Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-07

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SECRETARY DELANo left for Mt. Vernon,
Ohio, last evening.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were sS24.64s.s2.
POSTMASTER GENERAL CREswELL has gone
to his home at Elkton, and will return on Mon
day next.
JUDGE j. j. MARTIN, Sixth Auditor, has
returned from Winchester, Va. His child, who
was quite ill, has recovered.
The L. s. STEAMER ALASKA was put in
commission yesterday at New York. Her desti-
nation Is the European station.
THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION is pro-
crossing to-day in the Treasurer Office for prn-
cipsl boOkkeeper. There are several competi-
tors.
NEW POSTMASTER FOR GEoRGETowN.-The
President yesterday appointed George Hill, it,,
postmaster at Georgetown, d. c., vice Chas. II.
Cragin, suspended.
CLERICAL PRoMoTIoNs.-The following pro-
motions have been made in the Post Office
Experimentation r. Fowle, from I'd to Sd
class; j; H. Falconer, from LIST to Sd class; j.
H. La Fetra, list to I'd class; and Thomas L.
rage, from LIST to I'd class.
SPECIAL POSTAL AGENT APPoINTKp.-wm.
III,
Va, has been appointed special agent of the
Post Office department at 81, COO per annum.
and SO per day. MIR. Pattie has been succeeded
IN the post office at Warrenton by Ohio IL.
Pattie.
THE FATHER OF GEN. LEGGETT, Commits
sioner of Pensions, is dangerously i'll at his
home in northern Ohio. Mr.. Leggett Is now
over ninety years of age and has never before
bad days serious sickness in his life short
time since he received paralytic stroke and
a. last accounts was in unconscious condi-
ton.
The GRANT FAMILY.-The Covington Jour
nal says: "a gentleman of this city has leased
for term Of years the family residence of the
late Jesse X. Grant. The venerable relict of
Mr. Grant will make her home with her daugII-
Ter, Mrs. Corbin, in New Jersey. Mrs Cramer
another daughter, who has been spending some
months In CoylDgton, will rejoin her husband
in Europe"
IHE NEW POSTAL TREATY between the
United States and Japan has been signed bv the
President. The rate of international postage
Is niteen cents on each letter of one half ounce
weight or less and an additional fifteen cents
for each additional half ounce to he redicaJ
10 Twelve cents at the expiration of twelve
M mon from the date of carrying the conyen-
ton into effect.
The POWELL COLORADO CANON EXPEDITION.
accompanied by Moran, the artist and Mr.
Colburn, Of the New York Times, was at To-
quervtlle, on the boundary line between Utah
ana Arizona, July 18th. The party was In good
health and had had q very successful trip They
proposed TO go down the canon as far as Cola
vile. Messrs. Moran and Colburn intended to
TENDER.
NoTARIEs PUBLIC APpoINTEp.-The Cover
nor has appointed the following additional
notaries public: William f. Mott, CHRISTOPHER
ku1e. III. w RralsfOrd
new Flater, John W. Frazee, Torrance Drury
LOUIS Bagger, j. w. Ross, Joseph l.. Davis,
John Bull, j. W. Hamilton Johnston, G. f.
ferrise, ID. r. Burrows, E. C. Ingersoll, John
a. Moss, f. j. Sweet, = Williams, Matthew
Irimble, U. McNally, F. A. Boswell
NAVAL ORDERs.-Surgeon B. III. KIdder Or
dered to the Naval Academy; Assistant Sur
on Alfred III. Owen to the marine rendezvous
Phlladelphia; I'd Assistant Engineers n H.
Lamdin and f. G. Burchard to the Saugus;
carpenter Peter L. Ward to the receiving SHIN
Vermont. Detacked.-Passed Assistant Surgeon
III. q. brennan from the Lancaster and ordered
10 return home; Acting Assistant Surgeon F.
v Greene from the marine rendezvous PhiIa-
delphia, and ordered to the Lancaster.
BIDS for the wrought and cast-iron work Of
the roof of the south wing of the new State,
War and Navy department buildings were
opened to-day in the Office of the supervising
architect of the Treasury, as follows:-Phila,
delphia Architectural Iron Works $50 629 az:
Etna Iron Works, New York, s4i, 6s; Hend-
Iron Works, New York, S4s, DIG IL; Union Fonn-
Dry works, Chicago, ILLINOIS, SG9, s4l.36. The
contract was awarded to the Philadelphia
Architectural Iron Works.
EXTENSION OF AN IMPORTANT PATENT
The application of Marcus p. Norton for the
extension of the patent for a post marking
stamp, granted him August Q, 1852 and which
expires Saturday of this week, has been favor
ably considered by the board of appeals of the
Patent ONCE and the Commissioner, and Nor
ton has been granted an extension from the 9th
inst. This Is the post Office stamp and canceler
referred to in The STAR a few DAYS since. and
which has been in use by all of the : 900 post
0fhces since 1859.
BIDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, including all
the material except live oak timber, of the hull
OF steam slOep-of-war Of G4O tons measure
ment were opened at noon to-day at the NAVY
department. The bids were as follows Ma.
thsniel Mckay, New York, sIs5, 900; Thomas
STACK, New York, s1iS 800; Donald Mckay,
Boston, 600; Robert l.. jackson, East Bos,
ton, S169 $50; John Lynn, to be delivered i'm
Philadelphia, SS3 900; in New York, s83 500; in
Boston, sS4 900; William W. Bates, Chicago,
$50 goo; Englls q Son, Brooklyn, Si9O, 200; John
W. Griffitbs, Boston, Sl79, 400.
THE DAvfs-CLARK IMBRoGLIo.-State Sena-
tor W. A. Taylor, of Texas, called ON the Pres
ident yesterday, leaving with him a memorial,
signed by number of the state senators and
many prominent republicans i'm Texas It re-
fleets severely on the course of Gov. Davis, and
represents that with proper candidate for
governor the republicans can carry the state,
III denies the allegations against Gen. Clarke
postmaster at Galveston. The President is
credited with saying that he had come TO the
conclusion to let the Clarke matter remain in
S'Gta quo.
THE IMPRESSION, and a false one seems to
have gained ground, particularly in the SOUTH
that the government intended to make a whole
sale pardon of all the ku-klux serving out SEN
fences in the Albany penitentisry. The policy
will be the same as heretofore. All cases re-
commended for pardon will be considered by
the Attorney General and those committed for
the less aggrarating offences will have the ben
eht of a disposal prior to those whose eutrages
were more fragrant and unjustifable. None
Will be pardoned who are not recommended
by citizens who know them to be proper sub
jects for executive clemency.
THE CALIFORNIA LAND PATENT DIFFICULT
TY.-It was stated In THE STAR q few DAYS
since that the patent for the Los Aninas grant
in California, in possession of the Surveyor
General, was in danger of seizure, and that the
patentees sued out q writ of replevin in the 18th
district state court at San Francisco, which the
sheriff attempted to serve, but the Surveyor
General refused to give up the patent. The