Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-08
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

IdE f. ENlNO OIAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
AT THE CABINET MEETING this afternoon
Secretaries Evarts and McCrary were absent.
No business Of public interest was transacted.
The POSTMASTER GENERAL and part OF his
family will leave the city tomorrow for tour
OF several weeks through New England. Chief
Blackfan, CT the foreign mails division, and
family, Will also start tomorrow on northern
trip.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED.-The President today
signed the commissions Of the members of the
Mississippi River commission, that of John A.
Hunter, of Missouri, to be chief justice OF the
supreme court OF Utah; OF Thomas j. Morris.
OF Maryland. to be U. s. district judge of the
district of Maryland, and the commissions Of
one or two minor postmasters.
SECRETARY SHERMAN expects to make flnan-
cial speech In Portland, Maine, on the 23d inst
He may make speeches in other portions of the
STAGE. The Secretary has never spoken in Maine
before. He leaves here next Monday.
PERsoNAL.-The address to the graduates Of
Villanova College by Mr.. j. j. McElhone. steno-
grapher of the House of Representatives, is
spoken Of by the Philadelphia papers as Of un-
Upton, OF the Treasury, returned from New
YORK thls morn ng. Senator voorhees, left
this city on the 1:sO p. m. train for New York.
In ORDER TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC accurately
concerning the issue and sale OF stamped en-
velopes, and to save the time and labor Of clerks
and other postal employees in answering fnuui-
aesdeG es deGang IN the has
with collection OF samples Of stamped en-
velopes, both ordinary and special-request, put
up in neat wooden Frame and SO arranged as
Tn show readily their difYoront
qualities and prices and the manner In which
they are to be obtained.
A COUNTERFEITRR RARRKsTED.-The secret ser
vice is telegraphed by one of its operatives in
San Francisco that he yesterday arrested In
that city Robert s. Cowperlhwaite for passing
counterfeit silver coin.
POSTMASTER Thomas NJ. Sumption, Havre de
Grace, Nd, has been re-appointed by the Presi-
dent.
THERE SEEMS TO BE YET SoMB MYSTERY at
tached to the alleged appointment of Col.
Roberts, OF New Orleans, to revise and codify
the 2: s. Army regulations. While it is ad-
mltted tnat the Ad1utant General Of the Army
has nominal charge OF the revision, 1t Is claimed
that Col. Roberts will do the work and get the
pay.
THERE ARE SOME THIRTY-sIX VACANCIES In
the I'd neutenants' list in the army which will
soon be filled by appointments from civil life.
The number of applicants is about four hun
dred. These vacancies are by act of Congress
open to non-commissi0ned officers of the army
but all OF these officers, four or five, who have
successfully passed the required examination
have been appointed. Army officers are raising
many civilians to the service, but others con-
tend that as the vacancies exist If the civilians
can pass the examination it will not hurt the
other than "West Point blood" The large mum.
Der OF vacancies is caused by deaths and retire.
mentS, the latter Of which were suspended dur
III III. the pendsn'y of the Burnside commission
q. s. TREASURY APPOINTMENTS Collectors
OF customs and internal revenue, assistant
treasurers, and other principal officers OF the
lar just issued by Secretary Sherman, as fol.
lows thereafter, when submitting nominations
1or appointment to subordinate positions under
your direction, you i'll state In addition to the
other information now required, the service Of
me nominee In the union army or navy during
PAYAAsTERs' YEOMEN will not, hereafter, be
required to sign the "shtppjng article" The,
Will be appointed by the paymaster, subject
the approval OF the commanding officer an
viii be entered on the ships books upon takin
nns oa.n ~ OF ana signing an
amenab!e to the laws, regulations, and discip.
line OF the service and Of the ship, and to be
discharged, In case Of misbehavior, 10 any port.
foreign or domestic, " ithout claim for passage
money, on the approval of the commanding
officer. So directs Secretary THOMPSON in gen.
eral orders No. 245, issued on the 1st inst.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Ensign Templin NJ. Potts to
the PoWhatan; Cadet Engineers E. O'C. Acker
and J. w. Amman to the Alaska at the Mare
Island navy yard; Cadet Midshipman L. o. Gar
ret, from tne Alert ana ordered to the Alaska
MARINE CORPS ORDERs.-First Lieutenant
9. B. Haycock is granted thirty days leave
from the 18th inst, and foithe month to Cap
tain II. j. Bishop.
WASHINGTON POLITICIANS are commenting on
the fact the Westleiche Post, st. Louis, which is
generally considered to be Secretary Schurz,s
paper, has for the past three weeks printed at
the head OF its editorial column the letter of
secretary Sherman to the "War Democratn Of
should be nominated for the % Presidency lei case ne
ARMY ORDERs-Colonels T. B. Tower and
John Newton and Lieut.. Col. G.. K. Warren.
corps OF engineers, are constituted a board to
meet In New York city at the call of the senior
officer to examine for promotion the folloWinp
oficers OF the corps: Captains c. w. Howell. e.
:, Lydecker, Aman stickney, ]. M. Cuyler and
A1eHanaer oe,,an = Mackenzie; First Heuts. D. W.
Sears. Thcs. Turtle and Eugene Griffin. and
SeG1nd 1,a aieuts ina Willard Young W. NJ. Black, W
- L. FISK rs ian ana s. w. Roesser. The report of the
engineers to the ad1utant general Of the army.
surgeon A. X. Smith is detailed from duty as
an additional member of the general court
martial appointed to meet at Davtd's island
New York harbOr June 26th, last
GEN. GRANTS observation-disclosures Post No
!, Grand Army OF the Republic, San Francisco
mas Issued circular announcing that it is the
oDlect OF the post to give General Grant a 0un1-
te0, hearty and non-partisan reception unOn
MS arrival In that city. Copies of the circular
nave Deen sent to all city governments milf
tary bodies, temperance and benevolent organ
izations, and civic societies on the Atlantic
coast, asking their cooperation.
CAIIFoRNIA's QURUE.CUTTING LAW INVALID.
IN Inc I: 5: circuit court at San Francisco yes
terday, Judge Field, or the U. S. supreme court
decided what is known as the 'squeue -cuUting
ordnance" ora to be invalid, being in conflict with
the fourteenth amendment. The Ordinance
prescribed that the queues of all Cinnamon i'm
prlsOned In the county jail for petty Offenses
should be cut OIL, and was expected to prove a
Strong deterrent to that class of criminals
WRIT FOR HABEAs CORPUS FOR CHAsr1NE
Cox-Judge Potter, In the supreme court at
New YORK, yesterday granted writ OF habeas
corpus ana certlOrar1 In the case of ChastIne
COX, the self confessed murderer of Mrs Hui.
The petition for the writ sets forth that he 1.
Detained N hn oI,uo