Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-22

source to-day were 1856, 577.s3.
SENATOR SUMNER is spending short vacation
with the poet Longfellow at Cambridge.
Mr.. II. G. STEWART, special Indian agent
for the southeast Pluto agency, died few days
since.
Mrs. HENRY D. COOKE will sail for Europe on
"Wednesday next. Gov. Cooke win accompany
her TO New York, and return here ON Thursday
GEN. TERRELL, Third Assistant Postmaster
General, was not in his Office to-day ON account
of indisposition.
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
MARSHALL returned from Faqdier county, Va,
this morning.
CLERICAL APPoINTMEYTs-O. T. Andrews,
of Tenn; Joseph Burroughs, of y. j., and Henry
Roberts, of Penn, have been appointed to first
class cletkships in the Post Office Department.
THEToTAL AMOUNT paid by the general gov
eminent from March, 1859, to June, 1871, to the
several States for furnishing and equipping vol
unteerstO suppress the rebellion was 50 066, Os26
MRS. JAY COOKE, we regret to announce,
died last night at the residence of her husband,
near Philadelphia, of heart disease. Governor
Cooke and family leave here this evening to at
tend the funeral. r
master General, was at St Paul, Minnesota, a
few days since. His health was not improving
rs rapidly as his friends might wish, but he was
quite hopeful.
The DISTRICT OFFICERS TO BE PAm.-Gov.
pensation of the temporary officers of the Dis
trict, and arrangements have been made to pay
them Immediately.
, LEGAL pRocrrprNcs looking towards an in
junction to restrain the sale of bonds of this
District issued under the four million loan act of
the Legislature were not commenced to-day, and
II is understood that such action will be taken
before Thursday next, if at all.
RUMoR prevails at the Indian department
that Hon. N. j. Turney, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Ohio, will succeed General
Parker as Commissioner OF Indian Affairs. Mr.
Turney; who is actingsas special agent OF the
Indian Bureau, is at present on a tour of in
spection on the upper Missouri.
ILLEGAL SEIZURE OF MAIL CARs.-The
Postmaster General has been informed that the
employees Of the Alabama and Chattanooga rail-
road seized the mail cars at York Station on
the Alabama Central road, formerly the Selma
and Meridian railroad. The superintendent of
the road states that he can not now deliver mails
for any point west of that station.
Mr.. VINCENT CoLYER leaves tonight for
Cochise, principal chief of the Apaches, to come
Washington and see his "Great Father at the
White House, Cochise is represented as the
mortal foe of the whites and the most desperate
Indian Chief now living. He has hitherto re-
fused all offers to treat with the whites and il is
quite possible that Mr.. Colyer will be unable TO
induce him to come here.
NAVAL NEws.-The L. S. steamer Worcester
which carried over supplies TO the suffering
French, returned to Boston on Thursday where
she will be fitted out for duty on some of the
foreign stations The Congress sails from New
york, on Monday, with a cargo of coal for Cap
tain Halls Arctic expedition. The storeshiD
Relief, which carried out supplies for the sr far-
ing French, lett Plymouth, England, on Thurs
day, for New York.
: SocIETY-Mr. and Mrs. ffoyt, nee Chase. will
soon return from Europe. ....Mrs Gen. Sher-
man ard Miss Minnie Sherman, who were last
week the guests OF Legrand Lockwood NoryyaIk
Conn, have gone to St. Adams, VT, where thew
Will remain until September ..-.Senator and
Mrs. Sprague have left New York and returned
to Narragansett Heights. ''..Miss Drexel, of
Grant at the Presidents cottage, Long Branch.
THE KIowAs USEAsY.-The Indian Bureau
is IN receipt Of a communication from Friend
Enoch Hoag, superintendent, &C., transmitting
copy of letter from agent Tatum, of the
kiows agency, dated Fort Sill, the sth instant
in which he represents the Kiovss a. anxious to
LSoih 'lS iktc VI t1eI cnlefS, Satant2 and Big
Tree. They have made efforts to induce the
Cheyennes and Sioux to join them in a war
against the whites, but thus far have failed.
They are at present among the Antelope hills,
on the Canadian river. =
REMOVING THE KICKAPoos.-Indian agent
j. ID. Miles, who went TO Mexico charged with
the duty of gathering the Kicfapoo Indian. on
the frontier and bringing them to the United
States, reports that not only the Indians but the
Mexicans are opposed to the removal. In view
of this, the Commissioner of Indian Afairs
recommends to the Secretary of the Interior
that agent Mills be recalled until some definite