Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-21


SENATOR SUxzER.-A letter received in This
city frem Senator Sumner states that he wjnb,
in Washington next week, and that his health
was never better.
VICE PRrsIDExr WILSON will be in town
about the middle Of next week. He has MT ~
yet hespoken his OLD quarters ~ the Washing
ton House but a Ne has resided there q Irlns
the sessions o. Congress foe uumbsr
years pest u j. Prssum- q that he sill stop tnere
during she coming wi"rer-
Army OEDEUs.-By order Of the President,
First Lieut.. Edward $ Curtis, 81 artillery. il
detailed as professor Of RiliiaTy science and
tactics at the Arkansas Industrial UBivor-i5y
Little Rock, Arkansas. To take effect on being
relieved Of duty At the Hited States Military
ACADEMY by Second Lieut.. r. r. Thompson,
9th infantry. The superintendent OF the
mounted recruiting service has been ordered To
send al dispOsabe colorcd cavalry -ecraits ~
Fort Brown, Texas for assignment to the 9th
cavalry.
PERsoxAL-Gen William G. LeDuc, Mimi;
Hon GOdlove @. Ortiz, Ind Hon. Horace Nav
naId, Tenn. Gen. ID. II. Chamberlain, Column
bia ). G.; Edward jenkins, London, England,
tsuthor OF "Glnx's BOdy.') Hon II. p. Saun-
dfrs. St Louis. Mo-, and Hon. II. b. SAyler ami
family and Hon j. y. Tyner and wife, all of
Indiana, have arrived at the Ebbitt House.
Gen sherman and Col. A ud -nried left tor
New YORK lat night. 10 be absent until VI On
day. Hon q. r. MCFaddeB, delegate-elect
10 Congress from Washington territory, and
family are NJ the kiTkwOOd. zee senator Cam
exon is at Willsrd's Judge Edwards Pier
r6pont, OF New York, is at the Arlington hotel.
The RECENT SCouRsk IN MENrHs.-CoI
Eaton, United States marshal at Memphis,
writes that three of his deputies died during the
prevalence of the p'ag IT, and that a fourth was
taken with The yellow fever-all the short
space OF four days. Within that time the dep
UtN clCtk of the United States courts died Of
the fever. The colonel adds. "Tnis fsry fur
Dace Of addiction has fused the people a. nearly
a. possible into one mass. Memphis will be a
better city than ever. The greater amount OF
reNet has come from the north. ami the heart
Of every * coutt derate has been moved IN sun
cere gratitude by tue overlooking charity.
Judge Levin. our new representative in Con-
gTess, distinguished fer his hold repubiicaEism
and for the bitter AMI relentless abuse cast
uHon him by his political opponents, j. nov
bOnCrCd by AL tor his activity ia securing ra-
tons and blankets from the government and
large contributions from the people OF Wash
ingtOn."
The WEATHER CHRONICLE OF the signal Office
for the week ending yesterday says: Daring
tie past week a storm-ceuter has moved from
Manitoba southeastWard over the lake region,
New York and southern New England, while ?
second, which was apparently cUnsequeu g OF
the latter. passed from the eastern gulf states
into the CaT0iiuas, aud thence nOrthcastvaEd
along the Atlantic coast and over New Bruins
wick and Nova Scotia as a very severe storm;
the barOmetTic depression attending this storm
was remarkable Tor this region. An area OF high
barometer, with cold weather, now covers the
southern states, having advanced southeast
ward from the extreme northwest. The amount
OF rain or melted snow for the past week aver
ages about as follows in the districts me ntoned:
St Lawrence valley. H75 inch; New England.
l-3i middle Atlantic states, Is: south Atlantic
states, o-55; eastern gulf states, O5; western
gulf states, o.; lower lake region, OBS; upper
lake region; -, Ohio valley, 035; Tennessee,
l.. nPpsT Mississippi valley, o.; lower Missouri
valley, col; Minnesota, O.l5-
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF INTERNAL
REysSr-,.-The annual report OF the commits
siOner Of internal revenue has been submitted
to the Seer etary OF the Treasury. 1t shows tn at
the aggre ate receipts from alt sources, eXClu-
Sive VI tie direct tax upon lands aud the duty
upon the capital, circulation, and deposits Of
nation al banks for the fiscal year ended June
50. ISIS. were Slli ,G15i- SOS. This amount in
e.ucss sums refunded and allowed on draw
backs. The production of spirits during the
fiscal year ended June so, 1873, were II 49, So
tavabls gallons, Of which 2.9li 500 gallons was
f!Om trult. The tax received on fermented
lguoTs, az ~ per bsvrei, tor the years 1872 and
1873, * ora 1922 and SS,ylOS25.S5 respect
ively. The number OF brewers engaged in the
manufacture OF feTmented HguO-s during the
fiscal year ended June 50. 1s18, was 1851, OF
which number IL are in the District OF Column
bia- The total receipts from tobacco for the
fiscal year ended June 90. 1873, were 81. SSs,-
$500 Ii j. estimated that the total receipts
from al sources Tor the current hscal year will
he 500, 600 GEO. This estimate will of course be
affected somewhat by the continuance or other
wise OF the present financial embarrassment.
The plan adopted in lieu OF the eighty districts
plan, 10 wit, aholishing the Offices Of assessors
and assistant assessors, reduced the expenses
Si,062, ST lower than the estimated reduction
under the eighty districts plan, and 81 600 900
lower than the appropriation tor 1873 under the
old system. The estimates for the fiscal wear
1915 show further reduction OF s9,45S. or
~ ,6o9,i less than the appropriation for the
fiscal year 1913, and 81 O1Z S5 less than the esi-
mate for l>,4, based on the eighty districts
plan. The commissioner, for reasons stated,
recommends that collectors salaries be fixed at
amounts ranging from =, 800 to IS 900, and the
supervisors salaries at 81 900 per annum.