from Sl62 $780,
53-l9, to ss2,6l9 ,0Js.sl, and the Navy Depart
ment expenses fIOm $50 ,5i4.O1 to S3I DOS 6ls
H. The interest saved amounts to sI7 500
56l.CS.
MEMEEI oF CONGRESS CHARGED WITH
BIGAMY.-The Louisville Cogrier-Journal, of
Friday last, in referring to a telegram from this
city giving information OF the marriage of Hon
4. Z. Bowen, Representative from South Caro-
hna, TO hiss Petigru King. says: "a few days
ago We gave the particulars Of q suit for divorce
nled in the Louisville Chancery Court by Mrs
lst.tta Bowen, OF this city, against Hon. e. G.
Bowen, Congressman from Charleston, South
Carolina. The petition for q divorce was filed
by Mrs. Bowen, but the divorce has not yet
been granted, and the honorable gentleman
has, IN his haste TO wed, committed bigamy."
THE GUN CAsE-Ames rs. WAitney-Hotion for
'itreGns>rt fer C0ntempt-To-day the case OF
Whitney agt. Anes was again before Judge
Humphries, sitting in Chambers on a motion
Tor attachment against Whitney for contempt.
This cIse was several times before Judge Hum
pbries subsequent 10 his making the order Tor
commissioner Clephane taking the testimony of
whitney de tene ESTE, the last order being the
one made on FRIDAY last overriding the motion
OF Mr.. Fuller, for Whitney, u vacato the order
DESIGNATING the commissioner, from which Mr..
Fuller gave notice of an appeal. This after
noon Messrs. Arrick and Hinkle appeared
before Judge Humpbries, and the former
read the proceedings before the examiner.
from which IL appears that Whitney appeared
before Mr.. Ciephene and refused to answer the
hrst question, as 70 his residence, and filed .
PAPER giving the reasons why he refused to
testfy lie states that he did not intend any dis
respect TO the Court, and acted on the advice of
counsel, and submitted whether the appeal did
n0t operate as Suspension of the examination.
ne court SAID Mr. Whitney was mistaken rs |
!" Hn ssPPSA operating a. suspension, and,
alter Mr. RULER had stated that no disrespect |
"es in'ended by his client, but that he merely |
wished fer the order of the court, a new order |
vas made directing the examination TO be pro- |
ceeded with snd IL the witness refuses fnrther |
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