Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-08

1T IS RCMoEED that among the heads OF
orhcials or the Interior Department soon to
drop into the basket are those OF ID. C. Cox,
Pehsl9h agent; indi n Commissioner Smi h;
MI; bond. superinten lent OF the building,
Office.
IRWIN, for whose testimony the trial OF
I" m d King has been postponed from time
10 time, is stopping ar the Hoffm man house
New York. His friends declare that he has
fetufhed OF his own accord, and has had no
Information that the government wanted
him. He has had no subpoena since his re.
.urn, out is ready TO come forward and tes-
my as soon as the government is ready 20
oring on the case.-N Y. World.
ARMY ORDERs.-Captain O. f. Michaeljs
reviewed from duty at the Alleghany Arsena.
and Will report in person to the command
ing general, Department of Dakota, for. d atty
~ cnlel ordnance officer of that department
captain NJ. l.. Poland from duty at the
ateftown Arsenal, and will report In per-
ION 10 me commanding general, Department
OF Tue IlaLte, for duty as chief ordnance
of1cer OF that department First I,ieuten-
ant M. w. Lyon, from duty at the Rock
Island Arsenal, Illinois, and will report for
onty at the Allegheny Arsenal, Pennsylva-
ma. Leave OF absence for one year from
November list, 1875, on surgeons certihcate
OF dlsaolllty, is granted Captain George D.
Ramsey, Jr., ordnance department, with per
mission TO go beyond sea. Leave of absence
granted Lieutenant Colonel Nj. NJ Blunt,
10th Infantry, October 18th, 1875, from head,
quarters department of Texas, is extended
ii months, with permission to go beyond
the sea.
THE FREEDMAN's BUREAU FRAUDs-Pe-
port Of the Second AudROr.-The annual report
of The Second Auditor OF the Treasury, E. B.
French, for the year ending June So 1878,
gives circumstautfal statement of all the
transactions of that Office. The A uditor saws:
In my last annual report the increase of
cases requiring attention by the division for
investigation was accounted for by the fact
that since the transfer of the freeIman's
bureau to the War department, frauds and
malpractice had been discovered i'm the pay
ment OF claims by the sub agents of the late
commissioner OF the bureau, and IL was then
presumed that the number would continue
10 Increase until some definite action should
De Ia Ken by superior authority To determine
me civil liability of the bonded agents of the
bureau Many cases then in the hands of the
law officers OF the government are yet in
statu quo, az regards action on the bonds:
ana II is, perhaps, advisable that they should
remain so until the allegations respecting
DOH aymeht false vouchers, etc. should
nave been fully inquired into by the different
united states attorneys. and some definite
conclusions arrived at as to the facts and the
inability of the suretieS. The CO operation of
the Solicitor of the Treasury, and of the off
GERS OF the War department having control of
fTeedmen's affairs. has been highly satisfac.
Tory, and with their further aid, together
win the continued watcbfulness of this
Office, L anticipate still mora beneficial re-
suits TO the department. The number of cases
Oh , nafid June 50, is'i, was 5,425; the number
receiver during the year was 095; total
t.02l The number OF cases disposed of was
s59, leaving on hand June SC, 1876 3 GO
Ibese cases involve alleged fraud perjury.
unlawful Withholding of moneys by attOr-
neys' erroneous settlements, over-payments,