Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-19


recovered from his recent indsposition, and was
attending to business to-day.
JAY COOKE, H. c. Fahnestock aud Governor
Henry ID. Cooke had long interview with Sec
Rotary Boutwell, to-day.
TIE POSTMASTER GENERAL has finished his
annual report. He is at present at Elktou,
Md, and Will not probably return before mex
week.
5. f. PHILLIPS, the new Solicitor General,
will arrive here Tomorrow from North Carolina
He has already signifed his intention OF accept
ing the position.
THE RECEIPTS from customs for the week
ending November 9th, 1872, were as follows:
New York, s2,57I,1l7.E; Philadelphia, $780,
1871; New Orleans 81 i93 II; Baltimore, g..
5ls.ls; Boston, 1894 1851 sc.
PROP. HAYDEN, Mr.. Stevenson, his assistant
and Mr.. jackson, photographer of the Hayden
expedition, are now in this city, aud are begin
ming the labor of getting ready tor publication
the results OF this seasons explorst ons.
The BUREAU OF EDUCATION is informed that
Mr. Tanaka, commissioner from the department
Of education in Japan, who, in connection with
the japanese Embassy, was in this country
about q year ago, is at present in Berlin and
tnat ne Will return to Japan this winter.
THE REPORT comes from friend of Senator
Trumbull that he contemplates placing in the
hands Of the Governor of Illinois his resignation
as Senator in Congress, and that he will not
take his seat this winter.-WdSh. Cor. ". J..
Times.
RECRU rrs-The superintendent of mounted
recruiting service has been ordered to forward
recruits to Fort Adams, Il. L.; Fort Warren,
Boston harbor; Plattsburg barracks, n. ";
Fort Sullivan and Fort Preble, Me-, and to
N ~ fnr a Cltv srxv 81.
ments OF artillery and infantry.
THE REPORT of Major Mcfarland, engineer
in charge Of the surveys for a canal route to
connect the Tennessee river with the Atlantic
ocean at or near Savannah, Ga, will be trans
mitted to Congress along with the report of the
Secretary OF War. The report is exhaustive,
and fully establishes the feasibility Of the pro-
ject.
ADRCIsIoN.-The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue decides that persons selling tobacco
and cigars on railroad trains must confine such
sales to the smoking car; that they cannot
travel from car to car Offering for sale tobacco
and cigars without becoming peddiers under the
terms of the statute, and peddlers are forbidden
to retail from broken packages.
TEE DELEGATION Of Sacs and Foxes now on a
visit to this city had short Interview with the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs yesterday
They expressed desire that one half of the
in Kansas and Nebraska may be invested and
held by the government in trust as fund for
the education OF the children Of their tribe.
THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
will to-day issue circular to assessors through
out the country directing them to reduce the
number of assistant assessors to the lowest num-
Der possible by the first OF January next By
this order the services OF at least three hundred
assistants will be dispensed with. and q saving
to the government Of nearly $1,000 per day
made.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
The annual report of Gen. j. H. Baker, Com
missioner Of Pensions, shows that at the close
Of the lest fiscal year there were on file 81 .l76
unad Judi Gated claims Of In Aids and pensioners
and IS, 762 claims of widows and dependent
relatives, and 1850 claims of soldiers and
widows of the war Of 1912, making a total of
s2,5ls claims. The claims on account of the
war of 1912, it is estimated, will be disposed of
by May LIST next. The investigation of frauds
has received special attention with gratifying
results, both in the detection and repression OF
wrong doing. The Commissioner estimates
that SEA, $50 900 will be required for pension ser
vice curing the next fiscal year.
TIE SUPREME COURT SETTLES rHs BREvRr
QUEsTIoN.-The case of the United States
against Hunt, appealed from the Court OF
Claims, presents the question of the relative
position as to grade of brevet gader and
brigadier general. By an act Of Congress of
lse5 the Communication of ratiops was increased
from thirty toshfty cents to all officers not above
the rank OF brevet brigadier general. Under
his law Brigadier General Hunt, claiming that
brigadier was no higher than a brevet 6riga-
der, applied for the increase. The pay depart
ment took the opposite view and refused the
Application. The Court OF Claims sustained the
position OF General Hunt, and gave him iudg.
ment for the increase asked. The United
States Supreme Court yesterday reversed the
Judgment, holding that in the construction of
the statute the duty Of the court is to ascer cain
the inter tion Of the legislation only, and that
while in strict military constr uction there may
be no difference in the two ranks, in 7" actice
there is, as an officer requires to be promoted
before he can pass from brevet to full rank. In
any case, IL said that IT Is clear that Congress
intended to make distinction bet ween the two,
else it would have said simply brigader general,
and would lot have mentioned the rank of
bIevet. The Chief Justice delivered the opinion
REPORT OF THE COMMITS sIoNKR OF PATENTS
Last Years. Work Of the OGce-Important Recon-
mendations.-The annual report of Gen. M. ID.
Leggett, Commissioner Of Patents shows that
during the year the number OF applications for
patents, including reissues and designs, was
1851; number for extensions. 2Si; for register
ing of trade marks, 6S9 1880 patents were
issued, 233 extensions granted, and 555 certif-
Gates OF trade marks, and 3, 100 caveats filed.
the total expenditure S623, 553 90, showing that
The office has receipts over expenditures,
81 ,ic0.6 In his req ,rt the com missioner states
that the Office has outgrown the plan of its
organization, and that new plan is absolutely
nece,5ary to secure to inventors and to this
country the benefits Of our patent system. He
urges the Importance of separating the patent
office from the interior department, as recon-
mended to Congress in February last. The
evils Of the association OF the Office with the de-
paItme MT are scarcely felt under the administra-
ton Of the present secretary, who has not
interfered to disturb Its organ zation to force
upon it persons disqualified for its peculiar
duties. Were it certain that oil his successors
would be equally wise, says the commissioners,
the necessity for separation would be less
apparent. In conclusion, the commissioner adds
mat more room Is required for the working
force and hles Of the office.
MRS. AUGUSTA N. RoDeRRs, of BROOKLYN.
mas In less than four yeass received letters patent
from our government for "a many as four differ
ent inventions: mosquito canopy, q folding
chair, plan for heating cars without fire, aud
an Improvement In spark-arresters ito be APP
Piled to locomOtives). The first two are also to-
day protected by the great seal Of England.
MRS. DUNLAP, the wife Of the Columbus (O.)
murcere-, has sued V. Koerner and j. LAUDER
claiming from the former %. 600 and from the
latter latte $1,000 damages, the ground of action in
both cases being that the defendants sold her
hui band the LIQUOR under the ind ence OF vhich