Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-29

here for visit to New Hampshire and Maine.
SECRETARY BKLKNAP returned from Prince
ton College commencement this morning.
OUR VICTORIOUS CHORAL SOCIETY will leave
New York for home on the O'Clock train this
evening.
THE PRESIDENT, his son Frederick, who
recently graduated from West Point, and Gen.
Porter, leave here for Long Branch on the
9o'clock train this evening.
Mr.. CHARLES H. MouLToN Yesterday filed his
bond for $4,000 as dsbursing officer of the
Treasury Department, and was assigned to duty
in the Second Auditors Office.
Mr.. E. B. ELLIOTT, of the Civil Service Com
| mission, is not "of the State Department" as
represented in a morning paper, but Is Chief
| Clerk of the Bureau of Statistics.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION met this
| morning at 10 O'Clock, when the members ex-
pressed their views in a conversational way
upon the subjects which they are TO consider. but
no definite action was taken, and the commission
adjourned to meet Tomorrow at II O'Clock.
CHANGES IN THE SECOND AUDITORS OFFICE.
| Augustine II. Lincoln, of Alabama, has been
| appointed frst-class clerk in the Second Audi
| tors Office. Capt Henry Moore, second-class
clerk in the same office, has resigned from July
| is. A. G. Timble has been reappointed a first
| class clerk in the same Office.
| GENERAL SPINNER.-A letter was received to
day by a lady in the U. s.. Treasurer's Office
| from one of General Spinner's party, dated at
| Cologne, on the 10th instant. General Spinner's
| health was improving. The party has already
visited Belgium, Holland, and a portion of Ger
Berlin, in order to witness the Emperor's trium-
| phal entry on the 18th instant.
| A MEETING OF TRR CABINET was held at the
| Executive Mansion at II o'clock to-day, all the
members being present with the exception of
| Secretaries Fish, Delano, and Robson. Secre-
| tary Fish was represented by Mr.. Hunter, Sec
| Ond Assistant Secretary of State, and Secretary
| Delano by Gen. Cowan, Assistant Secretary OF
| the Interior Department. At few minutes TO
one O'Clock Secretary Robson arrived and took
| part in the deliberations of the Cabinet. The
| session closed at about two O'Clock.
STATIONERY CONTRACTS AwARDEp.-Large
contracts for stationery were to-day awarded by
the Secretary Of the Treasury to the following
| frms:-J. C. Parker, Towers g. Mudd, Philp az
SolOmOns, VIM. Ballantyne, X. b. Mohun & Co,
| all of this city; K. ID. Lockwood, Philadelphia
d. w. Bogardus, C. Devoe & Co, and the Ber,,
lin. and Jones Envelope. Company, of New
| York city. Most of the stationery is for the use
OF collectors and assessors Of internal revenue.
LIEUT.. HUGH W. MCKEE, the naval officer
killed in the recent Corean engagement, was an
officer Of the flag ship Colorado. He was a ma
4 le.
| widowed mother. His father was an officer of
the Kentucky regiment of volunteers in the Mex
lean war, and was killed In one Of Taylor's bat
ties His brother Is an officer OF the ordnance
corps of the army. Lieut. Mckee graduated at
the Naval Academy in the class of 1866 with
honor. He accompanied Farragut in the Frank
lin" during his European cruise of 1863, and has
4 been murdered by "spear and bullet leading
his men into his first engagement.
| EXECUTIVE APPoIETMKNTs-The President
made the following appointments to-day:-wm.
i. Haines, commissioner Of customs; Lewis H
Douglass, member of the Council, Legislative
Assembly of the Districtof Columbia, vice Fred
erick Douglass, resigned; H. W. Wilkinson col
lector of customs, district of Pearl river Missis-
sippi, vice Pinckney Ross, suspended by letter
dated the 2sth inst i. Q. Humphreys, collector
Warner, collector of customs, district OF
Mobile; Joseph Webster, Pennsylvania agent
for the Indians of the Santee Sioux agency;
Lewis ID. Brashear Ohio, register of the land of,
flee in the Pembina land district, Dakota; and
Lucius D. Wicks, Cal, register Of the land once
at Sacramento, Cal. -
Mr.. Hanes, appointed commissioner Of cus-
| toms, has been tor number of years chief clerk
4 of the Bureau; and Mr.. Warner, appointed col
lector at Mobile, is the late Senator from Ala
| bama. = : =
| DIR. NEwNAS's LETTER ON THE Iowa
SENAToRsHIP-The Dubuque Herald publishes
| the following letter purporting to be from Rev.
1 y. p Newman, pastor of the Metropolttau
| Methodist Church In. this city, addressed to a
leading Methodist clergyma OF Iowa, in behalf
OF the reelection of Senator Harlan. 1t is said
| that the letter has created some excitement in
the poitico-relgious circles in the Hawkeye
| State: --...---.------
II or GConfdential.l
| WASHINGTON, ID. c., April Is, ISL
| Dear Brother: As a mutual friend, L drop Won
/ few earnest words in behalf Of Senator Har-
| lan's reelection to the United States Senate
| You know the importance of early and earnest
| action. The members elected TO the next Legis-
| lature elect the next Senator. 1t Is, therefore,
| necessaIy that the right man be nominated, and
| hence attention must be given to the primary
| MEETINGS. am glad to sag to you that Senator
1 Harlan Is regular in his attendance at church,
| and his influence is In the right direction 4
know personally that he stands high with the
4 administration, and has influence with the
| PfeSidl n, and Is held in high esteem By his
fellow-Senators. His speech ON San Domingo
has given him an elevation few Senators enioy.
| Hoping that You will in all suitable ways
| interest yourself for Mr.. Harlan, I am truly
yours, +f# j. p. NEWMAN
| WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL oPg;oRR.)
/ WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 29-IO.30a m. (
/ Synspsis for he past tlcelty-four hOars.-The
barometer has fallen at the Pacific and Rocky
| Mountain stations, and has very generally risen
sgm 1me MissisR l'n 70 Hew England where it
| highest pressure extends from Lake Michigan
sopthwestward. Northwcsterly winds have pre-
| vailed from Lake Michigan 10 chesapeake Raw
| and are now extending eastward. Fresh south
| westerly winds Continue at Key West Tenn
perature las failed from the Tennessee to Ches-
| apeake Bay and northwards. Cloudy weather
l with occasional light rains has continued on the
| east Atlantic, where it is now clearing away-
Light rains have fallen in western Tennessee,
| and local shower during the afternoon and eve
ming on the Atlantic coast and i'm Pennsylvania
Pro6dItlities.-lti is probable that the barome-
ter wiz fall, with easterly winds, in the north
west. That clearing up weather win very gem
orally prevail on the lakes and middle and east
Atlantic with cool weather and northwesteriy
LOCAL REcoRp.-The thermometer I'm Tim
/ EVENING STAR business Office registered as fol-
lows so-day'-S q. M, "a; 10 a. m, IS; f2 m, 77;2
l p. m, 10. e. > : III q ''',
0Deaths from diseases OF the digestive
L organs in England greatly exceed in number
that of any other country. c-ikF =
GMrs Sharp, of Rockport. Indiana. arrested
on the charge OF numbering her second hus-