Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-30

OF Canada will commence on next Monday
August .. as mutually agreed in the conyen-
ton between the postal departments OF the
two countries
Mr.. WAYNE MACVEAGH, in a letter 10
the " Y. Tribune. declines TO serve "a Indian
commissi Toner to investigate the Affairs a;
tie Red Cloud agency, and vindicates the
purity of the Presidents motives IN dealing
with Indian affairs.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. - The
PRECEDENT has appointed Luther s. Trow-
bridge, collector of internal revenue for the
1St district of Mich igan; James II. More. OF
Nebra ska, register of the land Office at He
lena, Montana Territory; VIM. II. Stewart,
postmaster at Edinburgh, Ind.
BISHOP ANEs notifies the Secretary OF the
Interior that it will be impossible for him to
serve on the Sioux Commission, owing to
the length of time to which the sessions OF
the commission will be prolonged, and the
requirements OF his church and diocesan du-
ties.
ATTORNEY GENERAL PIERREPONT says
that he has not since he has occupied his pre-
sent position received any accounts OF kukIux
CutrageS. The applications for pariOn are
DOt so numerous as heretofore. the circular
issued some months since on that subject
being more rig in its requirements than the
former ones.
y DEPU-ATIOS OF DIsTILLERs, repre-
Sentirg the convention which recently as
Semsled in Cincinnati, had an interview yes
to-day Eith Internal Revenue Commissioner
Pratt, 18th view TO n modification of The
regulation gCE Frning the trade in spirits.
and e>Ft cially in regard To the transfer OF
guagers ~ stOTekeeperS every thirty instead
Of every sixty days. as at present
THE TREASURY CoUNT.-Tha committee
appoint, q t. count the Treasury funds ave
no: yet II ade their report They are now in
sStant Ireasurer'S Office. Today they have
b Ell examining the employees OF the cash
room relative to the 81. $50 stolen some time
ago. The committee expect 10 complete
TEeir iabOrS To day or tn morrow, when their
report Will be made public.
NOT TRUE.-The published statement that
Secretary Bristow has dg5ll led that the limit
o. Issue of - District o. Columbia bonds is
4 Ved at ten million dollars is unauthorized
and untrue. He has made no decision in the
premises, nor does he contemplate so doing.
The origin OF the rurnOr can be traced, IL is
said, 10 brokers and others dealing in these
s. curitieS; the object of circulating ii being
10 bull tine market.
TEE PROGRAMME of music by the Marine
Band at the Presidents grounds tomorrow
evening is as fOllows:-I. National Air; ..
Coronation March. from the Prophets, Mey-
erbe6r; 3. Overture, Carl KuOth; 4. Fantasia,
from Lucretia BoIgia, DOnizetti; 5. Waltz
Tour der Monde. MetTa; 6. LOrelei, (sOng.)
Joseph Neeradba; :. Turkish March. \
Mozart; :. Medley, peace Jubilee f Boyer
. SeIectfCns nom onera r; sfrjcana Niece
beer; 10. National Air.
THE FREE DELIVERY SYsrEN"-The
impression which has prevailed for some
time PAST that the Postmaster General would
a lvOcate before the next Congress the abOli-
ton of the free delivery system in cities with
q population of less than one hundres' thou
sand is entirely erroneous. IL is said that il
lSfAhliShipU no fraQ
delivery system in The smaller cities he
would probably hesitate before so doing, hut
as 10 has been established, he does not intend
10 IL ierfere with IL wherever 1t exists.
NAVAL ORDERs-Detached-
VI. X. Schwenk has reported his return home.
having been detached from the Pensacola
3nd placed on waiting orders; Assistant Pay
master {. III. Thompson has returned hOne
rom the PalOs. Asiatic station, and has
been placed on sick leave; Mate Henry Tew
from the navy yard, Norfolk, and Orrlered to
the Rio Bravo; Passed Assistant Engineer L.
w Robinson from the navy yard, PhiladnI-
Thia. 31st instant and granted leave of alb
sence Tor SIX months from August lst
YELLOW FEvER.-The following kilograms
from Fort Barrancas, Florida, has been re-
ceived by the Surgeon General of the Army:
July %, 1875, a. m.-One new case since last
nights report, one death. wife of Lieut..
lngalls-) No case from Fort Pickens FOR
sixty hours. Dr. Sternberg is doing well.
july -, 1873, p. m-Dr. Sternberg is doing
Well. One new case since my report OF this
morning. None from Pickens. One death
tlaundressD j. NJ. BRANNAN,
Brevet Major General. L. s. A, Comding.
THE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS have been
! made III the office of the Register OF the
Treasury: y. b. Walker, chief OF tonnage
division, vice W. =. Titcomb. appointed
deputy register-s2,50O: f. s. Collamef dis
bursting clerk, vice Walkers, 900; T. T.
Stewart, vice COllamer, 10 fourth class f.
ID. Stafford, vice Stewart, To third class; S
r. Wilson, to second class; W. II. Proctor, 10
second class; NJ. V. Casey, TO second ella :,
NJ. c. Hooker, 10 first class. A. III. Shattuck
o. Mass, has been promoted AID appointed
clerk OF the second class in the office Of the
Second Auditor Of the Treasury To take
effect on the 1st instant.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Secretary Cunant
returned from a brief visit TO New Hamp-
shire this morning, and has resumed his Of
fetal duties. "Peddicock' is what the
wicked telegraph calls the Assistant L X
Attorney al 81. Louis,-Mr. Peddrick. for
mel ~ OF this city: -. Ex-Gov. Wells. the
trict, returned TO the city day before yester-
| day from Saratoga, where his family still
remain. 49, Col. FOrney has gone To Russia
tn rush the Centennial in that country.
49, HoTatlo {. King (Son OF exPostlnaster
General King. who is at present the BUSH
ness manager of the Christian az H'Ork. is to
take the management OF the ChrLdita Union
in August. He is a young man OF energy
and good judgment.
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY PRO TEN
President Grant has ordered THAT during the
absence or sickness at any time OF the honor
able Benjamin III. Bristow, Secretary of the
Treasury, the honorable Curtis F. Burnam,
while Assistant Secretary, Is hereby author
lied 10 perform the duties Of Secretary until
otherwise ordtre1.'
This order should not be understood as
indicating the slightest displeasure on the
part of the President or the Secretary to-
wards Assistant Secretary Conant. That
officer enjoys To the fullest extent the conf
der &c of both. The two offices OF Assistant
secretary are of equal dignity by law. In
this case the order was made in view of the
possibility that the Secretary might be Alb
cent from the city before the return OF As
sistant Secretary Conant
CRIME IN BRooKLYN.-InB Brooklyn, Wed
ntsday, Mary Terrell was committed for
ial on q charge OF attempting to poison her
husband by putting ratsbane in his tea
James Coyne was also committed on q
charge of shooting at Henry Lee. as Lee was
walking with Coype's wife Cwho had for
saEen her husband) in Fulton street near
Sands The shot did not take effect.
STRIKE TROUBLES IN SWITZERLAND
, AuNlces rom Switzerland say that some