Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-27
EVENING STAR.
Washington Ne~s and Gossip,

WASHINGTON N "a and Gossip.
THE su }reme Curt ', sterday refused to al
vance on TIE 'Iocket the cases appealed from
t5e Wisco' ,etn district court, and il is no, nov
Z oca, lie t5st they can he brought up before
mach ur April.
THE Boston Board OF Trade has appoIntsd p
committee to tender the cOur5esies OF the ex-
change to the Secretary OF the Treasury ami
Postmaster General, who are expected to visit
Boston shortly.
GOvERNMRNT EsTIMATEs.-General Gar
field, chairman of the Committee on Appropri
ations, is in Washington in conference with q
several heads Of departments on estimates f,r
the next hscal year. he has addressed a lettsr
TO the different members OF his com m,Utee. urA-
ing them 10 meet in Washington at the earliest
day possible, after the elections.
DECISION BY TRs SUPREME COURT The
Supreme Court yesterday decIded the case of
the city of New Orleans against the New York
steamship company, No ,, to sustain the de-
cree below, which held that the lease given by
the military governor of the city after its esp
ture was valid for the term of years named
therein, although extending beyond the term
nation OF hostilities.
PKRsONAL.-The Earl of Dufferin, Governor
General of Canada, arrived here Yesterday
morning, ard was the guest OF Sir Edward
thornton. In the afternoon he left for Balti-
x.
Vice President Wilson was in Washington
yesterday, and called at the White House but
did not see the President, as the latter was
busy at the time. He left last night for the
North. ''''POstmaster Edmunds. OF this CITY,
who is chairman of the national republican
executive committee, held a consulate n with
the President yesterday afternooH.
TIE CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT CREDIT IN
NEW YoRK.-The following, received by Com
missioner Blow, from j. M. Seligman 81 Co,
District credit stands well in New York money
circles:
NEW YORK, 9th October, 1874.
Hon. Henry T. BI0ag, COH'r Dist. Of Columbia.
SIR: In reply to your favor OF yesterday we
would state that We shall be glad to discount
the note of the Commissioners of the District
CT Columbia with bonds as cOllsteraIs, at the
rate OF hVeIer cent. per annum. Very respect
fully, j. & NJ. SELIGMAN & Co.
OUR FUTURE ADMIRALs.-The following is
the relative standing of graduates from the
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis IN
1871, who have just been examined for promo
tiOn to the grade OF ensign: /, $. A. Stanton; .
a. Wards; 3, A. A. Crandall; 1, f. w. Nabor;
Dabney; :, @. Thomas; 9, W. A. Marshall; 10,
=. DOwnes; IL, W. NJ. Irwin; II, g. G.. Hsnus;
Is, r. Busbee II, w. p. Elliott; l5, j. f. Roller,
is, h. +. Greene; Il, II. Z. Mcintosh; Is, O. &
GalkiDs; 70, j. G.. Burnett; 20, 5. f. Seaburv:
Il, w. p. Clason; %, W. &. Babcock; p, II. Ii.
BarIoll; "A, C. ID. Galloway: 25, F. Ii. LefavO5;
- u o.. III.
Crea, %, j. NJ. Wight; 50. f. l. Quaitrough; 81.
4. @. Wood; 81, j. A. Barber; 33 ". s. French:
"A, T. ). Plunkett; 80. ID. L.. Wilson; Sc, W. fl
r. Masper; 81, a. q. Baker; IS, j. G.. Freedman;
SO, W. H. Slack.
THE NEW APPOINTMENTS IN TExAs.-The
Secretary of the Treasury yesterday appointed
Gen. B. j. Shields collector OF Gus .oms at the
port OF Galveston. He was formerly m msmbar
OF Congress from Alabama, union man during
the war, and represented this country as mil-
ter st one OF ele South American republics
Ridge Pascbsl Is appointed collector of customs
at Corpus Christi. He is a son Of Judge Pas
chal. Wesley osden is appointed collector OF
customs at lndfanoia. He was lately Judge oil
the supreme coart of PeXas. Col. HAYNES ths
collie ector at Brownsville, will be retained Gen.
Malloy is made collector OF internal revsnue
for the Jefferson district. He went to Texas
during the late war from one of the northwes:-
ern states. Robert j. Campbell is made collec-
He Is an old citizen. The other two districts
have been consolidated, Sailor retiring and s..
ClalT retaining the Office OF collector. Thus all
lie treasury officers, excepting one collector Of
customs and one collector of internal revenue in
Iexas, have been removed. None OF the
s6oVe-named aPpOintees applied for the places.
They represented to be men of excellent pri-
yste character and coed business habits.
The President yesterday appointed Thomas
81. Scsnlon TO be postmaster at Houston, Texas,
vice J. r. Whittlesey, suspended under the
tenure OF Office act, and g. b. Sabin postmaster
at Galveston, Texas, vice A. Il. Hall, sus-
pended. Postmaster General Jewell saws that
these two suspended pOstmasters are the only
officers in Texas under his department az whom
public opinion seems to revolt, and that m
other changes are contemplated by hi N in that
state.