Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-26
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvKNUE-The receipts from this
| source to-day were s3O1. 574.29.
AIMEE as the Grand Duchess at Wallis Opera
House next Monday night. Secure your seats.
PRESIDENT GRANT and party were in Law
| renee, Kansas, yesterday en- route to Colorado.
THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION yester-
day heard witnesses the case of Jos. VIM.
Sewell, OF Fairfax G unity, Va, whose claim is
for over 81, coo. ia
INDIAN surp1,T The Indian peace com
missioners n New York last evening made
awards for supplies 20 the amount OF over half a
| million Of dollars.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL has reached his
| home at Elkton, Md, from his southern tour,
| and will return to Washington on Monday even
| ing next.
SENATOR SUMNER continues to improve
| slowly, and rides out daily. The sub cutaneous
injection of morphine, to produce sleep, has
| been dispensed with, except when he is unusu-
| ally restless at night.
j. r. NICHOLS, deputy collector of the first
| Maryland revenue district, is alleged to be a
defaulter to the government He has resigned,
| and is believed to have gone to his home at
| Elkton.-Balt. american.
| Two MORE. Representatives Peters, of
Maine, and Cox, Of New York, have returned
| to the Secretary OF the Treasury the extra
pay received by them. Mr.. Peters in his letter
| made the request that nothing should be said
| in relation to his action.
THE PREsIDENT.-President Grant was the
| guest of Mr.. Benjamin Stickney yesterday eve
| ming, participating in grand dinner, at which
| Mayor Brown and numerous friends of our dis
| tinguished visitor were present. 1t was strict
ly private afiair.-N Louis Repttiicaa, 9th inst.
| PERsoNAL.-Mr. Felix Brunot, president OF
| the board OF Indian commissioners, and Mr..
Robert Campbell, of ST. Louis, also member
| of the board, arrived in this city to-day.
| Minister James l.. orr writes home from ST
Petersburg that his health Is much improved.
| SECRETARY BELKNAP and Gen. Sheridan
and staffreached Brownsville, Texas, yesterday
after making the tour of the Rio Grande from
| tier for several hundred miles. They were re-
| C lived by the city councils. They leave sun
| day for New Orleans by the steamer, touching
| AT Galveston for a few hours
GONE TO EURoPE.-aessrs. Levi II. Luckev
| iriyate secretary TO the President; William q.
| Avery, chief clerk of the Internal Revenue
| office, and - Martin, of the office of the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury, left here last night for
New York, intending to sail to-day for Europe
| with bonds for the Syndicate.
WHOSE MONEY is IT?-In January, 1862 the
Sixth Auditors Office received S11535 from an
| unknown source. 1t has been retained for over
| four years in the expectation that some expIa-
nation of the matter would be given; but -
| none has been made, Judge Martin has deter
| mined to have the money covered into the
| Treasury.
| "MAC" has article in the philadelphia
Press in relation to the claim put forth i'm Mr..
Adams memorial Grafton on VIM. II. Seward
that Mr.. Seward had all to do i'm settling the
| Trent affair. Mr.. MacFarland gives some.
| interesting data showing that Mr. Sumner was
| largely Instrumental in settling that difficulty
| short OF a war with England.
| DIR. j. NJ. TONER, of this city, left this morn
ing for st. Louis to attend the annual convention
| of the American medical association. which
| meets in that city next week. He will present a
| paper on the hospitals of the United States,
embracing the statistics of III institutions of
| this kind, one on boards OF health, including
| statistics of 150 and one on the medical societies
| in the | nited States.
| POSTAGE ON MISCELLANEOUS OR TRANSIENT
| PRINTED MATTER.-The law requires that full
| prepayment, in stamps, shall be made upon all
| of the above named matter. Unless so prepaid
| such matter cannot be forwarded through the
| mails. All underpaid transient printed matter
l will remain i'm the Office in which it is deposited
and, OF course, be sold as waste, after a reason
| able detention.
| MAIL CARRIER SHOT Ey INDIANs.-The
| following dispatch has been received at the
Indian bureau from ID. r. Risley, Indian agent
| at Laramie, Wyoming territory: ebay before
| Yesterday my mail carrier was shot in nine
| places by MinecOnious Indians while he was
| en- route here with the mail. A bond of Chey-
| ennes so we'd his life, and L made them some
| presents. Will be sustained in this? The post
| surgeon regards the carriers wounds very
serious Last week the same Indians killed an
| emIlOye within ten miles of nv agency. The
Indians under my charge are reaceable."
FoUE PANELS were left in frescoing the room
| OF the Senate committee On foreign relations,
| with the understanding that they were to be
| filled by portraits of four Of the most eminent
| chalrmen OF the committee since the foundation
of the government. These have finally been
| hted at the urgent request of Senator Cameron
/ but ii has not yet been ascertained who made
| the selections. The portraits painted are those
OF Messrs; Cameron; Sumner, William Allen, OF
| Ohio: and Henry Clay. Mr.. Cameron has had
| his painted over for the second time.-Boston
| Adrertisers Washington Special.
| REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SERGEANTs-
| The War department directs that, until further
orders, there will be but six sergeants allowed
| for each troop Of cavalry: seven for each light
battery OF artillery and to each battery of artl-
| lery not mounted and each COMPANY of infantry
| one LIST sergeant and four duty sergeants. No
| company quartermaster sergeants will hereafter
| be appointed in any branch of the service. The
| reduction under this order will be made gradu-
| ally, by not filling vacancies which may occur
| in the grade by expiration of enlistment and
| other casualties.
| NAVAL ORDERs.-Captain VIM. G. Temple
detached from command of the Wabash and or
| dered to return home. Commander James H.
| ellis, detached from the naval observatory
| and ordered to duty as ordnance and nayieation
| ofhcer at the Norfolk yard vice Commander
| James L. Jouatt, detached and placed on wait
| ing orders. Lieut.. Commander G. G.. Schultz
| detached from duty in the Nicaraguan survey,
| ing expedition, and Lieut.. Commander A. III.
| Wright, detached from the Narragansett and
/ placed on sick leave.
| WANT TOGKT In THE ENGINEER CoRps.-To
carry out the provisions of the act to promote
the efficiency of the corps of engineer, approved
| March 8, 1865, a board of engineer officers To
| consist of Lieut.. Coils. Zealous b. Tnwer AMI