Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-21

MASTER j. F. MosER, L. s. N, has been
ordered to special duty in this city.
REAR ADMIRAL JOSEPH F. GREEN has %
suned OF the North Atlantic squadron
and made ne Worcester his flagship.
THE KENTUCKY WAR CLAIM has passed the
accounting officers OF the Treasury, and the
warrant tor s5-5, 25S72 = pay them has been
Drawn.
FRESH Observation-Disclosures sends rs Serb
nsrs Monthly and HdrpsT's Hag1.jae for Septeu-
Der; also, from j. c. ParL5r, we have HIrgsr
ter the same month.
PROMOTIONS IN THE PATENT OFPrcE-H. c
Townsend. b. X. Caltin, :. Brsshear, Henry
Blandy, DR., and ID. X. Ho'st)n were yesterday
promoted from fl Il clces cle-ksbips - examiner
clerkshiI in the Patent Ofice, they having
s'0od at he head Of the Est in comp etit.ye
eHaminat On for promotion held on the 18Th
Instant.
THE South ATLANTIC FLEEr-Dispatches
have been received at the Navy department
from the South Atlantic feet, dated Rio de ia
metro, July oath. The Ticonderoga was at Per
nambuco on the 10Th of July, the WCSp of
Montevideo on the 9Th of July, and the Lancas-
ter at Rio on the 9th OF July.
AFTER THE BREwERs-Orders were issued
from the internal revenue Office to-day directing
guagers = guage and mark all casks used for
tlle SALE OF ana II any Casks
shall BE found TO contain more than their pre-
tended capacity, they are 70 be marked as the
size above, or be turned over - the brewer to
b e cut down.
AN ENTERF RISING ALBANIAN has made
application at the Internal Revenue Office for
PERM ssjcn to distil whisky from canteloupes,
under the exemption allowed fruit .istiIlers
His request cannot be complied with, however,
8S the law recognizes "a fruit distillers only
those who distil from apples, peaches, and
grapes.
TIE PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN PHILADELPHIA.
The commissioners appointed by Secretary
Boutwell, to select site tor the new post Office
and courthouse in Philadelphia have recon-
mended that University lot and the one adiojn-
ing, on 9Th street, near Chestnut, be purchased
for that purpose. The price asked for the prop
erty by the trustees of the University Of Penn
sylvania is 10000.
THE NEW POSTAL CARDS are TO be light
| amber in color five inches by three and one
eighth inches in size, and weigh about y drains
On one side there will he vignette head of the
Goddess of Liberty, with the words "Unitsd
States Postal Card engraved and printed in the
highest style Of art. This side also contains the
| direction: write the superscrption on this
| side and the communication on the other" and
is ruled for the name, state, county, pOstoffce,
number and ST rect.
NAVAL OFFICERS Acknowledgment Alex
| ander II. Rhind has been ordered to command
| the Z. s. steamer Congress, in place of Captain
Davenport, whose death was noticed in yester-
| days STAR. Paym" ster futile, of the U. s.
steamer Lackawanna, has been assigned 20 duty
as astronomer OF the United States naval suryey-
| ing force in the Pacific ocean, under command
| of Commander Skerrett. The object of the
expedition is for the purpose Of sur veying such
psrts of the Pacific coast as a requisite to make
perfect chart for ships.
IN LUCK.-Mrs. Louisa Capehart, wife of Col
Chas. T. Capehardt, now employed in the Navy
department, has by the death cf her father
brother, Tousant Leesuiver, of Three Rivers
Canada, been lett his entire estate after paving
legacy o! thirteen hundred pounds to an adop
| ted son. The property which she will inheri'
amounts to over one hundred and fifty thous and
dollars III bonds and stock; her husband now
| being in possession of the will forwarded By
Samuel Ogden, now consular agent at the CITY
OF Three Rivers Canada.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS WITH GUN
PowDER.-Rear Admiral CPse, chief OF the
| bureau of ordnance, Navy department, has TO-
| some time past been devoting his attention 10
the improvement of the explosive power OF gun
| powder. The experimentshave been carried on
at Fortress Onroe, and are still in prOgre :. s :
| result Of the improvement already made IL
may be stated that fifty per cent. incref sed
| force, greater velocity and diminished pressure
! on the walls of the gun have been gained. These
| results are regarded by naval men placing
! the United States ahead o. all other Powers in
| the great contest between ordnance and dtfen-
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efficiency OF the torpedo system.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. d. r. Mckee, of the New
| York Associated Press, and Mrs. Mckee have
! just returned from pleasant visit 10 Hunting
| ton, Long Island. ''.. General F. Walker Com
| missioner of Indian Affairs, has gone to New
| York. 49, Colonel ID. .. Cox, pension agent ,
and wife have returned from short visit 70
\ New Jersey. '''' Prof. John NJ. Langston has
gone to Harrisburg, Ha.. to speak for Grant ar 4
Wilson. ',.' General Chapman lett the city
| Yesterday for trip to Watkins Glen, y. Y
He Will be gone week or ten days. ..'' Hon.
| Clinton Cobb, of North Carolina, republi eau
] who hPs recently been reelected D Congress Is
at the Ebbitt House. He says Caldwell WIS
elected By 1880 majority.
A CALUMEY RRFUTRD.-On last Wednesday
the democratic organ OF this city contributed its
| quota OF calumny to the Greeley campaign by
| charging that the board of public works of this
I city had sent nearly 900 cOlored men into North
| Carolina to influence the election in that state
and, in addition to that, made Wholesale charges
| OF corruption and fraud in the expenditure of
| the city moneys. To this charge Mr.. Alex. K.
| Shepherd, vice president OF the board of public
| work, responded by addressing 8 letter to the
| principal stakeholder, ". W. Corcoran, and 70
the trustees of the journal in question, DENYING
| the allegation, and challenging them TO the
| proof: The letter was printed on Saturday.
| The democratic organ makes a weak and feeble
| reply this morning, and virtually acknowledges
| that 1t has no proof whatever to sustain its
charges. 1t shields itself behind an ANONYMOUS
correspondent in North Carolina, and creeps out
| OF the controversy which it invited in a manner
| at once contemplate and ignominious.- Wash
| fn9t0R Correspondence n. Y. Times.
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| THE POPE GONG TO BELGIUM.-A report
had currency in Rome yesterday that the al
| moner of the Pope, Archbishop Demerode, has
| gone TO Brussels for the purpose of making ar
! rangements with the Belgian ministry for the
reception OF the Holy Father in that country.
sCIo1pE OF MIKIsTER:-Rev. j: NJ. jerks,