Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-06
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RBvBNrR.-The receipts from this
source to-day were SSH .oi6'5).
LIEUTENANT SMITH, U. ). ". was seriously
injured by the premature explosion of a mortar
at Cairo, H., on the Fourth.
GEORGE W. INGALLS, has been appointed
agent for the Pi-Ute Indians, in southeastern
Nebraska.
THE DUKE DE NoAiLLEs, the newly appointed
Minister of France to the United States, left
Paris yesterday for Brest, to take the steamer
for New York.
GENERAL o. o. HOWARD has been ordered TO
return to the department of Arizona, accom-
panied by LIST lieutenant j. A. Sladen, for duty
in connection with the Indians.
Mrs. JANE G.. SwIssHELM defends Mrs. Lin
coin eloquently in the Chicago Tribune from the
various hard things said of that lady in Lannon's
Life of Lincoln and elsewhere.
REVENUE MISUNDERSTANDING Crea
has been appointed Assistant Assessor of Inter
nal Revenue for the 1st district of Virginia, and
Moses Merritt, storekeeper for the 18th district
of Ohio.
ARMY PEoMeTIoNs,-Msjor William p.
Carlin, of the 10th infantry, has been promoted
to be Lieut. Col. of the 18th infantry. Captain
S. o. Wainwright, 22d infantry, has been pro-
NOTED to be major of the 10th infantry.
PRRsoSAL.-Senator Patterson is in town
looking in good health. ....Hons. James B.
Beck, of Kentucky, and John v. Greedy, of
Pennsylvania, are at the Ebbitt House.
.'.'Senators Pomeroy and Carpenter are in
town.
CLERICAL PRoMoTIoNs.-The following pro-
motions have been made in the 9th Auditors
Office, the persons promoted having passed a
successful competitive examination on the 5th
ulumo: y. i. Thompson, from ID to Sd class;
and j. W. Davidson and III. j. Slye, from list to
"a class. Twenty-three applicants were ex-
amined.
THE ADMIRABLE PERFORMANCES at the Ma
tioDal in the way of magic and ventriioquisn
by Messrs. Sargent and Davies, come to a close
o-nght with a complimentary benefit rendered
them by leading citizens of Washington. Mr.
Sargent is exceedingly clever as a ma AFGHAN and
Davies is, without doubt, the very best VEN
trlloquist that has ever visited Washington. His
performances, In which he sustains dozen parts
at once, are really wonderful.
WANT THE INCREASED PAY.-A DELEGATION
representing the machinists and brass finishers
Of the Washington navy yard waited upon the
Secretary Of the Navy to-day ACCOMPANIED by
Gen. Chapman and Councilman Cross, in rela-
ton TO the pay now received by the mechanics
In that branch OF the yard. The committee ap-
pointed short time since to arrange the paw
table, the report of which was published in THH
STAR few days since, reported in favor of in
creasing the pay of these mechanics, upon the
strengtn OF evidence before them that mechan-
les OF that class in private shops were receiving
larger pay than those in the navy ward The
admiral commanding the yard, however did
NOT approve OF the increase, hence the appeal to
the Secretary.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE ARIZONA INDIANS
Accommodations Of Gen. Hopard.-Gen. o. o.
Howard, who was recently sent to Arizona to
conciliate the hostile Indians OF that territory,
has submitted his report to the Secretary of the
Interior. 1t Is very long and embraces accounts
OF the various councils held with the Indians and
certain suggestions relative to the treatment of
the latter by the government. In closing his
report Gen. Ii. recommends that his official
acts while in Arizona be confirmed; that the
Yuma Indian children captured by Americans,
Mexicans, and Papagoes at the "Camp Grant
massacre" be returned to their parents; that for
various reasons Lieut.. Royal Z. Whitman of the
50 cavalry, be not restored as Indian agent; that
tnere he but one reservation in Arizona instead
OF two; that for the present increased ratious be
allowed; that good schools be at once established
on the reservation; that the Mojave and Yuma
Apaches be allowed to remain at Date creek
this season; that the most vigorous measures he
taken by the military to punish the incorrigibly
hostile savages; that the Indian superintendent
with the Delshe and Tonto-A paches who seem
anxious for peace; that the articles asked for by
the Apache and other Indians now at Washing
ton be granted within reasonable bounds and
that inexpensive sample houses, such as are
constructed at the frontier posts, be built for
them. "
MIR. CHAs. II. w. MEEEAN, law librarian of
Congress, who died suddenly at his residence on
ID street, near 18th, as stated in yesterday,
STAR, was the son of the late Jno. S. Meehan
librarian of Congress, and has been employed in
the library for the past twenty-five years
having read law and graduated at the New
Haven law school, before reaching the age of
maturity he was appointed to a position in the
library by his father, and being naturally of a
Literary turn he made himself very useful.
When the law library was separated from the
miscellaneous, Mr.. Meehan W as placed in charga
OF the former; a position which he filed with
frequently said of him that he could give fair
synopsis Of the contents of any book in the law
library, and could always go to the direct spot
Ior any work required. Whenever the report of
any particular judicial case was needed, Mr.,
Meehan could invariariably mention the work
or volume in which it could be found. He was
a gentleman of rare social and intellectual quail
ltles, and esteemed by every one. He married
daughter of Hon. James s. Marvin, late
Representative OF the Saratoga, n. Y, district.
and the owner of one of the largest hotels there.
Mrs. Meehan, with her two children, was on a
visit to Saratoga at the time of the sudden death
OF her husband. He retired as usual on Thurs
day evening, and not coming down to breakfast
yesterday morning, the servants, after waiting
some time, went to his room, and found him ex.
piring. Medical aid was promptly summoned.
and every effort made to restore him, but with
out success, his death being caused by apoplexy.
MURAT HALsTKAD's WAY OF BREAKING
OxEN.--A correspondent wants to know chow
we would break an OK" If only one OK, good
way would be to hoist him by means of a long
chain attached to his tail, to the top of pole
forty feet from the ground. Then hoist him by
rope tied to his horns, to another pole. Then
descend to his back a five ton pile driver, and if
that don't break him let him start a country
newspaper and trust people for subscription
Cincinnati Commercial.
TIE Philadelphia Press gives the following
sliding scale Of titles, which the democrats have
used for "GoOd DIR. Greeley" as he likes to hear
Dana call him: January-The old idiot GreeIey
February-The eccentric Greeley. Msrch~Oid
Horace Greeley. APril-Horace Greeley. May