Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-20

the Treasury to-day for redemption asgre-
| gated S539,r
SECRETARY OF WAR BELKNAP, General
Marcy, and General VIM. Myers arrived at
Salt Lake City last evening, on their way to
tie Yellow Stone and upper Missouri.
THE internal revenue bureau has received
information of the death by drowning at
Portsmouth. n. H., on the 10th inst, OF VIM.
+. Sargent, an inter- al revenue storekeeper
PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.-The President
has signed the commission OF Rudolphus
Hubbard, postmaster at McGregor. Iowa
He has also rec nIzed LUIS CaSavaI consul
Of Spain at Portland. Me.
REVENUE APFoISraENTs MADE TO-DAY
GaugeIs-W. u. Coulter, j. O. ChurchhiII
Lewis o. Martin. S'OTeke epers-J. B. Wolfe.
Hugh Fischer; al in the first district Of
Missouri.
APPOINTMENTS IN THE POST OFFICE DE-
PARTMENT--Wm.S maE, of Washington,
ID. C.. has been appointed a special agent o.
The Post Office department on money or Ter
BUSINESS. at salary 81 ~ coo peranuUn and
per diem of -. Charles y Lang has been
appointed first class clerk i'm the same de-
ar ment, ard j. Fl. Whitaker has been
promoted from third TO foUEtn-clasS clerk,
same department.
y EERDER KILLED By HOSTILE SIorrx.
a letter TO the Indian bureau from the New
Crow assTc says that on Jaly Il a holy OF
thirty Sioux attacked a camp OF wool ghOD-
J er> and teamSterS near the mouth OF the
Saltwater, and afterwards wayIaid and
led her Ter belonging To the camp. The
"a derS suddenly dCcamled. leaving behind
them several tent covers made Of -four bagS
which plainly indicated that they belong to
OSe rowing bands of Sioux who have been
In The habit of visiting the various agencies
and receiving government supplies.
INVESTIGATION OF THE MARSH CHARGES.
TIE special commission composed Of MeSSrs.
Faulkner Of West Virginia. Harris of Mas
SacEusettS, and Fletcher Of MiSsOuriD ap
pointed 10 investigate Professor MarSli'S
tle fujl avenue .Otely New YORK. ycster-
day, and organized by electing Gov. Fletcher
Chairman. Prof Mar n and Indian C3nm's-
siOuer Smith appeared before the commits
sion, but no BUSINESS was transacted. Tua
Investigation Will take place ut the Ri
Cloud agency, and the commission will soon
set 10 work.
MOVEMENTS OF L. s. NAVAL VESSELS
The Lancaster has been ordered out Of com
mission at Portsmouth, n. IL. As soon as
the health authorities will allow the crew to
60 Oh shore they will be paid of and dis
G. aTCct. The POThatan arrived at New
York on Tie 18th instant from Panama,
bringing Capt. Calhoun. Is OFFICERS and Ia
men from the Omaha. The exchange OF Off
Gers and crew Of the Omaha took place on
q eth Of July at Panama. TIE men who
III.
HE Tow hatan Is ordered on cruise east as
FAR rs Portland. for the benefit of the health
Cf the ships company.
TIE SIOUX NEGOTIATIoNs.-Rev.S s. ID.
Human, chairman of the sub commission
II negotiate with the Sioux Indians, tele-
grGrlS TO the Commissioner OF Indian AT
airs from Red Cloud agency July Is, as fol-
lows: 1--WE met the BruleS and Ogallallas in
council to-day. They desire the gen eral
council to be held at ShadrOn creek, midway
between Cloud and Spotted faiI agen-
c.es, on Septe mber ], and positively refused
70 20 To the Missouri river. They will aid in
bringing in the Northern Sioux and Caey-
eFnos. We have agreed TO the place and time
dt SIC mated by them subject TO Your apprO-
val. We leave for Cheyenne agency to-nOr-
row"
PERSONAL. Rev. George W. Samson
formerly president of Columbian University,
Is in town spending a few DAYS with his son,
T q. W. Samson. j.. -..- Among the guests
OF the Ocean House, at Newport, are Col.
Robert j. ST pbenS clerk of the House of
Representatives Committee on ApprOpria-
tionS; Sam Ward, the liking of the lobby
Ex Gov. McCook, o. Colorado; Geo. III. But
60 Francis Train: ...- Ar. and Mrs. ID. K.
~ X e, a ty. wLo are spending the
Summer in California, have lately heen
II, son of President Grant. e-rived al New
OK yesterday on the steane. CIty OF By
I'M from Liverpool.
THE WHISKY RING FRAUDs.-Tbe Ser
tary Of the Treasury has not been advised OF
the indictment by the St Louis grand jury OF
VIM. .. Avery, chief clerk OF the Treasury
department., for alleged cC-nplicity in the
whisky frauds lie is, however, in receipt
ui intelligence that the grand Jury is abol'
70 a jOuTn, and IL seems strange to him that.
| II action has beer taken in the case of Avery
as represented in telecTaTns to newspapers.
he has not been officially appraised OF it, IL
this connection IL is proper 10 state that no
charge OF any nature has been filed against
Col y. Ii. Holt, chief clerk OF the Internal
Revenue bureau, and further that he now
enjoy as he always has, the fullest conf
Der c. Of Commissioner Pratt and Secretary
BriStCw.
a Coon RULE Per N PRACrICE-Under
the recent law OF Congress bidders for mail
routes, where the compensation exceeds
5000, are required TO deposit certified
chtCk equal III amount To five per cent OF
Tie last contract price, and in event OF the
successful bidder falling to put the service
~ operation the check Is forfeited to the gov
eminent. Tue first instance in which checks
have been forfeited has recently occurred, IL
being the case Of Matthew Draper. whose
T. iGTe 20 carry the mails between Nicks-
burg ana New Orleans has been the subject
o. mention in the newspapers recently The
! checks have been withdrawn from the safe
Were sUch securities are kept, and win be
| forwarded to the Merchants National Bank
4 at Fort Scott, Kansas, on which they are
| drawn, for collection.
NAVAL ORDERS Lieutenant Commander
Phillip II. Cooper, ordered To Newport, r. l.
| FOR TORPEDO instruction.; Assistant Surgeon
| Robert Whiting, to the receiving ship Poto-
| mac, Philadelphia; Assistant Surgeon Chas
y. Siegfried. detached from the Richmond
South Pacific station, and ordered TO return
home and report arrival; Assistant Surgeon
r {. Parsons. from the stOreship Onward
South Pacific station, and ordered TO return
| home ard report arrival; Assistant Surgeon
| y. 4. Heffinger, from the receiving ship Sa-
bi-e, apd ordered TO the stOreship Onward
AT Callao. per steamer of the 3Oth instant
from New York; Assistant Surgeon Howard
r.. AmeS, from the receiving ship Potomac
and ordered TO the Richmond, South Pacific
station. per steamer of 3Oth Instant from New
| York; Assistant Engineer H ". Stevenson,
| nom the Swatara, and placed on waiting
| orCers.
| THE CASE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY
| FIsHER.-On Saturday last Attorney Gen.
4 eTal PierreI ont received a personal note
\ signed by President Grant al Long Branch,
i requesting him for the present To revoke the
Il OrGeT OF removal in the ~ IuIUa