Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-21
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RKvxxuE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were $3.50 56.24.
PRESIDENT GRANT left Washington Ser Long
Branch last night. He was accompanied to
New York by Commander Ammen of the Eavy.
SECRETARY RICHARDSON leaves Washing
ton to- night to attend the commencement exer-
cises at Harvard College.
SECRETARY DELARe left for Ohio last night.
and will be absent week or ten days. Solicitor
Smith is acting Secretary during his absence.
TUE FAMILY of Secretary Richardson 20 TO
Long Branch next week to remain during the
summer months.
Tax AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY is
about to sell out its lines and franchises to the
Western Union Company.
HEAD STONES FOR SOLDIERS GRAvxs.-
The War department viii next week invite
proposals for supplying 10000 head stones for
the graves of the Union dead.
SECRETARY robson left on this NOR aine-s
early train for New York, and will be absent
about ten days. His visit is in connection with
the fitting ont of the Tigress for her expedition
search of the Polaris.
BRlNGING EN- TO TINE.-The Secretary OF
War to-day issued an order notifying the clerks
in the various bureaus of the War department
that hereafter any clerk not promptly at his
desk :tt a. m. will be considered AS having ten
dered his resignation.
THE LATEST RUMoR with regard to the filling
OF the vacancy OF Chief Justice of the United
States, places the Hon. T.. X. Hoar, of Nassa-
chusetts, in the foreground. Ii will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Hoar's name was once sent to
the Senate for the position of Associate Justice
but the Senate failed to confirm the nomination.
The POSTAL CARD MANUFACTURERS at
Springfield, Mass, are turning.out about 800 900
cards per day, which indicates that they are
steadily increasing their facilities and will soon
be able to come fully up to the requirements of
the Post Office department IN respect to the
number produced-1,cOO 600 per diem.
MEMORIAL STATUE.-The state of Massachu-
sets, as its contribution to the statue hall at
the Capitol in this city, has selected the his
toric Governor Winthrop and Samuel Adams to
he its representatives. MIR. Greenough is
already at work at Newport upon the former.
and Miss Anne Whitney has recently completed
statuette of the latter, which is 50 highly COM
mended by art critics that contract will be
made with her to produce it in marble. Both
OF these sculptors are natives Of Massachusetts.
SENATOR SHERMAN is out in a letter with
reference to the back pay business in which he
says: II determined 1 would not receive the
back pay, but would leave it where il now
is-ln the Treasury of the United States. / so
notified the disbursing officer OF the Senate,
and when asked by any one about the matter /
have answered that would not receive it. |
did not and do not now deem it necessary for
mal,y to receive the money and then pay it
back again."
A RuNOR prevailed on the streets o-,iay that
a case of collision had come to light in the
Treasury department, wherein a clerk was &C
cused Of transferring draft for s3O.OO0 to GER
tain parties acting as attorneys in this city who
were not entitled to receive it, IL was also ru-
mored that Secretary Richardson had ordered
an investigation, but upon applying for infor-
nation concerning the alleged fraud, the Sec
rotary stated to STAR reporter that he had
heard nothing of it, and had not ordered any
investigation on any such subject.
WHY CAPT. JACK Would Nor srAYor rHE
kLANATHREsERvATIoS.-Indian Il gent DYER.
OF the klamath reservation, reports to Sueer-
intendent odeneal that although many crops
were planted around his agency almost all of
them are total failure and entirely insuffcien
10 supply the Indians. 1t will be remembered
that the main reasons given by Capt. Jack for
not remaining on the reservation was that me
SOL would not produce enough to support his
tribe.
ISTKESATIoNAL STATISTICAL CONGRESS-
Edward Young, chief of the bureau of statis-
tics, received yesterday from Mr.. Semenow, the
Russian counsellor of state, an invitation to be
present at Vienna on the sd OF August next,
to attend meeting OF the permanent commits
sion OF the International Statistical Congress,
of which commission Mr.. Young was designa-
ted as a member during his attendance as a
delegate of the session Of the congress held in
ST. Petersburgin August, 1872, Mr.. Semenow
i m NAL
CRIMINAL STATIsTIcs-The Attorney Gen.
eral has issued a circular to the wardens OF the
several penltentiaries, calling upon them in
order to comply with the act of Congress re-
quiring criminal statistics arising under United
States laws, and, as far as practicable under
state laws, TO fill up and return to the Depart
ment of Justice blanks which he has forwarded
to them, including the number Of convicts in
their respective institutions on the LIST of Janua
~ last, the terms OF their respective sentences,
places of their birth, nature of their crimes,
number OF convicts discharged in 1872, and
other minor details.
THE la CROSSE RAILROAD BRIDGE CUES
TroS.-Hon. j. A Rusk, Of Wisconsin, is at the
Ebbitt house. He comes to Washington in the
interest of his constituents in regard to the To-
cation of the La Crosse railroad. There is no
doubt that the proposed Union bridge will be
location by the Secretary of War, or rather that
its location will be approved by that officer, at
some point on the Mississippi which will accom-
modate majority of the conflicting interests,
and that the attempt of the Milwaukee and st.
Paul company to effect its location at a point
where the interests of other roads, well as the
city, would suffer, will prove unavailing.
THE STOLEN RECORDS SToRY.-while the
Secretary of War is not disposed to entirely
credit the statements telegraphed to newspa-
pers north that a number Of private letters ana
kilograms fled in the War once BY the late Ed
win NJ Stanton, relating 10 frauds, in,rigues,
&C., have been stolen or mislaid, he has taken
STEPS to ascertain exactly how much truth, IL
any, there Is in the assertion. 1t is stated that
the information upon which was based the news
paragraph, came from one who during the war
held.a prominent position in the War depart
ment, and that search made by him some few
weeks since. developed the fact that papers, he
knew should have been on file, were not 70 be
found. In few days the results Of the investi-
CATION will probably throw additional light on
what is now q somewhat dark subject.
CAPTAIN JACK WANTED TO BE TRIED BIZ A
JURY or INDIANs.-Mr. Meacham, the peace
commissioner, who was wounded ct the Candy
massacre, went to Fort Klamath In response to