Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-06-26

Collector Arthur, of the port OF New York.
j. a. Augur, 9th cavalry, aide-camp, is ex-
tended three months.
CAPT. W. W. Low, U. s. ", died at Frank
fort arsenal, near Philadelphia, Sunday,
aged IS. He will be buried at New Haven,
Conn.
THE NEW INDIAN WAR Reports re.
ceived at the War department announce the
Indian war in statm quo, as far as heard
from.
THE Hon. F.. \. Plunkett. secretary of the
British legation and acting charge d'affaires
during Sir Edward Thornton's absence, has
been appointed secret airy TO II. M. embassy
at 81. Petersburg, and will leave for his new
post In the course of the month of August.
THE BEAUTIFUL BARTHoLDI FoUN-
TAIN, which attracted SO much attention at
the Centennial Exhibition last summer and
which was purchased by the government.
has arrived in this city, and to-day was be-
ing placed in position in the grounds of the
Botanical Gardens. The fountain will face
The avenue.
CoMMIssIoNED.-R Robert II. Crittenden has
received his commission as United States
marshal for Inc district of Kentucky, vice
Weden ONeal, removed. Congressman g.
Wiley Wells, of Mississippi, mas been com
missiOned consul general to China, vice John
Z. Myers, of Nebraska, suspended under the
tenure of Office act
FLOODS IN BUENos AYRES.-A letter OF
the 18th ultmO from Buenos Ayres TO the
State department gives information of the
heaviest and most disastrous rain storms
mat have ever occurred in that country
The losses of cattle, horses and sheep must
amount to hundreds of thousands if NOT
millions, OF heads.
COLLECTOR WILKINS, of Baltimore, who
was requested to send in his resignation to
make room for Collector John L. Thomas.
his successor appointed by the President on
Friday last, says he will not resign; that he
mas received numerous kilograms from prom
lnent repnolicans IN the state urging him TO
stick, and that he is satisfied the President
was led TO ask his resignation by misrepre-
sensations OF his opponents.
THE STATION or COL. III. w. BENHAN
Corps of Engineers, has been changed from
Boston, Mass, to New York city, and in ad-
diton TO his present duties in connection
with public works in Boston harbor, he has
been ordered to relieve Lieutenant Colonel
John Newton, Corps of Engineers of the
rect on. General Newton, who is now absent
in Europe, il will be remembered recently
had his leave OF absence extended six months
RAIDING THE MOoNLIGHTERS. - The
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue yester-
day received telegram for Collector ID. ID.
Booth. dated Montgomery, Ala, June 18th
In which he says that he has already seized a
large number OF Illicit stills, and that "at
large mass meeting of citizens of Clebourne
county resolutions endorsing our ac .On ard
pleCging themselves TO aid in the enforce
met of The revenue laws We're una nimousiy
adopted. A great many i'll Cit diStillers have
been arrested Since the mass meeting
scores OF them are surrendering Voluntarily
SUCCESSFUL RAID ON TESNESsEE Moon
LIGHTERS.-The Commissioner of internal
Revenue received the following dispatch
late yesterday:
KNOXNILLE, TENN, June 25th. Have
ust returned from raid with Collector
Cooper in Hancock county. We captured
Dol Ray and Bud Raines, the ringleaders. in
the act of violating the law. We destroyed
Two stills, fourteen still houses, eighty four
tubs Oh beer, about eight thousand gallons,
ard seventy-fve gallons whisky. Besides
the ring!eaders we captured half a dozen
small offenders. The raid a complete sue
cess. (Signed) JOHN Z: BROwNToN,
Revenue Agent.
THE WHITE HOUSE presented deserted
appearance to-day. The halls that have
been thronged daily since Presid ent Hayes
Inauguration with hungry office-seekers
were vacant, and the extra chairs scattered
about were the only reminder of the days that
Kept Charley and Arthur, the dOOr-swingers
of the President and his private secretary, SO
constantly on the 60 Those two worthless
were engaged to-day In clearing their desks
of the pastebOard accommodations, endorsed
with "desires to see the President on very
particular business, only for q moment" By
the time the President returns, the army of
of1ice-seekers will have filled the places Of
those who were appointed or disappointed
and will attack the White House as vigor-
Ously as ever.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Surgeon Edward KeaSh-
ner, ordered TO special duty in atten ling
officers of the navy and marine corps not
otherwise provided with medical aid at New
York and Brooklyn; Passed Assistant Sur
geOn A. NJ. Owen, 10 duty at the marine bar
racks, Washington; Passed Assistant Sur
geon r. IL. Ware. TO special duty In attend
Ing officers of the navy AID marine corps at
San Francisco. Cal, 10Th July; Passed AS
sistant Engineer +. L. Phillippi, to tenn
pOrary duty in the bureau of steam engineer
ing, Washington; Assistant Engineer G.. w.
Chief Engineer John III. Long, detached from
special duty at the Morgan Iron Works, New
YORK, and ordered TO the Lackawauna, north
Pacific station, 10th July next. Chief Engi-
neer a. s. Greene, from the Lakawanna l0.h
July, and ordered to proceed home and
await orders.
"a MATTER ofBUsINFSS."-The Commits
sioner OF Pensions received this morning
from +. A. Bibbins, of this city, letter in
behalf of an applicant for a clerkship, from
which the following extracts are made: "By
the appointment you could control not only
the Minnesota and Iowa delegates solid but
many other western men," This
is q matter of business" "You are
aware that there is a strong pressure being
brought on the Secretary to remove you, and
there are several charges being worked up.n
"Ifthe matter of your sending ID. Il.
johnson to Minnesota as a special agent,
without shadow of an excuse, merely TO please
a member OF Congress, and that, too, after
johnson has told what the arrangement was,
should be put before the Secretary, you can
guess what the results would be. II the Cap
tain does not receive this appointment will
send in writing the whole case and more
than that" Commissioner Bently says that
he has reason TO believe that the person in
whose behalf this letter was written is In no
way responsible for II.
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE IN CHARLESTON.
After the return Of Chief Justice Waite from
Charleston he mentioned the fact that he had
received no social calls while in that city to
several OF his personal friends. An allusion
to this was made In this correspond ence,
while at the same time 1t was distinctly
stated that the chief justice made no COM
plant On the subject, and that no public
STATE ment In regard TO it was made by his
auth ority. Certain busy bodies, who have
moth ing else to do, Immediately set them
selvt s TO work TO annoy the chief Justice and
to represent TO him that he had been charged
with CON planning of the lacK of social atteu-
ton shown To him at Charleston. The