Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-22

| ing.
SECRETARY RICHARDSON leaves Washing IN
| for Boston Wedne sday to spend Christmas. He
VII return on TIE following Monday.
GEN. ADELBRRT ANKs will resign his seat ,
\ the Senate early in January and 60 to Jackson,
| with his wife and children, as he has been
| elected Governor OF Mississippi in the place o,
| Governor POwe:s.
A DELEGATION of prominent colored persons
are coming here in January, to urge Congress
| to give them their property ights in the Indian
territory ard citizenship, together with o,urt
and form of governme mt - protect them.
| PEEsoNAL.-Gen. Eaton, Commissioner of
Education, visited the normal tchool at the
Franklin school bai'd.ng to-day. Mr.. E. P
Smith. commissioner of Indian affairs has re
turned from st. Psul MINI.
The NEW ARRANGEMENTS of the Baltimore
| and Potomac railroad between here and New
| York will not interfere with the transportation
OF the nails between Washington and the city
named. The Baltimore and Ohio company viii,
Sill retain the postal car service.
| KUKLUx PARDoNs RKooMMRNpRp.-The
Attorney General has recommended pardons 10
issue to Marion Fowler, John whitlock and
VIM. Ramsay, all of South Clrolina, and WHO
are re wing sentence in the Alb my penitentiary
for participation in kuklux outrage,.
ARMY REs'sNATIoNs.-The following army
| oficers have resigned, ard their resi- nations
have been accepted: Philip A. Owen, capslin
9th infantry; Alvsn S. Galbreath, first lieuten.
ant, "a infantry; j. Ii. SmallwOod, ID iieuten-
ant 9th IN antry.
Mr.. JOHN M. BARCLAY, the well krogn
and universally esteemed journal clerk of the
House OF Representatives, celebrated the 2sth
anniversary Of his appointment to that Office on
Saturday last. MIR. Barclay is row ffty-seyen
yeaIs OF age.
PRESIDENT GRANT met number OF old
friends at an informal meeting at the house o.
Gen Harvey in St Louis last nj ght, after
which, accompanied by his son ard severaI
other gentleman who went west with him, he
lett Iof Washington.
Gov. BOOTH has been elected 20 the United
States Senate irom California for the long term
Jrdge Wager, an,i-railroad candidate, but a
democrat holds the lead on the balloting for
me snort tenn, and il is believed will b.
elected. Sh.'ter stands second in favor and
Cole thnd. The two last named are republi-
cans.
A YOUNG IAPosToR, in the shape of girl
not more than fifteen or sixteen years old is 60
ing about seeking to raise money by using the
names of various persons known - the par lies
to v HON she applies AmoDs7t the names she
has uced in this unauthorized way is that OF
Miss Anstine Snead, ("Miss Grundy,") the cor
respondent of the New York World The DO.
lice shou Id look out tor her.
THUS FAR the investigation of Indian Com
'ssioner Smith, at st. Paul, has developed
nothing whatever detrimental to the Official or
personal integrity of that officer. Alter exam,
ming everai Ii ore wltre. es the commits on, O,
which Mr.. n. d. Turnev is cha'rmal /, will r.
tIrD 70 Washington erd will p.obaby exone--
ate the commi. s'o1e- in their report, which viii
be made about the middle o. January.
The BANKRUPT LAw.-The Senate Judicia
~ Committee will sit during the recess ard en-
deavor to perfect a bankrupt act that VIII be
free from the objections urged against the law.
The woik OF rSccrssruc ION Will be done b.
Nessrs. Edmdnd;, OF Vermont, (if well enou oh }
Thurman. OF Ohio, ard Frelirghuy en-, o New
jefsey-all 'eLrrcd in TIE 'aw, ~ / represent
ing the Interests of dife-en5 sections.
No SAvING.-In accordance with the rcsolr
ton passed by the House of Representatives a
few days ago, the departments are ELL engaged
III the preparation of statements showing the
amount OF expense incurred in the purchase of
postage stamps since the abolition of the frank
ing privilege. Most of them will also Fl tie
nearly as possible the expense under the old
system, ana Will show that while the revenues
o. The Post Office department have been great
" Increased there has really been no saving to
the government.
NAVAL ORpERs.-Commander X. X. Wallace
to the navy yard, Philsde, phia, Pa. Detached:
Capt. Thomas G. Corbin, as lighthouse in pee
tor OF the 18th district, and placed on waiting
orders. Commander Geo. b. White, from the
navy yard at Philadelphia, and ordered to duty
as inspector of the 4th light house district, LIST
January next. Surgeon George II. Cooke from
Tue marine rendezvous at PHILADELPHIA, ami
placed on waiting orders. Surgeon j. X. Tryon
rom the marine rendezvous, New York and
placed on waiting orders. Assistant Surgeon
=. IL. Cf sin from the marine rendezvous, Eo5
tor, ana ordered TO the naval rendezvous, Boz
ton. Acting Assistant Surgeon Thomas owen
from the marine rendezvous, BALTIMORE and
paced on waiting orders.
The WAR OF TIE RAILROADS -Diqmond C1,'
Di0mond.-In consequence OF the Penrsylvaril
railroad company refusing to take the
through cars leaving here by the Washington
branch OF the b. and .. X. X. over their short
line 70 New York, the Baltimore and Ohio re-
taiated by rerucng the prices of through tickets
rom Washington and Baltimore to all the prin-
opal cities west This announcement was made
the Pennsylvania road were instructed by tel
eSram TO reduce the prices of tickets TO CORE
spond with the rates Of the b. and o. X. r. SO
the public is likely to be benefited by the war
letween the railroad corporations.
THR INDIAN PROBLEM.-Consiiera6l eNcIte-
ment exists in the Indian territory over the
Presidents recommend atom to Congress to
organize the territory for the purpose of locating
Wild Indians there. The people residing there
say that for sixty years they have been trying
10 clyllze themselves and their children, and
now to place the Modocl, Kickapoo s.Arapahoes,
k'0was and COmanchcs alongside them as
ne ghbors would demOralize their children and
destroy the lai or of years. A large number of
them told Superintendent Hong that if the gov
eminent weud limit the boundary to the Airety-
eighth meridian, and adopt them as citizens Of
the United States, and confne the Wild Indians
to the country west Of them there would be no
opposition amopg the pcop'e to the formation
OF z territorial government and the allotment
Of the land.
The RHhAIHs OF MR. FREDERICK DRNr ar
rived IN St. Louis Saturday morning, accom-
panied by the President, Gen. Bsbcock, Mar
shal sharpe, Col. Casey, Gen. Fred. Dent, and
Col. Fred ID. Grant. Quite . number Of old
friends OF the dccea-ed and intimate acquaint-
ances Of the President received the remains ct
East st: Louis, and accompanied them as q
guard OF honor to the residence of COL John q.
Dent, . son of the deceased, where o great
number Of old citizens, friends and former
neighbors Of the Dent family had assembled.
Gen. John Pope, several other military OH GERS,
and number Of freedmen, formerly slaves OF
the deceaoed, were also present. The funeral
ceremonies wero performed 1t O'Clock, and
were very brief. The remairs were then con-
veyed to Bellefontaine cemetery, where they
will be buried beside those Of Mrs. Dent. The
funeral cor tege was quite long, The pall-bear-
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