Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-09-21
EVENING STAR.
washington News and Gossip.

washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RKvKNuR.-The receipts from this
source to-day were s26,HiT5.
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MRS. FLORENCE HKSsHAw BADEN, OF this
cty. half sister of Mrs. Southworth, writes for
tie New York Ledger.
IHE L. 5. STEAMER BENICIA, Commander
sommer'ille Nicholson, arrived ut Hong Kong
on the 18th of August
SECRETARY BELKSAP and wife returned here
eserlng. The Secretary was at the War
department to- day, where he received large
number of visitors.
"EFhkAL +. A. WALKER, Superintendent of
the Census Bureau, returned here this morning.
anu is to-day besieged with calls, not only of
parues on business but of his numerous friends,
giad 10 welcome him back to his post.
iHk WORK OF THE FRERDMENs BUREAU in
'He oou'h mas been closed, excepting such por-
TONS OF the educational interests as are depen-
dent upon and supported by educational as.,.
eiauons. All agents and aids of the bureau
have been discharged, excepting those whose
duties relate to the payment of bounties.
Iron AND STEEL PATENT Occasionally the
case OF the application of Robert Mushet for an
extension Of his patent for the Improvement, in
the manufacture of iron and steel, the Comm;s
sIoner OF Patents has decided in the NEGATIVE.
The patent will expire to-morrow. 1t ia one Of
these owned by Messrs. MorrelI, Griswo,d
"lnslow, known as the Bessemer steel patents
INDIAN LANDs.-The Commissioner of the
General Land Office has Just had prepared
thlrfy-one patents, embracing nearly twenty
thousand acres, in favor of certain reserves
named in the fifth article Of the treaty. con-
cluded October IA, 1885, between the United
States and certain chiefs and hcadmen of the
Cheyenne and Arrapahoe tribes of Indians.
The lands are situated in Colorado Territory. ON
the north bank Of the Arkansas river.
Hon. =. n. PoER TRENCH third Secretary
OF the British Legation at Washington, has OBJ
tanned leave of absence and sailed for Liverpool
on the steamship City Of Brooklyn on Saturday
There is some prospect that MIR. Trench NAV
be transferred to FlOrence-or rather to Rome.
II the new seat of the Italian government is
placed there-but all who have had the plea,ure
OF his acquaintance here will hope that he NAV
return TO Washington, where his courtesy and
his good feeling towards Americans have mads
him pee uliarly acceptable.
The programme for the approaching lecture
season, presented by the Grand Army of the
hepnblc In our advertising columns to-day must
command at once attention and admiration.
BY reference to the announcement il will be oh
served that the range of subjects to be treated
covers nearly every top Of current thought and
interest, while the persons selected as speakers
are recognized everywhere as the very foremost
In their respective spheres of action. We con-
gratulate the people of Washington on the ex-
cellent prospect before them for intellectual
enjoyment this winter, and at the same time
bespeak for the organization under whose auspi-
ces it is to be afforded the greatest measure of
success.
JUDGE ARTHUR MCARrHUR who WAC an
pointed, few weeks since, as the fifth Judge of
the Supreme Court Of the Districtof Columbia,
under recent act Of Congress, was to-day upon
the bench here for the first tme presiding in the
Criminal Court He Is Scot by birth, and
came to this country when quite young. He
studied law at Springfield, Mass, and was sent
by Hon Caleb Cushing, In 1851, to Milwaukee,
Wis.,, to conduct the famous st. Croix chancery
suit, In which Mr.. Cushing was interested. In
1853 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Wis.
consin, and afterwards practiced his profession
at the bar with great success. In 1855 he was
appointed Judge of the Supreme Court in the
Milwaukee circuit, position he held for nine
years. He was war democrat during the great
civil struggle, and is now in full sympathy with
the prese ent administration.
APPoISTMETTs BY THE PRKsrDKNr-The
President has made the following appointments:
Joseph p. Root, Of Kansas, to be Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenpotentiary to
Chilli.
James w. Taylor, of Minnesota, to be U. s.
Consul at winnepeg.
John p. Bardweil, Of Oberlin Ohio, to be
Agent of the Chippewa Indians Of the Miss;se e
Selden N. Clarke. Of Chicago, to be Agent for
the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior.
BRIGHAM YOUNG AT THE TREASURY DE-
PARTMENT.-There was quite little hutter
amongst the busy clerks and clerkesses OF the
Internal Revenue Bureau this morning, in this
wise-It seems that early in the forenoon a gem
tleman officially connected with the bureau as
an assessor of one of the Kentucky districts,
made his appearance at the office, accom-
panied by bevy of lady acQuaintarces,
about nine in number) with the object Of
introducing them to the intricacies and mys-
teries Of this great branch of the govern
ment service. Their escort himself was by no
means ga light weight" but on the contrary an
exceedingly ponderous though very handsome
and well proportioned gentleman of about $50
pounds avOirdup0is. Col. Cox, the amiable
chief clerk, made himself agreeable to the vis-
itors, and his appearance with SO large party
Of ladies and only one gentleman created
some curiosity among the employees, which
was by no means lessened when q wag-
gish clerk suggested to one Of the mes
sengers that the party was composed OF the
great Mormon elder brigham Young)
with several Of his wives. That was enough!
In the shaking OF a lambs tail desks were
vacated. From down stairs and up stairs came
the clerks, and in less time than It takes to
write this sentence the halls and corridors OF
the office were filled with Q curious throng Of
both sexes who forgot all about Official busines
most married husband Of the age. The excite.
ment must have lasted twenty minutes before
an explanation took place, and the ponderous