Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-13

THE Committee Investigating allegations
| Ofirregularities and fraud gsiCst the Indian
| office will resume their sessions on the 18Th
| inst.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
| O-day were Senators Paddock and Saun-
| ders; A. w. Wilson, Savannah, Ga; Marcus
| p. Norton, Troy, n. Y; \. b Lavissee. Lou
| isiana; Hon. Leonard Myers, Pennsylvania,
and Gen. Vincent.
REVENUE APPOINTMENTS - Henry d.
Strong has been appointed revenue store
keeper for the 18th district of Ca Ii fornia; JnO
Ermentrout, for the Sth district of PennsyI-
vania, and ID. a. Cochran, Giuger, for 81
district of Georgia.
HON. JOHN G. THOMPSON. Sergeant at
Amy of the House of Representatives, is in
the city. He says he is not going to the
White sulphur Springs. and that he does not
believe that the gathering of pubic men
mere has any political significance.
SECRETARY EvARTs and Attorney Gen
eral Devens, by invitation of Deb Randolph
keim, esq, will make a visit TO the agricul-
tural and mining districts OF eastern Penn.
sylvauia, leaving Washington July IL and
returning 10 Washington July II. Col. Johu
W. Forney and other prominent men will he
of tie party.
POPULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE FOUR
PER CENT. LOAN.-On Monday mex. the
popular subscriptions To the new four per
cent. loan viii close. Ii is expected that the
amount subscribed will aggregate over
twenty-seven million dollars, which is more
than was anticipated.
CONSERVATIVE" RAID ON THE CoLLFC-
TOR AT CHARLEsTON.-FOr several weeks
efforts have been made on the part of South
Carolina conservatives TO have Collector
WorthingtOn, al Charleston, removed. SEN
atOr Patterson has been making vigorous
WOrfhlnUtnn he
now says he has received assurances that no
change Will be made for the present.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Lieut. Adam G. Paul
detached from the Hartford, and ord red TO
the Swatara; Lieut.. Theodore Porter, from
the Swatara end placed on waiting orders;
Frank l.: Fernoid, from the navy. yard,
Washington, and ordered TO special duty at
Chester, Pa; Naval Constructor Robert W
Steele, from special duty at Chester, Pa, and
ordered TO temporary duty at the Washing
ton navy yard.
COL. ID. c. Cox, pension agent, has already
| completed the consolidation of his district,
now posed of the states of Delaware, New
Jersey, Maryland, and the District OF Column
bia, besides Soldiers Home and foreign pen
s1OnS He has brought to Washington the
records of the several agencies, arranged
them, and paid all the cases that have accu-
INFLATED In the discontinued agencies since
July 1t. This is an evidence of the pracgi-
| cahllity of the plan when IN proper hands.
SENIOR MATA's MISSION Senior Mata
yesterday called at the Department of State
10 inquire of Secretary Evarts whether an
answer TO his note, accompany copy Of
his credentials Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister PlenipOlenuary, might soon
| ne eXpecl ed, as he wished to send sucl re-
ply Ia the Mexican government by the mail
| al this week. The Secretary Informed Mr..
| Mala that he was not yet prepared 10 furnish
| reply 10 the note. hut that here should be
| no UNI eceSSary delay in doing so.
| PEEsoNAL.-Mr. X. b. Clark, prominent
| zen, has gone 10 New Ipswich, New
Hamp- hire, TO spend some weeks with his
We lerab!e mother, who Is over 81 years Of
a e. "A. W. Fletcher superintendent Of
The House of Repres entatiyes foliing room.
| l. Spending the summer at the Delaware
water gap. collector John j.. Thomas
| ir., Of Baltimore, made a dying visit 10 this
| city To-Day. First Assistant POstma ster
General Tyner Will rturn from his trip to
In llama on Monday next. FIX RepreSen-
ta'iye John l.. Vance of OHIO, "A candidate
for tie democratic gubernatorial nominal
ton, IL al the National hotel.
REINFORCEMENTs FOR GEN. HOWARD
Capt. W. f. Drumm, "a infautry, now on r.
cruiting detail of the army, aud at present
at Boston, has applied to be relieved from
such duty, and ordered TO his regiment. His
Term OF service does not expire until October,
1873. The 2i infantry is now under orders to
JOIN Gen. Howard.
LafeT.-The War department has received
information that nine companies OF the 2t
Infantry left Atlanta this morning for st.
LOuis, where arrangements have been male
10 forward them Immediately TO Cheyenne
ria Den yer City, eo TtHe TO Idaho, TO engage
in the Indian war.
a SAD ILLUSTRATION OF THE HARD
TIMEs.-There was an application made
yesterday for employment in the Govern
ment printing office by lady who had been
raised In aifiuence, was an excellent must
clan, and had mastered several languages.
Superintendent Defrees, somewhat embar-
TaSS Ell by the Applicant ion, told the lady that
he had no work in his Office b fitting one of
her attachments, when with tears In her eyes
she said that she was willing To do any me-
mai service, even If IL were scrubbiug the
floors; so that she might earn an honest iiv-
ing. This incident serves 10 illustrate the
an cunt of poverty and wretchedness in and
around Washington.
SCIENTISTS GOING WEsr-Dr Hooker
and General Stracley, of England, In con-
pany with Prof. Asa Gray, called on Prof
\. r Baird, of the Smithsonian institution,
at Salem, Mass, few days since. They
left then for New York city. They intended
leaving there this morning at : O'Clock for
Philadelphia, where they will be joined by
Prot. Jos. Leidy, Prof. Hayden and James
Stevenson, OF the n. A. Geological survey.
Inc whole party will proceed west via the
pennsylvania railroad 10 st. Louis, at which
point they W Ill remain day or so and visit
DR.. Geo. Englemap, the distinguished west
ern hotanisi; from there they will travel
Ill
te ke the AtchisOn, Topeka and Santa Fee
railroad TO Pueblo, California where thew
Will commence their scientific observations.
NAVY PURCHASES IN OPEN MARKET
The Secretary of the Navy has issued a cir
cular modifying the regulations OF the navy
regarding open purchases, as follows
when apublic exigency requires the imme-
date use of articles not on hand or procura-
BILE under existing contract, the command
ant of the ard Will make requisiton on the
purchasing officer for the same and transmit
II TO the proper bureau for approval, with a
statement OF the circumstances and nature
OF the exigency. Tue bureau will then de-
eide as to the necessity of open purchase and
il II approves will return the requisition SO
approved to the purchasing officer, who will
procure the ar icle in the manner prsscribai
by law. Tie department directs that when
10 public exigency exists all articles no.
otherwise exempted by law shall be procured
alter public advertisement"
PROMOTIONS AND APPoINTMENrs,-The
following promotions have been made in the
Sixth Auditors Office:-Wm. III. Alden, of
Illinois; Daniel T.. Burrows. of Connecticut.
and / avid l.. Burnett of Iowa, from second
10 third class; and ID. w. Farlin, of Tennes-
SCI; Mrs. +. j. G.. Hibos, of the District of
Columbia; Mrs. Kate s. Odds, OF Minnesota: