Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-04

nal revenue, 1858 ,s0s.7I; customs, 1886 ,02o.42
SECRETARY RoBEsoN returned to the city
yesterday.
SENATOR ROBERTSON, of South Carolina,
bought the first bond issued of the new Ak
per cents. 1t was OF the denomination Of
5000, and he paid for IL 81, 057 so In gold.
WE DON'T MAN TO give Fitzhugh q free
puff, but when "biger man than old Grant
drops to a claim agent, 1t is to be inferred
that he has lost a little of his altitude.
IT ISN'T SETTLED but that Mullett may
yet be Supervising Architect Of the Treasury
department. His friends say that HilIs APP
pointment is only temporary.
Mr. GRO. w. WAITE, postal clerk, of this
city, who was injured In the collision near
Harper's Ferry yesterday, had no bones
broken, although he received severe injuries
about about The left hip and leg His hand was
not believed his injuries are dangerous.
DEPUTY CONTROLLER WIN. HEMpHILL
JONES TO day relinquished the duties of an
office he has held for twenty eight years.
Judge Jonathan Tarbell, his successor, had
not put in an appearance at IL O'Clock, al
though Mr.. Jones was expecting him and
was anxious to induct him into his new du.
ties and introduce him to the employees, and
then vamose.
Mr.. JOHN BURKE, late agent for the In.
dams at the Standing Rock agency, asserts
that XIII Eagle, to whom he is said to have
issued rations, has always been friendly to
the whites, and that when he found himself
by force OF circumstances with Sitting Bulbs
but was discovered and forced to remain
with the hostile Sioux.
PERsoNAL.-The official axe is striking In
every direction, and q young son OF Lieut..
Governor Baker, of Indiana. who was q
clerk in the Treasury, has resigned to escape
possible discharge. His father Is q staunch
republican, but the young man concluded to
go rather than to Inn perfume his father to In
terfere TO save him. 49, Gen. Charles III.
Sargent, who went to New Albany, Indiana,
with the funeral escort OF Speaker Kerr, has
returned TO the city.
Mr.. EDMOND MALLKr, Of Oswego, N. Y.
but for several years past clerk in the
Sixth Auditors Office, left this city to day
for the Tulalip Indian Agency, in Washing
sg9nt. He was also appointed to the Stand
Ing Rock Agency in Dakota, but having ex-
perienced difficulties In procuring bondsmen
for the large amount required at that place
he qualified at the least important OF the
two agencies. Major Mallett has an excel
lent war record, and was greatly respected
here.
THE POSTAL RAILWAY CONFESSIONAL
the second session OF the postal railway COM
mission in Philadelphia, Saturday, state
ments were made by President Hinckley, of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baiti-
more, and President F. b. Gowen, OF the
Philadelphia and Reading railroads. Tney
showed that the tariff charged and received
by their companies for passengers and ordi-
nary freight exceeded the prices now allowed
for mail transportation. To day the COM
mission inquire into the question OF mail
service IN It's relations To commerce, and the
Philadelphia Chamber OF Commerce and
BOARD of Trade will hold conference With
the members.
The WAR DEPARTMENT GUILL0TrNE
AT WoRK.-One hundred and twenty-four
clerks out Of the eight hundred employed In
the War department and its various bureaus
were discharged Saturday.
The several bureaus OF the War depart
ment to-day served the notices OF dismissal
10 the employees TO be droppe1. The notifies
tion does lot embody any useless words. 1t
H., y 10 me iorm OF PRINTED plank, signed oy
that he or she Is discharged and granted
leave, with pay, until the 10th proximo. In
the Paymasler Generals Office the lightning
struck Hanson, the chief clerk, and DR.. Ed
wards, q fourth class clerk, who has long
been In the Office Walter Cadman, q third
class clerk. and thirteen first and second
all those removed from the Paymaster Gene
ral's ofnce were democrats.
An INDIAN AGENT STANDARDIZATION.
Sherman received q dispatch from Gen.
Sheridan Saturday announcing that Indian
Agent Burke, at Standing Rock, had been
suspended by Col Cariin. 1t In believed that
Burke had q secret interview with Kill
Eagle, one of the hostile chiefs, and subse
quently issued go head OF cattle, most oil
which, 1t Is suspected, has gone To the hos
tile camps. Gen. Sheridan remarks: awe
do not want TO do any thing unpleasant in any
way 70 the Secretary OF the Interior or TO the
think IL would be best for all concerned that
army officers should perform the duties at
agencies until this trouble Is over. Col. Car
lin has put Capt. r. e. Johnson In charge oil
the agency AT Little Rock until the new
agent arrives" Gen. Sherman replies that
the utmost harmony exists between the War
and Interior departments, that new agent
has been appointed, and that In the mean
time Col. Carlin must control all issues from
the agency.
SOMETHING IN A NAME, SHAKsPEARI
TO THE CoNTRARY.-There Ia Q Mrs. John.
SON In the Treasury department. Last veal
there was employed in the same division Of
the department q Mrs. Johnston. Subse
quenty Johnston, with "t," was dis
charged. When the wholesale discharge wa
he directed, among the others, that Mrs
johnson be decapttated. A notice was pre-
pared for her. but by some stupid blunder II
JOHNSTON, although mailed to the residence
~ Mrs. Johnson. 1t was intended for tue
johnson who received il, Dut she paid no at
tenfion to the notice, and continued to exer-
else the duties OF her ONCE, whereat the OH
ctals wondered and wisely concluding thai
she was not giving her time eratuitously To
the government, suggested TO her tn 1t she
had been "Oounced-" "On, no." said she
"you have made a mistake. ! did receive q
notice but did not open II, a. IL was not fol
me. do not spell my name with "t." The
officer inquired into the matter and discOv.
cred they had made q mistake, AMI conclud-
ed about the best thing TO do was to allow
The one bearing the name OF the deceased ex-
FOUNDER OF the Constitution to remain where
| she was-for the present, At least.
CENTENNIAL NoTEs.-The number of cash
admissions to the centennial exhibition on
Saturday was 6s373. Among the visitors
| were ex-Secretary Bristow and family. The
| formal opening OF the live stock display viii
| take place To- day. At 10x q. m. and d. M
| all the horses win be paraded. A concert
| was given In the main building on Saturday
by the Schumacher piano com pany, which
| was participated In By Mile Caterina Lami,
| OF The Italian opera; Geo. A. Comley, basso;
Mr.. FCfthcott, cornet solo, and A. r. Gose
| pianist. Hon. Eliwood Evans delivered On
| address on Washington Territory and its re-
sources In the Pacific Coast hall Saturday
evening.