Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-05
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENUR.-The receipts from this
source to day were 81 ,12o ,s14s1.
PRESIDENT GRANT and General Porter let
in Tuesday rights train for Long Branch.
SECRETARY robson returned to the city
Wednesday night
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, will leave here about
the middle OF the month to address the repubii-
cans at Raleigh n. c., on the Eth and 18th insts.
THAT is very readable article by our John
Burroughs on "Bird's-Nesting" in AppIeton's
Journal.
SECRETARY DELANo will remain in Wash
ingion all the summer, with the exception of a
few days visit in North Carolina, to address the
republicans of that state.
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEArH.-we regret TO an
nounce the death OF Mr.. G. ii. W. Meehan, as
sistant librarian of the library of Congress,
which took place at his residence on III street,
this morning. Apoplexy was the cause.
DISMISSAL OF FEMALE CLERKs.-Congress
having reduced the number of female clerks in
the internal revenue Office from ninety five to
seventy five, the commissioner has been com
PEELED to dismiss twenty in order to comply with
the law.
A CANARD.-The statement in a morning pa.
per of yesterday that Gen. o. o. Howard is to
be commissioner of Indian affairs, vice General
Walker, who is to be commissioner of pensions
IN place OF Gen. u. III. Baker, who is to be inv.t-
ed to resign, is pronounced entirely without
foundation in fact by the Secretary of the In
terror.
RETIRED PAY OF REAR ADMIRALs-By a
recent act of Congress those rear admirals now
on the retired list who were retained as captains
but served as rear admirals during the war are
allowed half the pay of their grade as retired
pay. The Fourth Auditor on Tuesday decided
that the only officers who are embraced within
the provisions of the law are Admirals Shu-
6rlck, Joseph Smith, Stringham, Paulding,
Stribling, Bell and Wilkes.
ARMY OFFICERS TRANsFERRKp.-First Lieut..
ID. w. Lockwood has been relieved from duty
under Lieut.. Wheeler and ordered to Detroit.
Michigan. Second Lieut.. Richard L. Hoxie has
been relieved from duty under Col. Benham and
ordered to this city to report to Lieut.. Wheeler
LOT duty in explorations in Nevada and Arizona
hA sou Second Lieut. VIM l.. Marshall has
peen relieved from duty with the battalion of
engineers andtorderedto report to Lieut.. Wheeler
for the Nevada expedition.
GEN. o. G. LOOMS, of Mich, arrived here On
Tuesday, and was placed In the insane asylum,
his reason having become dethroned on account
OF wound in the head which he received at the
battle OF Stone run by a minnie ball. He was
chlef OF artillery in the army of the Cumber-
land, and for gallant conduct was made a brevet
brlgadier general. For some time past he has
Deen In the national asylum for disabled volun-
teers at Detroit.
TRANSFER OF NAVAL OFFICRRs.-Capt. j .
G. Febiger has been detached from special duty
and placed on waiting orders. Medical Inspector
Henry .. Mayo has been detached from special
duty as fleet surgeon Of the Asiatic station from
the 10th of September and granted leave of ab-
sence for one year. Surgeon Deevan Blood
good has been detached from the Plymouth and
ordered to duty as surgeon of the Asiatic station
Assistant surgeon j. +. Bransford has been Or
dered to the naval hospital at Philadelphia.
INDIAN MIssIoN.-On the 10Th inst. General O.
Q. Howard will depart on another mission to
the Indian country-this time to the Utes, Nay
aloes, and Cachise Apaches of New Mexico
with whom, on behalf of the government he will
endeayor to establish amicable relations. He
Will probably be gone several months, and IL I'm
ms Judgment such course is necessary, will
bring .ome OF the principal chiefs of the tribe
mentioned Ine to Washington to confer with their
"Great Father" The Arizona Indians, at
present in this city, will leave here next Thurs
day for New York, where they will remain un-
til the 18th inst, when they will be joined by
will depart for their homes in Arizona to the
borders of which domain Gen. Howard will ac-
company them.
NEW STATUARY.-The equestrian statue of
Winfield Scott, for Washington city, has been
cast by Robert Wood from the plaster OF Henry
kirke Brown. 1t is still in possession OF the
founder, in Philadelphia, where saw it three
weeks ago. Criticism agrees that Brown has
gwen us the most perfect horse vet achieved by
American art. The animal is walking as ii
waiting the signal to bound forward and,
although it was remarked that General Scott's
portrait was that of one not as we knew him late
in years, still this piece may be fairly regarded
as the best we have done of an equestrian char
acter,-a decided advance upon the artists
equestrian Washington in Union square and
probably to remain tor many years the Ameri-
can chef d'Gurre of its class. Brown is now
nearly GO years of age; he was a railroad engi-
neer in Illinois more than thirty years ago. and
ne studied in Italy, sent there by sensible pat
rons. For good while his work was crude bu;
he is tine mechanic,-not SO conventional or SO
Tree In sly as Crawford, nor milliner-like as
Powers. 1t is fifteen years since his Washing
ton was set up, and his Greene, recently placed
In the Federal Capitol, is considered the best
statue there. A second statue ct Scott is nearly
ready for the Soldiers Home in this city, from
the hand of Launt Thompson. Thompson is
pupil OF Palmer, the seraph-cutter, and he is
native OF Ireland, as Brown is of Leydon, Mass
Thompson is not yet 80 years Old" Gath" in
Chicago Tribune.
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