Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-09
EVENING STAR.
INTERNAL REvExUE-The receipts from this
source to-day were cess ,694.74.


source to-day were e6ss ,6s474
GENERAL SHERMAN leaves here to- morrow
for West Point, and will return about the latter
part of the week.
A CoNsCIKNcR CoKTRIBurIoN.-TheS ecre-
tary of the Treasury this morning received si9O
as a contribution 10 the conscience fund from
New York, for customs dues.
GEN. w. d. wHPPLK, A. A. c., on the staff
OF Gen. Sherman, left here last night for West
Point to attend the annual meeting of the as o.
citation of graduates of the Military Academy.
THE UNITED STATES STEAMERS Worcester,
Saugus, Shawmuk, Pawnee, and Nipsic were
at Key West, Florida, June ID, and the Kansas
daily expected. The Nipsic is ordered to Hamp-
ton Roads.
NAVAL PRoMorIoNs.-The Secretary of the
Navy has made the following promotions: Med
ical Inspector Philip Lansdale TO be Medical
Director Surgeon, Richard c. Dean to be med
ical inspector and passed Assistant Surgeon
John b. Ackley to be surgeon.
PERsoNkL.-Dr. III. r. Hopkins and his young
bride, of Buffalo, are in town On their wedding
trip, the guest of q. A. Bassett. DR.. H. was
formerly a sOjOurner here, being for time with
DIR. Nichols OF the Government ms ane Asylum
and also at the Columbia hospital Of the District.
ALLEGED OUTRAGE ON AN AMERICAN YES
ton has been received here Of an outrage hav-
ing been committed on the Scotland, small
vessel, by a Spanish man of war in the Sooloo
seas The Spaniard boarded and searched the
Scotland, and made no explanation. Admiral
jenkins will inquire into the matter.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL has decided that
the railroad bridge of the Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad company across the Mississippi
river at La Crosse is to be located by the COM
and NOT r-afyV h,,tS txaN
in its construction the Secretary of War has a
supervisory power as to the security of naviga-
ton and convenience of access by other rail-
ways.
THE BLOCKADE RUNNER FLoRIDA.-In the
District court to-day, the case of Collins agt-
Florida, (priZe case. was agreed before Judge
Humphreys on a motion to dismiss the libel
filed by the government on the ground that the
seizure having taken place in Brazilian port
was Illegal. Gen. Butler appeared for the
libelIant, and Mr.. Corwine and Junge Fisher
for the government Judge Humphreys over
ruled the motion and referred the case to Gen.
Mussey to take the testimony.
SPECIAL STAMPS FOR THE STATE DEPART
MENT.-SpecimensO of the new Off cial stamps. of
the denominations of ~, So, $40 and $50, for
special dispatch pouches Of the State Depart
ment were received to-day by the Postmaster
General a. an Of tie stamps bear the profile
in black and the border I'm green. AT the top of
the stamps are the words department OF
State" and at the bottom the name of the
denomination in letters. Above the latter on
either side are the letters gu. s. Al The
design Is very neat.
WAsHINGToNIANs IN PARIS AND LONDON
The american Register for May II, published at
Paris, gives the following names of Washing
tonians recently registered in Paris wv. G.
MetzeTott and FAMILY, Samuel +. Miller, A.
M9rreH' Dr: :: Stearns and family, G. Stew
and Miss Julia B. Strong, \. =. aud Mrs. Chip,
man, John e. Casparis, Calderon Carlisle ana
y NJ Carlisle, jr., Mrs: G. b. Lombard, z: G.
Robbins and family, In London. 2. Bige-
low, Mrs. j. p. Bigelow and family, P. Paul
Pelz, George w. Castelar,, and George H. Ell
lott.
THR MoooC PRISONERS are TO be tried by q
Military Commission, the Attorney General
having prepared an elaborate opinion in which
he shows (as il was stated in Saturdays STAR
he wOuld) that having violated the laws of
war, they must be tried by q military court
They must be punished under what the Attor-
ney General calls the Common law Of war;"
General Sherman has issued instructions to
General Schoheld in accordance with this opin..
lon and a military court will be organized
forthwith. The findings of the court must be
sent to the President for his approval before
sentence is executed.
The FEDERAL REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED IN
SPAIN.-The Constituent Cortes, Of Spain re-
rssembled at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning, and
passed a resolution definitely procl aiming the
Federal Republic by vote Of 2lo yeas against
nays. motion to make the day a national
holiday was rejected. Ol0zago will be recalled
from the embassy at Paris, and Moret from the
embassy at London. The proceedings in the
CQrtes Saturday indicate that new ministry
will be announced, probably as follows: Presi-
dent of the council, without a portfolio, Pi
Margall; Minister of the Interior, Pal0nca;
Minister Of State, Maisonave; Minister of JUS
tice, j. Predical; Minister of War, Estevans;
Minister of Colonies. Sorn; Minister of FL
nance, Tutan; Minister Of Marine, Orb.
APPOINTMENT OF INDIAN INsPRcroRs.-Un-
der the law enacted at the last session Of Con-
gress authorizing the President to appoint five
inspectors Of Indian AFFAIRS and to abolish as
many of the existing Indian superinte ndents as
he should deem advisable, the President has,
upon recommendation Of the Secretary of the
Interior, issued an order abolishing the super
intendencies of Montana, Oregon and Arizona,
and the northern Indian superintendency, which
appointed the following named persons to be
Indian inspectors, for assignment to duty under
the law, as the interests of the service may re-
o'Connor. Of New York; j. d. Bevier, Of Mich.
igan; f. G. Kimble, of New York, and William
yandever, of Iowa:
THE FATE OF CAprAis JACK AND HIS
GANe.-The military combustion for the trial
OF the Modocs, under the decision of the Attor-
ney General, viii be designated by Major Gen
eral Schofeld. The Attorney Generals de-
csion has already been forwarded to General
Schofeld for his guidance in the matter. The
MOdocs who are not liable to trial before the
military commission will probably be sent to
other reservations by the military authorities,
and scattered around 50 that the name of Modoc
viii become extinct. Instructions as to what
reservations those not to be tried shall be sent
will be forwarded to Gen. Schoheid this week.
The advocates of the peace policy profess salts
faction with the decision of Attorney General
Williams that the Modocs can be tried by q
military commission, as they hope 70 be able to
bring influence to bear upon the President to
have him deal leniently or fairly with them.
While on the other hand IL they had been turned
over to the civil authorities Of Oregon the whole
matter would have been in the hands OF the
Governor OF that state, and the President could
not have interfered. As the peace policy is be-
low par In Oregon there would have been no
show for Capt. Jack or any of his followers had
they ever come before an Oregon Jury. Army
officers are not very firm believers in peace
policy for the Indians beyond tho range of
musket, and while the commission for the trial