Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-15

VOL. 36-No. 5.436.
/. EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REVENUE. receipts from this
source to-day were sS6l, ,40S3i.
HORACE GREELEY arrived in this city yester-
day, and is at the National Hotel.
CHIEF ENGINEER HENRY b. MONIES, Z. =. n
has been ordered TO duty at Philadelphia.
GENERAL F. f. SPINNER, Treasurer of tn,
United States, who was taken suddenly i'll on
Saturday, is better to-day, and was attending
to his official duties.
TIE IRON CLADs wysndoite, Manhattan and
Ajax, conveyed by the Tuscarora from New
Orleans, arrived at Key West yesterday, where
they Will remain for some time.
CAPT. GARRICH MALLERY, unassigned, has
been ordered to proceed 10 Fort WhiPple, Va,
officer of the army.
FROM j. Shillington we have Putnam and
Deoorest's Young America for September, and
Harpey's Ba-Gar for August 9th; also, from
Philip & Solomon's We have the BdzGdr.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE TAX ON STREET
RAILRoADs.-By the new tax bill, the internal
revenue tax on the receipts from street railroads
is ah -
who charge six cents fare have already given
notice that they will reduce the fare To i've
cents.
DISCHARGED AT THEIR own REQUBsT.-Cap-
tains Charles o. Wood, Eugene w. Scheibner,
and DAVID Parkinson, and lst Lieltenants Elias
ii. Parsons and Henry b. Ledyard, L. $. A,
have, at their own requests, been honorably dis
charged the service Of the United States, with
one years leave of absence, under the provis-
ions of the new army bill.
JUDGE ARTHUR MACARTHUR arrived here last
week and took the oath Of ofice as a justice
of the Supreme Court Of the District OF CO.
lumbis at the hands of Mr.. Meigs, the clerk of
the court. Judge Macarthur is between 50 and
6 years OF age, and somewhat resembles Sen
or Sumner. He will take his seat on the
bench at the next general term, Goth OF Sep
tem5er.
INSPECTION OF PAvEMENrs.-Gen. Michler,
Commissioner OF Public Buildings, left here
this morning for New York and other northern
cities TO inspect some Of the improved pave
ments, with q view to the adoption of the best
plan for the paving of Pennsylvania avenue.
NJ syOr Emery NAV join him in New York il he
can 80 arrange the business OF his office as to
leave here conveniently.
SECRETARY boutwell,, in an address TO the
Boston Shoe and Leather Association Saturday.
advocated policy which would break up the
English monopoly of the iron steamship con-
struction and traffic. He also urged the reduc-
{ on Of the national debt fifty millions each
year, and its funding at low rate OF interest.
SIatCr WILSON made speech complimenting
Mr. Boutwell, tor his management OF the De-
p&Itnent.
ASSIGNMENT OF 1BOoPs.-The Superint nd
ent of General Recruiting Service at New York
ci has been directed by the War Department
to prepare detachments OF recruits and forward
them from Fort Columbus to Fort Pulaski and
Atlanta, Ga, 80 at the former place and 15) at
the latter.
Phe Superintendent of Mounted Recruiting
Service at Carlisle Barracks, Pa, has been di-
rected to forward 200 recruits to Fort Leaven-
| ii. cavalry.
VICE ADMIRAL u. ID. PORTER will of course.
be promoted TO the grade of Admiral in the
place OF Admiral Farragut. The first name
upon the list OF Rear Admirals is that of l.. M.
Goldsborough, Port Admiral, Of this city but
by the act OF December 21st, 1864, creating the
grade OF Vice Admiral in the navy, the Presi-
dent is authorized to select from the list of
active Rear Admirals a name for the position Of
Vice Admiral; hence, there will probably be
quite a contest for the Vice Admiralship, made
vacant by Admiral Porter's promotion.
WARRANT Issued FOR THE ARREST OF
kODERICK X. BUTLKR-The following is the
copy Of a warrant issued to-day:
District cf Colusstia. WaskfngtoH County, Is
On this FIFTEENTH day Of August, A. ID. 1870
acting judge of the Pelice Court of the Dis,
trIct Of Columbia, Frederick M. Clarke, Of the
special service OF the United States Pension
ONCE at Washington, who, being sworn accord
ing 10 law, doth declare and say that on the 18th
dsy or October, 1869, or thereabouts, at the
county aforesaid, the name OF one Beth
any Farmer was falsely and felonioasly
forged as an endorsement upon the
back Of check drawn by q. Dewey, President
of the Raleigh National Bank OF North Caro-
lima, dated October ., 1859, for the sum of four
hundred and seventy three dollars and twelve
cents, and payable TO the order of said Bethany
Farmer. and that he has just cause to suspect
and doth suspect Roderick H. Butler of com
mitting said 0fieBse.
lSigned,l FREDERICK Nj. CLARKE.
Sworn to and subscribed the 18th day Of
August, 1870.
ISigned,l IT. GRAY,
Acting Judge Police Court,
District Of Columbia.
This will be served on accused on his arrival
here, and the case will come before the Police
Court. he is expected here daily.
THE FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL LFARRAGCT.-The
seventeenth section of the act Of July IS, 1870,
making appropriations for the naval service,
&c, prohibits the payment by the government
Of the funeral expenses Of a naval oficer who
dies within the United States, hence all the ex-
ptnses attending the obsequies OF the late Ad-
miral Farragut must be paid out Of his private
means. An offcer Of his distinction, and who
has rendered such valuable services TO the
country, should certainly be inferred with the
most imposing ceremonies, and few thousand
dollars Of the public money expended in show
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