Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-04
EVENING STAR. :
Washington News and Gossip.

washington News and Gossip.
THE RECEIT rs to-day were. from Internal
revenue. SS0J ciC.sl. from customs, siiS, 116.OS
THE National Bank currency received at
| the Treasury to-day for redemption aggre-
| gated s,O"J.
MAJOR JOSEPH c. CLARK jr., L. s. A,
retired. has been detailed as deputy gov
"rror Of the Soldiers Home, vice TuIIy
McCrca. 1st artillery, relieved at his own
r gust.
SUPERINTENDENT BANGS. of the Post
Office DEF artment, left here Ia It night for New
York, To complete arrangements for the fast
mail trains between New York and Wash
~ gton.
SICEsTARY BRIsTOw has teIegra ohetl to
Ac,'ug Secretary Of tGe Treasury J1ise
Bui thai he is weather bound in Ken
lucky. ard CarUot re- urn IS s. N as he ex-
! ct7C. Toe rains have iuuIdat 1 al the
valleys of the state
THT RISE IN THE PoroN sC.-The signal
Office reports that tie Potomac at Harpsr,s
+ Ferry rose -four feet last night. and at ~, g
9 deck THIS 2. ~. was eight aud a half AZ
I above 10" water. ana rising slow Y. No
CANCER ICED he anticipated in Wash ugtou
ON this rise.
= STATEMENT appeared to-day in ,norr-
ing paper rejecting upon Mr. George b. VI
Carte ari his management Of the bureau of
engraving and printing. in compelling the
employees OF that bureau to lose Their pay if
absent from duty yesterday. when The en-
piOyCS of al other departments had holiday
with Pay. T. reference 20 the law, max
.Ig the appTnPTi. ton for the bureau. il VIII
to seen mat Mr.. 'CarteS has no option in
the matter, a tie law distinctly states. for
~ mert o: employees at a j.arGieru TO be paid
ior Ire time actually employed"
PER>oSAL.-Ex-se Senator cole left for Cali
torr'a last night. ....EN-Senat1r scott Of
PeHLsy ivania, is in the city. Ii ha- written
ietter - the President cOugratu.atIng him
on is tbirti-iprIl letter. 80 Nj T. G. Or ~
iJId, cOrreST Gudeut Of the Chicago Times was
married At Atlantic city. y. :. on Monday
asst 10 VI - LILY Washington. OF th.s city.
a-re thls Winter. ..-.kN-SpCtkCT Blaine j.
iha que I OF Col. Benton, al the SqriuydelG
almOry.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Acting Eoat Dan
iei Word 10 O. e PCWh2ttan. D-tacfei-Iieu-
tenant Commander Wm. L. Whiting. from
lie BeEiCia and placed on waiting or iers.
Master Henry L. Green. nom the fnra--ncs-
readiness for surveying duty an Ter LleutrL-
ant Commander r. NJ. Green, " ishI.,r,a.i
Alfred Reynolds has reported his return
home, having been detached from the Nar-
ra-ausett Oh the 20'l uItiIuO, and has bear
I.a' 60 on waiting OrieTs, Maze John Me
Mauus. from the navy ward. Norfolk aud
THE ALLEGED MA1I CoxrrACr FRArDs
an Laet0e1t0t Inys1,e'iC7, Cae.-To-day.
M'Ssrs, w. A. Cock and charles Pelham. as
counsel 'or Jerome J. Kinds, twhose trial
and aCqultal On charges CUaneCte with al
legged Texas mail contract frauds will be re
membered,) died Dill or the equity side OF
Ire supreme Court OF the District 10 restrain
tue payment of certain money :, on account
81 CSrrglng the malls, to John a Imam aud
L.other. The respondents are the Postmas-
- a No
ard BrothG., and the plaintiff reciLcS IN MS
Dill hat he has an interest in the said CON
tritci I'd was Illegally declared from exc
CT III IL JuCSe Humphreys made 4 prel!ru-
i.aIy restraining order, returnable on the
10Th Of September next
YELLOW FEvER.-The Secretary Of the
Navy has received the following dispatch
from Surgeon Cooper. dated Pensacola. Fla
Aug Sci -" Everything quiet and healthy
~ navy yard ana vicinity. Seventy-twO
cases and twenty-five deaths in BarrancaS
seven days"
The following telegram from Fort Earran-
cas-, r IA, has been received by the Surgeon
General of the army:
hpgltst !, 1s-5. "A. Mo new case since
yesterdays report: one death. DR.. Ste nberg
ls still improving. though not out OF danger
\ oeaSe from Fort Pickens I'r nine days.
Bvt. Mai. Gen. L. S. A, Commanding.
Ter General Jewell returned 10 Washington
iIon Philadelphia this morning. The object
q his trip 10 that city was . make prppara-
EOEs for the establishment OF q Centennia!
post Office. The details OF the proposed office
have been agreed UpOn II is IrOpoSCI 10
have the CfIicc in the main building and In
employ q corps Of letter caI.iers of different
nallonalilleS, uniformed, bat iii ferent from
l'at worn by the carriers OF the PnilateIphia
office. or course the main work Of CistTib u-
tlon for this office viii fall on the New YORK
once. II is the intention. III putting the mail
MP III New York and elseW here for Phila-
eiphIS, 10 have the Centennial letters placed
II a special Centennial pouch, the same as
ne ConsTessiOna! mail J. made up a scpa-
rate pouch, and which Is not handled NJ The
Washington Office This Will not affect TIC
mail Of Philadelphia other than 10 the ex-
tent or relieving Philadelphia from tine hand
Ing o. Centennial mail aud aFDr!Iun those
who wish 10 TO have their mail delivered m
lie exposition building that opportunity.
A RAGGED EDGE DOLLAR FOR Recon
sTRCCIION.-ThcfO following has been received
- the Secretary OF the Treasury, dated Au-
TOTayilie. Wis, July p, iSs5, and addressed
10 the department MutIlatei Currencv
Washington, ID. {. To the clerk o. the above
Some man on his march % the gIilOwS has
u-eu trying his naud Pl JtffauGing me p
son can readily discover by examining the
enclosed - b.i. Now, ! am school teacher
aui cannot therefore cOnScieHtjOaSIy perform
re maLIpulafions with this stray cn.li Of
t.-e COVE nment which are necessary 10 dis
posing o. = IN the same manner in which
peClIng pos seSs@t OF Il. ! therefore Teturn II
20 Its parental hreSide 10 b. reconstructed
-sfOrt suhject!rg 10 10 the heartless grasp Of
Z mercenaTy republican constituency. Ny
mother law says she viii not take II In
l'stFI ~ ine1t FOR my bOart, since ~ reminds
her too strkingly OF hOTr!d rasget Edges
&Ld AZ that mat implies. ;If you can r.
" tifd me Tor returning this stra yed or stolen
infant, You wll he gracefully reneln ir-re.i
when We are asked to vote again for An In
Gian Commissioner. Very truly Yours etc
"SCHoOL TEACHER"
The name and address of the writer vas
aIleHGed.j
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE
! RI Ill uuge Foreman charged the Jury at
Beaver, l tab, yesterday, III the case OF John
u. Lee, the leader OF tue Mountain Meadow
massacre. An Indian chief, in an interview
stateC that ne was coward and "A liar, ard
lied 10 blame tie mas acre on the indians
when Re secured the aid OF the Indians by an