Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-08

rency received az the Urea ury department
to-day for redemption aggregated s5ls,G lJ.
The total receipts for the week fo0t up
>j,9I5,5Co.
POsTcTAsTEBS AuFUINTED.-The President
to-day appointed John T. G. bson postmaster
at Huntington, West Virginia, vice w. II.
LrCOks suspended. and Teapponted Charles
i. Jackson as postmaster Al Goshen, n. Y.
CLERICAL APpoISrNExr-M HI Bis
sell, OF Minnesota. mas been appointeda first
class clerk in the appointment Office, Post
Office department, and detailed for duty in
the office of the Attorney General for the de-
partmen- named.
THE TRFAsURY now holds S3-9 $50 400 IN
bOEds To secure national bank circulation.
and ~l6152,-o1 20 secure public deposits. The
national bank circulation outstanding a
-TcgateS >3id. $50 POI, of which amount
-2,4-s'cO are notes issued TO gold banks.
CONDITION or THE NATTONAL BANKs.-
The Controller Of the Currency win call upon
the HatiOna, banks to make u him report
Of their condition a. the close OF business on
TIE 1St instant. The notices and necessary
blanks will be mailed TO the banks on Mon
day next.
NAVAL ORDERs-AssistantS Surgeon LLOYD
B. Baldwin, 10 the naval hospital. Norfolk.
Va. 18th instant; Chief Engineer y. II. A0Ia.
to the Alert. be.acnei-Pds-ei Assistant
pltal: NOGiOik, Va, on the 18th instant, ana
placed on waiting orders
PEEsOSAL.-Gencral y. T. Chapman IS
Low at Susanvillc. California, and expects
10 spend the summer I'm the Sierras. pTop1s-
ing to regain his health by rouzning II i'm
That remote region. where clients and Goa
siituentS are unknown. and trout and deer
are his chef OBJECTS OF delight. Mr.. geo
W. Chl!dS, proprietor Of the PhiigielpIia
LtdGO, Is in town. '"'EN Secretary = JTie
is in town.
n COMMITTEE Of the FIfJh Maryland Regi-
ment yesterday called upon President Grant
and rendered him an escort by the regiment
from Baltimore TO Boston on the occasion OF
the Bunker Hill centennial celebration Tine
President received the delegation with great
cCrdiality, said ne considered the offer Of an
escort by the Fifth high compliment, and
authorized them to convey 10 Colonel 5en-
kirS bis thanks. The Marine band will
accompany the regiment.
THE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS in the army
have been made: Capt. Richard Arnold. 5th
artillery, TO be major 5th artillery, vice Sill
Ney retired. First Lieut.. c. G. MacCOaneu.
9TH tI.leTy, TO be captain, vice Arnold pro
NOTED. Second Lieut.. {. Il Barnett. to bn
First Lieut., vice MaCCOnBcll promoted.
First Lieut. ]. Il. Kelly. 10Th cavalry, ~ b,
captain 10th cavalry, vice Robinson cash
tered. Second Lieut.. c. A. SteImJn. gJu
cavalry, u be first lieutenant 9th cavalry.
vice Starr, deceased.
TIE WORK OF THE PENSION OFFICE
The foIlowinging statement shows the condi-
ton of the Pension Office when Mr.. Atllin-
SO1. the present commits siOncr. took charge
Number Of original claims pending May /
l-1j, -, 90; increase OF invalid claims. 30.
orig nal widows claims, Sj,jii; increase
widows claims, s9'; war of 1872, survivors.
J =; widows, $50; total claims OF all claSsc,
pending May l., $50, s'6'6- an increase OF
LOS IN tie number of pending claims since
July !, lo14. The commissioner intends TO
simplify the work OF this department as
much as possible in order 10 bring il up To
date at the earliest moment. He visited the
SeatOn House, today, where a large portion
of the business Of his Office IL transacted.
aTd made several suggestions looking to the
better performance of the work on hand.
TIE SIOUX INDIAN DELEG ATIoN-Tne
Commissioned Indian Affairs has received
telegram from Agent Saville saying thai
The delegation of Indians, consisting of Red
Cloud. Spotted Tail and other chiefs Of the
Brule-S Sioux, the Ogalalla-SiOuX. the inca
papaS. The SancarX and MiniconjOus, were
unnecessarily delayed at Laramie through
the Influence of four OF five half-breedS, who
want 10 come to Washington as Interpreters.
He asked that orders be sent to Rel Cloud
aHd Little Wound to start for Washington
and proceed al once To Cheyenne. The Com
missioner telegraphed the desired instruc-
ton. and il is presumed that the delegation
left Cheyenne Tor this city this morning.
The delegation OF Cheyenne Indians, consist
ing Of about ten, are supposed TO be already
on the way. the entire delegation, with in
terprCterS, VIII consist of about thirty. Quar-
terS have been provided for them at the IRE
mont House.
SOME ONE HAD BLUNDERED.-m July.
1874, the United States government set up a
claim against the late Symmes Gardner, for
mcTly assistant quartermaster in the army,
for the sum Of 100000. Since the death OF
Mr.. Gardner his vouchers nave been submit
ted 10 the Treasury department, and the
Third Auditor has recently forwarded to the
executors a letter. in which he states that on
q SUPP elemental examination into the ac-
counts of the deceased officer deficit Of only
~j533l has been found, instead Of the large
sum previously claimed. The executors will
at once reimburse the Treasury department.
How 50 great an injustice was done the de-
ceased, does not appear, but the contrast IN
The amounts is striking one.-N T. Rerul&
Like Injustice has been done in other cases.
Shortly after the war an ex-quartermaster
absent from this city was about to be arrested,
by order Of Secretary Stanton, for alleged
failure 10 account for $4,000, when a friend
of the officer, on examination of the accounts
on ME III government Office, discovered that
the amount had been properly accounted for,
and thus saved the officer the annoyance and
disgrace which was about TO be visited on
him.
"GoTT Won HIMMEL, How IS DIS pan
ex-UniOn soldier "a Germany employed as
Waterman in one OF the government depart
ments was recently taken to task by the
iicdu VI the liNlns Wltu
woman 10 whom he was not married, while
he had a wife and children. He acknowl-
edged the charges against him, was sharply
repTimanded, and was told that such gross
violation OF morality would not be per-
United, and he must see TO il that he mended
MS ways. 80, va, viii make him all right
So help me gracious make you no more
troubles, ind / fix dis ting right away
| queek.' His notion of fixing the thing"
( was somewhat peculiar, as the sequel will
| show. Conceivilg the idea that he had in
! cuired the displeasure of the head OF the de-
| Iartment simply because he had not married
/ the woman he was living with, he % went on
| top der City Hall und got a license"
and calling upon clegyman with the
woman, they were made one flesh
! He returned 10 the department, his face
beaming with smile of triumph, and re-
lated his coup defdt, thinking that he had
row fixed de ting" about right. A short
time afterwards he was thunder-struck on
receiving notice of his summary dismissal.
On inquiry as TO the reason he was told that
he was discharged because in addition to
living in adultery with woman he had now
added 10 his offence the crime OF bigamy.
.Gott Won himmel, how is dis" said the
astouished Waterman. "Ol the first time
vas told IL vas wrong for me TO live init a
voman's without marrying her, und now I