Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-18


source to-day were S192, l91.01.
The JAPANESE EMBASSY expects to visit
Mount Vernon on SATURDAY..
NoMNATIoN-The Preside mt to-day NOM
mated TO the Senate VIM. Wells, to be collector
OF customs tor Vermont.
COMMANDER G. ii. PERKINS has been ordered
to relieve Commander J. Ct. Walker as light
house inspector of The Boston district.
TEE EXAMINING BOARD OF the Treasury De-
partment are preparing for the competitive ex-
animation of applicants. and will probably COM
ple;e their arran yemen;s within two weeks.
CAPT. THEODoEB j. ECKERsoN, assistan.
IuaTtermaster, has been ordered to report in
person TO Maj. Gen. George Meade, president
OF the retiring board, with view to an exami-
nation by the medical officers of that board.
THE WHITE HoUsE.-Among those who called
on the President to-day were Secretaries Belk-
nap and Boutw I'll, Assistant Secretary of the
interior, Gen. Cowen, Commissioner Douglass
and Senators Nye, Spencer, Morrill, and Cald
well.
GEN. GEORGE j. STANNARD, United State
collector OF customs, at Burlington, V, has
resigned. The cause is said to be deficit i'm his
accounts, at the last settlement, of $50 900:
which he could not make good. His bonds are
ample, and the government will lose nothing.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE on naval affairs has
agreed to report favorsbly the bill compensatins
Mrs. Dahlgren for the Of the patent gun,
the invention of her husband. The same com
mttee has also instructed MIR. CragIn to report
bill establishing iron ship-yards for the con
struction CT iron cads.
WAR DEPARTMENT EXAMINING BOARD
The following gentlemen have been appointed
the examining board for the War Department
under the civil service rules: James X. Roche
dsbuIs .ng clerk OF the department; Geo.
Finckle, chief clerk qUartermaster generals
Office; and VIM. j. Warren, chief clerk of the
engineers Office.
SOUTHERN CLAIMS CoMMIssIoN.-Among the
cases heard by the commission Yesterday was
the claim Ct Christopher Gerhardt, of Rich
mond, Va, amounting TO nearly $4,000. He
nished from the rebel archives in possession OF
the War Department, had demOralZing effec:
upon the prospects OF the claim.
TIE HOUSE committee on the District of Co.
lumbia this morning, after hearing the state
menis OF Chief Engineer Cronin of the Distric
Fire Department, ms ntiOned elsewhere, agreed
10 report favOrably on the bill introduced OF
Monday last by General Chapman, appropria ing
SZ1,oOO 10 AID In the maintenance OF our fire
department.
THECAsE or Ex-PENsION AGENT COLLINS
v,
presented vouchers to the Fourth Auditor
mounting 10 about $1,000; bis liabilities in tina
Office amounting to about SIS 600. He promise
TO exhibit vouchers fer the remaining Sl1 900 in
few days He has notified the Third Auditor
mat lie Will furnish him with vouchers t.
balance his account, and asserts that he cav
make GOOD the deficiency standing against him
y MEMBER OF THE KURLUX SHOT, WHILE
ENDBAvoRlEG TO E3cAPE.-A dispatch, date {
Charleston, Is. CD yesterday, from Mai II
Lewis Merrill, OF the It'll cavalry, was receive!
at the War Department this morning stating
that on Friday last Minor PARIS, indicted for a
kukioX murder, was shot and killed by troop,
acting as posse TO the United States marshal
while he was escaping from that officer who wa
endeavoring to arrest him OH a bench warran-
issued by the circuit court. Major Merrill saw
the teie grams 70 newspapers to create a senSa-
tion, headed "Diaboilcal Outrage" are totally
false.
PERsoNAL.-Iwakura has so far recoyereG
from his late indispostion as to be able to rid
out. ''..Gen. q. NJ. Dodge, OF Iowa, is az
Wormley's. ''''Hon. ID. j. Morrell, of Penn
sylyania, Is at the Imperial. Gen. Allan
rutherford, Third Auditor OF the Treasury, !,
attending the North Carolina state cOnveu-
ton. ':.;'Mr. j. G. EichhOltz has been chosen
secretary OF the Treasury civil service examlTi-
ing board. '...Secretary Delano arrived at ST.
LOUIS yesterday, en- route for Fort Gibson
fired. Douglass arrived at Jackson Miss
last evening and was welcomed by a large DELE
cation OF c0lored men, headed by Secretary o.
State Lynch. He afterwards spoke in Repre-
subjects. '''-Gen. Geo. 5. Dodge, California:
Geo. III. G. WOrthington, S. c.; Judge Henrr
G. DAMS, New York; Gov. Marcus l.. Ward, \
j.; NJ. Carraga, Mexico; A. Rido, Mexico; ar
rived at the Ebbitt House this morning.
THE LATE MONEY LOOKUP IN WALL
STREET.-Henry y. Smith, the man who Ell
deavorsd to cause money panic by withdraw
4 frnp ..ir
admitted before the House Banking and Cur
rency Committee that he locked up th.
sreenbacks for the express purpose of making
currency scarce and creating stringent money
market. His object, he said, was to bring down
stocks. He was "short" in stock and deyised
this scheme to 20 bear' the market-and he did
Smith denied that he had any conversation witi
President Palmer, of the Tenth National Ban;
OF New York, as to his purpose when he demos
tied with him t. checks for the 81 900 900. Thc
sche me to create a panic was, he said. entirely
Ills own. Several members OF the committe,,
express themselves AS not satisfied from Smiths
testimony that the officers OF the Tenth Ma
tlOnal bank were free from any completely with
him in the trans action.
REDUCTION OF EXPENsEs-Nr Dawes yes
terday introduced i'm the House bill "to reduce
the force required for the collection of the
internal revenue and to reduce the expense CT
such collections" The bill is the one recon-
mended by the Secretary of the Treasury. Il
provides that after January /, 1873, the Off ces
of collector. deputy collector, assessor, and as
sistant assessor shall cease, and that the United
States shall be divided into fifty collection lis
tricts, and that a supervisor shall be appointed
for each district, who is to perform all the duties
connected with collecting the revenue. The
supervisor is allowed to nominate deputy and
IL made respons BILE for all his acts The in
spectors and guagers and all subordinate OH GERS
are to be allowed per diem salary. The sa.ary
OF supervisor is not to exceed five thousand
dollars year, deputy supervisor three thou
SAND dollars, and clerks sufficient to per form
the duties are allowed at a salary not exceeding
two thousand dollars per year. The commissioner
OF internal revenue is authorized to make all
regulations necessary to execute the law The
bill was referred to the ways and means com
mittee.
THE robson INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
last evening examined Mr.. George 4. Corliss who
appeared before the committee voluntarily and
read the portion of the Sun article in relation to
the Corlss claim, which he pronounced totally
false in every particular. He was cross ex mined
at some length, and In each of his replies exoner-
ated Mr.. Robson entirely from the charges in
the article.
s. II. BrOwn testified in relation to his connec-
ton with the claim for the loss of the steamer
Governor. He was related in marriage with
MI. Goddard, the owner, after whose death and
while IN Maine, he was requested by the admin