Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-03
EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip.

| DURING the summer the President will
receive by card between the hours of eleven
| and two, except on Tuesdays and Fridays,
which being Cabinet days, 90 one will be
received except government officials.
| INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from
This source TODAY were ss77 ,7l1t0.
THE RECEIPTS from customs to day at the
Treasury department were e76s,5l1.92.
POSTMASTER GENERAL JEWELL viii not
probably return 10 the city before Friday.
THE AMOUNT OF national bank note cur
| rency received at the Treasury department
to-day for redemption aggregated 1906, 1O5.
SENATORS Hitchcock and Paddock, OF Ne
braska, had interviews with the President
this morning.
THE NEW COMMISSIONER of Pensions, I'll.
ii. Atkinson, was sworn i'm and took charge
of the pension bureau Saturday.
POSTMASTER APPOINTED Albert C.
Greene has been appointed by the President
postmaster at Greenville, Conn, in place OF
Paul b. Greene, resigned.
LIEUT.. Col. A. j. DoDGE has been ap-
pointed to command the escort to Mr.. Jan
Dey into the Black Hills. The expedition
| leaves Fort Laramie on the 18th inst.
FIRST LIEUTENANT CHAs. G. HEINrzBL-
MAN, ri artillery, has been relieved from his
present duties, and ordered to report for duty
TO the Chief signal officer Of the army.
SECRETARY DELANo and Assistant Secre-
tary Cowen, of the Interior Department, have
returned, the former from Ohio, and the lat
ter from New York, and have resumed their
duties.
THE SUPREME COURT decided this morn
ing in favor or the state of Mary land against
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company in
the capitatiOn tax case; by which decision
the company Will be required to pay over
about halfa million Of dollarS to the state.
PosTMAsTERs COaMIssIoNED-TheP Pres
dent today signed the commissions Of the
following pOstmasters: George w. Porter,
Clinton, Ill; Alonzo Snow, Port Deposit,
Md; James Davidson, Monticello, Iowa;
Charles I. Bennett, Fulton, n. Y.
THE STEAMER TENNESSEE, which is to be
the flag ship Of Admiral Reynolds, who is TO
command the Asiatic station. went into COM
mission on Saturday. The vessel will sail
from New York some time during the present
month,
The CASE OF MAJOR WLBUR.-The az
gument in the case of Major Wilbur, an ex-
aminer in the Patent Office, will be made be-
fore the Commission by the plaintiff Nr. w.
+. Sawyer, and the defendant on Saturday OF
tnls week Major WllDIr Is accused by Mr.
sawyer OF malfeasance in Office.
GOVERNMENT gold SALEs.-Tne Score
tary OF the Treasury has given directions to
sell five millions of dollars in gold during the
month OF MAY as follows: One and one half
million dollars on the first and third Thurs
days, and one million dollars on the second
and fourth Thursdays each.
TNPRECEDENTED ISSUE OF POSTAGE
SrAHPs-The issues of postage stamps OF all
kinds by the Post Office department during
the month OF April last amounted to a little
In excess of S3, 6O0,G COO This is avera ye of
about twenty per cent. on the issues for the
cora sponding month last year, and is By far
the largest amount ever issued in am one
month by the department
NAVAL ORDERs.-Leutenant Commander
Henry Glass, from the nautical school ship
jamestown, at Mare Island, Cal, aud Or
dered as executive on board the receiving
slip Independence. Lieut.. u. Delehauty,
from the receiving ship Independence, at
Mare Island, Cal, and ordered to the re-
c. living ship Vermont, at New York. Lieut.
r. II. Drake and Master Nelson T.. Horsetol.
fiom the nautical school ship Jamestown
ard ordered ~ the receiving ship Indepen-
Cence.
JOHN +. HARTLEY, Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury, has resigned, to take effect
uron the appointment OF his successor. To-
day the President and Secretary BriStow had
Il conference Win reference To his successor,
and ii was decided TO appoint Curtis s.
Burnbam, of Richmond, KY. Mr.. Burnham
is nifty years of age, a man of independent
fortune and unimpeachable in character.
He as been personally known To Secretary
Bilstow for many years.
PERsONAL.-The Brooklyn Argus declare
positively that Mrs. Mary Clemmer is not,
nor does she expect to be a witness in the
BeecheT trial &C. III. Merwin and j. H
W llhlnSOn, OF thls city, were at the Hotel du
NouVei Opera, Paris, on the Eth ult .''
Hon. Andrew Sloan, late member of 6on-
gIeSs from the Savannah (Ga.) district, comes
10 Washington to engage in the practice of
the law. '''' Senator Spencer is lying at his
residence, on Rhode IslaAd avenue quite III
GO gasrritis. '..-Senator Jones of Neyana
ana Representative Cessna, of Penua, are in
town.
LIEUT.. Col. EMORY UPTON. first artillery
has been relieved from duty as commandment
of the corps Of cadets at West Point, and
Lieut.. Col. Thos. II. NELL, 9Th cavalry, has
been ordered TO assume the duties of com
fnandant in his place. The order takes effect
on the LIST of July. Col. Upton has been in
command of the military academy for the
past four years. and his administrati ton has
been faithful and successful. The change is
war depar smeIIt TO change the commanding
officer every four years.
THE BOARD OF NAVAL OFFICERS con-
siSting of Commodore j. w. A. Nicholson,
c. b. Caldwell, and j. c. Febiger in session
AT The Navy department to examine officers
LOT promotion or retirement, are ~ direc-
tion OF the Secretary 'Of the Navy also en-
gagged in the revision of the regulations for
The government of the navy. The work will
not be completed for several months vet as
the time occupied in the revision is not
allowed TO Interfere with the examination of
officers for promotion or retirement as fast
as they are ordered before the board. Cap
tain f.. Il. Calhoun will soon be examined
for promotion 10 the grade of commodore
and Commanders ID. Il. Harmony A. E X
Benham, and John Irwin for promotion 10
the grade of captain.
A PATHETIC APPEAL-It is we'll known
that the President daily receives a bushel or
more OF letters from all parts OF the country,
the writers in the main being applicants for
positions or money. Some of these letters
are curious specimens, and as illustrating
one class of communications received at the
Executive mansion the following extracts
from a letter written by woman in Wis
consin, evidently . French Canadian, are
subjoined:
"Mr. Grant President of the United States
Al so our good Father of our Country and
for the last Few wears Ontill now. this preS