Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-06
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RKvRNuR--The receipts Icom tbs
source to-day were S516 ,5e5T.
SENATOR CoNKLlSe 's the guest OF President
Grant at Long Branch.
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, spent Monday with
his friends in Boston, and passed the Fourth
in quiet in his Groton home.
ASSISTANT SURGEON MCCLELLAN, U. s. a,
has been relieved from duty in the Department
of Missouri and ordered - Philadelphia.
Mr.. JOSEPH MRDILL, one of the members o:
the Civil Service ComTa sian, qualified to-day
before Justice L. C. Connolly.
Mr.. GEORGE X. FINcKRL has been appointed
chief clerk of the Quartermsster General.
Office, at a salary of $4,000.
MAJ. j. M. LUCAS, of Illinois, leaves here to-
morrow for the city of Tunstall, England, as
United States Consnl at that post.
j. G. SAvILLE, manager of the National
Theater, Washington, Is announced as IN New
York looking up company for the coming
season.
COMMODORE A. l.. CASE, chief Of the Ordnance
Bureau, attends to all routine matsers requiring
the action Of the Secretary of the Navy diving
the absence Of that officer from the city.
GENERAL MILRoY, recently appointed United
States marshal Of Wyoming Territory, arrived at
Cheyenne last week and Tuesday, refusing 70
qualify.
GOVERNOR COOKE has approved the act TO
enable the city Of Georgetown to anticipate the
taxes now levied to the extent of 5000, II pay
the next instalment of semi-annual interest on
the BONDS Of said city.
BARON Won GKIoLr, who for the Ia st twenty
five years has represented Prussia and the North
German Confederation at this capital, departed
from Baltimore for Europe in the steamer
Berlin yesterday. He was the oldest member or
the diplomatic corps.
APPOINTMENT AND PRoMoTIoSs.-W. II.
Chadsey, of California, has been appointed to a
frst-class clerkship in the Sixth Auditors Office.
In the same Office, the following promotions
have been made :-EdSon Tobes from a second
TO a third-claSs, and j. Frank Dart from a first
to a second-class clerkship.
THE CABINET OFFICERs-Attorney General
Alderman is the only member ofthe Cabinet now
in this city. Secretary Fish Is in New York.
Secretary Delano in Ohio, Secretary Robson in
New Jersey, Secretary Boutwell, in Massachu-
sets, Secretary Belknap in Iowa, and Postmas-
ter General Cressweli in Maryland.
PROF. STUART ELDRIDGE, OF Wisconsin, was
to-day appointed q member of the scientific
tApcultlOn W Japan, anu VIII SAIL " TN General
CapTon on the LIST Of August. Prof. Eldridge has
resided for the past five years in this city. He
was connected with the Medical Department OF
Georgetown College, and was also Librarian OF
the Department Of Agriculture.
THE PARDON Of c. c. Bowen has not yet been
received here, but is daily expected from Long
Branch, as In accordance with the Presidents
request, the blank form was mailed to him on
Saturday for his signature. In the meantime
Mr.. Bowen and Mrs. Bowen (the third spend
the anxious hours of waiting beneath the CRATE
fri shade Of peach tree in the Jail yard.
THE CIVIL SERVICE CoMsnssIoN-The gen.
eral subject OF competitive examinations was
continued by the Commission to-day. Various
communications from the Treasury Department
relative 70 the number and distribution Of Offices
were received and considered, and the subject of
the organization of the Post Office Department
was taken up. The daily sessions of the Com
mission usually last from II m till 40 p. m.
THE PAYMENTS made by the Treasury De-
partment during the month Of june were as fol-
lows: 30.
On account Of War Department. 81 ,9e6, 3Os. 79
On account Of Navy Department. I,1s1, 2s5.65
On account Of Interior INDIAN and -
PENSION l..............-...-....... 3,aZ2,O20.96
Civil and Miscellaneous. ......... 6,S9S, 1868
ie s15,7G6, 1919
The above does not include payments made on
account Of interest or principal Of the public