Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-17
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

w asHluSCOn NEWS anu oosSlps
INTERNAL REvKSUR.-The receipts from this
source to-day were 1892 1850.
LIEUT.. COMMANDER SAMUEL l.. WILSON has
been detached from the receiving ship Vermont
and ordered to the Ssranac.
SECRETARY BELKNAP left Washington last
night for Keokuk, Iowa, whittier he was called
by the sickness of a son.
THE MORGAN ENVELOPE COMPANY, the con
tractors for manufacturing the postal cards
deny that Gen. Butler has been retained
counsel by them.
A CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION for promD-
ton to fourth-class clerkshps in the Land
Office will take place in the Interior depart
ment September 18th.
TIE WHITE HoUsE.-The improvements of
the White House which have been going forward
all summer are now nearly completed, and the
building will be ready for occupancy in a week.
The President and family will not return, how
ever, until the first week in October.
TIE EXAMINATION of applicants for admis-
sion to the Naval academy will take place at
the academy, at Annapolis, between the goth
and the 30th of the present month. The names
which have been sent in by Congressman enti-
tied to appointments reach about one hundred
in number.
SERVICE CHRvRoNs.-The War department
has issued an order that the service chevrons
prescribed in General Orders No. %, of 1872, to
be worn by enlisted men will conform in color
to the arms of service in which the soldier
sci we'd. If he has served more than one enlist
ment, in different arms, the service chevron
will be Of different colors to correspond.
PERsoNAL.-Secretary Fish is at his house in
New York, and will not return until about the
first of October. '''' Vice President Wilson
arrived in Boston on Saturday, from the White
mountains ''-' Mr.. II. j. Ramsdell, of the N
Y. Tribune, has returned from Long Branch,
bronZed but handsome, and in excellent condi-
ton for the Washington winter campaign.
MOVEMENTS OF TIE PREsIDENT.-The sill
yer anniversary of the Aztec club, of Philadel-
phia, was celebrated at the residence of its
president, General Patterson, last night by
banquet. General Grant, General Hooker, and
ana other prominent military men were pres
emit After the banquet General Grant left for
Pittsburg to attend the reunion Of the army of
the Cumberland.
CLERICAL APPOINTMRNTs.-Thef following
appointments TO frst-class elerkships have been
made in the Post Office department John L.
Bivins, of Georgia, appointment Office, vice
James 5. Crawford, promoted; j. NJ. Beigart
Minnesota, contract Office, vice John II. Fall
coner, promoted; w. K. Smith, jr., Kansas
vice I. L. Page, promoted; Joel G. Green, vice
Madison Davis, promoted; II. G. Wagner, vice
Earl FAIR, removed.
A NATIONAL CHEESE CoMPLIcATroN.-Some
time time ago cheese to the value of SIS 200 was
purchased in Baltimore on account of the
United States quartermaster at San Francisco
and were shipped by rail. The Central Pacific
railroad refuses to deliver the cheese until it ia
refunded the freight charges on it which it paid
TO the Union Pacific railroad. This the govern
nent refuses to do, as it is now by authority by
Congress Withholding the moneys due by it to
these roads for the purpose of applying it TO the
nff ln f,,Aa
bonds issued to them. Instructions have been
forwarded to the United States district attorney
OF San Francisco to enter suit for its recovery.
SECRETARY RICHARDSON APPROVES THE
SEAL LOCK MISUNDERSTANDING Richardson
has made the following Endorsement on the re-
port of the committee to decide upon a lock for
custom purposes:-"The within report is ac-
cepted, and the committee will please accent
my thanks for the able, disinterested and pa
iient investigation they have given to the sub
purposes named in the letter submitting this
subject to the committee, the lock reported by
them will be required to be used, that it may be
fully tested by experience"
CONGRESSMAN PLATr AND MosBY's Ap-
PoINTREs-Representativ Plat, of Virginia,
writes to the Baltimore american to say: 81
never waited upon the Postmaster General, or
anybody else, to ask the removal of any of
Mosby's appointees in Virginia. nor do believe
that any attempt to have them removed has
5een made by any Virginia republican, neither
do doubt that should such an attempt be
made 1t would be successful, for know that the
success of the ticket headed by Colonel r. w
Hughes is ardently desired by President Grant
ana every one connected with his administra-
tion."
ARMY OFFICERS AND EPIDEMIcs.-The fol-
owing order was issued by the War department
to-day: "Oficers OF the army absent from their
>tations, in sections OF country infected bv epi
demic disease, or from stations that cannot be
reached without transit through infected locali-
lies, are, after their leaves of absence shall
nave expired, authorized to delay starting to
JOIN their commands until the epidemic shall
nave subsidized. When advantage is taken of
the foregoing, the officer will by letter, report
70 his department commander, and obtain from
for his post"
The RECENT GALE ON THE NORTHERN
CoAsT-A Revenue Gutter Sent to the Relief of the
castd0c3s. - The Secretary Of the Treasury
ordered he revenue cutter Levi Woodbury., from
Boston, to the coast of Nova Scotia to assist in
saving the men and vessels wrecked in the recent
great gale OF that coast. Capt. Frank Barr
commanding the cutter, in his report to the
ashore inside of La Boer harbor and six on the
peach outside, not being able to get into the
harbor. l examined those outside, Of these, two
were total wrecks. These vessels had all been
covered up above high water and could
onfy be relieved by placing ways under them
and launching them. Finding myself unable
ton d1 any nng Ior the vessels, turned my at
island except those employ ed in wrecking. on
the 9TH instant L arrived off Port HASTINGS
oIape Breton, and received on board IS men;
Lnen proceeded to Hawkesbury receiving there
hfteen men; thence to Port Mulgraye, Nova
ocotia, where took on five more; thence pro-
ceeded TO Gloucester, where landed fifteen of
balance at their homes"
-~->SS-~-