Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-08

SECRETARY BELKNAP has gone to New Jer-
sey on visit to General Marston.
MAJOR GEORGE HILL, JR., the postmaster
for Georgetown. d. c., to-day filed his bond for
$4,000.
PRESIDENT GRANT last night rescued lady
from being run over by a runaway team in
Cedar avenue, at Long Branch.
CHIEF CLERK or THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
Sevellan A. Brown, of Auburn, n. Y, it was
reported last night, had been appointed chief
clerk of the State department., vice Chew, de
ceased but to-day the report was contradicted.
ONE MONTHS ACCUMULATION OF THE DEAD
LETTER OFFICR.-The monthly report of the
dead letter division of the Post Office depart
ment for July last shows that there were re-
ceiyed OF ordinary letters, Poi ,74I drop, SO 9OO
4,Iil; motel, 2,262; fictitious, 500; registered
40; returned from foreign countries Z 701; total
domestic, 1868; foreign, 1880.
CLERICAL PRoMeTIoNs.-The following pro-
motions from LIST to I'd class clerkships, to take
effect the list inst, have been made in the PEN
sion office: >. NJ. Comstock, w. F. Eaton, VIM
ihanns' N. ID. Peck, G. M. Smith, c. W. Null
ger, Pa; j. +. Kelly, ILL.,; &. s. Mari, Md; w
W.kiDgsley, Mich; G. II. Heron, n. j.; Jas
A. McCauley, W. Va; j. Sylvester, Me-; j. b.
o'hyan, Neb-; and Q. NJ Hendley, d. G.
BIDS were opened to-day at the office of the
Supervising Architect of the Treasury for the
supply of cut stone, tagging, &C., for the new
Jati In the District of Columbia, as follows:
with granite from Old Dominion quarry Rich
mond, va. Bodwen Granite Co., Maine,
Va 1890. VIM. j. and Charles A. Acker,
Washington, ID. c., S154, S1S.53. VIII Huestis
Washington, ID. c., S145,19fS6. MARYLAND
fTeestone Co., Seneca sand stone), SIG ,592. 49,
ALBERT Ordway granite, first three OF four art
lcles), S10I $3.50.
ISFORMATIoN WANTED ABOUT A THOUSAND
DOLLAR NOTE.-Treasurer Spinner has re-
ceived letter from New York, asking informa-
ton if $1,000 Treasury note dieter b } had
pen pad at the Treasury department, the
writer stating that one Sabbath evening in 1855,
While going down Sth avenue, he lost a ~ 900
greenback belonging to friend, and that he
!the loser) had paid the last dollar OF 1t back Ii
IL mas not been redeemed, the writer thinks it
must nave been removed from the streets with
the dirt and filth. II 1t has been redeemed he
asks If there is any hope of receiving back VIVA
mas cost him seven years labor to repay.
TIE AMERICAN ARTISAN AND SANITARY
COMMISSION TO VIENNA.-Lewis T. Hinton.
one of the special commissioners at Vienna, in
letter written TO his brother in this CITY states
that the members of the artisan ard sanitary
commission are about leaving the Austrian
capital on their return home. Upon the recon-
mendaton of the chief commissioner, the De-
SION TO stop at various points in GERMANY
France, Belgium and England to examine the
me thods and modes employed by the different
trades IN the several countries named their
object being to familiarize themselves with the
differences, so as 10 make their reports more
complete. The commission are expected in the
United States within the next six weeks.
Miss CLARA BARToN's HRALrH-The many
friends of Miss Clara Barton will be panied to
hear of her continued illness for the last six OF
eight months in London. Following the ardu-
Gus labors and self-sacrifcing trials she under
went in the German hospitals subsequently at
Strasbourg, Metz, and Paris during the Fran
o-Prussian war and Communism, she has been
subjected to severe attacks of neuralgia affection
and other nervous disorders. which, like those
of Florence Nightingale, result from over tax
alton. For several months she was confined to
her bed, but for the past two months has been
slowly convalescing, though with occasional
severe relapses. While but little is known here
of the extent of Miss Barton's work in Europe,
1t has not been unrecognzed there, she having
been presented with crosses Of various orders Of
Prussia and France.
PRRsoNAL.-Mr. Sumner did not stop in Bos-
ton on his return to Massachusetts, but took the
train direct for Nahant, where he is stopping
with his next friend, the poet Longfellow. He
Is in better health than for two years past and
Is able to give mp the use of morphine for sleep
lessness- ''''Frederick Douglass has been
passing some days in the sea- air near Boston,
he Is warm friend of Gen'l Butler, and would
IKE 10 see him Governor of Massachusetts.
- Senator Boutwell, is at Groton. ...-Mr
Richard 5. SpOfford and his wife are at New
buryport, and Ben Perley Poore is at his Indian
Hill farm.in West Newbury, few miles fnland
'...Vice President Wilson is at Lynn, the guests
of Hon. Mr.. Alley He can do no mental work;
cannot write a letter; and except small
amount OF light reading, his doctor forbils all
mental work.
MAIL RoBBERIEs IN THE WEsT.-Special
Agent Wickizer, Of the Post Office department,
reports from Salt Lake, July 81, that highway
robbery on the n ain routes in the Rocky noun
tains Is be coming quite frequent On the 9th
nit, robbers attacked the mail coach on the
Montana route, near Pleasant Valley, and took
$4,000 in treasure from Wells Fargo & Co.'s
express, but did not modest the mails. The
robbers have been arrested. A few DAYS later
on the same route, near the Snake river the
stage-coach was fired into and the driver NOR
tally wounded. The poor fellow had the nerve
and presence of mind to put whip TO his horses
by which all was saved but his own life He
expired soon after he reached the first station
On the oath ult., the mail-cosch on the Kelton
and Boise route, near the Snake river, was at
tackled by robbers, and the through mail pouch
from Boise to Kelton taken; also Wells Fargo
q Co.'S treasure box. Agent wckizer saws
bad men come to the mines with the expecta-
ton OF making sudden fortunes, and, being dis
appointed, become reckless and de perate high
Yeymen.
RACING AT HOME AND ABROAD.-Our re-