Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-09
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
THE sENTEN. OF PAYuAsrER
HODGE.


paymaster U. ). A., is in the following words:
TO be cashiered; to forfeit all pay and allow
ances that may be due at the date OF the promul-
CATION OF this sentence; TO be imprisoned at hard
atOr for the term of ten years, in such reEitsn-
tiary as the proper authority may direct, and
tier 10 be further i,s prsORed tie le0is7l-
ssury anal he sA5 refup& to tie United Ssefes the
amount Of the emLezziemsat, (si45, 40I .6t,) and
that the crtsee, meme and place Ct abode os'd pan
iskBeat Of the eceitsedke published in Tic RecsDa-
Pers an the city 81 Washington, %. c."
The above sentence has been approved by the
President, but the imprisonment limited to ten
years, the prisoner being relieved OF that part of
the sentence which is in italics above. The PEN
itentisry at Albany is designated a. the place OF
conhnemen
Government Relief for the Chicago
Sufferers.
President Grant has taken proEr pt measures to
relieve die sufferers by the terrible fire in Chi
csgo, as win be seen by the following order teie-
graPhed by the Secretary of War to Gen Sheri-
dan this morning
WAR DEPARTMENT, Oct. 9Th, 1871.
Ltesft Gently. II. Sheridan, Cticdqo:
1ele President directs that you issue sEch pro-
Visions and clothing to the sufferers By the
disposal there, and you are empowered to call
upon the military officers az st. Louis for fur
ther supplies ii you deem il best.
WIN. W. BELKNAP. Secretary of War.
subsequently tie Secretary OF War received
she following:
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Oct. 9, Ial.
10 General Beik-aGp, Secretary of WeJ:
At an immense mass meeting held here for
Vie relief OF Chicago, hundreds of thousands of
dollars have been subscribed. This meeting
t,sqnsts that the Secretary Of War furnish tents,
'atJefersonville, Ind. q. NJ. ROWLAND,
President Chamber Of CGstaerce.
The Secretary replied that he had already
authorized Gen. Sheridan to furnish the neces-
sary supplies.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were s749. 64s26.
THE EDITOR OF THE STAR has been ill for
some days, at his house, with bilious fever, but
Is now recovering
TIE COMMISSIONERS to revise the United
States statutes have resumed their sessions in
this city.
REV. F. s. EVANS has been appointed first
class clerk in the Finance 0Siioe, OF the Post
Once Department.
ADMIRAL PORTER is much better, and on
Saturday rode out for the first time in several
smenths.
Nh. GEORGE W. DODGE has been appointed
special agent for the western, northwestern and
Goship bands OF Shoshone InH,ans in Nevada
and Utah Territory.
MAJ. JUNIUs B. WHEELER Engineer Corps,
has been appointed Professor OF Engineering at
the'West Point Military Academy, vice PROBES
sor Davis II. Mahan, deceased.
QUARANTINE ENDED.-A dispatch has been
received at the Post Ofce Department from
New Orleans, which says the yellow fever quar-
antine at Galveston, has been discontinued.
Mr.. c. BoRGEs, the new Brazilian Minister,
was presented TO the President to-day by Secre
tary Fish. Dir. Borges is thesuccessor of Mr.
Magalhaens, who represented that country here
for some years past.
NOVEMBER CoUPOSs.-The Secretary of the
Treasurer has directed the treasurer and assist
ant teasurers to pay the November coupons
upon the rebate ofinterest 10 October 9th and
On and after that day to pay interest due Novem-
Der LIST, without rebate.
FRANKLIN STEEL, ESQ, es Georgetown, whose
name is connected with the fraudulent issue of
Chippewa land scrip, it appears acted simply as
the attorney of st. Paul parties in receiving the
applications, and is not charged by the report
with being implicated in the frauds.
PRESIDENT GRANT was N his Office to-day,
and received quite a large number of visitors
among whom were Senators Rice, Sawyer and
Spencer, Judge Strong, of the Supreme Court
Rear Admiral Lee, Gen. Chapman, Acting
ctsover1or Stanton and others. The President
VIII leave here for Boston ON Friday evening.
Four DEMOCRATIC CoAeREssxEN ELECTED
FROM TExAs-Hon. Samuel j. Randall re-
'ceived a dispatch this morning from A. S. Walsh,
chairman of the Texas democratic executive
committee, dated Austin, Oct. Sth, saving
"Victory. The democrats carry every Con-
sressional district. ityprobably 5000"
CONGRESSMAN ELLIOT, of South Carolina
saw the President on Saturday to urge the re-
moval OF United States Marshal johnson. The
President will not make any change until after
a conference with Senator Sawyer. Ex-Con-
gresham Hoge is a candidate Tor the marshal
ship.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE fREsIDENr-The
President has appointed the following commits
sioners to the centennial exhibition at Philadel-
pha--W. +. Prosser, Tennessee; y. G. Meeker
and j. Marshall Paul, Colorado Territory: Rob't
Lowry, Iowa; Alexander X. Boteler and An
drew j. Sweeney, West Virginia; John A. Bax-
ter and Henry Chase, Vermont.
PosTMAsTRRs APPoINTED-The President
has made the following appointments of post
masters john II. Durham, Hartford, Conn,
vice Edward W. Whitaker, suspended; Charles
Davis, deceased; David l.. Bripgle, Salisbury,
". c.; WIN. p. Forsythe, jefferson Wis; Mrs
Electa T.: Smith, Sterling, H.; Caleb Taylor,
w L.
port, La; A. @. Vandewater, Pana, ILL.,; and
Albert I. Phillips at Kokomo, Ind.
REPRESENTATIVE WIN. b. WAsHBURN will
not resign his seat in Congress Until after his
election as Governor of Massachusetts. He
intends to take his seat at the opening of the
session in December, and viii remain in il,
probably, until the holiday adjournment, in
order to dispose of soIne important unfinished
business before the Committee on Claims. The
special election for member of Congress to ill
the vacancy viii not take place until some time
in December.
A GovERNMExT CLERK DECLINES PROMO
TON "A second class clerk in the Post Office
Department declined promotion to a third class
on Saturday last, giving as reasons for
his extraordinary action that he is a single man,
has no intention OF getting married, and his
present salary is more than sufficient for his
support; that, as his father is employed in the
department, his own promotion might give rise
to unpleasant gossip and the charge OF fayoritsm;
and that, fellow clerk I'm his division contem-
plates marriage and has long hoped for promo
ton, an increase Of salary would be more ac-
ceptable to his friend than to himself For these
reasons he respectfully, but firmly, declines
promotion ut present, saying that the time NAV
come when he will stand in need of n lar er