Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-02


j. VANCE LEWIS has been appointed to a first
elias clerkship in the General Land Office.
POSTMASTER GENERAL CREswELL is at
Cobb's Island with his family, nd win remain
there until the latter part of next week.
CHIEF ENGINEER b. +. SHERWOOD has been
detached from the Mare Island Navy Yard and
placed on waiting orders.
SIR ALEX. CoCKBURN is gazetted in London
as the British member of the board OF arbitra-
ton Under the treaty of Washington.
JAMES S. GRINNELL, Chief Clerk of the
Patent Office, leaves Washington this evening
for New England, where he will spend the next
thirty days.
THE PENSION DIVISION Third Auditors
OfEce has been reorganized by Chief VIM.
II. Whitney, and divided into sections in charge
of X. Nj. Jones, first; Dr. S. S. Stearns, second;
L. X. Jones, third; Jame3 T. Hall, fourth.
APPOINTMENT OF PosTMAsTERs.-TheP resi-
dent ha7 appointed and reappointed the follow
ingpostmasters: Appointed-Wm. Weldon, Iowa
Falls, Iowa. Reappointed- Eli McAIlister.
boldt, Kan; Emeraon A. Hough, CollfnsylIe,
Conn.,: Thomas Richardson, Port Gibson, Miss,
and j. H. Taylor, BOzeman, Montana.
SENATOR CLAYTON was arrested in Little
Rock, Ark, yesterday by the United States
marshal, on the charge of issuing, while he was
Governor of the State, certificate of election
t. Gen. John Edwards as a member of Congress
i'm violation of the enforcement act of Con gress.
The Senator gave bonds for his appearance at
the Ooepber term of the United States Court.
THE Chicago Post thinks that if Colonel VIM
P. Wood the dismissed Chief of Detectives, has
nothing more 10 say at present by way of de-
nouncing Secretary Boutwell,, he might as well
crafty the public by relating who put the most
morton poison in the coffin OF Buffenbarger Ii
was his friend, Maley Thomps on, who had the
body exhumed.
THE London Quarterly Rerier, (Scott reprint }
received from j. l.. Kervand, has articles on
Shakespeare, Darwin, Austria since Sadowa,
jeremy Taylor, Music, Names Village Commu-
mites, Alexander Dumas, Economic Fallacies,
and Labor Utopias, &c, Sc. The articles on
Darwin and Economic Fallacies will attract at
ter ion.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL TALBOT
has resigned his Office, the resignation to take
effect the LIST Of October. VIM. McMichael,
nov solicitor of the bureau of internal revenue,
will be appointed II the vacancy thus created,
il Is reported, and Charles Chesley will be an
ointed solicitor. The last named gentleman
heretofore occupied the position of chief OF one
OF the bureau divisions.
VICE PRESIDENT CoLFAx has been inter-
viewed at ST. Paul, Mimi, regarding the Presi-
Dental canvass, and is reported saying that he
was for Grant against the field, openly and
above board. In regard to the recent statement
that the Greeley-Fent IN wing of the republican
patty in New York were intending to bring him
forward as acandidate, Mr.. ColfaX said: "fhere
is Tothing in il. have had no communication
with them, and am for Grant unqualifedIy The
= ople laugh at me and do not believe me when
say am determined to retire to private life
and 1 have ceased repeating it, but it is true,
nevertheless. / have had all the public life
desire.'
1T is BELIEVED that one of the subjects
under consideration at the Cabinet meeting
yesterday was the letdement of a portion of the
Indian Territory by Kansas squatters Acting
on the advice of Sidney Clarke, late member OF
Congress, and others, over three hundred fami-
lies have immIgrated into the territory from
Kansas since July last As this is in violation
of treaty stipulations with the Indians, the
Board Of Indian Commissioners recently called
the attention of the Secretary of the Interior to
the matter, and he in turn laid the facts before
the President. II is thought that the latter will
shortly issue a proclamation ordering these
squatters on lands which have been set apart by
the government for the ole use of the Indians
to leave the territory under certain pains and
penalties.
THE PRoPoJrD TORPEDO BOATS FOR THE
MAYA board of naval officers, consisting Of
Commodore Gaze, chief of the Ordnance Bureau.
Docks, Naval Constructors Hanscom, Lenthal
and DelanO hare been in session at the NAVY
Department Tor several days past to determine
upon the plans for the new torpedo boats viii n
were authorized at the last session OF Conpr,s 4,
Three hundred thousand dollars were appropri
ated for each one of these vessels, but that sum
Will not be sufficient, and another approximation
for their completion will be asked at the next
session. They are to be constructed with a sub
merged iron Prov extending fifteen or twenty
feet in front upon which the torpedo will be
as In nY
vessel They will be built with special view to
making Roadway, and will carry no guns Of larg
calibre.
LOOSE PRACTICE OF ENDORSING RECON-
aENDATIoNs.-Seyeral cases which illustrate
the carele: sness, to say the least of Senators
and Representatives in endorsing the papers OF
applicants for positions under the government
have recently occurred in one OF The depart
ments. A distinguished Southern Senator called
upon the head of the department referred TO and
demanded the immediate discharge OF certain
clerk, on the ground that he was not aud had
never been republican; besides this. he was
grossly incompetent and totally unqualified to
discharge the simplest clerical duty. The chief
OF the department listened courteously TO these
representations, and then mildly inquired: .sIf
as You say, Mr. is not a republican and is
incompetent, why did you recommend him ?"
Z" Recommend him Why, sir, never recon-
mended him. Excuse me, sir, but 1 think
you did. Here" said the head of the depart
ment, ringing his bell for the messenger, task
appointment Clerk 10 Drlng me the paDerS in
the case of MIR. -" The papers were brought,
and IRON them the chief of the department
selccteda letter, which he handed to the Senator
with significant smile. 1t was letter written
some time since by the Senator himself, strongly
recommending Mr.. for appointment, and
vouching Tor his stauneh republicanism and
general qualification for the position sought
The Senator acknowledged the corn, !" but said
he had forgotten that he had written such letter.
1t must have been done ia great hurry and
upon the representa- on of some party in whose
word he had confidence
Another case may be mentioned. A well
known Southern member of Congress CALI at
the same department a day or two ago to po-
cure the removal of party who, he ayerred,
was not only rampant democrat, but a MEM
Der OF the kukluX Khan. The papers of the
party against whom these allegations were made
were sent for, and it was found that, with the
exception OF the member of Congress referred
TO, they were strongly endorsed by the entire re.
publican delegation of the State. The member
of Congress who had waited upon the head OF
the department, however, insisted that the
party was nevertheless a well-known democrat
and that, to his certain knowledge, not more
than one OF the honorable gentlemen who en-
dorsed the papers were acquainted with the man
they recommended. He even went so far as to
intimate that he could obtain paper signed by
every one OF the same honorable gentIemei,
asking for the removal of the very person thew
had formerly recommended. He was told by