Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-06
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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INTERVAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day we're s2s4 ,2o6.36.
SECRETARY RICHARDSON returned from
Long Branch this morning.
APPoINTED.-The President has appointed
John b. Stickney United States attorney for
the northern district of Florida.
APPOINTMENT BY THE PREsIDENr.-The
President to-day appointed Sam' II. SmOthers
of Louisiana, to be receiver of public moneys at
NatchitOches, La.
Mr.. BRYCE MCCLELLAN, head clerk on the
postal ears between this city and New York, t4-
day resigned his position, and his resignation
has been accepted by the Postmaster General.
TIE FIRST INsTALMENT of the new fifty cent
notes have been delivered to Treasurer Spinner
by the printing bureau, and were issued yester-
day. The work of printing the new notes is
now progressing rapidly, and in few DAYS they
will be circulated all over the country.
Mr.. EARL G. FAIR, of the Post Office de-
partment, who was arrested a few weeks since
charged with bigamy, called on the Postmaster
General to-day to inquire why he was dis
charged from the department. He was in
formed that general inefficiency' would about
cover the ground.
NOMINATIONS FOR DELEGATE IN New MEx
ICo.--Hon. j. NJ. Gallegos received the demo.
cratic nomination at the convention held at
Albuquerque July %, 1873, for delegate to Con-
gress. Hon. s. Il. Elkins is the republican can
dldate. Senior GallegOs is Grant man; and
mas hlled the position several times.
PRESIDENT GRANT leaves for Long Branch
tonight. During the day the waiting room was
oesieged by number of persons calling on
various kinds of missions. The Virginia deIega-
ton. including Messrs. Hughes, Platt and
Major Carter, had an interview in the forenoon
Senator Patterson, of South Carolina, also
called and had an interview.
INCREASED POSTAL FACILITIRs.-The Post
Office department has ordered an additional
daily mail service each way on the Washington
county division OF the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road between WevertOn (Hagerstown Junction.
and HagerstOwI, Md. The route agent has been
instructed to make two trips daily each way
performing local service. This arrangement
Will give the people in that vicinity the hest
possible postal facilities in the power of the de-
partment TO afford.
GATH" CAPTURES THREE BURGLARS
Last Monday morning, early, at Congress Hail,
Cape May, three thieves attempted to enter the
sleeping apartment of George fired Townsend
when Mr.. Il. was awakened and gave chase in
ms Mi ht clothes, following them through the
long hall and into the. middle of the Street.
where he overhauled them, and by the assist.
anCe of other bOarders of the house ali three
were secured and taken before the mayor who
committed them for 90 days.
TEE WASHINGTON Observation-Disclosures
tative ComingO, of Missouri, has forwarded
500 to Mr.. j. Carroll Brent, secretary of the
Washington Monument Association as a con-
trlbutlOn to the monument fund. He saws he
hopes there will be enough offerings like il to
justify the hope that the structure will be com
pleted before the adjournment of the Forty
thlrd Congress, AS in its present condition it is
off Ia Of fln
people.
TEIUMvIRATE BRoKEN.-There died at
Rosevile, Muskingum county, Ohio, on the 30th
ult., aged seven years, Sheridan Stoneburner
This bereavement would probably attract little
attention outside of the small circle of relatives
but for the fact that the deceased was one of
triplets born to Solomon ana Hannah Stone
burner, November 18th, 1865, and named re-
spectively l. 5. Grant, w. L. Sherman and p
II. Sheridan. Grant and Sherman, the other
two boys, are still in fine health and promise.
IMPORTANT ARREsT.-On Friday last J. w.
Young was arrested by order of the Post Office
department, at Northampton, Mass, on the
charge of obtaining money from post office
money order offices on forged certitcates
Young, it will be remembered, was formerly
clerk in the Chicago post post Office and was
recently highly recommended as secretary
OF legation to Hon. John A. Bingham,
office at Chicago he got religion
Joined church. and asked TO be excused from
working on Sundays on account of religious
scrnples. The post Office authorities have been
on his track for several weeks, but owing to his
shrewdness, didn't succeed in capturing him
until Friday last. He drew in all perhaps $500
cities were notified Of his operate He was
taken to Chicago for trial
PERsoNAL.-Gen. Sherman returned 70 the
city last evening. Senator Morton left here
last night for New York and Boston. He will
probably visit Vice President Wilson before he
returns He expects TO go the Virginia about
the middle OF September. ''''GOvernor c. G.
Washburn, of Wisconsin, and eX-United States
Marshal Samuel Carrow, of North Carolina, are
In the city. Capt Carlisle Patterson left
last night for Europe on business connected
with the United States coast survey. ...CoI
Robert w. Hughes, the republican Candidate
for governor OF Virginia, called on the Presi-
dent yesterday. 80 Hon. Joseph Seear, of
virginia, Is confined to his residence by seri-
Gus INJURY TO his knee-pan, occasioned by trip
ping upon the front steps of his house. .:.-Vice
President Wilson WIS in Boston yesterday look
ing very well, and said he was improving fast
Hon. Clinton L. Cobb, of North Carolina is in
the city. 800 Gen. j. II. Baker, Commissioner
OF Pensions, who has been spending few
weeks, in Minnesota, will return next week
80 Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury SAWYER
lett for short trip to Boston last night.
BACK PAY STATIsTICs.-An examination of
the books of the Secretary of the Senate and the
tives develops the fact that sixteen members of
the Senate have covered their "back pay" into
the Treasury; tifty-six have retained it; two
(MesSrs. AlcOrn ana Carpenter) have defended
Il publicly; Mr.. C0rbett, in the goodness of his
soul, gave his share of the "swag" TO the Wash
lngton Monument fund; while Mr.. NORTH, of
Vermont, applied his portion to assist in li1ui-
dating the debt OF the state he represents. OF
the number who kept it, eighteen are democrats
and liberals. or the democrats who returned it,
Messrs Bayard, Casserly and Thurman have
the credit; while the liberals three in numberl
"who threw physic to the dogs" are Nessrs,
Sumner, Schurz and Fent0n. ont of fifteen
ex-Senators of the last Congress- only two re-
turned it (Messrs. Wilson and Corbett); both
republicans
OF the House of Representatives, two hun
dred and eight members drew it, and thirty-six
were conscience smitten and turned it in;
seventy nine gave it to county schools or other
local purposes OF the number who drew IL,
ninety five were democrats and three liberals.
One hundred and fifteen who hold on to 1t are
not members of the next Congress, and OF these
sixty-fye are democrats and liberals.
THE CABLE STORY OF AMERICAN INTER
PRRENCR II SPANISH AFFAIRS DIsCRRDITED.
The teiegraphic statement that the United
States steamer Shenandoah was in the harbor