Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-01
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvHNUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were s1s7 ,2ss39.
Nor REsIeNEp.--The President says there is
no truth in the statement that Minister Ban
croft has resigned.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE will leave Washing
ington for Richmond in a few days, for the pur-
pose Of holding court in that circuit.
TWENTY-FIVE NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS, in
various parts of the country, were authorized
at the last session Of Congress.
LIEUT.. WIN. s. CowLEs, U. s. NJ, has been
detached from the Constellation, at Annapolis,
an placed on WAITING orders.
REsIGNATIoN ACCkPTkD.-The President has
accepted the resignation of Second Lieutenant
Edward S. Holden, of the Engineer corps, to
take effect March 2sth.
ON A SOUTHERN TeUR.-Postmaster Gen.
eral Creswell, Senator Cameron and Senator
Howe, accompanied by their wives, left last
night for Wilmington, N. G. The party will
make months tour through the souta.
REV. j. p. NEWMAN has received instruc-
lions preparatory to his departure as inspector
OF consulates in Japan, China, and along the
Mediterranean. He leaves for Yokohama via
San Francisco in two weeks.
The statement is telegraphed from San Fran
| cisco that King Lunalilo, of the Sandwich ISL
| ands, is coming to the United States with Gen.
| Schofeld; fact which THE STAR announced
two weeks ago.
THE Boston TrGreler intimates that Senator
Sumner has declared that he will not again put
his foot on the soil Of Massachusetts, until the
resolution of censure Of the last legislature has
| been rescinded.
THERE Is A CHANGE in the order of operas for
the season this week, it will be seen. As now
arranged, we shall have Kellogg i'm Trovatore on
Thursday, Lucca in Faust on Friday and Lucca
In Fra Diaroio at the Saturday matinee.
The EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT
| the past month were somewhat heavier than
| usual, and included 81 ,294 ,i35. paid to the
| board of public works, and 81 ,324 900 addi
| tional compensation to Senators and Represen-
| tatives.
HENRY r. LINDERMAN, the director of the
Mint, appointed by the President, under the
act OF February IL, 1873, creating that office,
holds his ofhee for five years, and win be under
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The salary is 81 500 per annum.
THREE PER CENTS CALLED IN.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury to-day called in the bal
| ance of the3 per cent certificates, amounting
| to s325. 900. They are of the denomination of
5000, and numbered from 1896 to 1851 and
dated from January Sth, 1870 to August Ri
| 1872.
GONE TO NEW YoRK.-The President, Mrs.
| Grant, Miss Nellie Grant and General Babcock
left here at one O'Clock this afternoon for New
York, where they will remain till Monday next
| The Presidents visit to that city is on private
business entirely. While in New York he will
stop at the Fifth avenue hotel.
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| MRS. GAINES We. THE CITY OF New Or
LEANs.-The United States Supreme Court
| yesterday affirmed the decree of the Circuit
Court of Louisiana in favor of Mrs. Myra Clark
belonging to her, which had been in possession
and use Of the city Of New Orleans.
| PRESIDENTIAL APPoINrNENTs.-The Presi-
dent made the following appointments to-day:
George W. Bryant, melter and refner in the
mint at Carson city, and VIM. H. Doane coiner
at the same place. He has also appointed
| sioner from Louisiana, and Charles NJ. Wood
| OF vermont, consular clerk of the United States
RAILWAY POSTAL CLERKS PRoMoTKD.-Mr
r. p. Wering has been promoted from clerk to
| head clerk on the cars between New York and
Washington, with pay at the rate of 81 400 per
annum James Belger has been promoted from
with pay at the rate of 81 400 per annum, vice
ii. q. Pearson, resigned.
COLLECTOR BAILEY MAKES ANOTHER SELF
| uRE. - Collector Bailey yesterday afternoon
seized eight more locomotives at the round
house Of the New York Central and Hudson
river railroad, on account Of tax due the gov
s cru au The government will be bidder at
init them to be knocked down to outside parties
except at a fair price.
NAVAL EXAMINING BoARD.-The board of
| naval officers to examine candidates for promo
ton In the navy and officers for retirement
| will reconvene to- morrow at the Navy Depart
| ment and be In session some time. This board
dent D. Tren Saa aofeI p Fss-
tersen, and e. T. Nichols, members, and James
SsPsas sOnn NJ Cit.
hrst omcers examined for promotion.
THE WEATHER In MARcH.-rhe meteoro-
logical summary for the month of March, pre-
pared at the signal service Office, shows mean
barometer, 30.014; mean temperature, 4l.5; total
rainfall, 3.03 inches The coolest day OF the
month was the 4th, averaging 127 degrees above
grees. The lowest point reached BY the ther-
mometer was degrees above zero; the highest
20 degrees above. The heaviest rainfall was on
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of miles traversed, s,129.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RxswELL has writ
ten letter to President Hinckley, of the Phil
adelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad.
stating that he will be happy to be present
| whenever the representatives of the railroad
companies, which demand an increase of nav
for the transportation of mails, have an inter-
view with the Senate committee ON transports
| ton The latter committee had a meeting at
| the Capitol yesterday, at which all the mem
Virginia, and Sherman, Of Ohio. The session
| lasted about an hour, during which the mem
bers had fun interchange of views as to the
| scope Of their operations between now ana ~
next meeting OF Congress. Postmaster General
Creswell claims that the government has abso-
lutte power In the regulation Of the Transmission
| Of the mails.
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