Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-29


fee OF commissioner of Indian affairs, vice
Mr.. Edward p. Smith, resigned, visited Sec
rotary Chandler this afternoon and stated
that after careful consideration OF the mat
Ter be had concluded 10 decline the position
MT Toeey, who is nearly sixty years of age,
is refined merchant OF Boston, and a gentle
man OF undoubted integrity of character.
When Postmaster General Jewell had under
consideration the suspension OF Postmaster
Burt, Of Boston, Mr.. Tobey was offered the
place.
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES In the stations
and duties of officers of the Medical depart
ment, L. s. army, have been made: Surgeon
Ebenezer Swift relieved from duty az New
port Barracks, Kentucky, and ordered to
duty as Medical Director of the department
of the Gulf; Assistant Surgeon Van Buren,
Hubbard relieved from duty in the depart
meDt of the gulf and ordered to proceed to
New York city and report by letter upon his
arrival there TO the Surgeon General; Assis-
tant Surgeon Augustus A. Yeomans. re-
Barracks, Kentucky, and ordered to duty in
the department OF Texas. The order of No
vember Sth, relieving Assistant Surgeon j.
III. L. King from duty in the military divi-
sion of the A Atlantic, and ordering him to ex-
animation for promotion and then TO report
for duty in the department OF Texas, has
been revoked.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Assistant Surgeons C.
A. Siegfried, N. Mop. Ferebee T. II. Streets,
j. w. Buel, Howard Smith, John F. Brans-
ford, NJ. III. Simons and Jas. r. Waggener
ordered 10 examination for promotions: Gun
ner VIM. j. Ferguson to the Marion, LIST De-
cember next; Midshipman Saml c. Lemby
has reported his return home, having been
detached nom the MOnOngahela, south At
iantic station, on the 18th ultimo, and has
been placed on waiting orders; Mate John
0den'dball from the command of the tug
fortune, and ordered to the Pawnee; Passed
Assistant Paymaster G. N. Sanders from the
coast survey steamer Rache. and ordered to
settle accounts; Assistant Paymaster o. C.
ane g N fOar Iffolr
and ordered to settle accounts; Assistant
Paymaster Roah Frazer from the Intrepid
and ordered to settle accounts; Boatswain
EDWIN Crissey from the navy yard, Pensa-
cola, and ordered to command the tug For
tune.
PERsoNAL.-Go T. A. Hendricks, of
Indiana, is in this city, the guest of Thomas
Z. Morgan, esq, No. 171s Rhode Island ave
nue.. '''' Mr.. q. w. Wells, member OF Con-
gress from Mississippi, had an interview
with the Attorney General this morning
..' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS John II. Hyman
has arrived in the city, and is al No. 1918 4th
street northwest. 49, Mitchell Dawes, a
nephew OF Senator Dawes, has welded Ida
M. Colfax, niece of Schuyler Colfax. go
dinner was given TO Senator Cnristiancy al
Lansing, Mich, last Wednesday evening by
cltiZsns OF both political parties. 49, The
following members of Congress are stopping
81 WIllards' Hons. A. II. Hamilton and
Nj. L. Kerr, Ind; VIM. Barr and NJ. j. South
ard. Ohio Ed. G. Kehr, Mo; A. I. WalIing
ohio; w. K. Morrison, III ; John B. Clarke
BurchaTd, Wis; T. NJ. Patterson, Col; Cnas
"A. Eldredge, Wis; j. III. Bagley, jr. n. Y
80. Toe following members OF Congress are
At the Ebbitt House:-HOns. j. ID. New, Ind
Geo. M. Adams, Ky; Carter ii. Harrison
chicago; Gov. T.. j. Davis. Texas; Hons E.
j. Poppleton and wife, Ohio; ]. III. Baker,
Ind; l.. A. Mackey and Levi Marsh. Pa
Senator Morton and family will arrive al
J o'clock today.
ErpxASno UooD oN Chr. uvpc,-,,
Hon. Fernando Wood to day in a conversa-
tion with a representative OF THE STAR
stated "that he was not a candidate for the
Speakership; that he was not in the race:
that he had served his party long enough, he
thought, to entitle him TO its honors, bus
that the canvass had become such that he
gladly placed himself without the pale OF
seeking any Office"
AS heretofore stated in THE STAR, this
means that Wood will sustain the Candidacy
Of Mr.. Randall. This action on the part of
WOOD at this momentous time places RAN
dali ahead in the contest.
AS 10 the strength of Mr.. Cox, Mr.. Wool
said ''that he could not receive mora than
one vote OF the whole New York delega-
Wood wants to be the chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee. He knows
mat II Kerr is elected that the place wanted
by him has been pledged to Cox. To coun-
teTact this, Wood, at this time, places him
self sqnarely in position not likely to ham
dicap Randall.
On the othe. hand, it is asserted that the
course of the New York democracy i'm the
late election, wherein they succeeded on a
hard money and free trade platform, carries
The vote of the state delegation from Mr.
Wood, who declines, either to Mr.. Kerr or
Mr.. Cox because Mr.. Randall's endorsement
OF the Erie soft money platform, and his
votes and speeches in favor of q high tariff.
for the past ten years, make IL Impossible
for the delegation to endorse him, no matter
what Mr.. Wood advises. At all events the
withdrawal OF Wood crystalizes the contest
solely between Messrs. Kerr and Randall.