Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-21
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

II v EIN l1NO oil AN.
| Washington News and Gossip.
DURING the summer the President will
receive by card between the hours OF eleven
and two, except on Tuesdays and Fridays,
which being Cabinet days, no one will be
| received except government officials
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from
this source to-day were s2i2, 713.55.
THE RECEIPTS from customs to-day at the
Treasury department were 1911 ,3i5.
GEN. COwEN, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, is still in the dark as to the story
relative to Secretary DelanO's resignation.
THE AMOUNT Of national bank note cur
redemption was s5S2 Si5.
PRESIDENT GRANT and those of his Cabi-
net VINO accompanied him 10 Lexington,
Mass, will arrive in Washington this after
neon on the 40 train.
SECOND LIEUTENANT THEO. SMITH, 18th
United States infantry. has been relieved
from signal duty and ordered 10 rejoin his
regiment.
POSTMASTER GRNERAL JEWELL. was the
first of the Presidents party to return TO his
post in Washington from the Lexington and
Concord celebrations. The remaindar Of the
Presidents party are expected back this eve
ming.
GEN. J. ". BAKER Commissioner of Pan
sion, and Miss Mary Capen. of this city,
were married in New York on Monday last.
They expect TO go in a short time 10 Man
kato. Mimi, which place Will be their future
residence.
PRESIDENTIAL. DINNER PARTY IN NEW
SOHK.-Last evening the President and Mrs
Grant, Secretary and Mrs. Robson. Secre-
tary and Mrs. Fish, Secretary and Mrs.
Belknap, Postmaster General Jewell Mr.
Childs and Colonel Fish, dinet with y. +.
Stewart in New York.
ACCORDING to a report afloat, Attorney
General Williams will resign on or about the
LIST Of July next. II is his intention, the same
report says, 10 establish himself in The prac-
tice OF law In this city. The name Of Judge
Picrrcpont Of New York, is mentioned as his
probable successor.
Col. BURNSIDE, the new disbursing officer
and superintendent OF the Post Office depart
ment, is engaged in DEMONSTRATING, at the
post Office building. Many of the rooms have
been newly carpeted. and wOrkmen are Ell
gagged in fTeScoing the south hall on the first
floor.
ARMY TRANSPORTATION the recommenia-
ton Of the chief of ordnance the following
transfers of officers Of the Ordnance depart
ment have been made: Major A. II. BufHn-
ton, from the indianapolis arsenal, and Or
dcred To the Allegheny arsenal, Pittsbufg
Pa. Major j. w. Todd, from the Detroit
arsenal, and ordered 10 indianapolis.
BAD FOR BARD.-Postmaster General
Jewell has received several petitions, signed
by almost every republican az Atlanta,
Georgia, indorSing his appointment of Con-
ley as postmaster al that point, ana praying
that he Will not reconsider his action and APP
point Bard. Besides these petitions a mum
DER OF letters have been received, warmly
inGorsing COnley's appointment.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Master VIM. Wood has
been detached from the photographic Office
and ordered TO the Minnesota at New York,
Assistant Surgeon J. +. Bransfort and As
sistant PaymaSter Frank II. Clark hav.
reported tlleiT return home from the Panama
surveying expedition, and have been de-
tached from that duty, but 10 remain on
special duty connected with the expedition
until further orders.
THE RuMORED CABINET CHANGEs.-
There is nothing III the situation touch ,ng
changes in the Cabinet since THE STAR
went TO press yesterday, and il is not likely
that there will be until the President and
Tie members who are absent with him re-
turn 10 the city. IL is thought that immc-
diately after that event occurs the runOrs
Will either he confirmed or authoritatvely
cOntradicted.
THE TRowEL BAyoNET.-The Secretary
of War has issued All order directing that
hereafter the trowel bayOnet will habitually
be worn in the scabbard, excepting when it
is required 10 be fixed for use as a weapon.
or when specifically directed 10 be fixed, in
Cpion'S infantry tactics: but this Dayonet
Will under no circumstances be used for in
trcnchinS purposes wneu fixed upon the
rife.
ET0NC
has determined that hereafter he will cause
the proposals for bids for mail contracts To
be published in somewhat abbreviated form.
The descriptions of the routes will he pub
lshed as formerly, but the extracts from
laws relating to postal contracts, which usu-
ally occupy from two 10 four columns of
space, win be omitted. These will. however
be furnished on application 10 the Second
Assistant Postmaster, or 10 the poStm tiers
al the termlni Of each route.
TEE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
ATcr our report Of the proceedings of the
Natiousi Academy OF Science closed yester-
day. Prof T. >SIey continued his remarks on
the second geological survey OF pennsylya-
MIA. When he concluded the academy ad
journed. Prot. Henry, president, called the
academy to order al noon to-day. and re-
qucSted Gen. NJ. G.. MeigS to assume the
chaiTmaDslip, as he Prof II. was cOmpeIl-1
to he absent. Gen. Meigs took the chr AMI
Prof. Barnard president Of rry,umbia Col
leyt, sew IoTK. read The report OF the com
hiilte0 On weights and measures, appointed
- the hast meeting of the academy, recon-
meEdiug the establishment Of a bureau Of
weights and measures. y dissertation on the
geography of the CatSkill mountains, by
Prof Guyot, followed. Prof. =. Newcomb
then read paper entitled Observations of
Contacts in the Transit of Venus and Mer-
curry He was still reading when our report
closed.
The ISLANDER UPON THE NEW TREASC-
REB-A scandalous story, likely i'll its course
10 reach Washington, is in circulation af-
fecting the character of the newly appointeI
United states Treasurer John C.. New, of
Indiana. This. in effect is that, owing Ia
certain Illicit dealings with a woman Of bal
Iepute, he suffered himself to be black-mailed
TO the extent of several hundred dollars ami
after becoming tired of paying certain de-
aarIled oil