Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-12
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

| GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS ToDAY.-Internal
revenue, si2S 40: customs, s55l. .75iO2.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan
| today amounted to S534,700.
| SECRETARY EvARTs and family left last eve
| ming for Runpymede, VT.
| PRESIDENTIAL APPoINTMENTs.-The Pfesi-
| dent has appointed Caspar III. Stibolt of Iowa
to be United States consul at Campeachy,
Mexico; Eliot c. Jewett, of Missouri, to be a
| commissioner to the Paris exposition; Alex
| ander Reid, to be receiver of public monies at
| Walla- Walla, Washington territory.
THREE HUNDRED APPLICANTS FOR TWO
| POsITIoNs.-By direction of Secretary Thomp-
| son, a board consisting of Pay Director
| LOCKER, Pay Inspector EIdridge and PaymaS-
! ter Lyon will assemble at the Washington
dates for admission to the navy as assistant
| paymaSters About three hundred permits
| have been granted to different young men
| here for examination. There are only two
vacancies.
| POsTMAsTERs COMMIssIoNED.-T The Presi-
| dent to- day signed the commissions of the fo,-
| lowing pOstmasters: Edwin F. Applegate,
| Freehold, n. j.; Thomas Kneil, Westfield,
| Mass; John H. Brinkenhon, Waupum, Wis.
| FL. {. Town, Ripon, Wis G.. B. WinsloW, Gou-
XeInieulS, T. \; y; y H; Iyes. lndependence,
omOn kaufman, Garnet. Kansas; Albert B.
| Chamberlain, Ashland, Neb.
The CHANGES IN NEW YORK OFFIcEs.-In
| addition to the universal surprise given to the
| newspaper and outside world by the changes
| il the New York custom house, it is known
| that at least four members of the Cabinet
| were also in the dark until they were an
| nOunced. Secretary Eyarts, assisted by Sec
| retary Thompson, seems to have managed the
| ReacOnSfiefdian cOup Q'etnt A Cabinet officer
is authority for the statement that the removals
| against Senator Conkling, but is the result of
| an understanding that they would be best for
! the interests Of the republican party.
| THE FIGHT over the post office at New Lon
| don, Ct, which has been going on for the past
| six months, was to-day settled by the PreSi-
| dent, who appointed W. II. Tubbs to that Office
| Mrs. Betsey A. Mowers, whom TubbS succeeds
as postmaster, is the widow of Gen. Mowers
who was killed under Grant during the war.
| She has held the position for the last eight
| years, and would have been again reappointed
II she could have, secured bondsmen: This
| she was unable to do, unless she would dismiss
| Mr, TubbS, whOwas her chief clerk, and gal
| liant soldier during the war. She would not
consent to this. Tubbs being able to procure
b0ndsmen the President has appointed him
| postmaster. Mr.. Tubbs VIII appoint Mrs
| Mowers to be his chief clerk, and thus the
| whole matter is settled.
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.-Some six
| riggers engaged on the new State department
| building are at present at work on the Wash
| ington monument. They are rigging tackle
| and preparing for the removal and lowering
| OF the rickety wooden roof that covers the
monument. Capt. Davis spends every day at
| the monument maturing plans for the
| strengthening OF its base.
| COMMIssIONED.-In accordance with the
act OF Congress restoring Charles o. AllibOne
to the navy, the President to-day signed his
| commission as lieutenant in that branch of
| the service.
GEN. HOWARD's INDIAN CAMPAIGN.-There
has been received at the War department the
| official field order of Gen. Howard organizing
| the Indian campaign. In it the general staff
| Of the field is designated as follows: Mai. f.
| Z. Mason, 2lSt Infantry, acting assistant in
| spectOr general Capt. Lawrence Babbitt,
| ordnance department engineer and ordnance
| medical officer i'll the field; First Lieut. E. M.
| Stone, 2lst infantry, acting chief cOmmissary
| OF SUBSISTENCE III the field; First. Lieut.. f. H.
E. Ebstein, 2lst Infantry, receiving quarter
| master and acting cOmmiSSary quartermaster
in the field; Second Lieut.. c. E.Wood. aid de
| camp acting assistant adiutant, general in
eral field depot for supplies Camp Lyons as
the sub depot for the reserve and left columns,
| and keeny,s ferry for the center and right
| columns. The headquarters must be habftu-
| ally with the right column, commanded by
| Maj. Jos. Stewart Capt. r. F. Bernard is de-
| slgnated as the commander of the left column,
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| the center column. Five companies of the 10Th
infantry, under Capt Harvey G. Egbert, are
designated as a reserve column. 1t Is ordered
| that any Indian prisoner be sent under guard
| to the nearest Indian post. The commanding
officers OF Fort Boise, Camp Harvey, and Camp
McDermlt will employ scouts, and are or.
| dered to request the state and territorial gov
| ernOrs to furnish volunteers when necessary
| to guard ferries andimportant points near the
| homes of volunteers.
REDEMPTION OF 5-2Os.-The Acting Secre-
tary Of the Treasury yesterday afternoon
issued the sixty-irst call for the redemption of
| $50 bonds Of 1865, cOnsOls Of 1865. The call is
for s5.CO0,00O, OF which s2,5O0,0OO are coupon
and interest will be paid at the Treasury on
and after the 1lth day of October next, and
the interest will cease on that day.
WOULDBE DETECTIvEs.-It is surprising
since the hot weather set in here how many
selfcOnstituted detectives there are who feel
| it incumbent upon themselves to offer their
services to the government for trip to Er-
| the villains who passed upon unSuspecting
emigrants about to sail for this country cOun-
terfeit United States national bank notes.
When it is known that the villains are in the
custody OF the Austrian government, and are
| probably by this time serving that country in
tae penitentlary, such pursuit as that above
referred TO would seem to be loves labor lost
| This is only one of the many ways by which
| many eminent politicians are seeking to dead
neau thelr way TO Europe and to the Paris eX-
| position.
THE NUMBER OF VACANT DESKS in the
government departments, shows that male
| and female clerks are beginning to take their
| months leave and that the departmental eX
odus is fully under way.
NAVAL ORDERS. - Lieutenant Commander
| X. Winn, to the Boston navy yard, August
| 1st; Lieutenant w. j. Banotte, to the Naval
Academy, I'd September: Lieutenant Hanil
ton Perkins, from the Boston navy yard on
| the 3lSt instant and ordered to special duty at
the Naval Academy.
1T IS INTIMATED that Commissioner of
Patents Spear, who has gone on a visit to New
England, will not return to his official duties
out that he intends to resign his position.
The TALLAPoosA left League Island navy
yard yesterday afternoon at o'clock for
| Philadelphia.
THE SLooP OF WAR DALE arrived at the
navy yard here yesterday afternoon at 3:45
| o'clock from Annapolis Md. She is the sta.
tlonary practice ship for Seam3nShip drills at
the naval academy, and will undergo repairs
here.
| 1MMIGRATION.-Official returns made to the
| Bureau of Statistics show that during the
month of June, 1873, there arrived at the port
| of New York 9,506 immigrants, of whom 5,349
were males and 4,l57 females. There also ar
| rived at the port during the same period 239r
| citizens of the United States returniDu from