Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-12

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SECRETARY BELKNAP will return here on
Thursday morning.
SIMON WOLF, ESQ, Recorder OF Deeds, left
yesterday for California and the Pacific coast
on six weeks zip.
WE HAVE the first number of the Winona
Miss RepEblicdR, a handsome weekly, pub
fshed by Col. VIM. c. Parker, formerly Of this
city.
GEN. GARFTHLD has been compelled to give
upspeaking in Ohio for the present and hasten
home for medical treatment, large carbuncle
on his neck causing him great suffering.
GEN. SKINNER, Treasurer of the United
States, and party, sailed from Liverpool in the
Cunard steamer China on Saturday last. He is
expected at the department about the middle of
next week.
Col. j. NJ. McGREw, president of the Ohio
Senator Sherman to-day which says the canvass
looks very favorable for a great republican sue
cess at the coming State election in Ohio.
FRIEND JOHN ID. LANG, of the Board of In
dian Commissioners, has been called home to
Maine by the illness of his wife. Should she
improve in health Mr.. Lang will be deputed BY
the board TO remove the North Carolina Chero-
KEGS to the Indian Territory.
ARMY CHANeEs.-The President has accepted
the resignatiOnso of Capt. Geo. W. Ballantine, of
the 9TH infantry, and list lieutenant James
Joyes, 18th infantry. 1st lieutenant James w
Reilly, ordnance department, has been ordered
to duty at West Point
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER of Interna, Revenue
Given, left here last night for his home in Iowa
l., and will be absent about month. Mr.. A. NJ
kanouse will have charge of the division of
distiied spirits and bonded warehouses during
his absence.
CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS A. Patterson.
G. II. Clue, ID. j. Flynn, and W. Z. Lord, have
been appointed TO first class clerkships in the
General Land Office; r. II. Bum has been ap-
pointed an assistant railway postal clerk between
New York and Washington, and j. T. Gordon
TO similar position between this city and
Weldon, n. c.
TRANSFERS OF NAVAL OFFIcERs.-The or
ders of Capt. c. II. q. Caldwell to command the
Colorado have been revoked, and he has been
ordered to command the Worcester. Captain
Charles II. Baldwin has been detached from the
Mare Island navy yard and he has been or
dered to command the Colorado. Commander
VIM. ID. Whiting has been detached from the
command OF the Worcester, and ordered TO duty
as inspector OF ordnance at the New York navy
yard. Commander Geo. II. Perkins has been
detached from the command of the Relief and
placed on waiting orders.
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Mrs. Grant,
his sister, and his three youngest children, left
Long Branch yesterday for Lebanon, Pa, where
he is the guest to-day of Hon. G. Dawson Cole
man. Tomorrow he will leave for CORY, Erie
county, and will stop at Titusville q receive the
Inequalities OF the people; thence to the great
Cory Farm" thence to Oil City, arriving at
Franklin, Venango county, where he will STAY
N 1asrhf nr.E
train direct for Washington, Pa. After one or
two days rest he will then proceed TO Ohio for
the purpose Of visiting the old homestead Of his
family and paying his respects to his aged
father. His establishment at Long Branch Is
closed. He expects to return to Washington
about the first or fifth OF October.