Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-13
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-Day. - Internal
revenue. S305, ,276.54; customs. $3.50, ,365.67.
CoUNrERFEIrERs CAPTrRED.--The Treasury
department is advised of the arrest of Mark NJ.
Merrill. Geo. W. Paxton. T. J. Henderson, John
c. Wade. James Edwards and VIM. L. Tindale
yesterday. in Tennessee. for connterfeiting.
Merrill and Paxton were subsequently, rescued
from the US. deputy marshal at MOrristown,
Tenn.
SECRETARY LINCOLN has abandoned the trip
he contemplated making to the Yellowstone
National Park this week. in company with Gen.
Sherman. owing to tine illness of the President
In the course of week or ten days. if the Pres
| ident continues to improve the Secretary will
take his family to Rye Beach.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieut Com Charles E. Clark
to the school ship New Hanshire as executive
on the 23d inst. Lieut.. Edward p Wood. to the
Naval academy. Midshipmen Vim. A. Gill;
Henry ). Chase. CIV. Jungen. Frank w. Kellogg.
Daniel p. Morse. Edward Hayden and John
Hood. and Assistant Paymaster John Ferry. to
| the school ship New Hampshire. Assistant
Surgeon s. H. Griffith. to special duty in the
Bureau OF Medicine and Surgery. Lieut.. James
| W. GraydOn. and VIM. Little. have been de-
tached from the Minnesota on the 18th inst,
add ordered to the school ship New Hampshire
DEATH OF A NAVAL TRANSFERRING secre-
tary of the Navy received dispatch to-day from
Pay Director Russell. dated Baltimore, as fol-
lows: II respectfully report that Passed Assist
ant Paymaster Curtis III. Thomson died at l
o'clock this morning."
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VEssELS.-The United
States steamer Adams arrived at San Francisco
yesterday The Phlax arri we'd at the navy yard
in this city, last evening from Annapolis.
NICKELs.-Notice is given by the Treasury de-
partment that the fve-cent nickel coins are no
longer furnished by the United States mint. but
may be had upon application at any sub-treas-
ury.
COLONEL JOHN S. MOsBY, consul ul-general at.
Hong Kong, has no intention, it is said. of re-
turning home at an early date as heretofore re-
ported. but will remain at his post for the pres
ent. 1t is also said that President Garfield was
largely instrumental in MOSby's appointment to
his present position, being his personal friend.
Mr.. CHAUNCY SMITH. the venerable clerk of
the Post Office department. who has charge of
the examination and filing of postmasters bonds,
will soon be transferred to desk where the
duties upon him will not be so OnerOus. Mr.
Smith has passed three score and ten years. and
for fOrty-two years has been faithful and eff
clent emplOye of the Post Office department. 1t
is now thought that in his old age the veteran
should have lighter duties than those now per-
formed by him.
IN THE BIDDING for the miscellaneous SUD-
plies for the Treasury department for the fiscal
year ending June 80 1882. under recent adver-
vertisement. the following named persons and
firms were successfu Irvine, Townsend b Co.,
New York; t. p. Howell & Co., Newark n. j.:
Robert Leitch & Bro, N. T. Metzger & Bro.
John KeywOrth. Robert Boyd, James B. Lambie.
J: W. Mcknight & Co., b. W. Reeds Sons,
IN Do;yo~
Savage, J. W. Boteler & Son, C. W. Hayes, T. D.
Gilman. Barbour Hamilton, and T. c. BasshOr
Il Co., all Of this city.
IN MAKING REMOVALS from the Pension Office,
list having already been sent to the Secretary
OF the Interior by Commissioner Dudley, the lat
ter says that upon assuming his Office he first in
quired into the appropriations and the sum ne
cessary to pay the clerks now employed He
aScertalned that the total annual appropriation
subject to the pay of employees in the Office was
S74, ,O7O, and that the amount necessary to pay
the force employed when he was appointed to
the position was s9l1 $50. leaying a deficit of
S131 $50. To come within the bounds Of the
appropriation discharge Of the force was in
evitable, and in making the discharge Gen. Dud-
ley says he has been governed by the following
considerations First, the ability of the clerk to
perform the duties of the service. In deciding
this he has taken the length Of time the clerk has
been employed into consideration. If clerk
has been employed number Of years and has
proven himself only OF mediocre ability he will
be discharged. The new clerks appointed by
Secretary Kirkwood who have shown ability to
do their work will be retained. Second, those
having families to support will be retained in
preference to those having none, other qualifi-
cations being equal. Third, Union soldiers and
especially wounded soldiers will be retained
where competent for the duties.
Mr.. BYRON D. ADSTr, of New York, has been
appointed to an 81 800 clerkship and assigned to
the charge Of the Division of Salary and Allow
ances in the office Of the First Assistant Post
master General, in place of Mr.. A. S. Lynch. who
will be assigned another desk.
PENSION DECIsION.-Secretary Kirkwood has
decided that a pensioned ex-soldier who has
been an inmate of .'sOldiers home" and leaves
without permission, is entitled to draw his pen
sion precisely as if he had never been an inmate
of the institution. The provisions of law which
make the pension payable to the treasurer of the
nome" cease to operate soon as the soldier
leaves. whether by regular discharge or of his
own motion.
The CONTRACTS for supplies for the Treasury
made by Chief Clerk Powers. will be a saving in
the aggregate of over 20 per cent of the prices
paid for the same articles by Custodian Pitney.
For instance, in the matter of revolving chairs
So is saved on each. Pitney paid for such chairs
S12 each, whereas Chief Clerk Powers has con-
tracted for the same chairs at 80 piece.
PERSONAL---VERY. DR.. Addison, of Trinity
Church, Washington, is sunniering with his
family in the vicinity of Easton Maryland.-
Col. A. NJ. Gibson has engaged rooms for his
family at Deer Park for the summeI.-L.
Gardner and wife and Miss Carrie Mclaughlin.
Of this city, are at the Atlantic HOTEL Ocean City
Md.-Senator Edmunds of Vermont, has re-
turned from his Canadian salmon-fshing trip in
improved health, but he didn't catch many fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hale are spending the
month of July at Bethlehem, N. H.-Captain
/. N. Burritt has returned from Pennsylvania
-Haliet KilbOurn, of Washington, was regis
tered in New York last night.-Dr. Carl Ru-
dolph POwalky, for many years an attache of the
Nautical Almanac Office in this city. died yester-
day.-Ex-Representative Hendrick B. Wright
is reported to be much better aud his recovery
is reported.-Wm. YOrke AtIee and wife. and
Miss Hoysradt. OF Washington, are ut the Hotel
kaaterskill Catskill Mountains
The Register Of Wills Office.
4 LEGAL POINT RAISED.
Mr.. Fl. j. Ramsdell, the new Register of Wills.
(to succeed Col. Amos Webster, did not appear