Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-16
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were sls1, 9so.o3.
THOMAS Fl. FeuLDs was yesterday eappoint.
ed by the President postmaster at Cincinnati.
GEN. SHERMAN has received nothing yet in
relation 10 the military movements at the scene
OF the Modoc troubles.
The PRESIDENT. Mrs. Grant, Miss Nellie
Grant and Gen. Babcock leave here this eve
ming for st. Louis, to be absent from the city
about three weeks.
The LOUISIANA TRoUBLEs.-The Attorney
General has received no information whatever
in regard to the troubles between the whites
and blacks in Colfax, Louisiana. He is of the
opinion tnat the mstter has been exaggerated.
PRESIDENT GRANT, accompanied by Sur
eeon General Barnes, gave sitting yesterday
to like for a portrait. While in the studio the
President examined the picture of Rawlins on
Uike's easel, with much interest, and pro-
nounced it an admirable likeness
PERsoNAL.--we see by the London News that
Pay Director Cunningham OF the United States
Navy, was presented to her Majesty by the
United States Envoy, at the Queens Drawing
Room held at buckingham Palace on the LIST
INST. "'Ex-Senator Frank Blair, who is still
feeble has gone to Clifton Springs, New York.
THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION yester-
day heard the cases OF VIM. X. Snow, Thomas
nj. Smith, and j. C. Wilson, joint owners of
Clover Hill farm, in Prince William county,
near Nokesville. Va, amounting to Sl1 ,433, and
DIR. l.. G. Osmun, Nokesville, Prince William
county, amounting to $500.
APPoINTMENTs.-The President has ap-
pointed III. q. Altman United States attorney
for the district OF Colorado territory, and Thos.
eastern district of Texas Joseph j. Henderson
TO be consul at Annoy, China; David +. Will
Hams to be collector of internal revenue for the
10Th district of Pennsylvanil; Nathaniel Ship
man to be L. 5. judge for Connecticut.
THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMS AGAINST THE
New YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
Commissioner Douglass this morning received
the following telegram from Collector Bailey
and District Attorney Crowley, at Albany:
1.-The locomotives of the New York Central
railroad company. replevied on Saturday by
the sheriff, were this day returned TO the coli
lector. The safe win take place on April 22d.
Necessary papers will be fled Tomorrow re-
moving suit from state court to the Z. 5. circuit
court"
THE MoDoC WAR.-A military officer of high
rank said yesterday that he thought popular
expectation in regard to the speedy annihila-
ton OF the Modocs would of necessity be dis
appointed, and that he would not be surprised
II IT takes several weeks to make finish OF
them He says that the cry of ION to the lava
beds reminds him Of the cry of son to Rich
mond, y raised at the beginning of the late civil
war He says the lava beds are almost impreg-
nable, and that it would be the height of RASH
ness and folly to send men into them to be shot
down by the savages lurking in the caves and
assures. He believes Gen. Gillem is nov Wig
orously besieging the enemy, and that it is quite
possible thathe will send no dispatches to army
headquarters until he has accomplished some
thing decisive.
Tur
Agreeably to the request of Judge W. ID. Kel-
ley, Gen. Spinner, United States Treasurer,
has covered into the treasury the $500 which
Cakes Ames handed over TO Judge Poland.
chairman of the House credit mobilier commit
tee. as dividend on the credit mobilier stock
which he (Ames) claimed belonged to Mr.. Kel-
ley. Gen Spinner held this $500 until yester.
day, In the hope of getting back the $1,000 in
bonds OF the credit mobiier, which Judge Po-
land turned over TO him at Mr.. Kelley's request
and which he sent to Ames, asking that he so
endorse the bonds that they could be sold and
the proceeds covered into the treasure a. Mr.
Kelley suggested. He hoped that Ames would
do this, but as the latter remains SILENT he con-
Guided to cover in the $500 dividend, without
waiting any longer for the tardy Cakes.
WoMES's RIGHTS UNDER THE FOURTEENTH
AMENpMENT.-The case of Myra Bradwell.
plaintiff in error VS.. the state of Illinois, has
been decided IN favor of defendant by the
tiee alone dissenting. Mrs. Bradwell, who is the
editor of Chicago law journal, applied for
permission to practice law i'm the supreme court
as TO character and qualification. The applica-
ton was denied on the ground that a woman is
not entitled to admission. The applicant APP
pealed to the Supreme Court of the United
States, claiming that she is a citizen of the
United States, and, therefore, is entitled to the
privilege Of practising law in the state OF
amendment. The United States SUPREME Court
affirm the Judgment of the Illinois supreme
court Mr.. Justice Miller delivered the Opinion
Of the court. Justices Bradley, Swayne, and
Field eoncurred in the judgment, but not in the
opinion.
CREDITABLE PIECE OF Work By FEMALE
ExPERTs.-Miss Patterson, OF the United
States Treasurer's Office, with two female as
sistants, has been at work every bright day for
two weeks past in oyerhauling, for the purpose
OF identification. the packages of bank notes
and securities which were so badly burned by
Anderson, the insane cashier of Lambertson's
bank, at Franklin, Pennsylvania, about a
month since Many of these papers were almost
wholly DESTROYED; in fact, in some instances
bills and other papers were completely con-
sumed, nothing remaining but small portions
of the ashy fabric, which q breath of air would
have broken into minute PARTICLES. Notwith-
standing this, so delicately and carefully have
these vague yestiges Of what was once money
been manipulated by the experts that almost
all of the notes and securities have been identi-
ned, and those issued by the government will
be redeemed by Uncle Sam. The railroad aud
other corporation bonds will doubtless be re-
deemed by the companies issuing them. Ex-
Representative Gillian, son-in-law of MIR.
Lambertson, the president of the bank and
who has been in Washington for several weeks
watching the process of Identification is greatly
pleased with the result and speaks in higk
terms Of the skin OF Gen Spiuner's experts.
Something About the New Postal
Cards.
On and after the LIST proximo the common
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