Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-01

IT Is EETt RI gD that &C Is cont m plated bv
Justice Swayne 20 retire from the bench OF ths
Supreme Court in a few months. Under the
law of CCrgre>s, Justice Swayno. If he con
Cludes to retire, will have his fal liaFy during
the remainder OF bis HE.
THE DISMISSAL OF about 3sJ fem ale emp,oves
from the printing bureau OF the Treasury de-
pertinent, Dbich it was thought would take
pace to-day. has been poztnousi. 1t is 70 be
hoped that Congress wiil promptly Interfere to
prevent the terrible suffering that Will surely
follow the dismissal OF sue. "A number OF per
sO5Is from An en POy ment that is tIeir sole sup
pert.
TIE JEWELL FAMILY had reunion At the
residence of Mrs. Piirg Jewell, in Hartford,
Conn.,, THANKSGIVING Day. Twelty-three per-
scns, representing three generations. we're pres
eDf, and the gathering wcs most enjoyable
ore. The T2Ity consisted OF the following
members Of the ,Iewt Il family: Postmaster
Gfnsral Marshal JevCN. Hon. Harvey Jewell,
% Boston. Mas, and Ntss1s. Phny, Lyman b,
ara Charles =. ,IcweH, Of hertford, and one
daUChfeT-tEe other daughter, Mrs. C0Iem an
being sbseat in Europe.
SKEIoUs ILLNEss oF CAPr.ra BURsrTT-
CAPTAIN Ira y. Burritt editor ant proprietor of
tie Sunday Herald, published i'll this city, is,
regret TO learn, confined to his residence
No. 10 4 street uerthe aSt. in a critical cOnIi-
tOn- NI. BHTTitt has heretofore suffered from
LemOTTLage OF the lung and early last evening
renewal set in. and from which he lost hve
quarts OF blood. To-day be is quite weak and
5 roUsly ~, AID lis ub b7sicIan. Dr. o. T.. Cox
H4s inter .Icted the yis.tStiO-s even OF his mos
intlnate nlcTd'. MT. buTritt mas a large circle
o. frieTts ia this community. who will be most
g.ad 10 hear Of Lis speedy c'nTalessence.
NAVAL ORDl RS. Commander ID. Men. Fair
ak ordered to command the naval station Neg
London, Conn, J.h December next. Pavnas-
ter Il .. d. Pfltchsrd 70 tie POwhst4n At Ss,folk,
Va, 1st January next. Passed Assistant Paw
III 3stcr +. 4. Alley 10 the islcla.Or at Kew Kesl
Fla, per steamer 5th cenb next COmm0-
dtie Reed q IL detached from command Of
tie naval SiaJlon New London, 5.h Dsce nbsT
LsXt, AID leave granted for rTgo months from
TIA: da'e. Paymaster NJ. L. Cushing from the
Dictator, on the reporting OF his relief, and or
dtTtd to return home and settle accounts. Pay
master l. q. Billings from -. Powhatan lss
January next, and ordered 10 sattia accounts.
a SYSTEMATIC Kx AM1 NATION o. the y,fio7s
Custom Louses OF the country has been inaugu-
rated under the direction of the commissioner
OF customs, with view 10 cutting of all super
huous Offices AMI a more economical aiminis
tration Of customs Offices. Examinations into
the affairs of the custom houses at Philadelphia
aud Baltimore are no , iH progress, AMI the
custom house at New York will be taken in haDJ
some time during the present week. Already
several customs houses on the north At antir
coast have been overha aied, AMI s number o
officials have been dropped from the rolls. ia
proposed to contlnue the good work until svary
custom house IN the cO1nIy has been purified
ana placed upon sound economical working
bass.
WASHINGTON WEATHER IN NovRNBER.-
The meteorological sum mary for the month of
November at this stat on, prepared by Theo-
dpre NOsher, jr., sergeant of the sigma! saryice
I. 5. A, shows the following: I'll CHEST baron-
ettr, 5g.i2l, Q4-h); lowest barometer, 2g2l5,
l8jdli highest temperature, o., (IOtal; loves
temperature, %, t30th}; prevailing direction o.
wine, from the northwest; greatest velocity of
wind. 80 miles Per hour, at 4 a. M, 2oth; total
10 q n A AaN. u
Inches; number of clear days, 8; number OF
cloudy days, 8; number of days On which rain
iFH, o number Of fair days, II. Comparative
IemperatpTes-Novemh 1870, 3SS-: 1871
PA; 1872, y q; 1873, 4l45; 1874, 44s9. Com,
par alive PTeci ipitation-NOvember, 1870 81
inches; 1871, ASS inches; 1872, - Inches: 1873
3t2 inches; lS1i, 0S inches.
INDIAEs BOUND POR WAsHINGroN-ith has
been mentioned that Ex-Governor w. f. NJ.
ArLv, Indian agent at Fort Defiance, AMI a
ddepntstion Of fifteen Nsvsjoes, were en- route to
Washington. western papers say they have a
gocd deal OF baggage, and in this respect, Is
well as many others, are unlike Indians gen
orally. Tley are neatly dressed, in goods OF
leU own fabrication. Next - Gov. Army, of
course, Nanuelito, head war chief, is the most
distinguished member CT the party. Next to him
Il Cay yataDIto: second war CHIEF. The others are
named as f0lloEs:-JUanito Pal tito, wife of
A3nuelito; AanGelit0 Segundo, son OF Manu-
ehto; BGrD6s hueras, chief councillor; Mar
LiaIo, seceLd councillor: Cubrs Negrs, chief;
Carnero MucLo, chief; Ganado Mucl0, chief:
Bueno Gin Lila, chief; Jesus AlvisO, interpreter;
Hank Easton, interpreter. Ths NavsjOes are
engaged exclusively in peaceful pursuits. They
are honest, industrious and-best of aIl-decen;
in their habits, in which, II is needless to saw,
they are not comparable with redskins gen.
orally. Their object or mission here Is three
fcla. In the fTst place, they want to trsis a
slip OF land, sixty by thirty miles, on the north
edge CT their reservation, and embracing part
OF what is called the San Juan country, for a
stIip OF land equally large on the south OF the
TeSeTFatl0R, IN an agricultural And pastoral
region. THIS sort OF a d,cker, If consummated,
would, az intended by Gov. Arpy, open up to
the whites section amazingly rich in the pre-
eiOus metals, and, at the same tine, separate
the Ctes ano Navsjots, and thus prevent neigh
boThcod quarre1s. In the second place, thew
desire tie adjustment of soma complications
growing out of the treaty mads with them by
General sherman in 1873. And, tlird, and last,
they viii demand some redress for the alleged
murder, last summer, OF three of their tribe cv
the N0rmOns who tried 10 found a colony in
Arizona, which murder the Mormons deny.
THE blue BAcK" TROUT, OF RASGxLEY,
MAISE.-we have had the oppoI tnnity lately to
test sample Of this curou. fish, sent to this city
by hon; y. II. Stanley, one Of the Commission
els OF Fisheries OF the state Of Maine. The
"Blue Back" is a mystery. About the 10th of
October every year the outlet of Ranyeley lake
is literally packed with the throng of this deli
cious tsh, gathered there to spawn. They re-
main there about ten days, depositing their
eggs, when they return to the lake, ana are seen
DO luoIt t0o next Oct0D6r. They remain
IN deep water, are never seen AZ the surface of
the lake, and the most seductive appliances of
bait or fies has never vet induced q "blue
back to take hook There Is some contro-
yersy on this point, but no authenticated case
Is known where one has taken fly or bait
though they are sometimes hooked out bodily
when they swarm In the Rangeley stream at
spawning time. At this season, however, they
can be scooped out from the water by the net
ful or bucketful, so plentiful are they. As the
"blue back" is an exceptional fsh, the fishing
laws Of Maine that prohibit the taking of other
trout curing their spawning time do not apply
10 the former. 1t is noteworthy, too, that the
ue-black, unlike other trout, is fattest at
as spawning season. They are captured It this
tine il nets by the bushel and barrel, and when
smoked and salted they serve as very agree
able article of winter fare. As their name inii-
Gates, they are dark ia color; they are more
slender than the brook trout, and, wh at Is a Gu
r1oUs fact, they are almost uniform In size;
telng never more than nine inches ia length,
ard weighing from three to four ounces. In
hzSor many prefer them to the brook trout, es-
pe0ially the large brook trout, which are apt to
be dry aud somewhat tssteless. Mr. Stanley
succeeded in taking thirty thousand "blue
bsck' e2ss this year, which are now heinz