Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-22
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Inter.
mai revenue, sl73 ,3s3 %; customs, SOS o9L. A


LIsuT. Col. GroRGs P. BUELL., 18th To-
Isntry, has been relieved from court no atrial
duty and ordered 10 join his regimdnt.
SECRETARY CHANDLER leaves this even
ihg Tor New York, on business connected
win the National Republican Committes.
He will return In about q week.
CAPTAIN DAVID 9. GORDON, 81 cavalry,
has been ordered To report to the superinten-
dent OF the mounted recruiting service for
temporary duty.
FOR SIGNAL SERvICE--1st Lieut.. Thomas
II. Barber, 1st artillery; ID Lieut.. Frank g
Riee, Isl artillery, and I'd Lieut.. Charles A.
Tingle, 2i artillery, have been ordered t.
re- or for duty 10 the chief signal Oh Ger OF
the army.
THE COMMISSION TO negotiate with the
sioux Indians in regard TO the cessioa of the
Black Hills meet at o naha on Monday next.
Mr.. George Manypenpy, OF Ohio. formerly
commissioned of Indian sfiairs, will pro5i-
Oily be chosen chairman OF the commission.
THE AZ PER CENT. LoAN.-Up to O'Clock
to- day no negotiation had been made WITH
the bankers, who are anxious to place the
new ~ per cent loan. Those who bid for
the Same We're In consultation when the de-
parfment closed, and II Is quite probable
that some adjustment Will be reached To-
night.
EXAMINArIoy OF MILITARY CADETS
By direction of the Secretary OF War, q
board, to consist Of Surgeons b. j. ID. Irwin
and Is. +. Fryer, has been ordered to as
semble at West Point, N. Y, on the 2ith
ms tant, to examine into the physical quail
ncatlons or eucn persons Is may be brou ght
before II for admission to the academy.
TIE PROGRAMME OF MUSIC for the con-
cert In the Smithsonian grounds tomorrow
afternoon, by the Marine Band, Prof. l..
Sthneider, leader, IL as fOllows-1. National
ar; z. March, Centennial, Warren; Over
,1se, Poet and Peasant, Suppe; 4. Poke,
pourTf, American airs, Ringlsben; 6. Waltz,
p-ria, Labitzki; Z. Fantasia, Bsrbe Blue,
OF noaeh; s. Song, Helen, air by Schueider;
y Quadrllle dl Creole, Brunei; 10. National
air.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE for three months, to
take effect on their being relieved from the
Z. 5. military academy, have been granted
second Lieutenant A. s. Bacon, LIST artille-
~, Second Lieutenant c. N. BoassteeI, 2lst
infantry; and Second Lieutenant John Pit
cher, LIST cavalry. The leaves OF absence
BERT, I'd infantry, and Post Chaplain George
RYAN Wyck have been ext ended one mouth.
Inc leave Of SeeoId Lieutenant T. T. P3tter.
500, lito niantry, has been extended TWEEN
~ days.
PERSONALS Simon Wolf, ESQ, of this
city, goes 10 Indiana to morrow ON q three
Weei campaigning tour. The item In
n gard to DR.. yelling in yesterdays perso-
nsl paragraphs should nave read .iDr Wei
Ing and daughter" instead of "Dr. yelling
ana vile" 1.-The veteran Journalist, Bs1.
Perley Poore. is stu Ia the city engaged o1
snd viii not leavefo- a week or tvs. -,
Rsnari.,h Rogers, the sculptor, Is az TIE Ar
NngtOn. -
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B. Hon as senior aid to the command ant a.
tie navy ard, League Island, Pa; Ensign
Frank 8: Eotchkin TO the vandalia, at New
York; Mtoshipmen Francis II. Sherman,
Edward NJ. KatZ, VIM. L Varnum, George
Z korIs, fe1 ia5 nj TTaPPan. Henry 7: Mayo,
Asiatic station, per steamer 18th September
hon San Francisco. Cal; Chaplatn y. II.
L: cut w. ii. Reeder has been detached frono
Sufy as senior Aid to the conamandsnt at
League Island, Pa, bat to continue on other
duty; aStisg Assistant ant, surgeon + J. Perry
Fla, and placed on waiting orders.
THE R.vESUE CoNsoLIDATIoNs.-Se
eral protests have been made to the Internal
Revenue Commissioner from parties relieved
Of their offices by the recent consolidation OF
al revenue districts. Friends OF par
ties who are thus relieved are endeavortng
their friends. The Representative In Con.
gress from the Rochester district has applied
70 the Commissioner for the retention OF
cent change, and VIII argue the matter BIS
fore the Commissioner this evening. The
Commissioner says no other changes viii be
the PrssiGsnI Dr.. J. ]. Mo RP Sas been rs s
tanned a. collector In the consolidated 9Th
aud 1th districts Of North Carolina. The
change In Georgia consists In the consOlida-
ton OF the LIST and Sd districts, McClaws
being retained as collector, thus relieving
Fsnnon, who was retained In the original
order; and also The consolidation OF the I'd
AID Attn districts, with Andrew Clarke as
collector. In the original order Alabama
was consolidated into single district, but
change has been made, and the state IL dl-
yideo into two districts. the collectors re-
tanned being Mayer, of Mobile, and Barker,
OF Selma Edward j. Merrill was appoint
has % sna ihs R
Inns, who Is brother Of Elk Com missioner
Rollins, Is retained.
HIGH OLD ECoSoMY-For the first time
In the history OF mail transportation 10 this
cour try Congress, at Its last session, sepa-
rated the appropriations for inland mail
transportation, SO as To provide an a2prO-
pristion for the service by railroad separate
and apart from that on other routes. For
star service, which is service Of all kinds
except that performed by railroads, an
ample Appropriation was provided, out
i. was very meGger for railroad SER
vice. A case Showing the folly OF
this separation has just arisen tn the
Post Office department. Tue appropri alton
of 81 ,9Oo 900 for railroad service was found to
be sbs orbed within q few thouss and dollars
by the cost of that kind OF service at the
close of the last fiscal year. The Postmaster
General IL therefore unable TO order any SER
vice on new railroads. Application was
made to-day by the Southern Pacific rail-
road for an order to carry the mails on
an extension between Caliente and An
drews' station, which would cost about
$4,000. The mails are now carried by Q
star route at q cost OF nearly $1,000. By
transfer from the star route 70 the railroad 8
saving or about 81, 900 could be accom-
plished, but there II no money to Be paid for
the railroad service, while there 10 an ample
appropriation 70 pay for the other, and con-
sequently the transfer cannot be made With
out violation OF law. This is an excellent
ulustIauon Of The economical policy OF the
last Congress.