Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-07-28

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NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut. Commander j. H.
Sands and Ensign 4. j. Arthur, detached from
the California and placed on waiting orders.
DISPATCH from st. Johns, Newfoundland,
dated the Goth, announces the sailing from that
port of the steamer Tigress, of the Polari
search expedition.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE for six months, to take
effect when his services can be spared by his
commander is granted to LIST Lieutenant Jesse
G. Chance, 18th infantry.
Col. FoRNKY is writing a new series of his
capital Anecdotes Of Public Men, for the
Sunday Chronicle. The number for yesterday
supplied some interesting "reminiscences of
Richard Rush.
The "freedom of the Press'' has received a
new definition as well as vindcation; it means
freedom for Dana, of the New York Sun, to lie
as much as he pleases, and to BLACKBOARD any
one as often as he pleases.- Pittsburgh Com.
PRESIDENT GRANT, accompanied by Post
master General Creswell and several other
members of his Cabinet, will visit Overlook
Mountain house to- morrow. Surveyor Sharpe,
OF New York, will give a reception to the Pres,
ldent and party on Thursday.
The FACT that Senator Conkling. who AL
ready has a comfortable residence in Washing
ton, has just purchased a large residence lot is
considered confrmatory of the rumor that the
Chief Justiceship has been offered to him.
boston Journals Correspondence.
HON. SAM BARD, of Tennessee, is in town.
He proposes to reenter upon the newspaner
business in Georgia and has out his prospectus
ior The Atlanta Nety Era to be started on the
LIST of September, first as a weekly and to he
issued as a dally as soon as practicable.
BIDS were opened to-day at the Treasury de-
Aortr
stations between Cape Henlopen and Cane
Hatteras. There we're six bidders. ranging in
price from two TO four thousand dollars Mr.
A. w. Sweeny, of this city, was one of the bid
ders at still The lowest bid was $3.50.
BACK PAY.-SenatOr Sherman who, in a re-
Gently published letter, said he did not intend
10 draw his "back pay or have anything to
do with it, has changed his mind and drawn
the amount due him. Representative Charles
gan, have also covered their back pay' into
the Treasury.
THE HEAVY RAIN OF YEsTERDAy.-Tbe
Signal Office reports that during the storm of
Yesterday afternoon in this ethyl 80 inches of rain
fell in "a minutes; the measure ment at II n m
showed total Of 80 inches since 236 o. m The
temperature, which had been $50 at m
minutes. ~ ~
VI hN-hLIA klSON ERSs-ArtOr-
ney General Williams to-day recommended that
pardons be issued to Felix Dover, Stephen
Sparon, Evans Murphy, and VIM. Scrugps
VINO were convicted in North and South Caro-,
ma, or ku-klux outrages, and are now serving
out terms In the Albany penitentiary. These
OF the south.
LOUISIANA PAYING OFF HER AUGUST In
TEREsT.-Attorney General Williams is In re-
he foil
NEW ORLEANS, July o.
non. Geo. III. Williams, AttOrneu General.
we give notice to-day that we will nav the
august interest on and after the first. We thu,
OF state as 1t falls due. In the month OF lime
isst we collected in the CITY of New Orleans
alone one million one hundred thousand dollars
taxes. WIN. z, KRLLoGG
IHs FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS were made to-
day IN the Office Of the Sixth Auditor Of the
treasury department;-FouIth class, A. Z.
Boone; third class, b. E. McGrew, l.. Z.
azure, y: L. Prescott J; R. Williamson, James
p. M b: Jarrs, John y. COughlin. Emma
"I,ef. Thomas Ellis; second class, George A.
Shaw, William q. Salt, Albert L. Smith, r. W.
HSSveT' William warlns, John H. conant,
Van Ruth, John B. Peyton, F. w. ArchibafS
d: h; Van Buskirk, E. A. Wetmore. A. III.
Lincoln, 49,
Observation-Disclosures CasGy, OF New Or
leans, is at Wizards. Secretary Robson
will be absent from the city next month, and
Commodore Reynolds will act as Secretary
The Secretary leaves for Rye Beach ON Friday.
'.''Commander Thomas o: Selfridge is in the
city, looking after the printing Of his reports on
the Darien survey. '.''Judg e j. j. Martin, 9th
auditor, returned from Winchester, Va, this
morning, but returns again this evening, owing
to the continued illness OF his child. :...Gen.
John Eaton, Commissioner of Education, has
returned from the New York state teachers
association, before which he delivered an ad-
dress, on Saturday last.
SENATOR SUMNER will leave the city about
the middle Of the present week for Nah ant, by
way Of Boston, where he may remain one
night He is looking q1ite well, and has almost
entirely recovered his health. A large amount
OF business, such as correspondence, &C., &C
cumulated during his illness, but since he be-
gan 20 convalesce, about three months since,
he has been busily engaged in dispatching this
work in order that when he left for Massachu-
sets he might 60 feeling free from care and
prepared to recreate undsturbed for a few
months. He will probably remain at Nahant
with his personal friend, Prof. Longfellow,
during the month of August, and hopes to re-
turn to the Senate next winter with his wOnted
health and vigor.
NEWS FROM NAVAL VESSELS ON THE
EUROPEAN STATIoN.-The following dispatch
from Rear Admiral Case, commanding the
European station, was received at the Navy de-
partment to-day:
u WABASH, Flagship European Station,
TRIESTE, July 9th, 1873.
Sir: have the honor to report the arrival of
this ship at this place on the 9th instant, having
visited on the way the ports of Geneva, Paler-
mo, Messina and Syracuse, at all OF which, as
well as here, the usual courteses and civilties
were and have been Interchanged with the au-
thorities.
have reports from the other vessels of the
station as follows The Shenandoah, Capt. n.
Wills, has visited the ports of Bsrcelano, Tor
rogona, Valencia, Carthagena and Malaga, at
all of which he interchanged the usual courte
sizes, and found qufetness and good order pre-
vailing, though there were some disturbances
between the carllsts and republicans outside.
The Congress has visited Gibraltar and South
ampton, and at last report from 9th instant
was about leaving the latter place for Galway
The Wachuset has visited Gibraltar, Cadix, q
port in the Balseric Islands, and Marssilles,
where she was at last date (2sth ult.,) ana after
leaving that place she u to stop at Ataccio and
Messina. I am now expecting her arrival here
hourly. shall remain here until the 21st inst,
and leave on that day for Corfu, though may
stop at some Of the ports in Dalmatia on my
way there"