Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-06

Friday evening. He leaves again on Monday
for New Haven, Conn.
Up TO THIS MORNING orders for postal cards
aggregating IA, SOC, 900 had been received at the
Post Office Department.
A PRIVATE LETTER from Oregon received
to-day states that Mrs. Candy is greatly pros
trated by the death Of her husband, and is not
expected to recover.
Ex-Gov. PINcHBAcK and Senator West had
an interview with Attorney General Williams
this morning, and spoke very hopefully of at
fairs in Louisiana.
CONGRESSMAN VIM. r. Roberts explains that
his frank on the circulars Of a firm of New York
su1cks is q clumsy forgery, and that he called
the attention Of the post office authorities to the
matter two months ago.
IT IS RuxoRED that George t. Downing, Jno
M. Langston, and j. P. Sampson, of Philadel-
phia, are applicants for the mission at St. Pc
tersburg, vacated by the death of Mr.. Orr The
friends or ex;Representative Bingham afe AZ
leaoy urging aim for the position.
A New SPECIAL AGENCY REVENUE Dis
TRIcr.-The Treasury department to-day es-
tablished an additional special agency district
embracing the collection districts OF Aroostook,
PassamaquOddy, Frenchman's Bay, and Cas-
tine to be known as the 10th district, with head
quarters at Eastport, Maine, and to be under
the charge Of special agent M. III. Hale.
THE FIVE PER CENT. PUBLIC LAND FUND.
The Treasury Department to day paid S2s,723
to the Governor of Michigan on account of five
per cent of the net proceeds of public lands
lying within the limits of the state for the pur-
pose of education or Of making public roads
and improvements. The whole amount paid
for this purpose to several of the states during
the last fiscal year was S115, 16iI4.
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Associated press dispatches announce the criti-
cal condition of Mr.. Cakes Ames' health.
dispatch received here by Major Ben. Perley
Poore from the Boston Journal OFF ce this after
noon, states that it was not expected that Mr..
Ames could live the day out. Later in the after
noon it was reported that private dispatch had
been received here announcing his death.
BOARDING THE LION IN HIS DEN.-In front
of the door of DIR. Verdi, president of the board
of health, some stray goat or unguarded horse
has eaten up one of the best European lndens
lately planted by the parking commission. The
newly planted trees have many unthinking en-
emes; boys are the worst, with their little
hatchets, knives, &c. To the credit of South
Washington be it said, the young trees have
suffered less there than in any other part OF the
city.
SUSPENSION OF PENSION AGENr.-Mr. Jas
Lindsey, pension agent at st. Louis, has been
suspended by the President on the recommen-
sions, for alleged irregularities, and A. X. Eas
ton, eX-assessOr of the st. Louis district, has
been appointed in his place. The Office is worth
about 5000 per year. The Irregularities re-
ferred to will not involve the loss of a dollar
either to Lindsey's sureties or the government.
ANOTHER INDIAN CoMMIssIoN.-As stated
in THE STAR a few days since, a commission
will shortly be sent out to negotiate with the
Sioux and other Indians on the reservation in
southwestern DacOtah for a modification of the
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dams the privilege of hunting outside of their
reservation. The commission will consist of
three or four persons, and the board of Indian
commissioners will probably name the chair
man.
THE GOVERNMENT SUITS AGAINST THE
CREDIT MoBILIER SToCKHoLDERs.-J.H HUXLEY
Ashton, one of the counsel for the government
| to prosecute the credit mobiler stockholders,
this morning had a long consultation with At
| torney General Williams, and submitted to him
search and labor. All that remains to be done
now is to copy the papers, and suit will then be
instituted. 1t has not yet been decided whether
| TO bring the suit in Boston or Philadelphia. but
it is probable that it will be instituted in both
| cities at the same time.
| PERsoNAL-Senator Boutwell, and family.
| who have been the guests of Secretary Rich
| ardson for some time past, left for their home
| at Groton, Mass, yesterday. 80. MT. E. o.
Graves, who Is now in the south for the purpose
| of establishing civil service examinations, will
l return next week. Gen. George b. Will
liams, special commissioner OF the Japanese
| government, was married a few days since to
| Mrs Nellie Peake, a young California lady
| who has been quite indisposed since his return
from FLORIDA, is recovering.
PRESIDENT GRANT spent yesterday in Chicago
in calling upon old friends and attendingstO
| private business. This evening party will be
given by Mrs. Mayor Medill in honor Of Miss
| Nellie Grant Tomorrow morning the Presi-
dent will visit the Board of Trade, and subse-
l quently will attend a dinner party at the resi-
dence Of Hon. N. b. Judd. Mrs. George M
| Pullman will give reception tomorrow in
honor OF the Presidential party, and on Thurs
day morning they will leave for Washington
Ex-Vice President Colfax and wife were in
Chicago yesterday, and made brief call upon
l THE PROPOSED POSTAL TREATY WITH
| FRANCR-The French minister, the Marquis
de Noailles, had long conference to-day with
Postmaster General Creswell and Mr.. Joseph
| h. Blackfan, superintendent of foreign mails,
| relative to the proposed new postal treaty be-
| tween France and the United States. The
matter was discussed in its different bearings
but nothing was agreed upon. The Marquis
still insists on ten cents postage each way and
the department is as firm in insisting upon
eight cents. AS we now have treaties with
| England, Austria, Germany and other Euro
pean countries at the rate of six cents, il Is
| deemed inadvisable to yield to the demand of
/
IMPORTANT PENSION DECIsIoN.-The Com
| missioner of Pensions has announced the fol-
lowing important ruling: Section 8, act of
| March Sd, 1873, provides for no addition to the
81 increase pension in any case. 1t is a CONSOLE
dation Of section 2, act of July 25th, 1886, and
| sections and 5, of July 9th, 1863 with amend
ment or two former sections, SO as to give the
same increase to the widow Of the soldier or
sailor, for the children bya former wife, as for
children BY herself, and to the widow Of an OH
Ger as well as soldier or sailor. It also gives
| the increase to all the children under sixteen
years Of age, Of officers well as soldiers and
sailors, instead Of all but one, where there Is no
widow, or where she has died or remarked In
other respects Ii embodies the provisions of the
three sections named. It is proper TO add that
such was the object Of the section Gas held by
Commissioner Of Pensions) In both houses Of
Congress.
DEATH OF MINISTER ORR.-Hon. James l..
Orr. q. 8. Minister to st. Petersburg, died in
that city last night Of Inflammation of the
lungs. He had been i'll with q severe cold for
several days, but his death was unexpected.