Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-06-27
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAY.-Inter
nal revenue, s2i5, aE.l5; customs, s2f3, SPAS.
NATIONAL BANK NOTES received at tn
Treasury to-day for redemption amounted {.
81 Ill 600
APPoINTED.-John Wood ward has beer
appointed revenue gauger for the seventh
district of Indiana.
IT IS REPORTED that Prof. John NJ. Lang.
ston, of this city, is TO be ma lie Minister e
Hayti.
PERsoNAL.-Hon. f. w. Barber late Third
Assistant Postmaster General, Will deliye,
The Grafton at Vermontville, Michigan. on
1.-The glorious Fourth" Mr.. B. was one nj
the original settlers Of the place.
THE PUBLICATION of the list OF paten,s
ISSUED weekly by the Patent Once is 70 bs
suspended, and hereafter inventors. patent
attorneys, and other parties interested will
DE obliged TO depend upon the Patent once
| Gazette for said list.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS APPoINTEp-The
| District Commissioners have appointed
| Messrs. Isaac Landic, Robert F.. Psdgett
| and John Z. Cox To assist the board OF as
SCISSORS in their duties. The assessors are
| preparing thelr field and other books ready
| Tor active duty.
I A
The Secretary of War has received a peti-
ton from the citizens OF Raleigh, y. C., ask
| Ing that the military post which was dis
banded at that city recently be re- bli shed
| There. They evidently have changed their
| OPINION OF the United States troops since
election time.
THE RUSSIAN MINISTER has Informed
the Department of State, I'm a note dated
| June 10Th, Of an order issued by his govern
nf lac
sci sailing under neutral flag should have
Tie right, during the entire duration OF the
present war with Turkey, to engage i'm the
coast1ng trade between The Russian ports of
the Black Sea and the Sea of Azof.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VEssELs.-Tbe
Mayfower will visit Wilmington. Chester.
and Philadelphia, thence will go to New York
and up the Hudson river, and subsequently
10 Newport and Providence. Toe CodstelIa.
ton will visit New Bedford in eight or ten
adde's sha Bona aaat place T be her post office
napolis yesterday morning.
VACANCIES FILLED IN THE SCHOOL
BoARD.-The District Commissioners have
appointed NJ. NJ. Holland as trustee of the
public schools from the county and Henry
Johnson and Edward Baldwin from WASH
lngIon. Tnese appointments are TO I'LL va
cancles. Messrs. johnson and Bald in have
served on the board heretofore, greatly To
the satisfaction OF the public. Mr.. Holland
is SAID 10 nave also hne qualifications for
the position.
ARMY ORDERs.-The general court mar
tial, appointed TO meet at St. Louis on the
18Th OF May, will reconvene at that post on
The I'd OF July. The leave of Major H. A.
Hambright, 18th infantry, from Readouar-
tiers department of the Missouri, is extended
Two months. Leave OF Major C. I'll. Carlton,
81 cavalry, nom headquarters military di-
VISION OF tIle Missouri is further extended
Three months leave of LIST Lieutenant Mich
ael Leaby, 18th infantry, from head uarters
department OF the south, is extended two
months.
BIDS For PRINTING THE TAX List
Al noon To- day bids were opened at the Office
oithe District Commissioners for the publi-
cation OF the list of taxes in arrears The
olucefs were required TO append q sworn
statement OF the average circulation of their
papers from the LIST Gay OF January, 1877, 10
The Let day of June, 1871. The bids were as
Sunday Herald circulation 5,Ss5-23H cents
EVENING STAR, circulation 15.35s- q
cents per inch.
Daily Nation, circulation not giyen-2,9 -lO
GEMS per inch The company offer 10 circu-
late gratuitously I, 900 copies OF the tax-list'
Studoy Gozette, regular edition Circulation
not giVen-2lH cents per inch; for IO0OO
copies, 2sk cents; for Il, go copies, 35l cents
Ddug Reptocican, circulation ,O6O-S3 cents.
THE ARMY ON A CREDIT BAsIs.-Tbe
Secretary OF War has issued general order
directing that subsistence stores may be sold
10 an omcer on credit, on his receipt for the
arlcles and certificate that the stores are re-
CURED ior the use OF himself and his family.
ana That be has an unencumbered amount ~
pay que MIN suficient TO cover cost OF the
may also be sold TO enlisted men on credit
ior their own use, on written permits signed
Dy ueir respective company commanders
and approved by the commanding Officer: of
the post or station A similar order Ia enable
soldiers to obtain fuel, &C., from the ouar~
.ef fl1 department will also be issued i'm
an order suspeDding the order of Aprii =
1919, which prohibits the issue of a ration 10
civilians employed with the army whera
ooimpensation exceed $50 per month, until an |
aPProPriatlon ior the payment Of such civil
lans becomes available.
THE NEW COMMISSIONERS OF acR7crr-
TCRE.-The President has appointed Gen.
VIM. q. lie Due, OF Minnesota, ComnGssinn-
er OF Agriculture, vice Frederick Watts !
some thirty or forty persons have been urged /
ior thls position, but the President in Ills |
-, st ,n seems TO have aimed 10 comtine 4
tLe quallncations of practical know led ge of /
agriculture, scientific attainments good |
common sense and Judgment and eDerSatic
GEAR headed executive ability; and these
require ments, according TO the best fesfi-
n!ony, are fully met in the new commfs-
Stoner.
Gen. lie Due is a graduate OF Kenyon Col
le0O Where he has since resided. except dur- !
lhg Ihe southern rebellion, when he entered
me Union army, serving in the advance upon
Richmond, and remaining with the army or |
the Potomac until after the battle of Getyys-
burg, when he went with Gen. Hooker 10 |
Atlanta, and served with Gen George H. |
IhoInas In the Hood campaign in Ten
nessee After the surrender of Lee he re |
signed his commission and en- gagged Iarge'yin !
oeveIoplng the railroad, manufacturing and
agricultural Interests OF Minnesota. While |
ue rendered conspicuous and valuable SER |
wees during the war, earning his promotion |
oy his energetic, intelligent and successful
1lscharse OF his duty, he is commended for
me position to which he has now been an |
pointed more especially by his scientific At
alnments; practical knowledge OF agrIcul-
ure; intimate acquaintance from close |
peIsonal observation with all the diversified |
eatures OF agricultural production north |
outh, east and west; and remarkable execu,
I've ability, which in the opinion of tho |
Fho know him best will be illustrated by
us administering the affairs of his new trust |
Vith an energy and success hitherto un-
Known In that department.. AS he is thor
,ushly In sympathy with the course OF The
resident In regard 10 southern affairs the
oufheTn people may count upon his intelli- |
ent and sympathetic corporation with |
ries.