Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-10

THE RECEIPTS to-day were, from internal
revenue, ;; p, q 81; from customs, s35s ,05S.6o
THE AMOUNT of national bank note cur
rency received at the Treasury to-day for re-
demption aggregated s1,O1s,t9o.
GEN. JOSEPH u. WEBSTER has been ap-
pointed collector of internal revenue for
Chicago.
LEVI HUBBELL, United States District
attorney at Milwaukee, has been suspended.
No successor has yet been appointed.
THE U. s. S. PLYMOUTH arrived at Port
Royal, South Carolina, on the eth inst. All
well on board.
WIELIAMA. MANN has been appointed a
first-class clerk in the contract office, Post
Office department
GEORGE CALLAN has been appointed in
ternal revenue storekeeper for the 10th New
York district, and Alonzo Z. Webster
gauger for the 18th New York district.
CAPT. CHARLES E. MORSE, 10th infantry.
has been ordered to transfer temporarily to
Capt a. F. Rockwell, acting quartermaster,
all the property, funds and records in his pos
session pertaining to national cemeteries.
CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS The Presi-
dent has made the following appointments:
VIM. n. Pethich. interpreter at consulate,
W.
China; Iu c. Cheeng, do, at Canton, China.
THE u. S. s. COLORADO was put out of
commission as a sea going cruiser, at New
York, on the 9th instant, and the officers and
crew of the Vermont We're transferred to her
as a receiving ship.
A TREATY for the extradition of criminals
between the United States and the Ottoman
Empire has been proclaimed by the Presi-
dent. 1t does not apply to offences of
political nature, and neither government is
bound to deliver up its own citizens.
THE LIST OF CANDIDATES for admission
to West Point this year includes the names
of John s. Mallory, ThOs. l.. Startling and
James II. Young, of Virginia; Alonzo l..
O,Brien, Chas. r. Pearls and John III. Wood,
of West Virginia; and VIM. r.. Amy and j.
Walker Berret. of the District of Columbia.
REAL ADMIRAL MULLANY, commanding
the North Atlantic station, was in Wash
ington yesterday, and had an interview with
the Secretary of the Navy. He Is at present
on leave ofabsence. Captain w. ID. Whiting
il the senior officer in command at Port
Royal, South Carolina, the present head
quarters of the squadron.
A BOARD, 10 consist of Surgeons b. j. ID.
Irwin and b. A. Clements and Assistant
Surgeon Girard, has been ordered TO assemble
al the Military Academy, West Point ON
the 1ith instant, to examine into the physical
qualifications of the members of the gradu-
atlng class and the candidates for adm ssiOn
TO the academy.
y GOOD 0RDER.-The Commissioner of
Pensions to-day issued an order relative TO
examining boards and surgeons, informing
them that in many cases the settlement of
claims is delayed by the failure of such
certificates of examination to the pension
officer, and directing that hereafter they for
ward such certificates without delay under
pain OF immediate dismissal.
AND YET ANOTHER NEW PLANET.-Le
Verrier reports to Admiral Davis, superin-
tendent Naval Observatory, that a new
planet was discovered by BorelIy, of Mar
settles, on June 2, at 10 hours, in r \. Il b. 20
m. 10 S.; y. l.. ID. ITO ~ 1J". Daily motto,
in X. A -15m. 5s. ~ in y. p. ID. plus 4 IS"
IL is of the eleventh magnitude. 1t will re-
ceive the number 1I6, DIR. Peters two "Jub-
lee' planets beng IA and rs, respectively.
THE NEW FIvE-CENr ENvELoPE-The
Post Office department has selected as the
vignette for the new five-celt stamped Ell
velOpe profile view of Major General Zach
airy Taylor, taken from bronze copy of the
medal voted Gen. Taylor by Congress, May
.. 1913, in cOmmemOratiOn of the battle of
Buena Vista, DIR. Linderman, director of
the mint, having kindly furnished the copy.
The vignette on the five-cent adhesive stamp
is full faced picture OF Gen. Taylor.
LOOKING AFTER THE U. S. MARsHALs.-
Attorney General Pierrepont has sent a spe-
cial agent to visit the southern states to as
certain how efficient the United States mar
shals there are in the performance of their
duties, and whether the service can be inn
proved in any of the states by q change in
those officers. Since the recent order of the
Attorney General there has been a very
marked falling OF in the number of applica-
tiOns for pardon.
TIN DIV
rotary Bristow feels confident that he will
secure the conviction of members of the
whisky ring in the west on a charge of de-
frauding the government. He is pushing the
investigation in quarters heretofore not sus-
pected. and says that evidence is RAPIDLY
accumulating showing that all the frauds
have lot yet been exposed and stopped. A
good many additional seizures will be made.
THE OFFICIAL GOLD HUNT INTHE BLACK
HILLS-Commissioner Smith, OF the Indian
bureau. to-day received the following dis
patch from Mr.. Walter p. Janney, chief of
the Black Hills geological exploration. The
dispatch is dated from branch of Beaver
Greek, at the western base of the Black
Hills: THE greater area OF the Black Hills
is in Dacotah. Toe formations in this yicin-
ity are OF recent geological age, and not
auriferous. Will cross through the hills and
examine the gold hills reported to exist near
HaTneys Peak"
a
Assistant Postmaster General l.. w. Barber
yesterday received the following letter from
East Long Branch. 1t was addressed to Mr..
FaTber, Dead Letter ONCE, Washington, ID.
CT:
M. BUber:-Dear Sir: l ask of you a little
Information. My name is Robert Henry
Brain, and l wish to change il to Robert
Henry BrahningtOn, and | wish you TO
answer this letter and tell me If / have a
wright TO do so, and where 1 must apply to
get il changed, and will pay you for your
trouble. Answer soon, and oblige yours truly.
The Third Assistant Postmaster General
Will probably answer that the best way to
change his name is to get married and take
his wifes name.
PRESIDENTIAL AsPIRATIoNs.- Senator
Morton had a protracted interview with Mr..
Pierrepont to day. The latter spoke of the
interview TO representatives of the press,
and said that matters of political impOr-
lance were discussed, and then added, Sig
nificantly: "SenatOr Morton is, you know, a
prominent candidate for the Presidency"
From this remark 1t is inferred that the
Presidential succession was talked over. The
Attorney General said he did not feel at lib
erty 10 disclose the details of the converse
ton. Secretary Bristow has frequently been
accused OF Presidential aspirations, but to.