Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-23


LEAVE OF ABSENCE for three months has
been granted Assistant Surgeon Z. j. A.
Iitary, L. S. A.
SoLD.-The Treasury department has been
advised of the sale OF the revenue cutter Petrol,
at Pensacola. Florida, for 81 800.
THE COMMITTEE ON MUSIC AMI "sich, =" having
completed all arrangements, the serenlle t,
y. j. will take place tonight at O'Clock in
front Of the Metro oitan hotel.
THE SENATE committee on railroad trans
portation are examining the James river and
kanawha canal. Testimony is being taken in
Richmond with view of as 'ertaining the prac-
ucabllty OF IFS proposed completion.
COMMISSIONED BY THE PREsIDRNr.-Presi-
dent Grant to-day signed the commission of
David f. HOlliSter, collector of internal rev
enue second Connecticut district, aud William
Ames, first Rhode Island.
NAVAL ORDERs.-First Assistant Engineer
b. c. GOwiHg to the navy-yard, Boston. De
tached-Assistant Surgeon A. NJ. Owen from
the naval station, League island, and ordered
TO the hayward in Philadelphia.
PERsoNAL.-T. b. Connery, managing editor
OF the New York Herald, is in town. col.
Fitzgerald, OF the Philadelphia Cify ITEM. is at
Wlllards. Gen. Mackenzie, who headed
the recent raid of United States troops into
Mexico is IN town on leave OF absence.
THE Crows and UTEs in town were taken 70
the navy yard to-day, and spent several hours
in inspecting the vessels and machine shops
there. They were accompanied by Secretary
belano, Assistant Secretary COwen, and Com
missioner Smith, OF the Indian bureau.
OPTICAL DISPATCHES received by the NAVY
department from Admiral Almy, at Panama,
confirm the statements as to his protection OF
the interoceanic transit during the late troubles
there, a fully set forth in the CORRESPONDENCE
OF The STAR Published a day or two ago.
STRINGENT CONsCIENCEs.-Gen. Spinner's
report vii! show that the receipts Of conscience
money for the past fiscal year amounted TO
S2,9gI ~, against So .5jl 81 in 1873 This lead.
70 the conclusion that there il a striugency in
me conscience market. The total receiotS thu,
Tar, up TO July LIST. 1853. amount to Sl5l.GgJas
THE MEMORY OF THE LATE Grief JUSTICE
CHASE Attorney General Williams today
presented TO the Supreme Court the resolutions
Of respect TO the memory of the late Chief jus
tee, recently passed by the Bar. The presenta-
uon was ACCOMPANIED with appropriate re-
mar ~ An eulOgy was also delivered by Mr..
Justice Clifford.
SENTENCE or DIR. DUvALL.-The Secretary
OF the Navy has promulgated the sentence of
the naval court martial in the case of Dr. Marius
Duvall, who was tried for shooting two marine.
AT tue naval academy, Annapolis. The cOurr
s. ntenced him TO suspension Of rank and dr.y
Tor three years. but the sentence was modified
10 TWO years BY the Secretary OF the Navy, and
the findings Of the court otherwise approved.
NOT UNTIL CONGRESS MEETs.-Just prior
to the departure of the members of the Evan
gelicsl Alliance from this city one of the most
noted accosted the CLERK at willard's hotel and
asked him "abOut how long it would be before
the OdOr of sanctity would be removed from the
walls OF the hotel supposed 70 pervade them
u nf 10 -
bvCy. on said the clerk, Il presume not
until Congress meets
TIE FORTIEICATIoNs FoR DEFENCE or
WAsHINGToN.-In treating of the Potomac
river Notifications, Gen HUMPHREYS, in his an
gual report, says the'prOpOsed strengthening OF
FOtt FOOte 10 include battery north of the
fort, on ROZicr's bluff. was commenced list
April. The armament OF the fort and batteries
viii comprise guns Of the heaviest calibre Fort
Washington is also 20 be strengthened by the
addition Of batteries.
MILITARY BOARD APPoIxrHD.-The follow
ing is the detail of the officers for the board re
Gently appointed by order Of the Secretary OF
War to adopt a plan for the building of a mili-
tary prison, 10 frame regulations for the gov
eminent Of the prisoners, &c: Colonel Nelson
a. Miles, 9Th infantry; Lieutenant Col. William
II. french, 81 artillery; Major Thomas f. Barr.
Judge advocate; Rev. =. &. Wines, secretary
National Prison Association, and y. X. Broka
way, OF Detroit.
NEW CLASS OF CLAGMs-During the re-
bellion in 1868, General Burnside impressed in
Kentucky about eight thousand slaves t. work
on military roads, &c. A portion of the owners
al II Is supposed who were loyal 20 the United
States-weTe compensated at the time of i'm
pressment, and now the remainder, or a large
number OF them, are pressing their CLAIMS upon
the government. IL IL estimated that thev
amount in the aggregate to something over
$1,000 eco.
CAsE-NOt " Heoihy' 10 Cross Jim FIsk's P1G.-
After our report of the Stokes trial closed yes
terday, other witnesses testified to seeing a pis-
tol on Fisk's person. Amos d. Hnxay tsstiGed
that once when he called at the Erie railroad
Office on business Fisk abused him. and said he
had MIND TO take him out and hang him
FISK also told him (Hoxey) that he had been
watching him for some time, and it was not
Z" healthy to cross his path. Several other
witnesses testified to the effect that Fisk was a
reckless, desperate and interruptions man.
A HOUSEHOLD BLOTTED OUT.-As a part of
the history of the rayages of the scOurge in
North Me mphiS, We place on record the fate of
me inmates of the boarding house known a.
tie Mississippi house, corner of Market and
front streets. The landlord IS Joe Sanford,
whose family consisted of a wife and two chill
dren. In his house were eighteen boarders
OF ALI these there were only Joe Sanford and
one boaTder who survived; all the rest, twenty,
died-ArGiqnchs, 1871.
SrsPEcTKp FnAUD.-The New York rime.
publishes a report to the effect that the Union
trust company received g, 500, 900 worth of Lake
Shore stock in February last TO negotiate; that
recently the Union trust company paid over on
account of this stock S,7j0, 900, and that there
IS therefore deficiency of $500, 900 to be &C.
counted for.
ROSE BAGLEY, a servant girl, has received a
year dose of Sing Sing for a very inopportune
theft. She stole the wedding outfit of young
lady In whose family she lived in New York,
and a REINFORCEMENT OF the wedding was neces-
STATED. She had sold the articles, and they
could not be traced.
The wONAS's MOVEMENT has reached its
logical conclusion. Mrs. Burleigh afirms that
successful competition with man il impossible
without radical change in the character of
woman's dress. The sacred breaches are threat
ened at last, not netaphorically but literally
and in sober earnest.
THE TRIAL OF MARSHAL BAzAIHE was con-
tnued yesterday, with the presentation of fur
ther evidence in regard to the amount of ammu-
milton IN Metz Some Of the witnesses testified
that a third of the supply in the magazine at
the beginning of the siege was consumed before
the 10th of August,