Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-02

Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL REvIEuR-The receipts from this
source to-day we're se'5,74o &c.
| SENATOR SUMNEk passed q very bad night
last night, but was better this morning, and in
tended to ride out this afternoon.
| Col. H. r. CLUN, chief clerk of the bureau r
Indian affairs, will act a. Commissioner unit
Gen. Walkers successor is appointed.
| Mr.. CHARLES LEVI, the operate and concer,
| agent, has arrived in town to arrange for ths
farewell concert to be given here January 18th
| BY the Strakosch, Cariotta Patti, Mario troupe
| They appear but one night.
POSTMASTER GENERAL CRxsvRII returnea
| from Ekton, Nd, last night. Mrs. Creswell.
who Is in Elkton, and who had been quite indis-
posed with rheumatic affection, is much
better. Mr.. Cresweil pronounces the story OF
Ms intended resignation . huhbug.
PRReoNAL.-Msjor W y. Z. swsee, formerly
l Of thu city, has rcturnea from Ell Paso' and
Fort Quitman, Texas, on business trip, and is
stopping with Major d. A. Hall, 10th street,
ABOVE y. Major Sweet is established as a
ranchero on the Rio Grande.
METEOROLOGICAL. = The Signal Service
bureaus report of the mean of barometer and
Thermometer, velocity of wind, amount OF rain
month OF December, shows the following result:
barometer, 3O1l9; thermometer. 80 s; rain
IaiI, 24o; prevailing wind, northwest; total
number Of miles travelled, 6,059.
FAsHIoNABLR wRpprNe.-Mr. Willis Drum.
mond, jr., son Of the commissioner OF the gene
raj Land Office, was married vest erday at the
residence OF Hon. A. H. Cotton on street IN
Miss Ella Cotton, daughter of the re presentsO
i've In Congress from the second Iowa dis trict
large number OF friends witnessed the cere-
mony, after which the newly made pair left for
New York on their bridal tour.
Books FOR VIENNA.-The book publishers
are already forwarding their text books tor the
vienna exposition to the bureau of education.
Each publisher puts up his books in an elegant
box, which, when opened, serves as q shelf for
the books, and bears in large characters the
name of the house. If the collection is com
plefe the display will be very fine one.
| NAVAL OFFICERS TRANSFERRED CAPTAIN
VIM. +. Spicer has been ordered to command
the iron-clad Terror, Of the North Atlantic
feet, in place of Captain s. p. QuacE enbush.
who has been detailed from the command of
that vessel and placed on waiting orders. Com
maDder Charles A. Babcock has been detached
from duty in the navigation department at the
Boston navy yard, and ordered to command the
Guard.
The HEALTH OF SECRETARY DaLANo.-Mr.
John s. Delano, chief clerk OF the Interior De-
partment, received a telegram from his father I,
Secretary Delano, at Havana, stating that thew
arrived safe, and that his health Is apparently
entirely restored. The Secretary and Mrs.
Delano, with the little SON of Mr.. John S. Del
ano, who is with them, will return about the
18th inst.
The TINE FOR FILING CLAIMS for additional
bounty under the act Of July 18th, 1866, giving
500 to every soldier who enlisted in the army OF
the United StateA after the 18th day of April
1861, for period of not less than three wears
and receive his honorable discharge, or $50 for
two years enlistment after April iIth 1854
expires on the 3lst Of this month. Congress
having on the 22d of April last passed an act
prolonging the time for filing such claims until
January 3lst, 1873.
SFeEsT.Frs 3o-rwKz. son,e days-gs,ce A.,
dressed a letter TO George H. Hoyt and other
members of the legislature of Massachuse tts,
In answer to a letter of theirs asking him
whether he intends to be q candidate for the
United States Senate in place of the Hon
Henry Wilson, Vice President-eiect. The Sec
rotary writes: "In the frankness which your
letter invites: say in reply that shall CRATE
fully accept the support of those gentlemen of
the legislature who think me qualified to repre-
sent the state Of Massachusetts, in the Senate of
the United States"
TEE RECEPTION AT GOVERNOR CooKE's-.
Our gubernatorial mansion in Georgetown was
yesterday the scene of most brilliant and gem
eIous hospital ty. A constant stream of car
riages was coming and going every moment
ard the throng of callers EN- braced our dignified
Senators, judges, foreign ministers secretaries
and Representatives. brilliant and distin-
guished gathering. Mrs. Cooke received with
hersproverbial grace and dignity, assisted by
her daughter, Kate Cooke, one Of those rare,
beautiful girls, with the fresh and varying bloom
grace OF loneliness in all her ways. Mrs Cooke
wore an emerald velvet OF artistic beauty, a
chef P9urre of the celebrated Maison Fauvet,
OF Paris, ornamented with superb point allen
con. Miss Cooke wore blue faille, the same as
At Mrs. Grants reception earlier in the day
The table was labrynth of beautiful designs
nUa md enn
We noticed q group of angels leading out the
old year and ushering i'm the new 1873. Also,
the old Holland device of q stork's nest, which
is believed there to bring good luck to the house
wherein it is built, and many other uni0ue de-
vices, beautiful in design and execution, be-
sides edibes to tempt the eye and feast the ap-
petite, and drink to !" cheer but not inebriate."
TBR CADRTsHIP QUBsTIoN.-As heretofore
stated, Congress will be called upon to amend
the law regulating the appointment of cadets
at the Naval Academy and at West Point, as
the new superintendent increases the number
OF members, each of whom is entitled to appoint
one boy at each place. The law, however, pro-
vides that there shall not be more than one boy
from each district at each place, but under the
new superintendent counties in various states
have been changed from one district to another
and 1t every new member makes an appoint
ment after March 4th, there will in many in
stances be two boys from one district, one
appointed under the old and the other under
the new apportionment. By the act OF July
iotn, icO-, " cstdOisu anu cqu4uZe the grades
OF line officers of the navy, 1t is provided that
the number Of midshipmen allowed at the Naval
Academy "shall be one for every member aud
delegate in the House Of Representatives., one
for the District Of Columbia, and ten at large"
At that time the District OF Columbia had no
delegate in the House, now it is represented
there, and as the act provides that there shall
be midshipman fer every delegate, it is said
by some that General Chapman has the right to
make an appointment exclusive of the one
selected from the District by the President,
The appropriation committee Of the House now
has the matter under consideration, and must
either increase the number Of cadets or make
some change in che manner Of appointing them
THE RAwLIrs PEDESTRIAN SrAruR-The
award made by the government commission for
the execution OF the Rawlins pedestrian statue
to Bailey, the sculptor. with permission 70
''aDend' his model, has brought out some live
ly comments from the press. Naturally the
other competitors don't like 1t, and one OF them
Mr.. Flax Mills, sends us q Communication In
which he criticises the accepted model pretty
sharply. He says: The model represents =
spinde-shapked man, seven feet in height with
coat tail hich his posteriors hardly recoauize
standing In an awkward attitude, on duy as q
private, and looking for all the world like
rebel guerrilla; DO pretensions to q likenessof
the noble RawlDs, in short a figure unworthy
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