Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-15

l.. Cass Carpenter, collector of internal rev.
enue for the sd district OF South Carolina;
w. n. Brewster do 1st district Of Texas; 8.
p. Young, of New York, to be consul at Mos
cow: T. j. Jeherds, of Arizona. Indian agent
for Chiricahua agency. in Arizona; VIM. B.
Truax, of Illinois, do. for the Moquis Pueblo
a. ency, in Arizona.
ARMY ORDERs.-The leave of absence
granted Capt. Guy ". Henry, Sd cavalry, has
been extended eleven months, that OF VIM.
III. McMinn, 9Th infantry, ten months; that OF
Capt. Alex. Moore. Sd cavalry, one month
and twenty days; leave of absence for four
teen days has been granted Capt. George T.
BeaI. medical storekeeper. By direction of
the President so much of special order No.
3s, March 5th, 1875, from the War department
vice of Major James r. Mears. paymaster
u. 8. A, is amended to read in addii iOn cat
his own request" and to direct him to repair
to his home on being relieved from duty.
THE INCREASED POSTAGE ON TRANSIENT
MAIL MATTER.-The Postmaster General,
after full consultation with the law officers
of his department, finds that he has no
authority to suspend or temporarily evade
the provisions of the new law raising the
postage on mail matter of the third class,
which includes transient newspapers. The
Postmaster General IS in receipt of intelli-
gence from many Of the post offices an
nOuncing the delay of large numbers of
newspapers on account of insufficient post
age, and proposes to give directions to for
ward such as had accumulated up to the time
of the general announcement of the increased
rate. The Postmaster General, in explana-
ton, states that the mistake arose through
misunderstanding of terms. While the sub
ject was under consideration in Congress, in
reply to letter from the chairman of the
Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads as to whether the transportation of
merchandise seriously Obstructs the trans
portation of the mails on railroads. the Post
master General replied that it does not
threaten to do so at present, but that on some
of the trulk stage routes it does now give
embarrassment and Will lead TO extra ex-
pense; that he did not favor doing q mer-
cnaEftise transportation business at the
same rates for long as short routes. He
stated thai, as the law had been in operation
for so short time, he did not feel warranted
in recommending any very radical changes,
but suggested that the rate of postage on
merchandise be doubled-that is, the rate
should be one cent for each ounce or fraction
thereof, instead of one cent for each two
ounces. In the use of the term merchandise
the Postmaster General had no intention to
include transient newspapers, but, failing to
draw the distinction as ii existed in his own
term as employed 10 the post Office enact
ments. The Postmaster General feels the
mistake keenly, and if there were any nos
s'ble way Of relieving the people without
special legislation he would take advantage
of it.-Wosh. Special Bal. St0,.
ASSASSINATION OF AN ITALIAN IN ST.
LOUIs.-FranciscO Palermo, an Italian
leinon-peddler, while along Broadway, st.
Louis, Friday morning, was fired ON ey two
men from behind fence on the opposite side
of the street. He turned and ran, when two
bullets coming from lumber yard on the
same side of the street struck him and he
dropped dead. 1t appears that Palermo came
to st. Louis from New Orleans about year
ago; that while in that city he lived with an
uncle who was murdered, and that hve
Italian acquaintance were suspected OF the
murder, but 1t was not ascertained definitely
who committed the deed. About three
monthssago these five acquaintance went to
or1d hn eli nod fc n1-
legged, to kill Palermo. Three of the men
have been arrested and the other two are I'M
Known to the police.
SAD Loss OF LIFE AT A FIRE.-The Davis
house, large three-story wooden building,
by fire early Saturday morning. Most of the
furniture and the personal effects of the
boarders were burned. Julia Kelley, an EN-
died soon after. The charred bodies of Hec-
tor Skinner and c. Smith, 5oarders, and Mar
garet walton, an employe, were found in the
rTins Yesterday morning. The office OF the
western Union Telegraph company was also
burned out, the instruments being saved
The total loss is s13, 900.
Mr.. BETC CHER GOING TO EUROPEAN in
innate friend of Rev. Mr.. Beecher said this
morning that as soon as his trial was at an
erd il was his intention to seek recreation in
few months travel. 1t Is not his intention
to go TO Europe, as he breads a sea voyage,
but he is thinking of a journey by rail to Cal
signs have already been given to the Ply
mouth society. Mrs. Beecher will accom-
pany her husband.-M " Cor. Pha. Ledger.
SINGULAR AND FATAL ACcIDENT.-Sat-
urday afternoon, shortly after 4 O'Clock. the
market-house, in Reading, Pa, being over
weighed with snow and ice, fell with terrific
crash, mortally wounding little boy named
Frank Apfiel, seriously wounding another
named Andrew III. Smith, and slightly in
juring his brother, William Smith. a young
lady named Taylor was also caught by the
FALLING mass, but escaped injury.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD DIRECTORS.
The committee appointed by the chairman
Pennsylvania Railroad Company met on
Friday and decided upon submitting the
voted for at the next annual election, name
ly: Colonel t. a. Scott. Wistar Morris,
Alexander Biddle, N. p. Shortridge, John
Henrv NJ Ph BaeoH samme Feton
A. j. Derbyshire.
BLACK FRIDAY DECISION REVERSED
On the appeal brought by Albert Speyers,
from he decision of the Judge in chambers,
in New York city, holding that the suit to
chases on behalf Of Fisk & Gould on
BLACK Friday" could not W. maintsined
against the estate of Fisk. the SunrAnoe
Court, general term, has rendered decision
ment OF the court below.
TAX ON BACHELORS.-A nil has haan
made the special order in die state senate of
tennessee, which cont, ms the following sec
sl4ni ahaI acrsiorlsm is hereby declared
sPtata III every male inhabitant of this
M Ter thirty years of age, being of sound
" nd and enjoying good bodily health, re-
naming unmarried after the first day of
May. 1875, shall pay a fine Of ten dollars an
nually.'
Cal. WAGNER AND CIVIL SRIG HTS.-The
negroes who We're refused admittance 10 Cal
Wagner's minstrel performance at Mont
gomery, Ala, Saturday swore out new war
rants for Wagner and his ticket agent. The
former was discharged, and the latter held in
$1,000 bonds to appear at the next term of the
court. Several theatrical performers have, in
Consequence of this action, cancelled their
engagements for Montgomery.
DIR. RICARDO, of Paterson, N J., having
applied to the courts for discharge as an
insolvent, his application was granted Sat-
urday. His creditors at once filed a COM
plant, undertaking TO show that he had got
rid of his property to defraud them. The
principal creditor Is Walter Schafer, the boy
to whom a jury awarded 5000 for alleged
malpractice by Ricardo. The defendant was
committed to jail.
AN OIL TANK STRUCK BY LIG HrNINe.-