Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-09
THE EVENING STAR.

THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAY.-Internal rev.
nue.. 1856, 1910; customs. s5s9,443.
SECRETARY McCRARY, who has gone to Bos-
ton, will return next Saturday.
GENERAL SHERMAN is expected back Friday
next.
Col. THOMPSON, superintendent of the rail-
way mail service, has left the city for short
vacation.
THE p. 0. DEPARTMENT HAS DECIDED that
packages OF tobacco, bearing the internal rev.
enue stamp, can go through the mails as fourth
class matter, instead of first class matter, as
heretofore.
BY VIRTUE of an act OF Congress, approved
June 21, 1s79 the biennial examination OF tnva.
lid pensioners is abolished from that date, ard
Commissioner Bentley has issued the provisions
referred to In printed circular.
CHAs. DE1TR1cH, of CincInna att, who was clerk
to Gen. Banning's committee on military af-
fairs, Forty fifth Congress, and more recently
private secretary to Senator Pendleton, has
been appointed to lucrative position under
the superintendent OF the census.
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY and family left
this morning for New York. The Postmaster
General will be the guest of Postmaster James,
Of New York, for day or two, and will thence
go 10 New England for month. Mr.. Key said
last night that he had no fences to mend, and
that his trip had no political significance.
MARSHAL WHO WANTS INsTRUcT1oNs.-SttI-
well Russell, U. s. marshal for Texas, is here
to be advised as to his duties, In view of the
failure OF Congress to make provision for the
support OF marshals and their deputies. The
Department Of Justice, it is understood, has ad-
v1sed him to do the best he can and trust to
Congress to eventually make provision in the
future for that which 1t failed to do In the past
THE HOLDERS of the six per cent. registered
stock OF Washington & Geor getown are consld-
erably exercised over the fact that the major
ity OF that stock was effectively issued Treas
urer Gflhilan has referred the matter to Con-
trOller Porter for decision whether in the fact
OF the defects he can redeem the stock.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IN THE TREAsuRY.-
Secretary Sherman has issued the following
order: "The employment OF substitutes to ber-
form the duties of clerks and employees OF this
the consent and approval of the Secretary: and
the d1sburSing clerks will be directed to with
nold pay from all persons absent from duty
having substitutes In their stead, without such
approval"
THE EXODUS AND THE NAVIGATION LAWS
Private letters received here from Mississippi
indicate that those who are more directly In
jured by the exodus OF the negroes to Kansas
and other northern states have at last hit upon
plan to check the heg1ra. The navigation
laws of the United States prescribe the number
OF passengers steamboat Is allowed to carry.
In0se seeking to prevent the wholesale exodus
nave n0tlAed the of11cers In command OF the
steamers, that II they carry more than the
NUMB number r. o. Of passengers the navigation laws
allow, that they will be proceeded against and
prosecuted under statues. Already the report
Is that two steamers have been ubelled for a
violation OF the law.
A TECHNICAL QUESTION has arisen under the
judicial bill passed at the last session, and 1t is
now before Judge Porter, Controller OF the
Treasury, for his decision. In the judicial bill
there are generally two items Of appropriation
lor the transportation OF prisoners-One for
to another and the other for Transportation Of
prisoners arrested to place OF confinement In
tne present judicial bill the first item only is
contained co There is Of course. no dln1ellty
Tor the transportation OF prisoners from one
prison to another. The question is, whether
according to the provisions Of the bill they can
not also receive out OF the same appropriation
tnelr 1ees and expenses for the transportation
OF persons arrested from point to point in their
9lstIlcts. o. the question has not been decided.
whether marshals can perform the general
duties OF their onices with the expectation OF
relmDursement rem at the hands OF Congress, nor
VIII that question come before Judge Porter
That officer is known, however, to mold the
same opinion in that matter as that enter.
talneo Dy the Attorney General.
ARMY ORDERs-First Lieutenant ]. G. Dayen
port, 9th cavalry, now on leave OF absence, will
report for temporary duty to Major r. N. Scott.
IN This city, who has charge OF the publication
OF records OF the rebellion. Leave for one year
on on surgeons certificate OF disability with per-
lain N: j. Gonzales, 9th cavalry The number
OF enlisted men to guard the observatory and
rs1 pIoMc sp properly connected with the geographi
additional enlisted man. WV >'''N'' -"
MOVEMENTS OF U. s. vEssELs-The practice
ship Constellation, with the cadet midshipmen
on board, arrived at Mount Desert yesterday.
The receiving ship Saratoga arrived at New
York yesterday from the Bermudas. In q re-
port 10 the Navy department Commander Robly
that he left Hampton Roads April sd, last and
after stormy passage entered Fagal April
18th. The boys on board suffered much from
5Re e at Eaa
dence In the case Of the American schooner
LIZZIE r. Simmons, Captain Buddington, de-
reports that the American consul did every-
In bis power TO prevent the unprovoked out
rage perpetrated on Capt. Buddington, but to
no purpose. The Saratoga lett FagaI April 3lst
and arrived at Funchal May 22d, at midnight
From there the Saratoga went to Lanzanote and
from there to Santa Cruz Tenerlffe. June nth
she left santa Cruz and In fourteen days ar
rived at Burmuda. Leaving there July end she
arrived at New York yesterday. Commander
Evans says that during the three months the
drills have been constant and the instruction of
safely promise at the end of the year to transfer
hearty, well drilled set OF lads The health
OF the OfllcerS and crew was uniformaly good.
CLASSIFYING THE LETTER CARRIRRs,-The
Postmaster General to-day issued an order dIvid-
Ing all the free delivery cities OF the United
States into two classes, with view to complete
~ classifying the letter carriers In accordance
with the requirements OF the law OF last Febrl-
airy. The first class consists of the following
cities, each having population of $4,000 or up
WARDS, VK:-Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Brook
!yn, BunalO, Chicago, Cincinnati Cleveland
Detroit, Indianapolis, Jersey City, Louisville,
milwaukee, Newark, New York, New Orleans.
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Providence, Rochester,
other cffiQQ bo