Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-05
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and GOSSIP.
INTERNAL REvRHUK.-The receipts from this
source to-day were s2s1 ,Oos5s.
SECRETARY BRIsrow returned to Washing
ton last night from Deer Park, Md.
The DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS Yesterday
drew from the Treasury s298 900 on account Of
salaries.
THE AMOUNT of national bank notes re.
ceived at the Treasury department to-day for
redemption aggregates 1921 ,0OS.5S.
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS conscience money
was received by Treasurer Spinner to- day in an
envelope, postmarked washing ton, thu writer
explaining that he owed that amount to the in
ternal revenue office.
DEATH OF AN ARMY oFFIcER-A dispatch
was received at the War department this morn
ing from Prescott, Arizona, August 9Th. as fol-
low: "Major T. +. W. Crittenden, 9th cavalry,
died at Camp Bowie, August LIST, of apoplexy."
DURING the month of July last there were re-
ceived at the dead-letter office 367 ,49I letters
OF this number $50 1908 were domestic, % 2S7
foreign, and So 500 drop letters. "a G43 of these
letters were held for postage, while 5,l61 were
misdirected.
NEW PUELICATIoNs.-we are indebted 70 the
compiler, Hon. Edward Mcpherson, for a CODY
OF his Gland book of Politics for IS7I,-a man
ual that hardly any Newspaper or politician
can afford TO be without. From Robert Beall
we have Leslie's illustrated newspapers for the
18th instant.
NAVAL ORDRRs.-Commander Chester Hat
field ordered to temporary duty as inspector Of
ordnance at the navy yard, Norfolk, Va. Lieut..
Charles 5. Sperry to the Naval Academy 18th
instant. Commander Rush Il. Wallace detached
as inspector OF ordnance at the navy ward Nor
ioik, and ordered as light house inspector OF the
18th district.
JUDGE DUAL, recently appointed assistant
United States attorney for the district OF Ark
arsss, and MIR. w. II. Nessle, OF the First Con-
trollers Office, Treasury department Left for
Little ROCK yesterday to open the investigation
ordered by Congress into the management OF
the marshals Office for the western district OF
the state.
The DISTRICT INDEBTEDsEss.-The Presi-
dent has referred to the Attorney General for
decision the question whether the bonds issued
by the sinking fund commissioners OF the Dis
tI-ct OF Columbia to pay the Indebtedness OF
money Of the United States. The subject was
taken up by the Attorney General this morning,
VINO will announce his decision in day or two.
MR.. HINCKLRY AND THB POSTAL CARS
The postal cars from New York came In last
night and this morning as usual, without any
detention at Baltimore, and left Washington
iSst hlght ana this morning, passing over Mr..
Hinckley's road az formerly. 1t is now almost
certain that Mr.. Hinckley will continue to per
form the service, knowing that Col. Scott will
accept II If he does not,) trusting TO Con- ress to
grant him the extra compensation asked for.
ANOTHER INDIAN CAPTURE-Several months
ago Col. Mcintosh, OF the Indian territory, won
the heart and hand OF one OF washIngton's
lovely daughters, and has taken her as his wife
to his pleasant country home in that section.
Last night, Dr. Long, elso of the Indian terri
tory, married from the same house where McIn-
tosh found his bride a lady-Miss Davies of
Milford, Va. These representative red men
have displayed good taste in their selections Of
life partners.
DECISIONS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
The Attorney General has decided lat the con-
tract Tor additional mail service between San
Francisco, japan and China, as provided for in
me act OF june lst 1872, Is still subsisting, and
mat the Pacific Mail Steamship company ia
entitled tOhave its new iron STEAMSHIPS inspect
ca with view of putting them into service
he has also decided that United States mar
snaI having an attachment against goods for
salvage Is entitled to take the property attached
into his custody and hold il until disposed OF by
the court issuing the attachment.
SECRETARY BRIsTow AND THR NEXT LOAN
A paragraph has been published to the effect
that Secretary Bristow had stated that at the
next session OF Congress he proposed to ask that
the law providing tor the issue OF three hundred
million four-and.a-bslf per cent. bonds be so
amended as to make the rate of interest five per
cent, and the issue five hundred millions. Also
stating that in the opinion OF the Secretary he
could not successfully egotiate the four-anJ. a.
half per cent. loan. This is alphabetically de-
MED, and it is stated reliably that as soon as
the secretary has disposed of the five per cent
loan he will take means to negotiate at once
hereafter the fOur-and- a-half per cents. and
that he anticipates no trouble in negotiating the
loan in Europe.
THEFoLLowING CASUALTIES among the COM
nissioned officers OF the army have been re-
ported to the adjutant general during the week
ending the LIST instant Major Eugene W.
Crlttenden, 9TH cavalry, died August lst at
camp Boone, A. t.; Surgeon Adam n. McLa-
rem reno DIED august LIST at Boston, Mass; First
isth at Summeryille, S. G.; First Lieut.. HoratIo
Potter, Jr., 18th infantry, died uly 25th at New
1oTk city; Second Lieut.. Richard II. Poilon,
sd infantry, resigned August list; Capt Geo
Il. Olmstead, tr., ID artillery, dismissed July
oath; First Lieut. Geo. b. McDermott, sd in.
fantry, cashiered July24th; Second Lieut. John
July 18th.
PERsoNAL-Baron Schwarz- Senborn, the
Austrian Ambassador, goes to Newport in a
few DAYS as guest of Mr.. Havemeyer, the Aus
ulan Consul at New York, before coming to
Washington. Mr.. George Q. Gorh am sec
tc'ay Vi INC hlItu oIales senate, appears in
California again a. a candidate for the repub-
ncan nomination for governor. .'.Ex-Minis-
tiers Bancroft and Jewell both sailed from
Liverpool for this country last Saturday LIT
is said that Hon l.. H. Chandler former repre-
sentative from Norfolk district will run as an
independent candidate in opposition to ex-
Governor Walker, OF Virginia, for Congress
sional honors from the Richmond district
Sir Edward Thornton expects to return to
TINS country early next month. Hon,
Jerome b. Chaffee, delegate in Congress from
Colorado, declines to be a candidate for renoml-
nation "under any circumstances whatever"
When MIR. j. Hengelmuller de Hegervar
Lindencrone, &C., 81, etc., etc., sailed. for
Europe last Saturday the steamship company
took the precsution to give him q state-rooIn
amidships, so as to avoid the possibility of his
name causing the vessel 10 careen. ....Pension
Agent Cox returned to the city this morning
from Ohio.
The fURF-Sardtosa Rdces.-At the third race