Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-05
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENUE-The receipts from this
source to-day were 1877 1865.
SECRETARY DELANo is expected TO return
from Ohio this evening or tomorrow.
SECRETARY BELKNAP and party reached
Dennison, Texas, yesterday morning. They
leave this evening for San Antonio.
SEVERAL Sioux CHIEFS win visit Washing
ton this summer for a conference with their
Great Father.
THE COMMISSIONERS OF EDUCATION has sent
out over II 900 letters, and Il, 900 mail pack
ages, relating to the Vienna exposition.
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. = The President
has accepted the resignation of I'd Lieutenant
Frank E. Nye, I'd Cavalry.
MoBILIEE CoNsCIENCE.-The Treasurer
received to-day as a contribution TO the ICON
science fund" coupon of Union Pacific rail-
road bond Of the value of SIS from ALBANY
Ny.
MIR. JOHN GoFoRTH, the new Assistant At
torney General, will enter upon his duties on
Monday next. Mr.. McMchael, his predecessor,
left for Philadelphia last evening to assume his
duties as L. s. district attorney for western
The FINANCE COMMISSION TO EuRoPE-Ex-
Senator Cattell, confidential financial agent of
the Treasury department.; John P. Bigelow,
Chief of the loan bureau; Charles L. Sloan, of
the treasurer's Off ce; Thomas Moves of the lon
bureau, and w. w. Uttz, of the indspendent
tresury, will leave for Europe one week fro,n
to-day, to attend to the business of the United
the new loan.
The SOUTHERN CLAIMS CoMNrssroN took
testimony yesterday in the cases OF Alfred, Oc-
tavius, Elizabeth and Margaret Weaver. of
Warrenton junction, Fauquier county, Va,
amounting to about 100000 in all; Emma G.
rlnther, widow of the late Peter Pinther of
S aliiax county, amounting to S795; John NJ.
Shater. also OF Fairfax county, S1,1i6: and
John NJ Young, of Washington, for property
Iakeh in Alexandria county Va, amounting to
$4,000. W
HEADS OFF MAY 20TH.-Frequent injuries
are made at the Internal Revenue Bureau as to
when the act of December 24th, 1872 abolish
IHe me once OF assessor and assistant assessor
vi liiIernal revenue viii take effect. The COM
missioner IN reply notifies all that the law will
DC put INTO operation on the 10Th of Nav newt
anu AT that time the services of all the assessors
80 In number, and the assistants, about |, 2A0
VIII ne dispensed with. The law provides that
IL shall go into effect on or before the LIST of
july next, and the commissioner has selected
the 10Th of May as the most convenient time.
MORE INDIAN MURDERs.-The Interior De-
paftment has been advised of the murder Of
tour persons belonging to United States sur-
yeying party in the Indian territory. durinp
Gn. part OF March, by dog soldiers of the
one!thne Tribe On the 18th OF March four
persons belonging to a surveying party were re-
ported murdered 80 miles north of where the
Rni Inaroh river crosses the Kansas boundary
ar MI Martln has been missing since the 10Th
VI 80; .hIch; Col. s. S. Smoot, of this CITY re-
&c s " letter from Arkansas CITY Arkansas
surveying party q q At i Maf
dered by Indians. L. S. Surveyor L. Ill. Bar
rett in a telegram from Wichita, Kansas, asks
that every effort be made to permit the trOops
TO 60 out and search for this surveying party,
and to follow and punish the murderers. Copies
Of the letter and kilograms received at the In
dian Department have been forwarded to Gen.
Sherman for his action.
ITALIAN OPEgA.-Lucca was received by a
large and fashionable house-exceptionally so
for Lent. The audience kindly disposed
and appIeciatiye, but by no means enthusiastic.
In fact only in the closing. prison scene, did
either her singing or her acting elicit any great
trating voice, trained in the best methods, but
either she was yet labOring under indisposition,
OF has been greatly Overrated in the part OF
unmpressive rendition of the character
The hOnOrs of the opera were undoubtedly car
ried of by Janet as Aephistol,heles. OF course,
he did not look the part as Hcrmanns does. The
demon makeup of the latter will probably
never be eQualled; but as an artistic conception
of the MephistOpheles OF Goethe, Jamet's idea
is much before that of Hermanns. The Faust
of Sig. VizZani was very creditable, though
his indulgence in fasetto indicated that
he is not a true tenor. The Valentine OF hand
some Sig. Sparapani was sung well and acted
well. The Sietei of Sonora SAM was mediocre.
This afternoon Lucca appears in Fra DiavOlo.
REVENUE MARINE OFFICERS TRANSFERRED
the following changes in the stations of reve-
nue. marine officers have been made: Third
Lieut. o. S. Wiley detached from the Petrol at
Pensacola and ordered to the COlfax at Balti-
more; Second Lieut.. Samuel Howard detached
from the COlfax and ordered to the Stevens at
Newberne; First Lieut.. A. G.. Cary and Second
Lieut.. David A. Hall detached from the Stevens
and placed on waiting orders. Second Lieut.
\. j. Herring detached from the MosswOod at
PASSPORT and ordered to the Relief at Galveston;
Second Lieut.. James T. Otis detached from the
Relief and ordered to the McCuloch at Port
land; Second Lieut.. .. G.. Hamlet detached from
the Racer at Charleston and ordered to the
Mosswood; Second Lieut. G. X. Brakeman or
dered to the Rescue at Fernandina; Second
Lieut.. g. ii. Cooling detached from the Rescue
and ordered to the rant at GNew York; Second
Lieut. T. +. Ashmead, ordered to the Reliance
at Port Townsend; Second Lieut.. w. H. Hind
detached from the Reliance and ordered to the
McCulloch; Second Lieut.. Rob't NJ. Clark de-
tached from the Reliance and ordered to the
Moccasin at Newport; Third Lieut.. John W.
Howison, detached from the Colfax and ordered
to the Active at New Bedford.
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATOR ARRESTED ON