Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-03
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

EN ENlNG STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvKNUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were sl3o,5l7 IL.
PRESIDENT GRANT and family leave for
LoDg Branch this afternoon.
SECRETARY robson will ret1rn to Wash
ington next Tuesday.
SECRETARY FISH will leave this evening for
his residence at Garettsons, on the Hudson.
PRESIDENT GRANT will attend the reunion of
the Grand Army Of the Republic at Paterson,
n. j., on the 22d inst.
HON. BUFoRD WILSON, solicitor of the treas
ury, leaves for New York to- night in connection
with Official duties pertaining to his department
Consul RECoGEIzED-The President has re-
cognized j. b. Casablanco vice consul of Chile
at New York.
COLLECTOR APPoINrED.-The President has
appointed James Shaw collector of customs at
Providence, X. /.
ME. WIN. o. AVERY, the new chief clerk of
the Treasury Department., will assume the
duties OF the Office to-day.
TIE ANTE ROOM Of the Executive Mansion
has been filed all day with the victims of Con-
eressionai contraction, " seeking to get the ear
OF the President, ard better still his influence,
20 restore them to their official duties.
The GRAPHIC COMPANY, of New York, sue
cessoTs to the American Photolithographic
company, are now furnishing the photolitho-
graphs for the official gazette of the Patent
Office, under their contract.
SECRETARY BRIsrow will leave to- night for
Louisville, Ky, to attend the funeral of an
uncle OF Mrs. Bristow, and arrange matters In
connection with his private business affairs
During his absence Mr.. Conant will act as Sec
rotary.
THERE WAS NO FORMAL MEETING of the Cab
met to- day. All the members in the city called
at the White House during the Gay, arranging
the routine details of their respective depart
I1ents. Messrs. Blow and Dennison, District
commissioners, called about O'Clock, and had
an audience with the President.
TIE VACANCY in the grade occasioned bytae
promotion of Mr.. VIM. o. Avery from the In
ternal Revenue Bureau to the Chief Clerkship
OF the Treasury Department will be filled by g
competitIye examination under the civil 81 rvioe
Jules. When the vacancy is thus iiel the
Com missioner will designate clerk to act IS
Chief Clerk.
PEEsoNALs.-Among the Washingtonians
sailing TOR Europe tomorrow are Messrs j. w
Boteler and Franklin Philip, two of our best
known business men. Mir. Philip expects to be
back m two months time, while Mr.. Boteler will
be gone something longer, but viii probably be
here by the middle of September. Mr.. ana
Mis-. Sartors are shortly expected in Paris
They Will spend the autumn on the continent.
49, Mr.. Geo. w. Adams, of the New York World,
left with his family last nightfO Deer Park, Md.
KANSAS INFESTED WITH HOSTILE INDIANS
AND HORSE THIEvEs-Advices received by
the War department state that the Indians are
on the war path in the vicinity of the CHINA
mon river, near Fort Dodge, kansas A man
named Warren, belonging to a hunting party
from Dodge City, was killed and scalped a few
days since near Fort Dodge. IL is believed
horse thieves, who infest that country, did the
deed, and not the Indians. The thieves have
been successful lately III running of stock. The
citizens are arming, ana are determined to clean
out the entire band.
The EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GENERAL
meeting of the Thomas memo
rial commission Of the Society Of the Army of
the Cumberland, held in New York July Cd,
Instant, Mr.. Ward, the sculptor, presented for
inspection small model of the proposed eaues-
trian statue Of General Thomas, which was ac-
eepted The artist has three years in which to
complete the statue. IL is expected that 1t will
be erected in Washington, provided Congress
or the District will build the pedestal without
expense TO the commission. Th statue is to be
OF bronze Ia feet in height.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL HIP.-It can
now be officially stated that Pre- ,ident Gran
has not rendered to either Glenni W. Schoheld
or John b. Packer the portfolio OF Postmaster
General. Gen. Babcock stated lat last night
mat the place had been offered to an eastern
man, who was not now in the country. 1t is
the general impression that a cable dispatch
has been sent to Marshall Jewell, of Conn. now
minister 10 Russia, inviting him to assume the
duties, and that the tender has thus far beer
withheld from the public, awaiting q reply
ron Minister Jewell. Another report is that
FIRST Assistant Postmaster General Marshall is
the coming man.
CADETS AT LARGE.-The President has lust
appointed as cadets at large at the military
academy, at West Point, Charles NJ. Roy, Law
G y: Hearn, Washington, ID. G.; Charles H.
Grierson, Missouri, and Robert p. Ames, Bos-
tod, Mass. Upon the nomination of members of
Congress the following have also been appoint
ed:zSamuel Scott Wells, 4th louisiana Edgar
W. Howe, Sd Iowa; Reuben s. Smith, Florida;
Fred. Z. Cochran, 4.h New York; Albert H
Davis, 9th Indiana; Charles Troutmau attn
Kentucky; Charles NJ. Canon, 9Th Pennsylya-
MIA; James l.. Lusk, 23d Pennsylvania; PaulT
Goodloe, 9th Alabama; VIM. n. CasweII, 4th
California.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Asslstant Surgeon Lucien
G. Hineberger ordered to the naval hospital,
navy yard, Mare Island, California. Master H.
Winslow detached from the Narragansett and
ordered 10 report for duty on the North Pacific
station. Passed Assistant Surgeon VIM. j.
Simon ordered to the navy yard, Norfolk
commander Joseph p. Tyffe detached from the
Of the a. lax and ordered to return
home and wait orders. Commander T. K
Owen from the command or the Canonicus and
ordered to return home and wait orders
Commander A. X. Yates from the command of
the Manhattan and ordered to return home and
wait orders. Commander James o. Kane from
the command OF the Mahopac and ordered to
return home and wait orders.
TIE Posi- OFFICE GAZETTE for July sum-
marizes what the new Post Office bill accom-
plishes, as follows: 1. Prepayment Of newspa-
per postage after January /, 1876. 2. Gives free
delivery to all newspapers, to subscribers only,
daily, semi weekly, weekly. monthly, or quar-
terly,) within the county In which they are
printed and published from July /, 1874. s.
Fixes the salary Of all postmasters Of the fourth
class lsll under 81 ,000) at a commission from
july !, 1874 4. Fixes the salary Of the LIST, %,
and Sd class Offices on q new basis. I'm the