Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-17
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News pd Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENuE-The receipts from this
source to-day were $3.50. ols.22.
$4,000 DANAeKs.-The Depart ment of State
has received information of the payment by
the Hayden government of an award of $4,000
against that government for the illegal arrest of
Charles F. Teel, consular agent OF the United
States ut Miragoane, on false charge or cir
culating counterfeit money.
The CASE OF MINISTER DELoNe. - The
President has received the letter of resignation
of Mr. belong, our Minister to Japan, but il
has not yet been accepted, a request having
been received from the Japanese authorities
that lac be allowed to remain there. 1t seems
TO be the impression in official circles that Mr.
belongs resignation will be accepted.
THE pAys of the itinerant ministry have re-
turned, and the Rev. DR.. Newman will 90 on
circuit-to Japan. He travels, like Lorenzo
and Peggy Dow, with his wife, NJ. F., on a
free steamship pass. 1 refer to the NJ. +. be-
cause under these modest initials the lady was
concealed in the appointment.-"GatA,"f IL Chr
coso tribune.
ARMY ORANGES BY direction of the Pres-
dent Col. Richard c. Drum, assistant adjutant
general, has been detailed as a member of the
retiring board in New York, in place of Col.
has been detached from duty as a member of
that board, and ordered to Europe on a special
mission. The President has accepted the resig
nation OF list lieutenant Alpheus f.. Clarke, 81
artillery.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PREsIDENr.-Before
his departure for st. Louis last evening the
President appointed the following collectors of
internal revenue Max Weber, for 2d district,
New York, vice NJ. III. Treadwell; X, p. Lath-
rOp, for l4th district, New York, vice John VI.
Bailey; Alexander p. Ketchum, for 9th district
New York, vice A. Whitman; Edward Rhine,
bin district, Pennsylvania, vice Breitenpoch.
He also appointed Thomas A. Foulds postm as
ter at Cincinnati.
CORRESPONDENT writes Us that letter to
him from Copenhagen, Denmark dated the 10Th
OF March, did not reach him until the Sd day
Of April; having been thirtythree days on the
passage. The mystery was solved, however, by
the fact that the letter reached Washington
from Copenhagen ria Chicago, as the postmarS
shows: although the address is plainly Washing
ton. Thfs shows that Chicago and not Boston
is really the Hub of the universe, and that
everything, letters included, gravitates in that
direction.
ABOUT TINS TINE look out for a cartoon in
the illustrated papers to this effect:
Landlddy. reading postal card Spelling oui
sloriy. ," Dear Smith Your examination is
satisfactory. You are to be appointed fourth
class clerk. You will get official letter by mail"
There now; and I'm 50 glad didn't see poor
Mr. Smith this morning, because if had was
going to tell hun j wanted his room, or INV
money. It's all right now; he'll get his place,
and OF course he'll pay me. Smith had bought
package of postal cards that morning-''such
convenient things, you know.'O
MORE ABOUT THE POSTAL CARDs.-The Post
master General has decided that an ordinary
printed business card may be sent through the
mails when prepaid by one cent postage stamp
attached; but such card must contain absolute
ly no written matter except the address, other
wise 1t will be treated as not fully prepaid and
refused admission into the mails All cards
inherent from the regular postal cards bea.-
ing embossed or printed postage stamps. and
purporting to be nited States postal cards are
counterfeit, and the manufacturer of such cards
or the attempt to use the same, will subject the
onenders 10 tine OF $500 and Imprisonment for
five years.
NAVAL TRANsFERs.-Rear Admiral T. o.
Selfridge, relieved from the command of the
navy yard at Mare Island, Cal, and placed ON
waiting orders. Rear Admiral c. s. Boggs de-
tached from duty as secretary of the light
house board, and placed on waiting orders
Commodore VIM. +. lie Roy, detached from
duty as senior officer of the board of inspectors
on MAY 10Th, and ordered TO command the Mare
Island navy yard. Commander John G. Walk
er, detached from the Boston hayward and
ordered to duty as secretary TO the lighthouse
board Lieut.. j. j. Hunker. detached from
torpedo duty at Newport, and ordered to the
Michigan, at Erie, Pa
PERsoNAL.-Senator Morrill,, of Vermont.
has written a letter to the treasurer of that
state, nclOsing S4.3i0.s6, the amount of his
hack pay, with request that it be applied to
the reduction OF the state debt. 49, General
JEFFERSON L. Davis, successor to General Canby
IN command of the Department of Colum sa
passed through Chicago yesterday, on his way
10 MS post OF duty. .'..G Gen. A. b. Dyer, chef
Of ordnance. who has for some time past been
suffering with Bright's disease of the kidneys
at his residence, Washington arsenal. was
tapped for the resulting dropsy again yesterday,
by Drs. j. r. Reilly and johnson Elliott. He
bad been tapped only four weeks ago, but the
dropsy increased so rapidly as to require a rep
anticipated. Rev. DIR. Newman lief here
yesterday for San Francisco to sail fro.i that
port for Japan Mr.. j. P. whelpley, of the
Treasures Office, sails from New York on
Saturday for London for duty with Mr. Cattel,
the government financial agent in that city.
The PAPERS are, think, on the wrong tack
when they report an engagement between Miss
Nellie Grant and Mr.. Dick Murphy, only
sSn Of MIR. Tom Murphy, of New York.
There is another fair young lady to whom he
has been quite devoted. She was his fathers
guest the hrst part of the winter, and when she
came to Washington all the party came to-
gether. L allude to Miss Lucy worthington,
che handsome niece of the late Mrs. Belknap.
MT Dick Murphy STAYED at the White House
with Fred Grant, and as is well known, there Is
the greatest intimacy between the families, but
is the same intimacy with the Secretary of War
and the ladies of his family. The papers state
Miss Nellie Grant is about nineteen. She will
be eighteen the 4th of next July. Miss Nellie
has such an enviable position, and enjoys
dancing and amusement so much, that don't
think she will be in a hurry to marry, nor do
think her parents will be willing to part With
her while she IL so young" Fay" ia Louisville
Cou,ieryouTndI.
DIvORCING CoLORED MINIsTER-Eev
Alexander II. Newton, a colOred clergym an.
Wi iafa
tOroOn about 20 years old, for an absolute d.
vorce on the ground of adultery, and the case
was referred. Yesterday the referee renorfed
cation for the same was granted bv .Jndaa
Pratt. The divorced couple lived in Pineapple
street.-N. Y. Herald, I6tl.