Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-19
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvESUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were S23e,7I5.56.
UNITED STATE3 TREASURER SPINNER and
party arrived at New York to-day on the China.
GEN. Cook is reported by telegraph rs saying
that he can conquer the Apaches if the peace
commissioners viii let him alone.
,.. prrHARDscN Of the
Treasury Department viii remain in Europe IN
til December.
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
MARSHALL hes gone TO Paris, Virginia, for a
few days.
GENERAL MCDONALD, Supervisor of Internal
Revenue fer the States Of Missouri and Arkansas.
arrived in the city today on official business.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS of the national banks to
the new loan are being flied at the rate of a
million dollars per day. Thirty millions are yet
- be forwarded to the banks.
THEfactthat Victoria Woodruff has taken and
furnished a house in Washington is believed to
be in consequence of her biographer's desire to
enjoy free board and lodgings at the capital this
Winter.-N. Y. Commercial.
The TRANSLATION of candidates for admis-
sionto the Naval Academy commences at the
Academy to-mol row and continues until the 3osh
instant; About fly candidates are to be ex-
anined.
WE UNDERSTAND that the Mixed Commission
for the settlement of claims, other than those
known & he laha elai. L.
OF Washington will hold their first meeting in
this city on Mo nday next.
SECRETARY BELKNAP will leave here on
Thursday evening, in company with General
Sherman and General Humphreys, chief of en-
gineers, to make an inspection of the works n.
Hell Gate, Willett's Point, Fort SCHUYLER. and
, other points near New York,
TRIPLE RRvIsroN.-As an evidence of the
care taken by the Superintendent of the Census
to secr1e accuracy, it may be stated that all
proofs of statistical matter received from the
Government Printing Office are revised three
times.
TEN DAYS TO GO HOME AND vorE-The or
der recently issued by the Post Office Depart
partment allowing Pennsylvanians employed in
the Department sufficient time TO 90 home to
vote at the coming election has been notified
as to allow each voter ten days leave of alb
sence.
CONTRACTS AwARDED-Major Elliot and
Governor Cooke have awarded the contrac tGfor
laying the new 36-inch water main as follows -
Reservoir division to Emmert, Dunbar & Co. for
s12,e2240; Georgetown division to O'Hare, Him
Der q Co., S24 y3S6.94; West Washington division
to Emmert, Dunbar & Co., Sl3,153.0s, East
Washington division to Emmert, Dunbar s. Co.,
S11 ,639.0S.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, of New York. TODAY
made an argument before Commissioner Doug
lass i'm favor Of the claim of the Erie Railroad
for refundng and abatement of certain
taxes assessed against the road. The amount
involved Is over 500, 900. He claims that money
raised by the sale OF bonds is not liable to taxa
ton not being earnings of the road. The Com
missioner reserved his decision.
DEATHS IN THE ARMY.-The circular from
the Afjutant Generals Office reporting the list
of casualties among the commissioned officers of
the army for the week ending Saturday, Sept.
| 10th, hes the following names Prof DenniS
II. Mahan, drowned in the Hudson river; Major
Samuel G. 1; Camp, died at Saratoga; First
Lieut.. VIM. w. Parry, 18th infantry, died at
Camp Douglas, Utah Territory.
THE New YoRH HERALD of the 10th instant
| says The board of examiners appointed at
the General Term of the Supreme Court to
| examine candidates for admission TO the har
| reported yesterday in favor of A. NJ. Cunnin--
| ham," This young gentleman is a native OF
Washington, and graduated from Y ale College
| in the class of 1869.
| THE LIFE OF AMOS KENDALL is in press and
| will soon be published by Lee s. Shepard OF
| Boston. The volume is mainly Autobiography
cal. and contains store of anecdote and remi-
miscence, political and social, such as few pub
| lie men could have accumulated, and ii is for
| many reasons likely to be one of the most no.a-
bic books Of the year. 1t is understood that the
| work Of editing has been done and much of the
| connecting literary matter supplied by his SON
in-law, Mr. William Stckney, of this city.
EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE OF THE MONEY
| ORDER BusINEss.-The Sixth Auditor has Just
| completed a statement of the business of the
Money Order Department of the Post Office De-
| partment for the fiscal year ending june 30. OF
the present year, which shows the amount OF
money orders issued to be Si2, 071 02i9O, against
s34 054 1s4 issued during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1870. The amount of money orders
paid during the last fiscal year was 81 6IS O6O O9
| AGAINST S33,65S, 1917 for the year ending June
80, 1871. This shows the extraordinary increase
in one year of 20 per cent. on orders issued and
| % per cent on orders paid.
INTERNAL REVENUE CHANGEs.-It is under
stood that, in order to settle the question as 70
| his official status under the civil tenure law.
| Commissioner Douglass will resign his commits
] sion as First Deputy Commissioner of Internal
| Revenue. This will be done as soon as his
successor has been decided upon by the Presi-
| dent.
Col. Josiah Given has also determined IN
| resign his position as Third Deputy, in order to
| accept the appointment of United States At
| torney for the district of Iowa. Thus two va
| cancies will exist in the Internal Revenue
bureau, to be filed when the President returns.
| THE Washington correspondents, an intelli-
gent body Of men, appreciate the efforts of the
| new District government to improve the condi-
ton of affairs here, and censure the action of the
| clique of bunker obstructionists, who ESSAY to
defeat all progress. The correspondent Of the
| New York Post writes: 'sThe work of Improve
| ment is to be commenced at once, in order that
the city may present a greatly-improved ap-
pearance the coming winter as compared with
previous ones. By the time Congress meets the
transformation from muddy and badly-sewered
streets to weli-paved ones with a Complete
sewerage will be m arked."
THE FLEET conveying the Russian Grand
Duke Alexis - America will leave Plymouth.
England, for New York abo ut the sd or oath
of September. and should be in the neighbor-
hood of Sandy Hook by the 18th of Octo-
Der at the farthcst. The Grand Duke.
Immediately upon his arrival, will come
to Washington, where he will be presented TO the
President by tire Russian Minister, and after
having received the Inequalities Of the govern
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