Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-04

from 80 till Up. m.
Mrs. Secretary Delano will receive on We'd
nesday of each week.
MAJOR GENERAL HALLEcK is dangerously i'll
GEN. SICKLEs and wife are at the Arlington.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were 5,ec5.6G.
SECRETARY boutwell, accompanied the
President to Philadelphia to-day.
Hon. JACOB ii. Ella, of New Hampshire,
the new Fifth Auditor, entered upon the duties
OF his Office yesterday.
WALDEMAR BEND has been promoted from
third to a fourth class elerkship in the office OF
the solicitor of the Treasury.
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, COMMITTEE TO
determine upon the place and time for holding
the next Presidential convention will meet here
on Thursday next.
TIE CIVIL SERVICE ADVISORY BOARD met
to-day and perfected their organization. There
were present Geo. VIM. Curtis, Mr.. Blackran,
Col. Cox, and Mr.. Elliott. The other members
of the board have not yet arrived,
CLERICAL CHANGES IN THE AGRICULTURAL
DEPARTNENT.-G. III. BallOu has been promo
ted from second to third class clerk and Horace
Piper and Joseph e. Foster from first to second
GLASS cItrkS. CnarteS III. fOlweU Has resigned
his position as fourth class clerk and has been
appointed clerk TO the senate committee on
agriculture.
The TREASURY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
are still busily employed in the cash vaults.
Thus far about S430, 900 900 have been counted
which amount includes gold, currency, and Ger
tificates. The committee anticipate prolonged
investigation, as there remains as much yet to
count as has already been counted
THE HORNET-Official dispatches were sent
yesterday to Minister Bassett, at POrt-au-
Prime, notifying him that the government
intended to protect the Hornet, and convey her
safely out of pert with vessel OF war, if neces-
sary, and maintaining the position that if true,
as charged by Spain, that she had violated the
neutrality laws, she should be libeled on her
arrival in an American port.
President GRANT left the city to-day at
l2:i5 for Philadelphia, where he will remain
until Monday, returning here at O'Clock p IN.
on that day. Mrs Grant, Miss Drexel, of Phil
adelphia; Ulysses 5. Grant, Jr., and Gen. Horace
Porter made up the Presidential party. While
absent the President will be entertained by Mr.
j. W. Forney, with whom he will dine to- NOR
row in company with the new Mayor and sew
eral other prominent gentlemen of Philadelphia
SENATOR CAMERoN.-A recent letter from
Harrisburg, Penn, to the Pittsburg GG.ehc says:
at is no breach of confidence to say that
senator cameron mas gwen our 10 MS immediate
friends that he will not aspire TO a continuance
of Senatorial hOnOrs. He proposes to retire, so
much as man so thoroughly identified with
public life can, from the field of politics on the
close of his term, and will leave the fight for his
sucCGssorship open 70 all Corners"
NAVAL OFFICERS TRANsFERRED-Csptain
$. p. Quackenbush has been ordered to COM
mand the Terror; also, Lieutenant Commander
Francis NJ. Green and W. b. Hof; Lieutenants
X. b. Bradford, Emmett Mccormack, g. b.
Gill, William Watts, K. ID. Hitchcock, w. H.
BrOwnsOn, and Master Edward z. NJ cLellan, to
duty for instruction in torpedo ,rvice. Licuten-
ants Asa Walker and K. Mason Isle. Master
X. ). Derby, Theodore NJ. Etting, and IL. l..
Tremain have been detached from to ped1 duty
and placed on waiting orders. Master George
). Duvall, Hamilton Perkins, James NJ. Grimes
and w. 5. Cowles, from torpedo duty and or
dered TO examination for promotion Lieuten-
ant Commander George w. Coffin and Master
F. NJ. Symonds, from torpedo duty to practice
,hib Constellation.