Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-07
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


INTERNAL REvESUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were S497 ,si4.S3
GENERAL SPINNER will leave Europe on the
18th inst. for this country.
GEN. SHERMAN was at Fort Monroe yesterday.
the guest Of Gen. Barry.
Mr.. JOHN DELANo, chief clerk Of the Interior
Department, has returned.
Col. G. d. HARRINGTON, Chief Clerk of the
Census Office, has gone to New York.
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
MARSHALL left last night for his home in New
Jersey, to be absent until Monday.
Hon. II. I. DAWES, wife and daughter, are
making a summer trip to the Rocky Mountains
and California.
GENERAL BABcocK, Superintendent OF Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds, left here last night
for Long Branch, ON business.
CAPT. JOHN NYE, a brother of Senator Nye,
died here this morning at his boarding house
opposite the Metropolitan Hotel.
Mr.. F. A. MAcARrNEY, late Disbursng OFF,
Ger and Superintendent of the Post Office De-
partment, is still in the Insane Asylum. His
health has somewhat improved.
CAPT. G. V. Fox, of Lowell, assistant secreta-
~ of the navy during the war, has given $1,000
collection OF minerals to the Lawrence high
school.
Mr.. THEODORE ADAMS, % Philadelphia, has
been appointed superintendent OF the work upon
the new State Department building: The work
upon the excavation is progressing rapidly, and
will be completed early in August.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION to-day con-
tinued the discussion of the subject of competi-
tive examinations, all the members being pres
ent. The careful consideration which the Com
mission gives TO every suggestion relative TO the
civil service promises the best results.
For SIGNAL DUTY-First Lieuts. Henry III.
C.. Dunwoody, Richard p. Strong, and Charles
S. Smith, 4th artillery, and Second Lieut.. a. W.
Greedy, 9Th cavalry, have been ordered To report
to the chief Signal officer of the army for assign
ment TO duty.
Mr.. W. o. AVERY, appointment clerk of the
Internal Revenue Office, has been promoted to
chief of the division of attachments and refund
ing, in place Of Mr.. Chesley, resigned. Mr..
Avery will remain in charge OF the appoint
ment bureau, and the abatement division will
be under the immediate supervision of j. p.
Vinson, fourth-class clerk.
Ex-CoNGREssNAN c. c. BOWEN received a
telegram last evening from a friend at Long
Branch, stating that the pardon in his case
would be forwarded by to-day's mail and would
reach here this evening.
1t is reported that New York officers are here
awaiting his release, when, il Is said, ne viii be
again arrested upon the requisition of Governor
Hoffman to answer the charge OF mutilating the
court records OF that State.
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OFPIcHR,l
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 7-10-30 a. II. {
Synopsis for the past tCeHty.four hoVrs-The
area of lowest barometer has moved from Lake
Michigan ID northern New England The pres
lima hhrh. 10
Carolina. The barometer has risen west of
Lake Huron and Tennessee, but has fallen at
the Rocky Mountain stations. Rain fell yester-
day ut Key West and in the interior OF Georgia
and South Carolina, and the rain which pre-
vailed yesterday morning north of the Ohio
valley extended during the day over Lake
Ontario and southeastward to New jersey
Clearing and clear weather is now reported
south and west of New Hampshire to the Gulf
and Mississippi river. Southwesterlv winds
prevail the Atlantic coast, increasing 10
west and northwest winds are reported from the
lakes. -... .....
ProbdLilities.-It is probable that the cloudy
weather in the Gulf will extend during the
night northwards into the southern States, fol-
lowed by rain. The westerly winds will prOba-
bly, continue during the day in the middle and
eastern States with partially cloudy and clear
weather. The barometer will probably fall with
cloudy weather west of Illinois and Wisconsin
No important change is apprehended in the
extreme southwest.
LOCAL RECoRD.-The thermometer i'm THE
EVENING STAR business Office registered as fol-
lows to-day:-S a. M, 81 10 a. m, IS; Il IN, SO;
p. m, IS.