Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-08

source t0-Cay were s275.sI271.
SECRETARY RoBEsoN returned to Washing.
ton last night. To-day be was attending to hi:
duties at the Navy department.
TIE DISTRICT TREASURY CREDIT BALANCE
from receipts from taxes is S1O5 90, and take,
are coming in at the rate of - OO) to $40 OoO per
day.
Ex-GOvRRNoR SHEPHERD was before the
| grand jury to-day for the purpose OF procuring
the indictment of Charles \. Dana for publish
ing an alleged libel in the New York Sun re-
Gently on him.
| LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HOWARD BRIUs, of
the L S. Navy, died in Philadelphia On Monday
last. He was son OF the late John Henry
BTice, of Baltimore county, Md, and entered
the navy from Pennsylvania on the 18th OF Sep
tenter, lSil. His funeral took place in p Mia
| delphia this afternoon.
GENERAL HOWARD had a long conference
with General Sherman this morning in reference
| TO the duties appertainiBg to his new comma
| Ii is expected that General Howard will leave
| for bis new field of duty in about four weeks
| Colonel jeff. G. Davis, relieved from the com
mand OF the Department OF the Columbia by
tie assignment OF General Howard, has been
olrecttd to assume command of his regiment,
sd infantry, with headquarters at Fort ID. a
Russell.
lfQUIRY having been made at the Post Office
department as 10 the time when section of tue
anne nded act concerning third class mail m e.
ter goes into effect, the information is given to
ali parties that the act took effect from its pas
sage, viz: June %, 1874. The section provides
that all mailable matter of the third class, re-
feTred 10 in section 1873 of the act approved June
SIN, 1872 may weigh not exceeding four pounds
for each package thereof, and postage shall be
charged thereon at the rate of one cent for each
TWO ounces or fraction thereof.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Captain Phillip G. John.
son ordered to command the Omaha, south Pa
cifc station per steamer Of 18th instant, from
New York. Master Henry o. Handy to the
coast survey on the 18th instant. Captain WIN.
d. Mayo, detached from the command of the
omaha on the report of his relief and ordered
10 return home and report arrival. Surgeon
Com. III. Jones from the Portsmouth and or
dered to the Naragansett. Passed Assist ant
Surgeon VIM. G. Farwell from the Naragansett
and ordered to the Portsmouth.
ARMY ORDRRs.-The leave of absence grant
ed Assistant Surgeon John ID. Hall has bsen
extended thirty days; Fl Lieut.. G. w. whipple,
Sd artillery, has been directed to report by tele
praph TO LIST Lieut.. Geo. NJ. Wheeler, corps OF
engineers, for duty upon the survey west of the
1O0th meridian; LIST Lieut.. j. W. Reilly ord
nance department, has been ordered before the
New York examining board for examination
TOR promotion. Leave of absence for four
mon months has been granted Capt. Lloyd Wheaton,
10Th infantry, to take effect upon his return
from the Black Hills expedition.
EX-POsTMAsTBR GENERAL CREsswRLL has
decided 10 connect himself with his uncle, Jacob
Tome, Of Port Deposit, Md, who proposes to
come to this city and engage in the banking
buslnt Sc. 1t will be remembered that during
the late session OF Congress an act was passed
enabling the Bank of Hsgerstown, with a cap
ital stock of $50, 600. to remove to Washington
ard increase its capital stock to 500 600. Mr.
Tome did not at that time contemplate any CON
nectiOn with the bank, but has Since become
An offer has been made for the purchase of the
Fret National Bank building (Jay Cooke's)
aid If 1t cannot be purchased now an offer has
been made TO rent ii until such time as the at
fairs OF Jay Cooke can he settled cd 50 "a 10
have the property sold. If this building cannot
be obtained, they will lock out for some other
good one, and may possibly be enabled to OBJ
tain tie Freedmen's Bank building.
ANOTHER INDIAN Wharf.-The Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs has received telegram from
Indian Agent Miles, dated Usage city, Kansas,
JAY eth, bringing news of a serious outbreak
In TIE Indian territory. Alter detailing depreda
tious by the Indians, Miles says: 81 have NJ
doubt the indians will clean everything until
REFUSED. This is heir proclamation. / have
offered my own life in passing through their
lines 10 save others, and now / ask and shall
expect TO receive at once, two or three compa
MES or cavalry. one to be stationed at Bakers
rancho TO protect government interests on th at
road, and one at the agency. Troops should be
transported as quickly as possible to Wichita by
rail. No hostile Indians shall be Quartered at
the agency, and must have the troops to back
1t up. Let the hostile element be struck, and
with such power as shall make the work quick
and effectual. / now go to LeavenwOrth await
ing INSTRUCTIONS, and am ready to consult with
General Pope"
Miles Is Quaker, and is considered by the
Interior department TO be a cool and thoroughly
reliable agent. His request for troops has bsen
endorsed and recommended for immediate At
department. The hostile Indians referred to
number two thousand, comprising about ono
fourth Of the Cheyenne, Kiowa and Arrapaho
t-ibes.
The acting Secretary OF the Interior in
forwarding the dispatch to the general OF the
army says: "The condition OF things indicates
pressing necessity for troops, and respect
graph to the proper military officers for the use
or the necessary force to suppress the outbreak
and properly punish the guilty parties"
Gen. Sherman this morning directed Gen.
Pope to use the 9th cavalry at his discretion to
check the raiss OF the warlike Indians.
TIE FRENCH ASSEMBLY yesterday passed
the municipal election bill. The committee OF
parliamentary initiative has rejected La Roche
fOcauld's monsrchical proposition. Bruins in.
terpeilstion was postponed until to-day, in fur
therance or the plan to break up the coalition
OF the left with the legitimists. The position OF
the ministry becomes critical. The moderate
ard the extreme left, together with 40 legiti-
stood that Raoul Duval, the monarchist in
tends TO move TO day that the national assem-
bly, be dissolved. The judge, who investigated
the proceeding OF the Central Bonapart st
committee, is reported to have applied to the
assembly Tor authorization TO prosecute Rouher.
TIE CROPS IN MIssIssIPPI-The jackson
(Miss.) Clarion of the I'd instant, says: "Just at
this writing we are in the midst OF q dry spell
OF weather, but during the past month we have
had frequent showers in different parts of the
| state, which have improved the crop prospects.
AL our inquiries confirm the opinion that the
acreage in corn has been largely increased, and
L DrO0ucera M nr fuv0
more good rains, to supply themselves with that
essential article the next year. The acreage in
Gotten is at least 10 per cent below that of last
year, but the tillage has been better, and we
| would fain hope that greater care will be taken
ket than heretofore"
SUICIDE OF AN Rx-CoNPBDBRATRC COLONEL
Col. VIM. Unckles, formerly of the confederate
army, committed suicide yesterday at his ofic
| in New York city. He was found sitting i'm his
chair at the omen RindoK. hreathino his sf