Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-27

oFricEEs DIsCHAkGKD.-Thef follow
ing army officers have been honorably dis
charged from the service:-Captain Francis H.
Wilson, Sd cavalry; Captains John M Dufy and
orson =. KNAPP, unassigned; and First Lieu
tenants VIM. Il. Sweet, oath infantry; VIM. IT.
Dodge, 2lst infantry; VIM. A. Cameron, 9Th Ar
tillery; John s. Hammer, 18th infantry; Aaron
b. jerome, Sth cavalry; and Ira l.. McBar,on
and Joel H. Syman, unassigned.
IHk AVENUE PAvEM KNT.-The inspectors of
the work Of paving the Avenue have hae their
work allotted rs follows: T. j. Gait, 1.-THE Miller
pavement from LIST to ~ street; J.. II. Cross
man, (the Stowe pavement,) from AZ to 9th
streets; w. T.. Vermilllon, 1.-THE Robbins nave
ment,) from 9th to 18th Streets j. B. Ellis, 1.-THE
Follansbee pavement,) from 18th to 18th streets.
On the last named section, the contractors
VIII commeaoe to lay their blocks to-norro y
commencing at 18th street.
MARRIAGE OF CHARACTER-Opr readers
win readily recall the Surrat trial, in connee
ton with the assassination OF Lincoln, and the
part played therein by Weichman. After the
hanging Of Mrs. Surrat, Weichman was an
pointed to position in the Philadelphia Gus
tom House, from which he was removed shortly
Afterwards. On the accession of President
Grant he was reappointed, and still ret ,ias the
situation. Lately he has taken a prominent
part in the temperance movement In the Ouak-
er city, and as result thereof was last TUESDAY,
night married there to q Mlss Annie johnson. A
lady who has once acted as the s. W. Vice
Templar Of the State Of Pennsylvania. The
ceremony took place at Grace Church, and was
performed by the Rev. DIR. Suddards
MORE TROOPS AT NBw YosK-The proba.
bility Of q riotous demonstration in New York
at the coming election seem to grow beautifully
less, although the papers Of Gotham are trying
to conjure up bfoil in advance. Fuel to the
fame was added few days since by the arrival
there Of the Sth regiment Of regulars from
Charleston, South Carolina. The Gothamites
want to know what it was done for, and say tn at
it means something. War Department official
say that il means nothing more than the trans
fer of an organization from one station to
another, and intimate that the commotion
is only raised for political purposes. 1t
is, of course, natural that troops should be
moved about from East to West and North to
South, but in special order No. 2s6, issued from
the War Department yesterday there appear
two significant paragraphs. The commanding
officer at New York is directed "upon the ar
rival Of the Sth infantry at Davids Island to as
sign to the same all the recruits now at that
post and a sufficient number from Fort Colum
bus until the totai assignment numbers 49,
Then again $50 much of paragraph No. 3. special
orders A4, September 18th, 1870, as directs the
Superintendent Of the General Recruiting Ser
vice at New York to forward 200 to the 4th in
fantry in the department of the Platte is hereby
revoked.
The RECEIPTS PROM CUSTOMS for the week
ending October 22d, were as follows: New York
230s, 1888; Philadelphia, sl06, 93l.3J; Balti-
more, $3.50, 43i15; Boston, SiI1 .223 Il; San
Francisco Ito October 15th,) Sz1 SOS. Is. Total,
50, 1i5, li6.24.