Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-03

nal revenue, $40 ,1sI4i; customs, S3ss. O32 O2
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY denies that
Re has any intention of resigning his posi-
tion when Congress assemblies as has been
req rted.
SENATOR MoRToN.-Second Assistant
Postmaster General Brady this morning re-
ceiv'd a dispatch to the effect that Senator
Merton rested well last mig ht, and is still i'm
proving.
A BOGUS BoND.-Upon the investigation
made by special agent OF the Post Ofic :
department Ii is found thai the bond of the
postmaster at Baton Rouge, La is fictitious
Inc postmaster and the u. S. commissioned
who certified 10 the bond have been arrested
ana new postmaster appointed.
MOVEMENTS OF U. 8. VESSELS The Tai
lapoosa left the New York navy yard at three
O'Clock Saturday afternoon, bound East. and
the May flower at $50 Saturday morning,
bound South. The Lackawanna left the navy
yard, Mare Island, Cal, on the 18th of Au-
gust, bound for Pugit Sound.
DAILY REPORT BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
AND Observation-Disclosures September LIST,
lsI1: To Comptroller of the Currency-Na-
uonsl currency notes, S555, 600. Secretary of
me iIeasnry-4 per cent. consols, st30,OO0;
miscellaneous, S4SO,3j5. Total, al Cos 81
Balance on hand at the close of days work
sS32s 49, ,1s5.
Col. ID. G. Cox, pension agent, will COM
menee the quarterly payment of pensions to-
morrow morning, at O'Clock. The biennial
exam nation is due at this pa yment, and all
lhNailds whose persion certificates do not
exempt Them from examination must DE
examined before payment can be made.
Witnesses in cases OF widows, mothers and
guardians are required at this payment
THE REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS
The annual reports of the heads of the seve-
raj depaI tmeDts and bureaus of the govern
ment VIII not be prepared for submission 10
congress at Its session in October, but Will
go IN with The annual message of the Presi-
dent at the commencement of the regular
session in December. This enables the Prest-
dent and his Cabinet TO be absent IN ost OF
this month on their trip west.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. Tn
President has appointed Lewis f. Parsons
10 be U. s. attorney for the northern and mid
die districts of Alabama, vice Charles F.
Mayer, removed. Samuel G. Reid to be u.
>. marshal for the middle and southern dis
tr1cts of Alabama, vice George Turner, re-
moved. Thos. Hunt TO be L. $. marshal for
The southern district of Mississippi, vice j.
l.. Lake, jr., resigned.
returned 10 Washington. 80. Mr. Robert Fl .
Graham is back from his summering at the
Virginia springs. MFR. and Mrs c. 8.
Noyes have returned from a northern trip
.-'' Mr.. and Mrs. z. NJ Dubant hav returned
from cape May. Gov. hampton of Soutl
Carolina, was in this city yesterday, en- route
nom Philadelphia to South Carolina.
49, Senator McCreery, of Kentucky, was at
the treasury today.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Commander Alfred T
Mahan, ordered toduty at the ma val academy
18th inst; Lieutenant Kossuth Niles, to the
Michigan, on the 9th inst; Master William
r: Huxley, to the photographic Office on the
can and o.. q. Dodge, TO the OSstpee at Nor
folk, Va; Lie ut Commander +. NJ, ,Ireen.
detached from the hydrogra,,l:c Office fItb
INST, and ordered to command he Gutri a.
New 1ork on the 18th inst; Professor J. H.
q CUnin. As superintendent OF the Nautical
Almanac on the 18Th inst. and placed on
waiting orders.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCCORMICK left
here 10 day for a trip north, to be absent ten
days A report in the meantime has game
circulation that he contemplates resigning
secretary sherman, when asked about il,
course cannot say what Mr.. NJ cCormick's
intentions may be. He thinks il predicate ,
however, upon the fact that Mr.. Mccormick
has repeatedly stated that the duties of the
position are too OnerOus for h i'm, owing to
his defective eyesieht 1t is quite probable
that he VIII resign at an early day. and be
given foreign mission. Mr.. Mcpherson
whom report says will succeed him, is at
Gettysburg Springs, Pa.
ARMY ORDERS-1st Lieut. Samuel O..
Robinson, assistant surgeon. is relieved from
duty In the department of West Point, and
Will report to the commanding general, mil
fiary division of the Atlantic, to accompany
Inc Sd infantry 10 the west. Leave OF alb
sence from the military academy Is granted
the following Office for three months: 2d
Lieuts. VIM. u. Black, corps Of engineers;
walter L. Fisk. corps of engineers; VIM. b.
Gordon, 4th artillery; Monroe p. Thorington
5fh infantry, and additional Lieut. David
Price, jr, LIST artillery. Leave for one year
for disability granted Captain f. II. Wells,
Major Basil Norris, Surgeon u s. A, Leave
OF I'd Lieut.. j. III. Gus,in, 18th infantry, from
headquarters, department OF the Platte, is
extended two months.
ANOTHER PROTEST FROM Fx-PuRLIC
PRINTER CLAPP-Ex Public Printer CIapp.
IL communication To the New York RepubIi-
can Association of this city, deprecating It's
dissolution under Presid Hayes orde- says:
cit is deeply mortlfying 10 think that tie As
ISOLATION has paid the slightest attention TO
the civil service order, for so long as the
President is not a member, and has Instituted
an attempt AT reform where he has no legiti-
mate jurisdiction, there is no obligation on
our part to respect IL. Indeed. l must con
unue 10 protest against the proposed form of
sfrangrlation of the Association under the
SINE 01e process. = Must we sur
render our independence as citizens and our
integrity as republicans, and tear down or
cesfrt our republican association at the auto
cratic bidding OF pOtentates or powers? T.
Tor one. cannot cOnsent.to n. The al .ement
Is too deep 10 be reached without pro. estation
and effort TO prevent its occurrence
THE CHARGES AGAINST SENATOR PAT
TERsoN.-The Washington correspondent O
the Baltimore Sun says 1t "has Just trans
plred that the main evidence upon which
Tie grand jury found a true bill against
nited states Senator Patterson was q pho
tOgIaphic copy OF q letter, which has Curl
Gus history. One night In March, ls12, there
was gathering at PattersOn's house In this
city of some OF the leaders who then con-
trolled legislation in South Carolina At the
close OF the consultation Patterson gave to
Judge I. j. Mackey q letter to be delIv cred
In person TO kimptOn, the financial agent of
South Carolina in New York, who was then
visiting Columbia. Mackey went to Go YER
nor Scott and urged that they ought to now
The character OF the communication. 8 colt
concur d and the two proceeded, broke op en-
the letter, in which they found, as one OF
them subsequently expressed 1t, to contain
AL hell itself Judge Mackey personally
superintendent the job of phOtOgraphing the
lettt r. and after receiving Two copies himself
destroyed the negative. One OF the photo
grsphs Mackey retained, the other he gave
10 scott, and the original was delivered Sc
curely sealed 10 the unsuspecting KtmptOn,
who in torn delivered Ii to Treasurer Parker
in tie presence of Mackey." The letter is