Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-13
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
INTERVAL REvENUK.-The receipts from til
source to-day were soil 007.95.
sEcBETARY BRIsTow is expected to return
on Wednesday
INDIAN AGENTS APPoINTED.-The President
has appointed II. d. Gibson, of Iowa, Incian
agent for the tribes in Washington territory.
GIN. John EATON, commissioner of educa-
ton, is On brief visit 20 his native place IL
New Hampshire.
Hon. LLOYD LowsDKs. of Maryland, has re-
vised his intention to seek denomination TO.
Congress, and Dew positively declines the honor.
SECRETARY FISH is expected to return to
Washington on the 18th inst. In the meantime
Mr.. Cadwallader, the first assistant, will be in
charge of the State department.
THE REDEMPTION DIVISION OF the Treasury
department to-day received 1857 900 in national
bark note currency to be exchanged for legal
tenders.
ECONOMY IN THE NAvY.-TLe Secretary of
the Navy has issued an order enjOining in
creased economy in every branch of expeudl-
lures as indispensably necessary.
THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS were paid
department $4,000, to pay the interest on
mixed securities of the District held by Messrs
Morton, Bliss & Co., of New York city.
The JAPANESE POSTAL TRsATY.-The
postal convention between the United States
and Japan will 60 into operation January 1,
1875, agTeeably to notice just given by the
Japanese government through its legation in
this city.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL has directed the
district attorney for the western district of New
York TO take an appeal to the Supreme Court
in the case of the New York Central and Hud-
son river railroad az ainst United States Inter-
nal Revenue Collector Bailey, for that district.
TIE JUDGES of the Court of Commissioners Of
the Alabama claims will meet in this city, &C
cording to present arrangements, on the 22d Of
this month. They will organize the court and
consider the inItiatory questions of a plan of
operations aid an order of business.
DoMIcILRD AT NEwPoRT.-In the register OF
occupants of cottages at Newport for the sea-
son we find the names of the following Wash
Ingtonians: Admiral Case, Count Corti, Mr.
Heugelmuler- Heugewar, Dr. Lindsly, Mr.. A
H. LOwery, Senator Stewart and Count Zanini.
SLOW WoRK.-A copy of the Ereraing Star
mailed on Monday last reached Loudoun county
Va, distance OF forty-fye miles, last Satur-
day night. The cause of the delay is either
penetrating the section of the country alluded
TO.
LIEUT.. COMMANDER BEATTY P. SMITH has
been dropped from the rolls OF the navy, with
one years pay, for failing to pass the examin-
ing board on the second examination. Lieut.
Commander Smith has been in the service
nearly nineteen years, and is second on the list
OF lieutenant commanders.
HEAVY ISSUE OF POSTAGE STAMPS, &c
During the first four days of last week the Post
Office department issued to postmasters over
81 COO coo worth of postage stamps, stamped
envelopes and postal cards. This is the largest
issue of similar articles ever made by the de-
partment i'll one week.
GEN. FRANCIS \. WALKER, late superin-
tendent OF the census, who was charged by the
i2d Congress with the preparation of a statisti-
Cal atlas as appendix TO the 9th census, will
complete his laboIs in a couple of months. The
work will b unique, and will probably DO as
eagerly sought after as the original. volumes OF
the ctIsus.
The NAVY DEPARTMENT. will not order
north this summer the vessels now In the Cult
Of Mexico and cruising in the waters adjacent
20 the West Indies. They will all remain about
Their present station. so that in case of neces-
Sly TO- Their presence in Cuban waters OF else
VI ere ia that lat tude Ii sill not be necessary
to fit out and send vessels from the north to IN Al
quarter.
BOWEN AT WoRK.-Mr. Sayles j. Bowen
managed to get himself Mr.. DennisOn's
bond as Commissioner, apparently to lay the
foundation for the right to bore that gentlemar
to give him and his adherents Office. He il a.
work now Tor two things, first to get the Dis
triet authorship, and second to ventilate hi.
Old spite against Lewis Clephane by getting him
removed from the relationship.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant Commander F.
j. Higginson to temporary command naval rem
devious, Boston, Mass. Observation-Disclosures
Commander John ". Philip from the command
OF the naval rendezvous, Boston, and placed on
waiting orders. Surgeon Wm. III. Jones from the
NarragsDsett, and ordered TO the Portsmouth.
Assistant Surgeon Thomas II. Streets from the
Portsmouth and ordered to the Narragansett.
CLERICAL PRoMoTIoSs.-The following pro-
motions under the civil service rules have been
made in the Patent ce:-PrincipaI Exam
iner-Dr. K. @. Dryenforth; First Assistant
Examners-W. II. Babcock, b. R. Catlin III
Z. Townsend and j. IL. Darnall; Second AS
sistant Examiners-S. W. Stocking, l.. NJ. f.
Cooke, w: a. Bartlett and r: L. Packard;
Third Assistant Examiners-J. II. Mcdonald
ID. Z. keinOhl and Sarah j. NOyes.
PERsoNAL.-Mr Thomas z. Lloyd, who has
been 80 seriously i'll, is improving again, his
army of friends will be glad TO know Mr.
Alexander H. Evans left the city last evening
Tor Chicago, where he is to join the United
States steamer Michigan, and as the guest OF
the officers, make six weeks cruise around
the great akes, stopping at all points of special
interest, ana visiting the fine fishing grounds OF
Lake Superior.
NEW DESIGN FOR POSTAL CARDs-It has
been in contemplation for soma time past to
change the design of the the present postal card.
number or specimens have been submitted by
the Morgan Envelope Company, the firm which
has the contract for printing the cards now in
use. The present card is considered unstable
In several respects. lt IS too sOmbre i'm color
and the border is generally regarded as too
heavy. The new card Will be lighter in color
prooabl y very nearly white. The printing and
engraving will be executed In black ink and
The border Will be narrower and much neater
in appearance. The change has not vet been
1ully decided upon, but IL is safe to say that
some alteration in the DESIGN of the nrssent
homely card will be made.