Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-18

THRnESIGNATION of First Lieut.. ]. E. Bloom,
4th artillery, has been accepted by the President
| to take effect January 1st, 1850.
FIRST LIEUT. D. @. ROUSSEAU. 5th infantry,
has by the direction of the President been
| wholly retired from the service his incapacity
not being incident to the service.
| THE PRESIDENT returned to the city from New
| York this morning.
WHITE HOUSE. CALLERS Representative
| Young, Gen. McCoOk. DR.. Henry Eales, Of Lon
don. and District Commissioner Phelps, called
| on the President to-day.
Hon. F. C. BEAMAN, recently appointed United
States Senator to fill the unexpired term of the
late Senator Chandler, has declined on account
| of ill-health, and Gov. Crosswell, of Michigan
| has appointed eX-Gov. Henry P. Baldwin, of De-
| troit, TO fill the vacancy.
A LOTTERY DEALER SUES POSTMASTER JAMES
Max Berger, New York lottery dealer, has
brought suit against Postmaster James, in the
state supreme court, for alleged illegal deten-
ton of his letters, for which he claims 81, 800
damages. The case will probably be trans
ferred to the Federal court. The letters were
detained under orders from the Postmaster
General. based on the law authorizing him to
detain letters concerning lotteries &C. 1t is
claimed by counsel that the law is unconstittl-
hCnal, as it makes the Postmaster General sole
and exclusive judge jury, and sheriff, and de-
pllN6S tue pldllltlllS vi lnelT property W1UnOQC
due process of law, and in violation of the Con-
Stitution.
UNDER THE PROVISIONS of the federal trade
mark law which the Supreme Court to-day
pronounced unconstitutional, about 5000 trade
marks have been registered at the Patent Office
and about 200 applications for registry are now
pending.
GOOD SHOWING FOR THE POSTMASTERS.-
During the two years ended June 80, 1878, the
receipts from all sales Of postage stamps amount
edit $50 500 102, and the aggregate sum paid into
the hands of p0stmasters for money orders was
S5S, ,f54, ,625. All this was accounted for to the
department, except So 041, now given up as "bad
debts" and 500, ,2S6 now in suit. The per cent.
OF loss is one-twentieth OF one per cent.
OF INTEREST TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE b.
REAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.-It has
been arranged to close the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing tomorrow, to give Its employees an
opportunity to view the procession and attend
the ceremonies attending the unveiling Of the
Thomas statue. 1t was at first thought 1t would
be impracticable to do this, owing to the press
ing demand for United States notes by the
TreaSurer-24,0O0 sheets per day. In order to
meet this demand without break, the bureau
will be run for an hour or two longer each day
during this and next week.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GEN.
| ERAL-Postmaster General Key has completed
| his report for the last fiscal year and it was
| given out to-day. 1t shows that the total eX-
pendMituresm M m of II the p Q. department for the year
ere $33 AS, 49, total revenues $50 OIL 9S2 &c.
excess OF expenditures, 50 40, ,9165O. The rere-
nueS were derived as follows: Ordinary receipts
s29 4aa, s ,64s 4S; receipts from money order bus-
ness, S219, ,226S3; from official stamps and stamp
ed envelopes, S3SS, 107.60. The amount appro-
priated for the fiscal year was S33 S2S 47O55 so
that there remains an unexpended balance
OF S755, ,O3293, which will be reduced when
unadjusted liabilities are paid. The Postmaster
General again recommends the passage Of a law
readjusting the compensation of railroads for
carrying mails upon the basis of space, speed
and frequency, supplemented by the weight o.
| mails carried This would enable the depart
ment to designate every railroad in flle country
by name. as railway postal line.
TIE COMING SENATOR FROM OHIo-To-night
all of the candidates for the Ohio senatorshtp
will be in Washington. Ex-Gov. Denison ex-
GOV. Tom Young, Gen. Garfield and ex-senator
Mathews are already here, and Judge Taft will
arrive tonight.
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. HAYES TO BE SER
ENADED.-The Columbus barracks (Ohio) band
will serenade President and Mrs. Hayes at the
White House this evening. This under no
orders but upon the motion of the members
themselves, who sustained pleasant relations
with the President when governor Of Ohio and
resident at Columbus.
PERsoNAL.-Ex-Governor Dennison, of Ohio,
arrived in the city by the early train this morn
the Thomas statue tomorrow. He is the guest
OF Representative Ketchum, 1929 X street.
Senator David Davis is reported seriously i'll
at Lenox Mass. His illness was brought on by
the recent death of his wife. ... Congressman
Daggett, OF Nevada, who will be here in day or
two, has written novel. III. @. A. Ward,
the sculptor; IS stopping at WIZARDS. -: Mr..
Beefsteak Club to expel him. Nv. L. Woods,
OF this city, clerk OF the House committee on
public lands, is part owner of a silver mine in
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now there, with a view to developing 1t. :. Gen.
7. !. Clingman, of North Carolina, and P. II.
watson, OF Ohio, formerly Assistant Secretary
OF War, are at the Riggs House. ....Gen. F. A.
Walker superintendent OF the census, was reg
fStered in New York last evening.
THE CABINET MEETING TO-DAY - Secretary
Evarts not having returned from New York was
absent from the Cabinet meeting this after
noon. The Presidents message and the re-
ports of the heads Of departments again
of the protection of foreign trade vessels
under the decision of the Supreme Court Just
rendered, declaring the law for their protection
invalid, was discussed. The United States has
anteeing trademark protection in this country
to their subjects In view of this fact it was de-
come under the provisions Of the Constitution,
and yet afford protection to foreign Trademarks,
be recommended to Congress.
THE KE11oGG-spoFFoRp INyEsr1GAr1os.-Tbe
Senate subcommittee investigating the Kellogg
Spoford case met in New Orleans yesterday.
Henry Hawser, who was night watchman at
GOV. kellogg's residence in 1876, testified re-
gaTdlng the visits OF returning board officials to
helloSgS home. He heard Kellogg say the
house of representatives of the state of Louis
lana had gone democratic. Blanchard and
Jewett visited Kellogg frequently, and Blanch-
ard, kelloggs clerk, told witness they We're
Worklng on election returns These parties
usually came in the back way. The
cross-eXamination showed that the governor and
all who came in carriages came In the sam
way, the governors office being the most ac-
cessible by this entrance. Witness admitted that