Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-12-30

tive Mansion, nor by any members or the Cab.-
net, on Monday, in consequence OF the death OF
Mrs. BelknaP.
RECRUITS ASSIGNED To GEoRGIA.-The Su-
perintendent OF general recruiting service at
New York city has been ordered TO forward 800
recruits TO Atlanta Georgia. where they will be
assigned to duty in the 18Th infantry.
THE ISTERIoR DEPARTMENT CLOSED TILL
JANUARY 3D.-The Assistant Secretary of the
Interior to day issued an order closing the De-
partmeDt in all its branches from three O'Clock
inns afternoon till Tuesday morning, January
Sd, ISL.
REDUCING THE FoRCE.-Orders have been
issued from tile Navy Department to reduce the
force Of laborcrs and mechanics at the several
navy yards, and, in accordance Herewith, there
Will be numbers of employees discharged at all
the navy var ds tomorrow.
RECEIPTS FROM CusToNs,-Tbe recein,s from
customs for the week ending December IL, were
as follows New Yolk, 81 ,36s,0OO Boston,
s243, $50 GO; Philadelphia, sI7 ,4i3S3; Baltimore
$50, 6i5 80; New Orleans, Sl02, $500; san Fran
cisco, $3.50 5.69 Total. g., oil ,6'Io0.
"GoIsG FoR" DRPAULrING COLLECTORS
The Revenue Office has advices from Texas OF the
arrest and imprisonment of ex- Collectors Tulli.
and Glenn for embeZzement of public MONEYS.
AS the bureau is determined to enforce thu law
behind-hand in their accounts had better be
settling up.
CoNscIENCr-A letter was received at the
internal revenue of ce this morning dated Phil
adelphia, December 10Th, and signed J.. en-
closing portions OF notes representing 5000
which the writer Gays was due from hi to the
government as income tax for 18G1-69, but
Nnlch was not assessed against him. and there
lore not paid before. TO insure security in
transmission, the other halt of the notes 90 en-.
closed was sent under cover to Treasurer Spin
ncr.
ARNY OFFICERS Mustered Our-Naior
John L. SherbuIne, Assistant Adjutant General:
Capt Dudley Seward, Sth cavalry; First Leuts
Robert Carrick, Sth cavalry George F. Ro,l
ston. 10th cavalry, and WIN. p. Bainhrdre Sd
cavalry; and Second Lieuts. Chas. +. Rae p
cavalry, and Thomas q. Tracy. 9th Infantry
have been mustered out of the service by direc-
ton OF the President upon the recomm endation
OF Gen. Hancock : board.
NAVAL ORDERS To-DAY.-Iieut.W. II. Emory
ordered TO the Naval Observatory in this city,
Passed Assistant Surgeon John Il. Acklev
ordered to tie Philadelphia navy ward. CHIEF
Engineer ID. Il. Macomb detached from the
Portsmouth y. H. navy yard ami ordered 10
the Tennessee. The orders OF Chief Engineer
Wn. h. Brooks to the Tennessee have been
revoked, and he has been ordered to resume
his duties on board the Michigan. The orders
9i IrSign Chas. A. Clark to the North Atlantic
Meet have been revoked, and he has been ordered
to the Pacific fleet
THE NEW COMMISSIONERS OF PATENTS Tra
President having rendered the appointment of
CommissIorcr OF Patents to Gen. Mortimer d.
Leggett, OF GAINESVILLE, Ohio, that gentleman
has sgniiied his intention TO accent the Do.ition
and his nonination will probably be sent to the
senate next week. Gen. Leggett is a LAWYER
by profession, and served in the army duriny
the late war, first as lieutenant colonel of the
18th OHIO regiment, and subsequently as major
I'm md i'm tha fttir1 a
seventeenth army corps. He participated in
many engagements, and was with Gen. Sbar-
man IN his march to the sea.
GENERAL HANCocK's BoARD-The board of
army officers, OF which Major General Hancock
is President, which has been in session here for
some weeks past examining officers TO be mus
tered out for other causes than those incurred
IN the line Of duty, will be dissolved to morrow
under the limits of the law. The board has
nearly concluded the investigation into the
charges OF all officers ordered before it under
section OF the new army law, the oply excen
tons being in three or four cases where eyi
dence has not been received. Up to this date
thirteen officers have been mustered out h,
direction or the President upon the recommen-
dahon OF the board, and others will be mustered
out upon the commentator OF the board on
Monday or Tuesday next.
DEATH OF MRs. BELKNAP.-It Is our painful
duty TO announce the death of Mrs Carita Tom
linson BelknaP, wife of the Secretary of War,
which occurred at her residence on I5G street
opposite Lafayette Square, yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Bclknap was but thirty one years of age
and, during her short residence In this civ
won many friends by her amiable disposition
aud unaffected manners. Her death was not
Unexpected. "a she had long been a sufferer
from consumption, and has been gradually
sinking since she was confined to her bed last
october. hTs. Belknap was the daughter of
Or. IOmlinSOn, of Han rodsbur Kentucky a
distinguished citizen Of the State, and after his
6g AT . IN lpL
with her sister, and there met with, and was
married to, Mr.. Belknap, She was fully CON
scious TO the last. and bid an atiectionste fare
well to her family and friends a they were
grouped about her bed. The Secretary has the
sympathy OF our entire community in his
bereavement: The funeral will take place from
ST. Johns Church, Lafayette Square, on Sum
day next at O'Clock p. m, and the remains
Will be conveyed to Oak Hill Cemetery where
they will be placed in y vault, and subsequently
removed to Iowa.
A PECULIAR" PATENT CAsE-I. Reason
Why Mr.. Read Couldn't Get HIS Patent Erteaded
The Acting Commissioner of Patents to-day
rendered an adverse decision in the case Of an
application Of John b. Read for extension OF 4
patent, which is coupled with q peculiar histo-
ny. Read, it appears, in 1856 invented an ord
narce projectils OF great effectiveness and accu-
Of he oa
for the same in this city. He worked diligently
and successfully on his invention TILL 1861, when,
upon tne preaking out OF the war. ne linked his
fortune with the Confed eratss, and the FIRST act
by which he signalized his devotion to
their cause was to get his letters patent
ocuntersigned and Otherwise arranged ct
tho Confederate Patent ONCE, 80 rs
to secure immunity from infringement
within the limits Of Jef Davis domain,
His projectles were used largely BY the Con-
federate armies, and since the war he has relied
his letters-patent in this city, with application
for extension. while on their very face is the
seal Of the Confederate States attestng the fact
above mentioned. Negative replies to all ap-
Plicatisns, without being in the shape of an
Official decision, were 'gtven at various times;
but now, as Read inquiries rs to the truth OF
report circulated that he has been refused an
extension on account OF his services in the Con-
federacy, the Acting Comniss replies that
IL at Is just The reason exactly, and closes the
case by an adverse decision.
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