Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-26

Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL RErEaUE.-The receipts from this
| source To- day were S5I2,724lS.
RFAR ADMIRAL RoDGgRs, chief of the bC-
| reau OF yards and docks, left here on Satur lay
| for his annual tour OF inspection. He goes 10
| Sacketts Hsrbor, y. ", Portland. Me, PORT
| mouth. n. H., Boston and Brooklyn.
INTERNAL REVENUE ArPoINrMENTs.-The
Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue to
| dav appointed G. &. Burr, Jo>eph Gregory, and
| b. j. Gray, gaugers for the second district o
| Virginia, and Filming Saunders, guager Tor
fifth district.
YORK (PA.) MAN he's sent $500 as a contri-
| button to the conscience fund of the Treasury
| The writer says he had retained that amour
from fferent taxes during the war, but having
! become Christian his conscience admOniShed
| him to return il.
| No POSTAL CARps.-Attorney General Will
liams has decided that the Postmaster General
| has no power to make a contract for the manu-
facture of postal cards until specific appropria-
ton for that purpose is made by Congress,
| until the next session of Congress.
| THE NEW REFORM SCHOOL BUILDINGs.-The
| Board of Trustees of the Reform School met to-
day at the Office of Mr.. Edward Clark, architect
OF the Capitol extension. for the purpose of ex-
| aiming the bids and awarding the contract for
! the new Reform School building. Secretary
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! liberatiors VIII be communicated to him and
| with his approval a contract will then be made.
| The SIOUX INDIANS PEACEABLE.-Secretary
| Delano has received a telegram from General
| Cowen, assistant secretary of the Interior, who
is now on the frontier and among the Teton
Sioux Indians stating that the rumors about that
tribe being on the war path are false; that on the
| contrary he finds the several tribes of Sioux
| Indians very peaceable, and hopes to complete
| his treaties in a short time. The head chiefs of
| the tribes will accompany Assistant Secretary
| Cowen TO this city, where the treaties will be
| ratified.
The SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION will,
according to the terms OF law creating il, expire
| on the Sd of March next, and six years will be
| consumed in transacting the business now on
| hand. The aggregate number of claims pre-
| sented TO the commission thus far is sixteen
| thousand, ranging from So to $4,000, and
| finally reported on five hundred and eighty
cases, in which 81 900, 900 were claimed. About
two hundred and fifty of them were rejected.
A SAGACIoUs MOVE ON THE PART OF MR..
| GAREETT.-We hear On what we consider good
| authority that w. Prescott Smith resigns his
| general management of the Washington and
| New York through line, and accep+7 the General
| Managers place Ga new Otice) on the Baltimore
| and Ohio Il. X. This move on the part of Mr..
| Garrett is decidedly polite one, for Mr..
Smith is not only one of the best executive Off
| GELS in the country, bat he has amount OF
| personal popularity that makes hosts of frienGs
|
NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC FLEET. - The
| United States steamer Resaca arrived at Ra-
| putt, Tahiti, on he I'd of June, thirty days
was 70 sail on the 10Th Instant for the Ssvies
| tors ISLANDS. Officers and crew without excep-
ton were in good health. The st. Mary's was at
are well. The Canaudaigus arrived
at Pensacola August 81, from cruise on the
| Campeachy and Mexican coasts, having visited
| SeCal. CamDecbp.
| Coalcos, Vera Cruz and Tampico.
PBRsoNAL.-Amongt the arrivals at Cape MAY
on Saturday were Hon. n. P. Chapman and
| wife, Mrs. f. G. Saville, MIR. p. NJ. Dubant
| and Mr.. I'll. G. Shuster, of Washington. MFR.
Lopez Roberts, lately Minister of Spain at
| morning for Europe by the French steamer
| France. Mr.. JOS. Parrish Secretary, to the
President TO sign land patents, is very ill in
| Philadelphia. Capt. Burrtt, of the Sunday
| Herald, has returned from the trout fishing
| region of Pennsylvania, looking robust and
| sunny, AS becomes a journalist who has had
good time and plenty of sport in a cool place
| this heated term. Judge Dwyer, of Ohio is
in town. Hon. A. &. Curtin and family
arrived at New York yesterday on the steamship
| Republic.
Loss OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPRNDPCE
| The original manuscript of the Declaration of
| Independence is rapidly fading away, and judg-
| ing from the past, but a few years will elapse
| before the naked parchment will be the only
i
| few COlonsts who with their lives in their hands
| dared proclaim themselves Ireemen. Already
nearly ell the signatures are entirely effaced and
| the rest cannot last much longer without some
| thing is done to restore the WI ting.
| The sacred Declaration, together with George
| WashlngtOns commission General and
| Commander In chief OF the Colonial Army,"
| which is in about the same condition, have been
| for years on exhibition in the Patent Office. and
| 1t is matter of surprise that no effort has been
| made by the government to save them from
being lost forever to posterity. This is srs-
| ceptlble OF being done, as we are credibly
| informed that the British Museum is constantly
| restoring old manuscripts to almost their original
| condition Do we not possess like knowledge
| which can be put to such valuable use?
| Here is an cpportunityfor our A merican scien-
fists to distinguish themselves and we trust they
| will signify their ability and willingness as
| SEMI OCCASIONAL.
| Washington, d. c., August 3, 1872.
| THE LATE DoN ANGEL DE ITURBIDR.-The
| Culpeper (Va.) Observer refers to the fact that
Angel de Iturbide, who died in the city of Mex
| leo, July 18th, (the same day that Juarez died
~aS py ms marriage to lady in this District
| and Virginia-the FORESTS, Tayloes, Lewises,
| Nortons, and others. Don Angel de Iturbide
| was son OF the Iiberator of Mexico, Augustin
| who, after a brief reign as emperor was deposed
and upon attempting to regain his power was
PUT to death by the people whose i'll dependence
| he had achieved The Iturbide family, after the
| death of the emperor, received from Mexico in
| recognition of his previous services, a handsome
| endowment Doth IN lands and money, and for
| many years they resided in this country. The
widow OF the Emperor Augnstin lived in this
| District and in Philadelphia, and died in the
\ latter city only few years since. Angel de
| Iturbide was educated with his brothers, at ST.
| Mary's college, near Baltimore, and all re,.rc-
| lions In reference to Punishment being removed
| oy santa Anna, he was subsequently employed
IN the diplomatic service Of his country in Paris
and washington. While secretary Of legation
OF Mexico at this capitol, he married Miss
| Sreen; OF Kosedale, on the heights of George
| town, py whom he had one son, who being the
| iineai descendant OF Iturbide, was adopted BY
the Inflated Macmillan and CarlOtta, taken to
the palace, and then made heir apparent,wth the
Itle OF Prince Imperial. When Macmillan fell,
the infant AugustiR was returned to his parents.
BISHOP VANDKRHoRsr, of the Colored Methc-
dist Episcopal Church in America, died in Char
lesion, south Carolina, last month, aged sixty
four years Bishop Miles lie now alone in the
general superintendency, and It IL thought a
special session OF the general conference OF the
cnofcn VIII DC called to strengthen the Epis-