Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

internal revenue gauger for the 7th district of
Kentucky.
SECOND LIEUT. T. n WOOD, U.s.M.C., has been
granted one months leave from the 18th inst
NAVAL ORDERs-Surgeon W. G. Farewell, to the
New London naval station, 10th January next, re-
neving Surgeon NJ c. brennan, who is placed on
waiting orders
SEARCH FOR A SHIPwRECKED CREw.-A cable dis
patch received at the Navy department by Com
mOdOre Walker, announces the arrival at the Cape
OF Good Hope yesterday OF the Marian. She is On
her way to Heard's Island in the south Indian
ocean, to look after the American bark Trinity,
supposed to have been lost there. The search has
for its main object the rescue OF the crew OF the
Trinity, who are supposed to be on Heard's Is
land.
The SQUABBLE AMONG OHIOANs FOR AN OFFICE
The Pres 1dent is anxious to appoint an United
States treasurer at Cincinnati. The Office is now
vacant, but owing to the quarrel Of the local
representatives the President is at a loss to know
how TO act Taking advantage OF this state OF
aHa1rS applicants are after the place outside OF
Cincinnati.
The AMERICAN BAR AssOCIATION.-A special
committee OF the American Bar Association, con-
sistng of GARRISON N. Potter, of New York; Henry
Hitchcock, of Missouri: Alex. P. LawtOn, of
Geo gia; Rufus King, OF Ohio; John w. Stevenson
OF Kentucky; Richard T. Merrick OF the Districto OF
Columbia; CORTLAND Parker, OF New jersey, and
Chas s Bradley, OF Rhode Island, will meet at
Mr. Merricks office this evening to devise some
plan to relieve the United States Supreme Court of
the great pressure OF business now upon it. The
impression is that the committee will recommend
tne creation OF an intermediary court to take juriS
uictlOn OF many cases that now go to the Supreme
Court
INDIANS STARvING.-A telegram has been re-
ceived at the Interior department from the collec
tor of customs at St Paul, Minn., reporting that
delegation of Indians living on unceded land at
femDlna, are starving, owing to the smallpox
quarantine. The Indians are beyond civil juriS-
Giction, and it is asked that the War department
De requested to extend aid at once.
SOUTH CAROL INIANs ALI. "ON THE SAME BUsI-
ss."-Ex-R Repre- sentative Smalls, OF South Caro-
lima, who Is also contestant for seat in the
present House, is in the city. In conversation
with him to-day STAR reporter remarked: 81 see
MI Harry Noah Is here from your state after
place. ''Not only NOah," was the reply, "but the
whole contents of the South Carolina ark are here
on the same business"
THE Z. S. S. YANTIC left Port Royal this morning
for San Domingo and cruise in the West Indies.
SECRETARY HUNT is expected to return to Wash
lngtOn this afternoon or this evening.
On DIT.-It is said In creditabIe circles, that Mr..
j. Bancroft Davis is to succeed Mr.. Hit, as First
Assistant Secretary Of State. This will leave a
vacancy on the bench Of the Court of Claims.
which the Quid nuncS have accorded to Secretary
Hunt.
No CHANGE TO BE MADE.-It is stated on what
seems TO be reliable authority that there will be
no Change in the management OF the Government
Printing Office.
THE CITY swarms with offce-seekers, while the
Senate is wrestling with the question of civil SER
vice reform. Meanwhile those who most persist
emily advocate the claims OF those chasing after
the SpOliS are United States Senator'S
THE RESIGNATION OF POSTMASTER GENERAL
General James has forwarded
his resignation to the President, to take effect
about the LIST OF January. The Lincoln National
bank, OF which Mr.. James was elected president,
notified him short time ago that it would open
for business the 18th OF next January, and
would require his services He went to New York
to endeavor to make some arrangement with the
bank directors whereby he could remain in the tIe
Cabinet until the end OF the fiscal year. They
would not consent TO any such arrangement, and
or his Cabinet position He concluded that he could
not sacrifice his personal interests for the sake of
short service in the Cabinet, and so rendered his
resignation, which will be accepted. Nobody, ex-
cepting possibly the President, knows whether
MI James successor will be nominated before
the holiday recess not RumOr still makes
Filley the next 2. NJ. General
RETIREMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY UPToN-
Assistant Secretary Upton, OF the Treasury de-
partment, to-day took formal leave of his Official
duties His resignation takes effect December 81.
and he has been given leave OF absence to that
date He took leave at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
PERsoNAI--It is positively denied by one OF ex
President Hayes most intimate friends here that
he and his wife have any idea of going to Europe,
as reported private letter lately received here
reports ex-Gov. Mccormick still very ill at his
residence on Long Island, and not likely to be fully
recovered for a month or rmOre-Gen. and Mrs.
Pitcher are at the Ebbitt-Dr. G. Palmer and
wife and II. Coolidge, OF Washington, were regis
tered at the Office of the New York Herald In Paris
yesterday.-Gen j. II. Martndale, who Will be
well remembered as military governor OF Wash
1ngtOn from 1862 TO 3d. died at Nice yesterday
Ex-senator Mcdonald is at Willards-SenatOr
Miller, OF New York, Engineer Shock, G. w. Adams,
and Pacificus Ord, of Washington were registered
in New York last even1ng.-MrS Jane Farnham,
widow OF the late Robert Farnham, a venerable
and greatly beloved lady, is dangerously ILL Of
typhoid pneumonia.