Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-29
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, 1852 900 Is customs, s36i, 335.O1.
THE AMOUNT Of national bank note cur
rency received at the Treasury to day for
redemption aggregai AZ Si29,2I0.
THIRTY OR FORTY more discharges in the
Pension Bureau are contemplated on the 1st
pToximo.
REINER c. FELEKANP has been appointed
appraiser OF merchandise at Chicago, Hi
nOis, vice Chas. H Ham, resigned.
VIM. F.. MCRFORD has been appointed
agent for the Indians of the Colorado river
agency, in Arizona, in place of J. A. former.
resigned.
SECRETARY DELANo will probably return
TO Washington to close up his affairs the
latter part of this week or the first part of
next. The statement that he would be here
to-day is incorrect.
JOHN RUSSELL JONES, appointed to sue
Cted Norman b Judd as collector of the port
of Chicago, to day qualified by filing the re
quisite bond with the Secretary of the
Treasury.
A COURT MARTIAL has been convened at
the AnnapoIis Naval Academy to try four
cadets who are accused o. indulging in "haz-
ing" If found guilty they will be dismissed,
that being the penalty prescribed by the act
of Congress.
CAPT. ADAMS, supervising special agent
Of the Treasury department, will arrive in
Washington on the limited express at p. IN
to-day. He will accept the Office of chief
clerk of the Treasury and will probably be
appointed on Monday next to that position.
On THE RAGGED EDGE-The resignation
Of Secretary Delauo seems to have caused a
general stagnation of business in the Interior
department, every one appearing to be on
the - ragged edge" noryously awaiting the
" coming man."
NOT LIKELY.-A prominent official Of the
| Department of the Interior was asked to-
| day il Secretary Delano would return to
Washington before the first prOximO, and
replied that he did not know. A gentleman
present remarked, "Of course not; he was
never here Fhen he was Secretary, and il is
rot at all likely he will come here now that
be is virtually Jtolc'lhs oGicio."
CAS- GOOD A MAN.'-Rev. DR.. Ferris, Dr.
| responding secretary OF the board of missions
of the Reformed church, in a letter upon the
great success of the peace policy" for In
| dians in Arizona, says -" We regret that
| the resignation of Secretary Delano has been
| accepted. We have always and do still re-
| gard him as an unusually capable and honest
| officer Of the government We trust that his
4 SNNNCSSOi " III ON a. Ep''u ~ mail
AN IRREGULAR PRACTICE BROKEN UP
! General Ellis Spear, acting Commissioner of
| Patents, has issued an order prohibiting
| employees, under penalty of dismissal, from
| furnishing copies of official records except
| when ordered through the regular Off tial
| channel The order further says that II is
| III derstOod this practice has grown up partly
| because Of the difficulty in procuring copies
| promptly, by regular order, when required
for immediate use, and that hereafter copies
4 nDp6pt yp1r ba
| made special and filled at once.
| NAVAL ORDERs.-Commander A. r. Yates
has been ordered TO command the receiving
ship Sabine at Portsmouth. n. H., in place
| of Captain John lrviEe, detached from the
| command of that vessel and placed on walt
| ing orders. Commander Fred. r. Smith, or.
| dered to command the Fortune, destlne1 for
| The Pensacola navy yard, and on his arrival
| there 10 regard himself detached from that
| vessel and ordered to report tor duty at that
| yard. Lieutenant John j. Hunker oriered
TO the NJ ichigan. Master William f. Low.
| ordered to the coast survey. Lieutenant Iaf-
| feTSOn r. MOSer, detached from duty con
| nected with the inter oceanic ship canal sur
| vey, and ordered 10 coast survey duty. Mid
| Shipman Chas. w. Deering has reported his
| return home, having been detached from the
| Franklin, European station, and has been
Ordered to examination, preliminary To pro-
| mOtOn. Chlef Engineer Elijah Laws, de-
| tached from the Minnesota and placed Oh
| waiting orders.
FAST MAIL TRAINs-Wby Ne,O York C1a-
| not be AccOnlHlOddied.-The uselessness of
fast mail train leaving New York at 43O u
| m, in addition to the regular fast mail train
| leaving al that hour in the morning, will b.
| readily understood when IL is stated that the
regular mail train which leaves New York
for ST. Louis and intermediate points every
| afternoon reaches st Louis at O'Clock in
| Inc morning, in ample time TO accommodate
every body; while fast mail train would
| reach there at a. ma time when most
| people are still in bed. The gain OF two hours
| In time, IL will thus be seen. would be of no
| advan age TO st. Louis, as the mail would not
be distributed any earlier than IL is 1T present
Besides this, the train would pass through a
country stretching several hundred miles i'm
the night time, and too late to accommodate
the people living along the line. The fast
mani train leaving New York in the morning
distributes as far AZ Pittsburg by daylight
and In time for the people living along the
| line 10 get their mails the same day. A fast
mail train west from New York at nj ght.
therefore, would not serve the purpose for
| which the morning fast train was nut on
VIZ: 10 Accommodate not only the people re-
slGing at the termini OF the route, bat those
| residing at intermediate points.
| PERSoNAL.-Mr. c. S. Moves has returned
from the North, much improved in health
$50 Mr.. Bangs, general superintendent of the
railway mail service, has returned TO the
| city, and was at his desk this morning ....
The families OF Secretary Bristow and At
iOrney General Pierrepont arrived in New
York yesterday from Europe ....Genertl
| Mytr, OF the signal service, was in Chicago
| on Monday. ''.'EX-AttOrney General Black
| OF Pt nnsy lvania, and Representative Hoge
| OF - nth Carolina, are at the Ebbitt House
| THE general health of Edwin Booth con
| t1nues 10 improve, but his broken arm is
| paralyZed, ard Is devoid of sensation and
| muscular action. 1t is doubtful whether he
| VIII ever recover the foil use of II. but in any
| event III Is thought that some of his early en-
| gagements will have to be Cancelled -.
| Representative j. A. Hubbell, who served on
the last District investigating committee,
ana VINO was reelected TO represent the min tn
Gays. '.''Sixth Auditor McGrew leaves for
| Ohlo tomorrow, and will remain until after
Ine eiecuon. During his stay he will take
| an active part In the canvass and will proh-
ably speak at number OF points in the
| state. ~
| The INTERIOR SECRETARYsHIP.-It is
understood this morning that ex-Represen-
| tative Armstrong, OF Pennsylvania has