Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-20
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

washington News and Gossip.
DURING the summer the President will
receive BY card between The hours o. 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 sleo,3l356.
CUSTOMS EECEIPrs-The receipts from
this source to-day We're s5Gi.9i7u.
THE AMOUNT of national bank notes re
eeived for redemption at the Treasury to-day
was S572.22O
TREASURER NEW is expected here durin 9
the present week, when the counting prepar-
atory to the transfer of thc fands from the
custody OF Gen. Spinner will begin.
THE MAY MISUNDERSTANDING BrIsf,w
has issued Instructions to the United States
treasurers throughout the country TO COM
mence paying the May interest without re-
pate TO morrow, the 2isi instant.
RETIRING u. s. RoyDs.-Secretarv Brjs-
tow to-day issued a call for the retirement
of five million additional hve-twenty United
States bonds of the issue OF rS'2, numbered
as follows Coupon bonds of $50 from ID. 4oI
10 IL, 100 inclusive; 800 from 40.00i to A. 2D0
500 from 2oool TO p AGO. 81 coo from 90, 001 10
10,5J0.
A GENERAL CoURT-MARTIAL has been
ordered to convene at Fort Whipple, Va, on
the Goth OF April for the trial OF such persons
as may be brought before it. The detail OF
the court is as follows: lst Lieut.. II. p.
Strong, 4th artillery, acting signal officer;
Isl Lieut.. q. =. Grimes. 2d artillery: lst
Lieut.. e.. T.. KilbOurnc, I'd artillery; ID Iiput
s. G. Veider, 18th infantry; Ri Lieut. Philip
Reade. Bal infantry; list Lieut.. e.. G.. Wocott
Sd artillery, is ordered In act as Judge advo-
cate.
CABINET CHANGEs.-Rumors are again
current Of changes in the Cabinet, this time
with apparently more foundation than IS
usually the ease with such reports. The
statement telegraphed hence last evening
9nd generally accepted by the knowing ones
here, Is to the effect that Mr. Belano will re-
tire from the Department of the Interior at
an early day, in consequence of a request To
That effect from the President, maize ia st
before leaving for tie north last week
The cause for this step is believed to BE- a
general distrust of the manner in which the
AFFAIRS OF that department have been man
aged for some time past although the lmme-
dIate pTOVOcItiOn is stated TO be corrupt
complications or charges of improper con
duct on The part of the son of the Secretary
in connection with certain territorial officers
OF course we do not vouCh for the truth Of
The rumOrS above referred TO. and merely
give them for what they may be worth. with
the remark that they find many believers.
THE I. =. Il. X. CAsE.-The Court of
Claims yesterday afternoon took up the case
of the Union Pacific Railroad company vs..
the United States. This is suit instituted
under the act of March ,, 1873. by wnich law
Congress directed the Secretary of the Urea
SuTy In withhold from the Pacific railroad
ment transportation, but authorized the
companies To bring suits in the Court OF
Claims 10 determine their legal rights on
TINS subject The amount now claimed by
IL NY llA,.f,t IA
The general question involved is whether
the Pacific Railroads are liable 10 the gov
ernment for the Immediate repayment of the
interest advanced by the United States on
their subsidy bonds, or whether the require
ments OF their charters are fulfilled by their
being credited with only 80 per cent. of the
amounts earned for government tranSpOrta-
ton, leaving their remaining Indebtedness
for interest advances, 10 be Inundated when
the subsidy bonds mature.
STATUARY FOR WAsHINGToN-A late
letter from Rome states that Simmons, the
sculptor, is finishing the model for the mar
bic statue OF William King. the first COVER
nor of Maine, which Is Ia he placed in the
ton by the state of Maine. The statue is
clad in the costume of the first decades of the
present century. In high boots and closely
lifting vcStInents, the whole covered with a
long flowing mantle. He holds in his right
hand "A parchment, while Tire left is placed
upon his heart The profile of the face is said
l.
but is gentler and more refined.
Mr.. simmons United States naval monu-
ment is approaching completion in the mar
bic. after four wears of labor. The monument
is to be thirty-fve feet high, and will be
crowned with group representing "Grief'
and History" Below, in front of the pedes-
between the figures OF Mars and Neptune.
AT the back Will be the figure OF Peace with
embiems OF peace and industry.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Lieutenant f. ID. Taus-
sig, from duty connected with the survey OF
the 1sthmuS of Panama. ana 60 Tered To spe-
cial duty, bureau of navigation. Lieutenant
r. w. Very, from duty connected with the
Panama surveying expedition, and ordered
10 temporary duty in the bureau of ord
nance. Lieutenant ii. q. .. Colby. from duty
connected with the Panama sErV eying expa-
@tiou and placed on wa itin@ orders. Lieu
tena~t T.. il. E. LeutZe has reported his re
turn home nom the Panama surveying ex-
pedition. and H. * been ordered to report for
duty at the hydropr,, nbic office Lieutenant
Jas A. Cheslcy, from I.He Kansas and Or
dered 10 the temporary co'HH ana OF lhe
Manhattan at Pensacola, Florida. J.leutoli-
ant Isaac liaZlett. from the command o. the
Manhattan, and ordered to return home and
report arrival. Lieutenant Jas. II. DAYTON;
from the Worcester. and ordered 10 the Naval
Academy. Acting Assistant Surgeon Thos.
Chiola, from duty connected with the survey
OF the l. thlnus OF Panama, and placed on
Waitin" orders.
ONE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE CAN'T
DRAW Two SALARIEs.--A case interesting
To officehol,lers was decided in the Court OF
Claims yesterday. Thomas II. Talbot sued
To recover salary at the rate of 5000 q year
as a clerk in the office Of the Attorney Gen
eral from August Il, 1868, TO Sept Both of the
same year. During that period the claimant
was q clerk in the internal revenue depart
ment, duly appointed, and received his pay
as such. Chief Justice Drake delivered the
opinion, Sayin. the question was controlled
by a proviso in the first section Of the civil
ard diplomatic act of Sept. so, 1850, in the
following words That hereafter the proper
accounting officer of the treasury or other
officers OF the UHited States shall in no case
allow any pay to one individual of the sal
aries of two different offices on account of
having so performed the duties thereof at the
same time" The intention of the act seems