Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-24

| Joseph III. Black
| fan, Superintendent of Foreign Mails, is
| preparing for submission TO the Postmaster
| General, detailed printed instructions. in
tended for poStmaSters and the public gen
| orally, in relation to the rates of postage on
all kinds of mail matter after July LIST next
under the International treaty made al Berne
| last year.
| AN INVESTIGATION OF L. &. MARsHALs'
| ACCCUNTs.-Attorney General PIER D mt
| will next week cause TO be made an investi-
| cation into the accounts of United States
| marshals and deputy marshals for the past
year. with view OF calling upon certain
| officers in the southern states for an explana-
| ton of what is deemed most exorbitant
charges in the way of witness fees.
| REoRGANIZING THE ATTORNEY GENE
RAILS oFFICE-The Attorney General to-
| day issued the following order: :" On the LIST
day of next June, bureaus under the general
| supervision of the Solicitor General will be
organized as follows Bureau of the SUI
| preme Court; of the Court of Claims; of
Legal Investigations; of Official Correspond
| ence: of the Chief Clerk and OF Criminal Law
| A chief of each bureau. with assistants, will
| be designated by the Attorney General. and
specific duties assigned; but in furtherance
| of the public service whenever one bureau is
overwhelmed calls may be made upon n
| bureau less burdened for assistance. No
vacation or absence from the duties of the
| department can be permitted except on leave
specifying the date and length of the absence.
Whenever any one in the department is
| Bureau of the Chief Clerk the address where
| dispatch can reach him. Permission TO 90
| beyond the United States will not be given
under any circumstances"
THE SCoTT-GARRETr WAR AND THE
| NAIL SERvICE.-It is probable that the
| Postmaster General will unwillingIy
| enough on his part he compelled TO
| take hand in the fight between
the railroad autocratS, Scott and Garrett
| so far as the transportation of the mails be-
81 nkrtn nd NaEtr N,rl &C.
| cerned. Col. Scott has notified MIN that on
and after the first day of June next
no trains of the Baltimore and Ohio
| road Will be permitted to psss over his
| rails from Philadelphia to New York. The
mail service between here and New York is
now equally divided between the two cor
pOratiOnS. the Baltimore and Ohio carrying
| the morning mails from both termini, and
| the Pennsy lvania line the evening mails.
Garrett has heretofore been running his
cars over Col. Scott's road, from the
city of Philadelphia TO New York. thus
enabling him to carry the through mails, but
If Colonel Scott persists i'm refusing him the
privilege OF running on his track between
the points named, il is hard 10 see how the
Postmaster General can do otherwise than
turn over his entire service 70 Colonel :. He
has the matter under consideration and will
decide it in a few days.
SIOUX SECFDERs FROM THE FREMONT
HoUsE.-Six of the Sioux delegation now in
Washington became dissatisfied with their
quarters at the fremont House yesterday,
and picking up their baggage. which con-
sisted of palm leaf fan, a tOmahawk. and
calumet each, departed in Indian file for
TIER old tramping ground at the Washing
ton House. Neither Red Cloud nor Spotted
Tail went with this party, as has been
stated, but they are sill at the fremont
House. The names of the secessionists are
Black Bear, American Horse. Conquering
Bear, and Shoulder, of Red Clouds party,
and Crow Dog and He Dog, of Spotted Tails
delegation. Acting Secretary of the Interior
Cowen notified the proprietor OF the Wash
iDgtOn House that the government would
pay no bills which the Indians might con-
tract at his house, and ii is therefore probable
they will soon return to the fremont House.
The Indians make no complaint in regard TO
their fare at the fremont, but complain of
the small, close rooms into which they are
crowded. They say their quarters are insult
feraby close, while at the Washington
House they could be accommodated with
large, airy rooms. The Indians appeared in
their rooms in undreSS uniform to-day.
Most of them are provided with calico shirts,
WHICH they wear outside of their leggings.
AS the latter reach only to the thighs, and
the former are somewhat abbreviated in
length they present rafher a picturesque APP
pearance. If the Indians at the Washington
House refuse to return to the fremont House
they Will probably be allowed to remain
until the arrival of Commissioner Smith
whose return from New York is looked for
tomorrow or next day. The grand council
will not take place until the return of Secre-
:ary Delano, who is expected in few days.
AWARDS OF STATIONERY CONTRACTS
The awards of the Interior department for
stationery for the fiscal year beginning July
1st next, have just been made. Contracts
were awarded to Washington firms as fol-
lows: Warren Choate * Co, legal cap, tracing
paper, drawing do, envelopes, Faber and
Cohen pencils, red ink, paste and SPONGE
John G. Parker, royal and foolscap paper;
SOlomOns & Chapman, nat cap, drawing and
waste papers. Bristol board. envelopes pens
DiXon's pencils, red tape, sponge cups, &c;
Robert Beall, press copy books, gold pens,
carriers and French copying inks, Gill's fas-
teners and parchment paper; VIM. II. nemp-
sey, linen stock paper, MANILA wrappings
and drawing paper, gutta percha pencils,
Mayard & NoyeS' and ArnOd's inks. FaberS
rubbeTs and table baskets; Mohun Brothers.
bond quarter post paper. envelopes, Perry
and GillOttS barrel pens, inkstandS, pen
mucllage jars visiting cards, rubber bands
and gutta percha penholders; VIM. II. Bal
Iantyne, drawing paper, heavy envelopes,
steel pens, glass paper weights, eyeletS. tri-
angles; Germond Crandall, DiXon's red and
blue pencils, wood pen holders, India inks
and brushes; Brad. Adams, envelopes, Fa-
ber's red and blue pencils, silk ribbons, pen
racks and paper weights, linen and hemp
twines and waste baskets The only parties
were awarded are the the Morgan Envelope
company of Springfield, Mass, for part of
paper and envelopes and all the mucilage;
and Owen Paper company, Housatonic,
Mass, for finer quality of paper and enVel-
opes; L. w. Durham, of New York, tracing
cloth, yellow wrapping paper, and cloth Incl
wrappers. The prices on an average were
lower than last year.
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