Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-24
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

dSulngtOu NEWS anu 0OSSlps
INTERNAL RKvEsuE--The receipts from this
source to-day were s112,el3.5O.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 the new loan to-day
were 900 only.
SECRETARY DELANo is expected to return
from Ohio sometime during the present week.
Col. CLuM, Chief Clerk of the Indian Bureau,
returned to-day.
Gov. COOKE left tor Philadelphia on Saturday
evening to attend the funeral of Mrs. Jay Coz Ike
SECRETARIES Belknap and Robson are ex-
pected here tomorrow or "Wednesday.
CONsUL RECOGNIZED. - The President has
recognized Andres Cassard as Consul of Costa
Rica, at Charleston, s. c.
COMMODORE A. L. CASE, chief of the Ordnance
Bureau of the Navy Department, is spending
the summer North with his family.
POSTMASTER GENERAL CREswELL viii not
return from his home at Elkton, Maryland, UNI
til Wednesday.
GENERAL BADcocK, Superintendent of Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds, left here last evening
for weeksyisit to Saratoga.
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS WILLIAMS, of the
Internal Revenue Office, leaves here this evening
MR.. w. I. RAxBuscH, of Minnesota, has
been appointed to first-class clerkship in the
contract Office of the Post Office Department.
Mr.. W. w. CURTIS, chief clerk of the Gene
raj Land Office, returned from his western tour
to-day
Mr.. JOHN ID. LANG, OF Maine, member of the
Indian Commission, has taken the place OF Mr..
Vincent Colyer as Secretary of the1Commission
during the latters absence to New Mexico,
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PARDoNED By THE PREsDENr.-The Presi-
dent has granted unconditional pardors to g. R.
Reddin and T. f. Brown, convicted of illicit dis
filling in Tennessee.
THE COMMISSION of Charles s. English to be
Collector Of the port Of Georgetown, ID. c., was
made out at the Treasury Department to-day
and forwarded to Long Branch for the sigma
ture Of the President.
The THIRD-cLAss steamer Iroeuos now fit
ting out at Philadelphia, will be ready for sea I'm
the course OF few days. when the officers will
squadron in the East Indies.
REAR ADMIRAL G. s. BoGes, now in COM
mand Of the European feet. will soon be placed
on the retired list, on account of his advanced
age. As already stated he will be succeeded in
the command OF the feet by Rear Admiral JAS
Alden. '-''
1HE MONTANA NAIL CASE Of Altman agt
Huntley, better known as the Montana Mail
Contract Case, which was commenced in the
Equity Court about Az years since, and which
was appealedto the supreme Court Of the United
States, has been settled.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRKsIDENT-The
President has appointed DR.. ID. Willard Bliss tn
be a member of the Board of Health for the Dis
nj f % r4l.
collector of customs at st. Marks, Florida
daniel b. johnson, jr, to be associate Justice of
the Supreme Court, Territory of New Mexico
The FIGHT IN CoREA.-Dispatches have been
received at the Navy Department from Rear
Admiral Rodgers, commanding Asiatic squad
ron, giving the detailed particulars of the first
gay nght with the Coreans, (as heretofore pub
hshed In The STAR) but no particulars of the
second days fight, particulars of which are
looked for with interest.
THE CONTRACTS for furnishing the navy with
shoes, flannel, clothing, socks, &C., bids for
which were opened at the Bureau OF Provisions
and Clothing a few days since, have been
awarded as follows: 5000 pairs OF calfsxin shoes
to Freeman & Co., of Orange, n. Y; 20 600 pairs
Of socks and 5000 yards of blue flannel, to i. H.
Howard, of n. Y; Il, 900 yards of sheeting: 9Oa
pairs blue cloth trowsers; 5000 pairs satinet
rowsers, 1900 blue flannel undershirts; 5000
monkey jackets, and 5000 caps to William
Matthew's, Of Y. The contracts for mattresses
and blue Nankin have not yet been awarded.
NAVAL PAYMAsTER RICHARD WASHING
TON RESTORED TO DUTY-The naval court
martial in Session at the Navy Yard here last
spring tried, among others, Paymaster Richard
Washington on the charge of ''scandalous con-
duct, embeZzlement and neglect of duty" In
reviewing the findings Of the court in Paymaster
Washington's case Secretary Robson said
The facts developed by the trial of this officer
present case materially different from what the
department had been led to suppose when the
first charges were framed; and the court have
found that the main allegation against him. that
he had converted the public money entrusted to
him to his own use, is not sustained by proof
The evidence and findings i'm the case show the
accused to have been guilty of neglect Of duty
only, under extenuating circumstances. The
sentence Of fine and imprisonment is therefore,
and on account of the Recommendation of Glenn
ency by the court, set aside, and the sentence of
dismissal mitigated to suspension from rank
duty and pay for six months, &c take effect from
this date" On the 18th inst. the Secretary set
aside entirely the sentence and directed that
Paymaster Washington be restored to duty; ac-
cordingly he has been ordered to report on board
the Worcester on the 18th of August. Paymas-
ter Washington is a resident of this District and
has many relatives and friends here who will
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