Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-08
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RRvEsun.-T The receipts from this
source to-day were s3.7osH.
INDIAN AGENT APPoINTKp-The Presiden.
to-day appointed John A. Simms. Of Washing
ION Territory, gent for the Nez Perez Indians
in Idaho.
MR.. WILLIAM COOK, a colored messenger in
be Interior Department, is at the Secretary's
door temporarily, in place OF VIM. Syphax, late
messenger to the Secretary resigned.
CONTINUES TO IAPRovK-We have received
10 day the following encouraging telegram from
augusta, Me-, in regard to the condition of
Senator Morrill,: Much better to-day. Has
not been dangerously ill.,"
AT THE WHITE HoUsB--Senator Trumbull
mad an hours interview with the President this
morning, and was followed BY Secretary Del
ano' In company with the Commissioner of In
dian affairs.
IHE LATHAM-DEHSs CASE has been set for
trial in the United States Supreme Court on
Monday next The question of the legality of
the legal tender act viii not occur in the trial as
has been heretofore supposed it would.
DISCHARGED THE SERvICs.-Captains A. W
Starr, sth cavalry, and John Edwards, Jr., SUI
Pernumerary; Lieuts. A. II. NJ. Taylor, 18th in
fantry, and James Butler and f. L.. McCaulley
unassigned. have been honora9ly discharged
the service.
THE ANCIENT MARINER who has represented
nh
and sole survivor Of the ill.fated United States
sloop Of war Leyant, lost in the Pacific ocean
twelve years ago, turns out to be drunken inn
poster, and the story of his adventure, a IA
Robinson Crusoe was evolved like the German
philosophers description Of a camel, entirely
out OF his self c0nsciopsnes, in other word.
was manufactured out OF whole cloth.
The KIMRBRLY-BUTLKR SUIT DISMISSED
In the United States Circuit Court in Baltimore
yesterday, upon the call OF the docket, the case
OF Kimberly Bros. VS.. Gen. Benz. +. Butler be-
ing called, II was stated by counsel that the case
would not be prosecuted further. The case was
brought to recover the amount paid by plain-
tits FOX rental OF certain buildings az Fortress
Monroe while Gen. Butler was in command or
that post in 1854.
THE LOUISIANA ELEcTIoy-THE RgpuR1,.
CANS SWEET THE STATR.-The Union Congress
sional Committee received a dispatch to-day at
noon, from Senator Kellogg, at New Orleans,
saying that that city would 60 republican by
abeut 5000 majority. The election was pre-
Gee ding quietly, and the indications were tba,
the republicans would sweep the State also.
The President received dispatch also to-day.
from Collector Casey, confirmatory of the above.
WESTWARD Ho!-Mr. 5. Yorke At Lee. who
lately resigned the lbrarianship of the Treasury
Department, has accepted an invitation to take
the editorship Of the Ne,c Age, published in San
francisco, Cal, paper devoted to literature
and to the interests OF Odd Fellowship. II is
the official organ Of the Grand Lodge of Calf
fornia. Mr.. AT Lee will leave in a short time
for his post Of duty. He has occupied the edi
torial chair successfully on the Atlantic coast
and Will no doubt make his mark In his New
held.
EXIT SYPHAx.-Mr. William Syphax. 40 lon,
the principal manager Of the Department nj m.
Interior, has disposed Of his interest in tina,
establishment, and will hereafter be connected
with the Exterior. 1t will seem little odd to
persons who may wish to see the Secretary not
10 nave 10 explain their business to Mr.. Syphar.
and ladies may miss the affectionate grasp of
his hand on their arm, but they will Get nsaa
may come TO wonder why lie wasn't given an
opportunity to tender bis resignation long soo
NAVAL ORDRRs.-Commander James Thorn
ton has been ordered to navigation duty at the
navy yard Portsmouth, n. H.; Lieutenant Com.
mander Francis A. Cook, to temporary duty on
board the recruiting thip Independence; Assist
ant Paymaster W. q. McGowen, oduty as assist
ant to Paymaster Emery, at the New York navy
yard; Commander 4. q. McCauley, has been
detached from navigation duty at the Ports
mouth, y. H., navy yard, and ordered to the
naval academy, and Passed Assistant Surgeon
ID. McMurtree. from the receiving ship Poto-
mac, and placed on waiting orders.
A PATENT RErrsED.-The Commissioner of
Patents to-day refused the application O,
Hiram ID. Marsh, of Chicago, for a patent for
an improved horse hoe or cultivator. II an
pears that Marsh filed an application of SINH
lar nature on July 5th, 1851, and met with the
same fate as now, whereupon he withdrew his
application and his fee was refunded During
the past month he renewed his application aud
the Commissioner gives an adverse decision Oh
the same, on the ground that the invention OF
which he MARSH claims to be the originator
has been in public use for the past two years, II
not longer.
GUAGING INSTRUMENTS SRLEorED-In an
swer to an invitation of the Comm issioner of
InteTnei Revenue for samples OF guasing in
struments, with view o: prescribing uniform
standards, number Of instruments have been
presented to the department, and thoroughly
examined and tested, resulting favorably to the
combination rod Of Messrs. Paine & Mexican.
and NhA At,