Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-17


TcctETrOu footed up S2to2ac.
TEE IE-vE 90 ABszSCz fer ore month
granted Major Il g. Dalstasi, In cavalry,
hiss lseH esieLdsi three months.
CoTsCII NCE CoSrElErr rrJSs. - Trea77rfr
Spinner received from PnllSdslobls t,-d8v
check for S14Co 70 cover unu1id duties on per
ICrs5 apparel jUr 7gtsd tor tte donors use.
Also. a rrr-r5rG'.1l o. 50 ~, n New Y5rk 20
te ercJitsd - cr-tsm7 tU,. g
PEEzIDfET GEAET and wife arrived IN
Chicago last evening on a special train from
Springfield. The President has taken rooms at
TIE Palmer Esuss. arI wall remain m the &. .ty
tai ;tter The wC tdiH of COlJusl Fred. GTaLt,
which takes place on the ")5h Ir>taDt.
HzALTa OF THE VICs-PREz EzIDErT-whiIs in
CbiCGgO OF ne day, Vice president ilsOn said
lie thinks he VII preside in The Senate this
winter. HE physician wishes him to go TO
Europe in the SpTing, and he may possibly dC 50
IT tEe completion OF the third volume OF his
TeTS docs Lot prevent bin.
PEKsoEAL--Msjor W. II. Powell, 4sh in
fantry, l. 5 A, = in town from his station
Fort Sanders, after six years absence on frontier
service. Major Powell, who graduated from
the composing room OF TIE STAR - enter the
military service, has made an excellent rec1rd
as most t1TOi do in whateyer they undeTt Axe.
He has hOsss OF friends IN WASH ngtOn to give
him a cOIeisi welcome.
NAVAL OBDERs-Lieut. Commander G. C.
ScLulze 10 the naval rendezvous, y. y: Lieut..
Commander George ID. 3. GitCen to ordnance
duty at the navy yard, Boston. Detached
Commander q. Y. stanton has reported his a.
rival home, having been detached from tue
command OF the antiC, Asiafic station. on the
18th OF August last, ana ms been placed on
coast survev steamer Blake AMI placed on wait
IDg0IdeIs; Passed Assistant Engineer y. K,rsy
sn0 A. J- Kenyon from Monitor daty at New
orleans and placed on waiting orders.
.TTST ~ay- VVushfy,-...1-s l54sr,--
busily engaged in p0Iiug over an English book
imported by MOnun, bookseller. containing a
list OF .hCse exiled 70 this country from ICl2 10
l4tO. The F. =. VS. Of Virginia, don't make a
Neiy good shOwlng-the F1HEslerJys WeJe con
Vct-. ffe Mason pre- sold Tor q term Ct years,
and MaSsn mere q servant wencb;" the Leighs
were transported fer sheep stealing, and tie
Lees COnviCts. 7. made Us shudder - read OF
the ancestors OF the blue bloods cf Virgiuia.
BostOn's aris'CCraCy are but little better, ard
some day when We are ~ leisure will tell Of the
Otis, Winthrop -GFe lie fOrefathers -Wasa Cor,
Cs7cEHHGti Commercial.
THE LATE JuDss BENJAMIN r. CrFTrs-
Meeting n The Bar # the q. s Slgrs-ss Cont
TsytsrdGy.-An adjourned meeting OF the bar
OF tte Unit q states supreme Court was he'd
Yesterday, j 4UEe Campbell presiding. aEi -.
W Middleton, clerk Ol Ie court, acting a.
secretary. A segie1 OF re. iI}iOus were adopted
IN testimony OF their grest affection and esteem
Tor Judge Benjamin Robbins Curtis in life, and
OF their sense OF the great Ioss which the courts
and the bar Of the whole country, and the com
muEIty at large suffer IN bis death. The TesOlu-
tons were adopted ard Attorney General WI
Supreme Court and move that they be entered
uI2u tie EiHUtes. Hon. Reverdy JohrCon aut
others delivered eUlcg'sS-
& FAvOEAELz REroRT FOR TIE UEIoS PA
CIFIC RAILEOAD.-The CO mm4ssi i9ners who were
ceputed 70 examine the Union Pacific railroad
audi report its condition to the government, have
finished their work ana submitted the result
Jhey cert J ttat tie road Il lret-class II everg
Respect, ai.G fully meets the requirement Of the
charter granted II by COUgTe~s. The report i
catsd SAT- Lake City, October 7, and is signed
pv aI turee Ci tEe commissioners. It will re-
qniIe the approval OF the President OF the
United States, and the formal acceptance sf tie
TC2 sIs a completed structure before the pateufs
Viii l-sUe 7 tle land grant. These patents ca.
1T over twelve million acres or land which
eave heTei 1ioT1 been reserved for the company
in accordance ~ n the terms of its ch arteT and
seoHsifeTable portion OF which hF = ALREADY been
sold.
Army ORDERs.-POSt Chaplain Moses T.
Kelly has been relieved from duty in the de-
Partment Of Columbia, aud ordered to report
10 the commanding general Of the department
OF Dakota fer assignment On the recOmmen-
OatlOn OF fLe surgeon General, Assistant Sur
geOn Ezra Woodruff has been ordered TO report
IN person TO the president of the army medical
sSsId, IN session IN Ne" York city, for eIamin-
Of his examination 10 report 10 the Command
ing general OF the military division OF the At
n
mendatiOu OF the Quartermaster general FIr.t
Lieut.. i. ". Morrison, 10Th infantry. Acfi.g A.
9. NJ, has been ordered TO assume charge OF
the national cemetery at Little Rock. ARK, re-
EeYlng Major II. q. Hodges, chief quarterInas-
ter, department Of the Gulf.
EAELY TRIAL CT INFORMANT CAsys The
supreme Court yesterday advanced the Union
Paclhe Tsilrosd tax cases On tie docket aud
set them for argument On the second Monday
10 bvetmbeT. No motion to advance was made
in other important cases pending, but IL IS
pTObabie such motion viii be made next FRI
0as IN the Wisconsin cases known as the
"GraDge cases involving the question OF tie
uRht OF tee statcs to regulate railroad tariff
The wit OF error in the case OF the C5inese
women in California, presenting the question OF
tbe power OF the states TO return improper char
. Yet reached this court, but upon being FLED
lt VII doubtless De advanced, aud tOgetheF with
me cases above named, the Grant parish case
and the case involving the stains Of Alexan1ria
CITY, be set Tor 81 early hearing.
MOVEMENTS oF AMERIC AN NAVAL VESSELS
Rear Admiral Gaze, Commanding Europe N
station, reports his arrival in the Franklin a,
Hort MshOn, MinOTCa, September a from
0iatselnes. The Congress arrived there Sep
tembeT u, from Barcelona with the coDsant ~
SutAOIl1tS' a battalion Of about 4G0 stong was
II isi1su LL9LA the TWO ships at MIHorca tor bat
The iron clad Canonicus has been rsIsass,
from Quarantine AT New Orleans, having 10
case Of sickness en- board. IL will be renIem-
oeLou snS VIZ sSSnt 10 = {" OEleans from Pensa-
cola. The following is a list OF her officers;
Lieut.. Commander George y. Wilde, Lleurs
George Durand and Isaac HaZlitt, and Engi-
neer William r. Sibley and Assistant Surgsop
y. W. Dillman.
MARRIED WOMEN IN THE TREASURY DE-
rAETNEST.-The Secretary Of the Treasury
had a consultation with the assistant secretary
the chief clerk, and the appointment clerk
wednesday night, with reference to the reports
IDAt hau been received from all OF the nearly
o,IOC clerks OF that department. regarding the
IeiAaonship or those holding positions with each
otherS ana with those in other den pSrtments
These reports were made in accordance with the
oI1ets OF tne secretary, his object being to al
low but one IN family 70 rem ain in the dem RI
ment. During the consideration OF ths an biact
several amusing and striking facts were dsveiI
oped. IL wss found that, in many easas iafiss
had been married for years who were known on
the rolls by their maiden names Al lthou0b tbs-
had been married 20 clerks in the same debaTt,
msnt, aud had children. IL Is q rule OF the