Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-08
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
THE RECEIPTS to-day were, from internal
revenue, 500 1871; from customs, s26i 2l0.1O.
THE AMOUNT of national bank note cur
| rency received at the Treasury to-day for
redemption aggregated S5G0Go0
SECRETARY FISH will leave with his fam
lily for his residence on the Hudson during
the Pr, sent week.
ATT oRNEY GENERAL PIEREEPoNr re-
turI ed 10 Washington from New York this
morning.
OFFICIAL RFCoGNITION.-The President
has recognized Julius Weber, vice consu! of
Russia for the port of Mobile, Ala.
CENTENNIAL.-Richard NJ Nelson. of Ala
hama, has been appointed by the President
10 be a commissioner To the centennial cele-
bration at Philadelphia.
Mr.. A. Fl. BROWN, q fourth-class clerk i'm
the contract office, Post Office department.
has rendered his resignation, to take effect
July |, and il has been accepted by the Post
master General.
GEN. ORD, commanding the department Of
Texas, arrived here yesterday morning and
left in the evening for the naval academy. at
Annapolis, he having been appointed mem
Der OF the board of visitors, to attend the an
nual examination of the cadet midshipmen
at that place.
BIDS are being opened at the Navy depart
ment to-day 10 furnish for the fiscal year
ending June 30th, 1876, the necessary lumber
required for the use of the navy for that ne
ROD. n large number of bidders are i'm Al
tendance. The award Will not he ma lie for
several days.
CHANGE of Secretary Bris-
tow has moved his headquarters in the Trea-
sury from the west side to the south front of
the building. Assistant Secretary Conaut
and Chief Clerk Avery Will move their office
effects tonight, and locate i'm a room on the
same side tomorrow.
DELINoUENT MAIL CONTRACT BIDDERS
Under the advertisements OF October and
December last, inviting proposals for carry
ing the mails i'm the south and west hera are
some lj3 routes where the contracts were
made out and sent 20 the lowest bidder FOR
signature, hat which were not returned To
tie Post Office department prior To the 1St O
June, a. required by law, and a new award
has been made, and contracts are now being
sent To the next lowest bidders for execution
and return TO the office.
NAVAL GAzETTE-Maior George \. Cor
don, 9Th cavalry, has been detailc as a mem
Der OF the board To examine and report upon
model cavalry cart, vice CAPTAIN w III
Brown, 9TH cavalry, deceased. Major James
+. Martin, assistant adjutant general, has
been relieved from duty in the adiutant gen
erals office in this city and ordered TO report
in person TO the commanding officer depart-
ment of Arizona for duty at the heatquarters
OF that department.
THE REPORTED HITCH IN THE New
YORK MAIL SERVICE.-The Postmaster
General has received no official information
from President Hinckiey, of the p. w. ana
b. railroad in regard To prohibiting pOstaI
cars from passing over his rOaI attached 10
limited express trains, and of course does not
lrOrOsc 10 90 anything until the matter i
brought To his attention officially, either by
Hlnckley or scott. As he leaves tonight fol
Two weeks tour OF the west the matter VIII
HTohSpiy he left in statu quo until his return.
Ibe New \ Ork mail did not arrive until 80
O'Clock last night, an hour late: than usual
and i il therefore inferred that Mr. HinckIav
has taken the course above referred to.
y PENSION BOARD OF APPEAL Az
POINTED.-C commissioner Atkinson. OF the
Pension Bureau. has appointed the follow
ing BOARD o. appeal:-JOScph Jockey, deputy
commissioner. chairman: J. j. PenirnalI
george living. J.. NJ. Dawson, j. b. J. RYAN
anu Or. y. +. Graham as medical adviser.
1 ne duties Of the board Will be 10 carefully.
review all claims rejected. TO consider ana
DECIDE upon all cases submitted To them
wherein q difference of opinion exists be
tween The examiners and reviewers: and 10
CONSIDER such other na;tcr~ as may from
INN" 10 lime y" referred 10 them by the Com
missioner. The action taken by the hoard
viii IN ali cases be subject to the aDprOval OF
The Commissioner.
SEIZURES OF ILLICIT STILLS IN SOUTH
CABOLINA.-La>tA April, l.. CaSs Carpenter.
collector of internal revenue in the Columbia
-. g district, applied TO Commissioner
boUGIasS Tor the use Of troops in making ar
re>t> and seizures of Illicit distiling estab-
hSHmentS. Carpenters request was refused
aS IL seemed al the time. very properly The
Columbia newspapers iuSt received STATE
tgrDEIfGT a m N ~,
consisting of one deputy collector. one dep-
MY marshal and ten soldiers. and has can
tUred seven stills. large quantity of whisky
anu hve prisoners. -Four of them were held
To bail FOR appearance at the next term of
court. ana one escaped. The mountain sec
tons OF the state give shelter to numerous
small >liliS. and the aggregate product ION OF
bad whisky which pays no tax is undoubt
rdly very cons ideTable.
ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE MAIL
CONTRACT FRAUDS.-A few days since a
clerk in the Sixth Auditors office was re-
moved for The reason that ne had made use
OF an Official circular OF the Post Office de-
pdiDltBt IN an cuQedvOT to secure "A pass
nom The tunart Steamship Company The
Postmaster General also had reason TO
believe that he aided Kinds. Kiitle and
others IN securing fraudulent mail contracts
mere was ar the time no conclusive evidence
or his completely, bat II was well known
jhat re had been and was on terms of in
'lHaCN with the contractors i'm question
On INVESTIGATING his work. however. n ao-
% ar mat just prior 20 the opening OF bids in
March last he suspended The powers of AT
iorIey given by certain bidders which he |
Had no ll@ht 10 90. in order that their bids
should Eot be put in against those of persons |
who teslIei tOobtaln contracts fraudjIleatIy |
\ NEW THEORY 0F The ~ 800 TREA- |
sUhY RoBBERY.--In ISL package ol |
o50CCO was stolen from the City National |
bank ii New Orleans, and was never ac- /
'G'lnted Tor until few months afterwards
noted thief was arrested for some offence,
convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary
~ Nashville, After conviction ne made q |
general confess ion. duplicating himself in
the celebrated SCOOTER diamond robbery at
New Orleans, and confessed 10 king the
$4,000 package above mentioned by meas
of fire wire with a steel hook at TIE end
passed over the screens nj q time when the
ca hier Was within less than fs..n foot % L.