Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-26

Washington News and Gossip.

source To-Day were H5NN5l4j.
The PRESIDENT and Mrs Grant will visit
Ford's Opera House to- night on the occasion Of
the appearance Of Mrs. Lander.
TEE Treasury bureau OF bank note retemp-
ton has, SINCE its organization, On the /. %
Jnly last to date, redeemed S2S,2S4 .c49.
REsIGNFD.-GeO. W. Gregory, esq, has r.
signed his POSITION Of PTiecipaI examiner il tn
United States Patent Office, post which he has
ably filed for upwards OF fourteen years. Mr
e. goes to Boston to practice in patent matters
PERsOEAL.-Senstor Thurman, OF OhiOSis In
the city. Secretary Ro5esOn left on Satur
day night for New Jersey. Vice Presidsu-
Wilson is in the city. BE returns TO MassacHu-
setts to. night. The Earl OF butteren arrived
in Washington from New York this msrDiDg.
THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
BARRIER, who has given the subject much at
tentiOn, expresses belief that the government
Is annually defrauded ont of 81 900, 900, or five
per cent. of the amount of stamps sold, by the
use OF washed postage stamps.
HEAVY SUIT.-Messrs. BARLEY, Ray, and
Jenner, have for j. W. Robertson, entered suit
against Augustine X. Mcdonald for fees
claiming SCI 900 for services in procuring evi-
deDce and experimenting the prosecution OF
claims OF Mcdonald before the Mixed COmdis-
sion On British and American Claims.
T.
President on Saturday afternoon appointed:
lsidore BlumeDthsl, collector of customs, dis
Iict of st. Marks. Florida; BENJAMIN F. Lee
indian Inspector; Dexter +. Clapp, agent for
the Indians of the Crow agency in Montana:
John ). Wood, agent for Indians of Blackf,et
agency, in Montana; James Wright, agent for
the Indians OF the For. Hall agency, in Idaho.
some oP THB EMPLOYERS of the government
who we're removed from office on the Ist OF An
gust, are offering TO make no account of their
last months services to the government and
asking that their discharges NAV be dated June
80. BY this course they w0uld receive no ca n
pensatiOn for services rendered in the month oF
July, but receive the two months pqv voted nv
Congress to those discharged at the close OF tue
fiscal year.
WEDDING Our THE lMBECILEs.-At confer
ence between Secretary BristOW, PosCm as.sr
General Jewell and President Grant on SatIr-
day it was decided TO remove the collector u
the port OF Galveston, Texas, and the post
N m1steT of the same city. The cO!lectOrship r4s
been offered TO ex Governor Pease, OF Tsxs4 a
republican who supported Mr.. Greeley tor
PIesIdent), while Mr.. Sabbins, of G4Ives-3H.
mas been asked TO take charge of the post 1i.a
Neither OF these gentlemen we're applicants fIr
the posltl0nsto to which they have been appointed
TIE INTEENAL REVENUE BUREAU.-The
operations Of tie internal revenue bureau have
been so successful during the last fiscal wear
that it is lot probable that any new internal
revenue legislation will be recommended at this
session oil Congress. The commissioner of in
ternal revenue has not yet been able to make
estimates for the next fiscal year, and will DELAY
presenting them until late in November in
ordeT that he may be in possession OF the lates'
details.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE THIRD TERM
The intimate friends of the President say that
he made no allusion whatever to them concern
ing the question of a third term, nor is il known
that any one has mentioned the subject TO him
in conversation; and farther, lie has in no way
expressed himself in such manner as to incline
them 10 believe that he has aspirations IN that
direction. They further remark that, although
much has been said and written upon the suh-
Ject has not come to him in form requiring a
reply, and therefore any utterance he might
made would be gratutous and intrusive, ana
contrary to use.
The BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINT
ING.-GeOEge Il. McCartee, chief OF the bureau
OF engraving and printing, has prepared his re
port for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth asst
Inc erecapltulatlon shows the printing of &36l.-
o'O,oo0 government securities, and pos ,23S 214
internal revenue and customs stamps. OF this
number l36,2I2 $50 were strip tobacco stamps
Y ,I32,3SO beer stamps, and ,e36 900 distilled
spirit stamps. All the others were on accouui
OF the same articles. OF the work enumera-ed
much OF 1t received one or more imprints by the
bank note companies in New York city. A Il the
engraving e. @ and printing necessary to complete
IL was executed at the government bureau.
The large discharges from the bureau of en-
craving and printing, necessitated bv the re-
moyal OF so much Of the Treasury printing to
New York, are now expected to be postponed
until after the meeting of Congress. THIS bu-
reau has been fruitful source OF patronage to
members, and there is some talk of movement
TO keep the printing here.
THE BUREAU OF EDUCATIoH-R.comp.snI la
tions Of Commissioner Edton.-General John
Eaton, the Commissioner of Education, in his
forthcoming annual report, will make the fol-
lowing recommendations: lst. An increase of
the permanent force of this office commensu-
rate with the increasing amount of work to be
done. ID. An appropriation sufficient 10 pav
for suitable cases tor the books and records of
the once, and for preserving the models of
school apparatus, &c, presented TO it. 81. Ad.
ditonsl funds for the publication of circuiar.
OF Information, to meet the increasing demand
for the same. 18th. The enactment OF a law ra
quiIing that ali facts in regard to national and
70 educauon, ana al facts in regard to educa-
tiOn in the territories and the District of CoIum
bla necessary for the Information OF Congress
be presented through this Office. For the pur-
pose OF enabling the government to meet its re-
sPonsibilitles with respect TO the education of
the people in the territories, he recommends IN AZ
me once 6t Superintendent OF Public Inspec.
ti0n lor each territory be created, to be filed
by appointment by the President. and : com
pensation be fixed and paid as in the case of
other federal appOintees for the territor es 5th
ia view OF the appalling number OF children
growing up IN ignorance on account of the i'm
poVerished condition of portions OF the country
in which slavery has been lately abolished, ana
III view Ol Tue special QlnCultie6 III the way of
establishing and maintaining therein schools
for universal education, and in consideration
OF the imperative need Of immediate action IN
this regard, he recommends that 49,
portion OF the net o,o 49,.
proceeds arising from the
, OF public lands shall be set aside as spe.
cial fund, and its interest be divided annually,
pro rata, between the people of the several
states aud territories and the District of C0um-
bia, under such provisions, in lard to amount,
allotment, expenditure, and supervision, as
Congress III its wisdom may deem nt and proper.
9Th. That such provision as may be seen best
IN the wisdom of Congress be made for the pub
ieation of 1000 copies OF the annual report of
this bureau, Immediately on its completion, TO
be put at the control or the bureau for dstribu-
ton among its CORE -pondents and the educa-
tors OF the country, however many may be or
dered for distribution by members of the Senate
and House.
A CONSCIENTIOUS JURoR.-The Philadel-
phis Ledger OF Saturday says:-In the court OF
oyer and terminer, yesterday, Judges Allison
and Paxson on the bench, BENZ amin Irrgan was
put upon trial, charged with the murder Of
VIM. w. WLkerson, colored. 1t WAS alleged
that defendant entered hat manufactory on
% street, near Race, where deceased was en-
ployed, and, without any provocation, defend