Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-20
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were 1922, 46O.23.
Gov. GEARY, of Penn, is in town, and visited
a number of his personal friends in the depart
ments to-day.
THE RESIGNATION of LIST Lieut. Ormesby NJ.
Mitchell, 4th artillery, has been accepted by the
President.
Mr.. MAZEI., Minister from the Netherlands,
will shortly leave the United States for visit TO
Europe.
BARON GERoLT win not sail for Europe as he
intended by the steamer leaving Baltimore to-
morrow, being detained here by important
business.
THE STATIONERY CONTRACT for the War De-
partment and all its bureaus for the next fiscal
year has been awarded to Messrs. Richard
d. Mohun & Co., ofthis city.
NOMINATED BY THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Cooke has nominated to the President DIR.
JAS. L. Dexter to be commissioner from the
District of Columbia, on the Centennial cele-
bratiOn at Philadelphia, i'm accordance with the
recent act of Congress authorizing the appoint
ment of commissioners from each State and Ter
ritory for that purpose.
APPOINTMENTS OF NoTARIEs public
Governor Cooke has appointed the following
notaries public for the District of Columbia
II. j. Alvord, W. P. Bell, A. C. Bradley, r.
Cunningham, +. Y. COmmagere, G.. G. Callan,
j: I'll. Cook, j. n. Dickson, J. W. Decide, j. b.
Ellis, Wilson n. Fuller, L. G.. Gunnell, j. III.
Gordon, III. G. Harmon, A. G.. Haley, W. T.
johnson, III. c. johnson, j. G.. Kimball, +. j.
KlOpfer, G. Keller, Samuel c. Mills, William NJ.
New, j. b. Mosby, f. II. May, r. III. Marsh, L.
l.. Parkhurst, John l.. Roberts, G.. w. Stickney,
Edw. Shoemaker, w. b. Todd, Jr., j. A. TAFT,
f. X. Wilson, Chas. T.. Weaver, NJ. VI. wheelock,
Jos. f. WOllard, s. G.. Young, b. n. Needs, T.
:. Lazenby, Gorham p. Hopkins, "; M. Tenney,
Carrigan, j. T. X. Plant, f. L. Schmidt, NJ. v.
Buckley, A. A. @. Klanike;
PERsoNAL.-The South Bend (Inil. y Register of
the 18th inst. sNs: Mr.. Colfax has improved
steadily in strength since our last issue, but is
still weak. He rides out with Mrs. Colfax about
two hours every day, and walks out in his gar
den an hour each day. His appetite is good and
nus Splits buoyant, and there is no doubt Of his
restoration to complete health. .'.'..Congress-
man Dawes viii start for the Rocky Mountains
and the Pacific coast in few days for the
benefit OF his health. His wife and daughter
will accompany him; his oldest son is already in
the Rocky Mountain country. ......The French
government has appointed Jules Ferry minis
ter to Washington, in the place of NJ. Trielhard,
who will return to France. '..'..Secretary
Fish viii leave Washington toward the last of
this month, together with Mrs. Fish, for New
York. He will be absent for some weeks. ......
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Proclamation, issued by his father, in Aurora
Ill, on the Fourth of July. ....'-Ex-Senator
Yates and Hon. a. G. Burr, are to deliver adj
dresses in Jacksonville. H., ON the 4th of .July
..... senator Brownl0w viii pass the summer
in Michigan.
TEMPTING OPERA correspondent ofone of
the New York papers, writing from this city,
tells the following fattering tale: Before
Governor Ito left he made Mr.. Seville, Chief
Clerk in the Treasury Department, and Mr..
Hamilton Fish, Jr., most dazzling offers 10 come
to Japan and establish a system of finance
similar TO the one he found here. The terms are
$4,000 year for each one for five years, after
which time he Will settle a very large pension
upon them for life. These terms don't compel
them to remain always in Japan, and if they
should be compelled TO return TO America before
the five years expire he will double the amount
The gentlemen have until Fall to consider the
matter, but think there is very little doubt about
their accepting the proposition. This we have
from the most reliable source. The Empire of
Japan, having always been so entirely cut OFF
from the rest of the world, has only a system OF
finance suitable for local purposes, and totally
useless in her intercourse with other nations;
After studying the various systems of Europe
and England, Governor Ito prefers ours TO any
other, and is indebted to Mr.. Seville and Fish
Tor thorough instructions in it; hence his Offer"
THE OLDEST INHABITANTS held a meeting
yesterday at the City Hall, and the committee
of arrangements for the Fourth of July celebra-
ton made report that Capt StackpOle, of the
steamer Arrow, had offered TO take the members
of the association down the river free Of charge
ON that day, and company A, Washington Light
Infantry, proposed to Escort the association on
the occasion. Both invitations were accepted.
THE DARIEN SHIP CANAL SURvEYs.-Letters
from Panama state that the explorations of
Captain Selfridge on the lsthmus have demon
strated the impossibility OF constructing a ship
canal between the Atlantic and Pacific by any
OF the routes surveyed, except perhaps, by that
from Cupica Bay TO the AtratO, by way of the
Napipi river. The fact was developed that the
" divide" or mountain chain OF the Isthmus of
Darien continues unbroken through its length.
PEOPLE who sing and pray, Nearer my God,
to Thee" are respectfully informed that the
way to get there is TO get nearer to their fellow
men, especially to the poor, those who need
help, sympathy and encouragement. To be
always singing the words and keeping rs far as
mankind, is evidence that you are shOddy
Christian and want to get into good company
on dead head ticket.
s-Accortiing to a French statistician the aver
age man has, at the age of 80, slept 5000 DAYS,
worked 6 800 days walked 800 days amused him.
self 1000 days, spent 800 in eating, and been
sick 500 days He has eaten II 900 pounds of
bread, 10000 pounds of meat, and 600 pounds
of vegetables, fish, etc., and drank 900 gallons
Of liquids.
H1' -Four narrow guage railroads are about to
be constructed in PENNSYLVANIA. One running
from Philadelphia TO point in Chester county
will have gauge of only thirty inches another,
which is to cross the Allegheny Mountains,
will have the gradients of 100 feet to the mile in
several places.
CANAL TRADE.-Business on the canal has
assumed its regular state, and the average
number of boats are now being loaded. On Sat
urday forty-one boats left this port, carrying
total Of $500 tons of coal.-Cumberland Meas.
~ Chicago people are the modern Separatists.
az Trochu frankly admits that Germany was
"too many guns for France.
sS-The Fourth will be celebrated at Niagara
by sending an old scow over the falls.
eS-COnnecticut is to be congratulated on its
attempt to wipe out its divorce disgraces.
81 So many suicides have occurred in Mem
phis that corner stomach pumps are suggested.
axAn invalid lady of Bloomington, H.,
attributes her recovery to the use Of box OF
beads, taken by mistake for pills.
sSLavender and pale blue tinted cards are
more stylish for visiting cards than the pure
white. rgfr.r
hVPrince Napoleon, who is said to be worth
at least 20 900, 900. francs, talks of coming TO
America TO spend the remainder of his DAYS,
having despaired of the future of France. =