Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-16

n ~ JANE Z. WHIrTLEsEY, OF the District of
1lumbia. has been appointed clerk in the
fost once Department, at $500 per annum.
ADMIRAL PORTER has been suffering with an
attack of Pleurisy for several days and on Sat
urday and yesterday was quite i'll. He is better.
however, to- day, and ont of all danger.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS. ESQ, has recsiva5
and accepted a commission as one of the sec
refaries to the San Domingo Commission. and
lett this city last night with the commissioners
Ihe editorship of the Neic National Fro during
MI. Douglass absence, devolves on his son.
Lewis ii. Douglass.
TIE BRoOKs-HAsTlNGs INvEsrIeArroS
The special committee OF the House to investi.
gate the charges against Hon. James Brooks.
OF New York, at the requestof that gentleman
tings OF the New York Commercial Ldr.rf,ser
mas been subp9naed to appear. Mr.. Hastings is
now IN this city.
NAVAL ORDERS TO-DAY.-Master W. 8.
COWles ordered to the Naval Observatory.
Master Hamilton Perkins ordered to the Hv-
drogr aEhic Office. First Assistant Engineer
b. r. WOOD ordered to the New York nayy
keyser detached from the Receiving Ship Yer
mont, and ordered to the TiconderOga.
INCREASING THE PAY OF THE j upsrs-In
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bin was
up in Committee Of the Whole, on Saturday and
salary Of the Chief Justice of the Supreme the
Court was advanced TO IS 800 per aunum and
the salaries Of the Associate Justices to S. 900
per annum. Pending motion to incre ase the
salaries OF the Judges of Districts Courts the
House adjourned.
NoMIEATIoNs.-The following nominations
were sent to the Senate to-day:
VIM. RObotham, Assistant Engineer in the
Navy; Geo. A. Black, Secretary Of Utah Ter
ritory; Geo. $: Smith, Collector Internal Rev
enue 9th district of Vir ginia.
Postmasters.-H. Farchild, Danyille, H.: j.
g. Lamb, Alton, Ill; A. +. Miller, Gallon, III:
w. III: Pratt, Kewanee, ILL.,; j. Ii. Bardweli,
East Hampton, Mass.
ARMY ORDRRs To-DAY.-Major Michael r.
Morgan, Chief Commissary of Subsistence De-
partment of Missouri, has been ordered to re
lieve Captain Charles b. Penrose OF his duties
as Purchasing and Depot Commissary at Fort
leavenworth, Kansas, aud Captain Penrose has
been ordered to st. Louis to relieve Captain
John w. Turner OF his duties as 2 ur chasing
faymaster at that place. Captain Turner has
report to the commanding general military d.
Vision OF the Pacific for assignment to duty.
TIE BLADENsBURG TURNPIKE ISvrsrIeA-
TIoN.-The subcommittee OF the House Dis
trict Committee, consisting OF Messrs. Stone,
Mckenzie and Williams, met again this morn
ing TO inquire into the management OF the BIa-
densbnrg turnpike, under the resolution intro
duced in the House by MIR. Stone. VIM. For.
syth testified as to the bad condition of the road
DE thought 1t was not kept up as the charter
required, and identified measurement of the
road which he bad made, showing that it was
not OF the width required by the charter
Messrs. Creecy and Alexander testified As TO
the road bed being all OF sand near Rives' place
The committee adjourned until Wednesday.
when witnesses on behalf Of the Turnpike Com.
pany Will be examined.
THE WRECK OF THE SAGINAw-INrKRksT-
ING PARTICULARs.-A private letter received
here to-day announces that Halford, the cox
swain OF Commander Sicard, of the steamer
Saginaw, had arrived at San Francisco in the
mail steamer from Honolulu. He was the only
one saved from the boats crew Of Lieut.. Tablet
lost in the surf at Kani Island Halford states
that when he left the officers and crew of the
Saginaw they were comfortably quartered on
the Sand Island, living in tents, with plenty Of
. .n; nsn, eIrds, birds eggs, and water in
provisions, but withNthe turtle, &C., had 10 APP
prehension about food The Hawaiian steamer
tsat Honolulu on Dec. Goth, in command Of
Capt. Long, very able and experienced sea-
man, and there was no doubt that all the sur
viyors Of the Saginaw had reached Honolulu in
s ssy Lieut.; Talbot was gallant Off Ger. He
shore-a hard fate after he had successfully
navigated small boat on the open ocean tor
over a month ana experienced all kinds of
REORGANIZATION OF THE INTERNAL REV.
ENuE EUREAU-A plan Of reorganiz ation Of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, and rules and
regulations ntas for the government of en-
sioner this afternoon. From and after
this date the Bureau will consist of four
principal divisions, subdvided In sections:-CiD
DIVISION OF Law, in charge OF the Solicitor OF
internal Revenue, assisted by William II. Arm
suohg; % Division OF Correspondence, Stats
tics, and matters rot otherwise provided for, in
charge of the First Deputy Commissioner; (3D
Df'isOn OF Accounts, In charge OF the Second
Deputy Commissioner; a. Division Of Dis
titled Spirits, Merchandise in Bond, &c, in
charge or third Deputy Commissioner, assisted
Special assignments to duty are made a. fol-
lows:-Cliford Thomson, chief, in charge of
supervisors and detectives; w. o. Avery, chief,
in charge OF appointment records commissions
and leaves OF absence.
THE DOMINICAN ExpRDITIoS.-Ex.Senat
Wade and President White, of Cornell Univer-
sity, left here last night for New York, and will
be joined In that city by DIR. Howe of Boston, the
third commissioner. and Judge Burton, the sec
rotary. The commissioners were accompanied
from this city last night by Secretary Robson,
nodore Alden, of the bureau of equipment.
Navy Department. who went on to perfect the
arrangements for the departure OF the Tennes-
Blake, Of the State Department, as aeoIo eist of
the expedition; DIR. Parry, botanist OF the Ae-
ricultursl Department, and an assistant Fred
erick Douglass, who has been appointed one of
the secretaries to the commission j. r. Foley,
Esq, photographer to the commission and cor
respondent of the New York Times; X. X. Hit,
Esq, assistant photographer; Gen. H.V. n,
Boynton. correspondent OF the Cincinnati &C.
sette; Arthur shepherd, of the Washington Re-
publican; II. j. Ramsdell, Of the Cincinnati
Comm erciai and Charles Douglass, (colored,) of
the Nep Era. In New York they were Joined
by DR.. Phillips, who goes out for the Herald
@: Q. Fulton, Of the Baltimore American, and
others.
The McGARRAHAN CASE AGAIH.-The House
Judiciary Committee this morning examined
Jos. s. Wilson, the retiring Commissioner Of the
General Land Office, and William H. Lowery,
formerly . clerk In the General Land Office. but
for several years one OF the counsel Of the New
ldria Company, and Aessrs. Stokes, Stock and
Buell., clerks in the Land Office, in reference to
the patent record Of the patent to the Panoche
GTande rancho.
The clerk who made the record swore, in sub
stance, that the record which he made was not
altogether from the patent, but In part from Q
printed form, and that, as he recollected the
record was made before the signature Of the
President ha sea1 md haH ata a