Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-07
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL REvKNUE.-The receipts from this
source TO- day were $685. .16.
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAMS will address
the republicans of Philadelphia on Tuesday
evening next.
GIN. SHERMAN and son, and Col. Audenreid
of his staff were to leave Queenstown yesterday,
in the steamer Baltic for New YORK.
LIEuT. f. H. q. LEurzE. U. S. N, has been
detached from special duty in this city and
placed on waiting orders.
MASTER JEFFERSON F. MOSES, L. s. N,
yesterday passed a successful examination and
was promoted to a lieutenancy.
A CONSCIENCE STRICKEN NEW YORKER for
wards 1925 to the L. s. Treasurer with the
acknowledgment that he has defrauded the
customs OF that amount.
UNCLE SANS POCKET MoNBY.-The follow
lowing were the balances in the Treasury at the
close Of business yesterday:-Currency, s9,f7T,-
ie7 63; coin $40, 191 .6, including S2T 925 COB
coin certificates.
THE TRANSIT OF VBNUs.-Papers relating TO
the transit of Venus in December, 1874, pre-
pared under the direction of the commission an-
thorized by Congress, have just been pub
lished.
TELEGRAM FROM PARIS says: ait Is ru-
mored that Miss Nellie Grant is to be married
to Dunergier de Hsuranne, author of work on
institutions of the United States, and son OF the
distinguished historian"
GEN. CowHN teiegraphs from Fort Sully, Da-
kota, on the 9Th, as follows: "Leave here at day.
light to- morrow, with nineteen Indians from
Tetons, and fourteen from Grand Rapids. Will
reach Sioux City Sunday, Chicago Tuesday, and
Washington Thursday. All WE'LL"
has been diminishing all along the line during
the summer, arrived at home from the west
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Townsend, we re-
gret to learn, has recently sustained q sad be-
reavement in the death Of much loved sister
at Philadelphia.
The following changes in the stations OF
officers assigned to the charge Of disbursing
officers under War Department general order
No. 70, are announced: Major Albion p. Howe,
Vile, KY; Major Robert s. LaMotte, 18th in
fantry, from Louisville, Ky, to Nashville,
Tenn.
GIN. n. p. CHIPMAN has accepted the presi-
dency of the National Veteran Club, and in his
letter Of acceptance, after speaking Of the duty
OF ex-sOldiers to support President Grant, says:
"Let US, then, present solid front at Pittsburg,
that the soldiers can not and will not forget the
services Of so distinguished cOmrade as our
leader in the present political struggle"
A BOARD OF NAVAL MEDICAL OFFICERS has
been ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to
meet in this city on Monday next for the pur.
pose of examining applicants for admission into
follows Medical Director G. b. NAVEL eiH pr r Il
dent; Medical Director VIM. Grier, Surgeons A.
L. GihOn and X. X. Dean, and Surgeon Jos.
Hugg, recorder.
WEST POINT CADETs.-The examinations of
candidates for admission into the Military Aca-
deny as cadets have been completed, and in the
list to be admitted are the following: l.. L.
Brutf, +. S. Farrow, and joseph b. Bowie of
Maryland; John Z. Gresham and Albert G.
HoOman, of Virginia; +. P. Fremont, John F.
Guilfoyle, VIM. K. Hamilton, F. II. Hardie, w.
A. Trmball, John Pitcher, Hamilton Rowan
Eten Swift, IT,, and John r. Williams, at
large.
TIE REAR ADMIRALs.-Rear Admiral James
Alden, commanding the European fleet, has
been longer at sea than any rear admiral now
afoat, and consequently will be the first one
relieved, though his time will not be out for a
year or more. Rear Admiral Taylor has re-
Gently taken command of the south Atlantic
feet; Rear Admiral Jenkins of the Asiatic, AMI
Rear Admiral Joseph +. Green of the north
Atlantic. Rear Admira Is Steadman and Pen
mock will take command of the north and sOuth
Pacific fleets this month.
The GENEVA ARBITRATION Court finally
concluded all its business yesterday. An ad-
jOurnment is had till Monday to admit of re-
visng and translating official copies of the judg-
ment. The members dine at Berne on Thursday
next. General satisfaction is expressed at the
happy and speedy result attained. 1t was ru-
mored at Geneva yesterday that the tribunal
had made an award OF $4,000 900 for the losses
caused by the Alabama, Florida and Shenan-
dOah, and for the expenditures incurred by the
United States in pursuit of these vessels. And
from Paris we have another rumOr that the
court has awarded damages to the United States
to the amount Of $50, 600 900, with interest at
per cent. for nine years. The report lie discred.
tied.
THR EyPRNsRs of the coyerpmept occord