Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-26
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
THE RECEIPTS today were, from internal
/ rev enue. S25d.e3G; from customs, S55s,csI.
NATIoHAL BANK NOTES received At the
Treasury today for redemption, s;53.9i7.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT of the 5-Gj District
Columbia bonds issued TO date foo;s up
SS4ll.25G.
THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT will tax
part in the exhibition OF 1870 to be HELM
| Philadelphia.
ATTORNEY GENERAL PTERREPONT has
| is>uel a circular mat: Hereafter. the prac-
tice Of the district attorneys of employing
SUBSTITUTES must be discontinued, and 70
| compensation tor such services rendered IN
this department VIII be sanctioned"
BUNKER HILL.-Secratary Bristow. Post
master General Jewell, and Secretary D.
lano, of the Cabinet; the Haytfen Minister.
| General w. T. Sherman. Governor Ingersoll.
| oil connecticut; Governor Dingley. OF Maine.
| ana Admiral Rowan, United States navy.
have accepted invitations to attend the BAN
| ker Hill centennial celebration.
DISPATCH MAIL FROM NEW YoRK-The
| Post Office department is anxious to arrange
for an early dispatch mail from New YORK
| which shall leave that city ut precisely !
O'Clock and arrive at PhlIadephia att a. m
| The railroad authorities are willing To ma Ike
| such special arrangement if the govern
| ment VIII nay for the service. The depart
ment now has the matter under considera-
| ton.
THE BLACK HILLS.-Gov. John L. Pen
rington, Delegate Jefferson p. Kidder. and
| Wn. II. III. Headle-all OF Dakota-who have
been commissioned by the people OF their
territory TO come 10 Washington and confer
| with the Secretary OF the Interior and Others
united in letter to the Secretary, i'm which
| they pray that the treaty of iS6S with the
| Sioux may be modified so as to Oman the
| country to settlement.
INCREASE OF THE FREE DELIVERY SER
| VICE IN NEW YoRK.-The Postmaster Gene
raj has made and order Increasing the daily
| delivery trips by letter carrier from five TO
| seven at all the principal stations in New
York city. The collections VIII remain the
same as at present, twelve. For this pur-
| pose he has allowed Po~ tmaSter James forty
| five additional carriers At 800 each with the
| understanding that promotions in the regular
| force are 10 he made from the list OF auxiliary
carriers. The order takes effect June LIST.
THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION of cadet
| midShipmen Will commence at the Naval
| Academy on the I0th of June and Will close
about the goth. after which the ccraIuafino
claSS'wili be granted n leave of absence pre-
paTatOry To being ordered To duty. The other
classes will go on tire usual cruise on the
| Constellation. The graduating class this
year numbers %. There are about - candi-
dates for admission 10 the academy; their ey-
animation Will begin about the 2lSt OF June
and VIII close about the end of the month.
THE STORY CONFINES TO TRAVEL through
| the newspapers that Red Cloud and Spotted
| Tail have left the Washington house and
| gone back 10 the quarters assigned them by
the Commissioner The two chiefs named
| have not quartered at the Washington house
az all during their PIE .ent visit, and ConSe-
quentIy did not ''gO back" to the fremont
house. THE STAR printed the facts AT the
time, giving the names of the SecederS. which
| did not embrace either Red Cloud or Spotted
| Tail
SUIT AGAINST A PAYMASrER'S BOND
United States District Attorney Bliss mas
begun suit in the United States district
court against the official bond of James s
Giraud, q deceased navy paymaSoeF. to re-
cover $50 900. 1t is charged that Mr. Giraud
was so 900 short in his accounts with the
gov rnment. but ia suing the bond, recovery
cannot be had for more than the amount of
| Inc bond, which was $4,000; the suit for
SsIIth, double the amount of the bond, being
a mere form or custom. Tine Sureties o. the
bond are MesSrs. Jos. L. savage ana ChaS.
ii. Rdymond.-N. Y. Ii"ics, 2jth
MORE MAIL CONTR ACTS ANNULLED.-
The Postmaster General has issued an orie
declaring null and void the contract of VIM.
{. 1ddings, male in December last. for car
-.
Viii, Wyoming; I2,ll9, Idaho: aud Il I6g
Oregon, for the reason that the proposals of
lddlnss for said service were fraudulent and
vicious. The Postmaster General further
orders that the contracts for the routes
named be given to the respective bidders
thereon whose proposals are the next lowest
IN amount to the proposals rejected. He has
also issued an order annulling the contracts
| fol SIX routes in Minnesota aud twenty four
III Iowa. awarded TO NJ. V. Nichols, on the
ground that the proposals for these routes
NlcHOiS "A
have the true and bona pie certificate of a
postmaster OF the approval OF tine bonds, and
sufiicIency of the SuretieS therein, accOmpa-
nylnS each of said proposals, as the law re-
CURED and they falsely appeared To have.
THE CASE OF THE CINCINNATI LOTTERY
DEALER, SINE.-The Postmaster General
has received from Moulton, Johnson x
Blmm, attorney sfor l.: D. Sine of Cinciu-
natl. a communication cOuched in the usual
legal phrase To the effect that they have OBJ
tanned temporary restraining order from
the superior court of Cincinnati prohibiting
The postmaster of that city from fully obey
ing The late order Of the Postmaster General
directing him tOnOt to deliVer TO Sine vino il
lottery agent or dealer, any money orders
OF registered letters, but TO return the same
ulrecuy 10 me poStmaSterS at the Offices
where they were originally mailed with the
Word"fTaudulent'pla inlywTitten or stamped
lneleon. The attorneys OF Sine claim that
the law Of Congress under which the POST
master Genera ISSUED his order is uncOlsti-
dtiti LtlAbs LlIc Oh
the Postmaster General ''coufiScateS pr Yate
property without due process Of law" In
closing, they say that they have formally
demanded Sine's letters from the postmaster
at Cincinnati, and that they renew the de-
mand on the department, intimating that
they viii hold the postmaster of Cincinnati
and the Post Office department responsible
for any damages which may accrue. Ii should
have been stated that they charge the post
master with opening and rfiing letters adj
dressed 10 Sine. This the postmaster denies
M 9 inv w .f..rI..
letter and spirit OF the order of the Postmas-
ter General, which, ii may be stated. is
strictly IN accordance with the provisions OF
a law of Congress.
CHA PINK-PA-LU-TA, OR RED BUDS De-
voTIoN TO HER DUSKY MATE.-Cha-pink-
pa-lu-ta, or ''Red Bud" the only woman
accompanying the Sioux delegation is rather
comedy in appearance and is about twenty
five years of age. She is the wife of Bad
Wound TO whom she is very much attached
as the following incident will show. The
Indian agents were restricted in the number
OF chiefs they were to bring to Washington,