Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-08


SECRETARY EvARTs, who has gone to his
farm near Windsor, VT, will be absent during
the remainder of the month.
SECRETARY THOMPSON will leave in few
days for visit to his home in Indiana. Dur
speeches.
Col. CASEY. superintendent of public build
lngS and grounds, will leave the city next Sun
day for the mountains, to be gone for some
time.
Ex-Gov. PACKARD has arrived at Liverpool
and assumed his duties as consul general at
that post.
PAYMENT OF AwARDs.-Secretary Evarts
gives official notice that an instalment will be
paid at the State department On and after the
5th day of September, 1873, to parties entitled
thereto, on account of awards made in favor
of citizens of the United States by the joint
commission on Mexican claims.
PERsoNAL.-Rear Admiral Sands is at AL
tOOna for the month of August. 80. The fol-
lowing Washingtonians were registered at
Halifax on the 5th inst: VIM. Hanna, Jas. G.
POyntOn, r. HI. Forsyth James ). Davis. h. A.
Willard and wife, Harry X. Willard, M. G..
Emery, jr., Geo. Wallace, j. w. Hagan, j. T.
Taylor.
GENERAL T. c. III. SMITH left the city this
morning in company With Prof. Gardner, re-
quiry. He will proceed to the scene of the
second battle of Bull Run, and personally in
spect the topography of the ground upon which
the decision of the board may turn.
JNTHE RECENT ACCIDENT on the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and ST. Louis railroad, though the
postal cars were total wreck, the mails are
all SAFE.
APPLICATIONS are being continually received
at the Post Office department for information
on the subject Of a reward which the govern
ment is supposed to have offered for old post
age stamps. How this idea ever arose and
spread as it has, is mystery.
ANOTHER QUICKENED CONsCIENCE.-The
Treasury department has received $40, in an
envelope pOstmarked New York, from an un-
known party, to be credited to the conscience
fund.
THE DEMAND FOR FOUR PER CENTs-A
letter was received at the Treasury yesterday
from a rum seller in the western part of New
York, complaining that previous cOmmuni-
cation, addressed to the Honorable Secretary
of the Treasury, had not been acknowledged,
and giving it as his opinion that Treasury
officials generally were set of frauds. He
closed by saying that he had intended sub
Scribing for fifty dollars worth OF the new four
per cents, but that now he would be id if he
did. Notwithstanding the above there has
been no perceptible falling Off in the subscrip-
tiOns to the new bonds, but on the contrary,
VI,
lieved at the Treasury that the subscriptions
for August will reach twenty-five million dol
lars. Many OF these subscriptions come in
small sums, which makes the aggregate of the
work to be performed in the bond division
very heavy. Up to the present time this work
has been kept we'll in hand by General Dan
Baker and his assistants.
NEW MEXICAN OUTLAwS.-A dispatch has
been received by the Secretary of the Interior
from Gov. S. B. Axtell, of New Mexico, which
says: 'Telegraphic information has just been
received from Indian Agent Godfrey that a
cd the Mescalero (Apache) agency, Lincoln
county, on the 5th instant, murdered Bern
stein. the agents chief clerk, and stole all the
indians. The Indians are lighting the outlaw
to protect their property. There is DANCE
that Godfrey will be murdered and other out
RACES committed"
THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS have ad-
dressed communication to the Secretary OF
the Treasury, asking for an explicit opinion
as to the relations between the District and
general governments under the new bill. The
who will examine into the question and report
the result, in the form of an opinion, to the
Secretary.
The ARMY OF NOTARIES REINFORCED.-The
President has appointed the following notaries
public for the District OF Columbia Holmes
c. Off1ey.. Edward c: Ingersoll, ID. NJ. Ogden.
John Bull, Jacob w. Ker, John NJ. Young,
John I. Armes, Samuel l.. Mattingly, Milton
Z. Barnard, James l.. Edwards. Geo. Y. Coffin,
Jenkin Thomas, Robert V. Hughes, and j. W.
Hamilton johnson.
NEW GOVERNORS OF TERRITORIES APPOINT
ED.-MasOn Brayman, who has served as gov.
ernor Of Idaho. from July, 1876, has been sus-
pended by the President, and John p. HOyt,
the present governor of ArOZOna, appointed in
his stead. Gen. Fremont is now on his way to
Arizona, to assume his duties as governor of
that territory For some time past there has
been much pickering and bitter feeling be-
tween Gov; Brayman and the Secretary of
Idaho, Mr.. Curtis, and it has resulted in the
removal OF both. The President and Secre-
the causes that have now led to these results.
Gov. HOyt was formerly secretary of Arizona,
and then governor of that territory, succeed.
ing A. p. X. Stafford.
TIE FOLLOWING OPINION has been rendered
by the Solicitor of the Treasury on an appli-
cation of the owners Of the steamers Denmark
and England to compromise the suits now
pending against them for smuggling at the
turn herewith the papers in the matter of an
offer submitted by the National line of steam
ships to pay ten thousand dollars as a cOmprO-
mise OF the claims involved in the proceedings
steamers Denmark and England, which pro-
ceedings were commenced under sections 2S72
and 2S74 of revised statutes, on the charge
that merchandise beyond the value of four
hundred dollars was landed from the vessels
without permit. In these cases understand
the proof TO be abundant and conclusive that
goods beyond the value mentioned were snug
gled into this country on board the steamers
by officers and employees of the COMPANY
do not think, therefore, there can be much
doubt as to the liability of the vessels to for.
FIXTURES according to the provisions of the
statute, or as to the ability Of the gOvernme mt
10 maintain that forfeiture in court as will
Justify the acceptance of the proposal of the
compromise. Such acceptance would amount
substantially to remission of the fOrfeitureS,
and 1t seems to be urged on the ground prin-
clpally OF the innocence and want of knOwl-
edge on the part of the claimants of the fraud
ulent transactions Of its officers agents and
employees. l think the claimants should be
left to their remedy under the remitting power
OF the Secretary of the Treasury, and decline
therefore to recommend the acceptance of the
proposal
The WASHINGTON MONUMENTAL is not
likely that the joint Washington monument
commission can be gotten together at an early
date to consider Col. Caseys report. Mr.. Cor.
cOran, Mr.. Hill and General Humphres are
absent, leaving the President and Mr.. Clarke
the only members of the commission in the
city. 1t is regarded as impossible to begin
work before some time in September. Mean
while, nothing whatever is being done on the
monument. copy OF the report of Col Casey
has been .ent to Mr.. COrcOran, who is at the
White Sulphur Springs. The idea is before