Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-08


THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTO-DAY.-Iuternalr rev.
enue. sSi9.Ol9.19; customs, $3.50, ,695.91.
APPoINTED.-P. Ii. W. Deshler was to-day
appointed Inspector of tobacco, SNUFF and
cigars for the s.h district of Pennsylvania. and
c. a. Mathes storekeeper and gaugeT for the I'd
| district OF Tennessee.
THE KEARsAGE passed Cape Henry this
| morning at O'Clock bound In.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS Charles E. Mlnter. OF
Norfolk. Va, and John A. Long, OF Boston,
| have been appointed acting sailmakers In the
navy, to date from April 2. 1851.
THE POSITION OF CHAIRMAN of the Ute com
mission, made vacant by the resignation OF Mr..
Manypenny, has been rendered to Judge Taos.
A. McMorrts, OF Leadvllle Col.
DECORATION DAY.-ASslstant Adjutant Gen
eral John Cameron, departmen Mt of the Potc-
mac, Grand Army Of the Republic, rendered
the President and his Cabinet to-day au earn
est invitation TO be present at the decoration
! ceremonies, to be held at Arlington May 3jth
| next
ARMY ORDERs.-The leave granted First
| Lieutenant Thomas 81. Barber, 1st artillery, Is
| extended one month. Leave for six months, to
/ take effect when their services can be spared
| by their department commander, Is granted
the following officers: Captain J. Z. Bates, ,2oth
! Infantry, and First Lieutenant W. u. Ham mer,
goth infantry.
To REPRESENT TIE ENAyY.-Medcal Directors
j. N. Brown and A. L. Gehon and Surgeon j.
hpap
the navy at the meeting OF the American Medi-
cal Association to be held In Richmond Oh the
Sd OF May next.
THE RkMAINs OF SENATOR CARPENTER, accom-.
panied by the Congressional committee and by
MIS- Carpenter and the immediate family OF
tie deceased, left thls city on the Chicago ex-
press train at O'Clock this morning. from the
b. q T. Gel pot. The party. % persons 10 ali, 60
in Pullman cars 100 and 1SS one OF them hotel
car. They are scheduled to go through to Mil
| waukie without change arriving there at noon
tomorrow. Deputy Sergeant-aJ-ArmS Curisty
has charge OF the remains.
MILEAGE OF NAVAL OFFICERS.-The following
order has been issued By the Navy department.:
/ Hereafter all payments for mileage will be
made only at the naval pay Offices at New York,
Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, San Fran
| cisco, Baltimore and Norfolk, upon pre9enta-
ton OF the original orders. Officers orderei to
foreign stations who fail TO receive their mile
must transmit their claims to the Fourth
Auditor, accompanied by original orders.
OCR EUROPEAN SQUADRoN.-Rear Admiral
Howell, commanding the European station, re-
ports to the Navy department from Genoa,
under date OF March 221, that his flagship, the
Trenton. arrived there on that date from Leg
morn. The Nlpsic was IL Genoa repairing aud
improving. The Galena was still In the East
and had visited the ports of syria and PROBATE
Bay. She was at last reports at Smyrna. The
Qulnnebaug arrived at Marsetlles March 9th,
and would sail March 21st for Barcelona. The
Wyoming was still at Leghorn. The health OF
the squadron Is excellent.
RETIRED.-Commodore Somervllle Nicholson,
L. S. n has been placed On the retired list, to
date from yesterday. The retirement does not
cause ary promotions as the list Of comruodOre5
Is theTeb by only reduced TO the number allowed
by laW-tWenIy-hye.
Senatorial PAIRs.-Senator Fair left Wash
ington last night for st. Louis, whittier he ha
been called on important private business.
| For the period Of his absence. (Which ha eSti
mates at about ten days. he is paired with his
| colleague, Senator Jones, OF Nevada. Se1ar rOr5
Ielier and MaXey have paired Tor the re
for Colorado and Texas. respectively. ia
| pair OF Sel atoT E1nunds VINO Is SIN In
| Florida has been transferred 10 senator Gar.
land, Of Arkars& :. who has goaa home, an Is
not expected b.ck IL this city durlnz tue .es
ent session.
CHICAGO EASK's TAXEs.-J. B. HaIley and
| Emery Syorrs, OF Chicago, tc-1ay made
| argument before the commission e of internal
revenue, in behalf of the International Bank o,
| that city. The internal revenue bureau IS
| alter the ba1k about its taxes. 1t appears that
| the report II has rendered for some time as re-
| CARDS It's capital suefect TO taxation. is very
/ materially different from the report it has
| made to the clearing house association OF Cut
| cagO. Thus there Is a matter OF some differ
eEce as TO the taxes paid by the bank and what
| should have been paid, in the opinion OF the
revenue officers. The commissioner reserVe1
| his decision.
NAVAL ORDERS Rs-Commander \. r. Yates, to
| duty at the Portsmouth N, H) navy yard on
| the 30th instant, relieving Commander III. I.
Johnson. who is placed On waiting orders. Com
| IaaIder G. b. White. 70 hold himself In rea1l-
! ness lor the command OF the KearSarge Lieu
tenant ". T. Randall, to special duty under in
/ structions OF the bureau OF navigation. PdsseI
| Assistant surgeon George Arthur, to duty at
| the marine barracks, Washington. Lieutenant
=. T. ;. houston. from the Washington navy yard
| ana granted four months leave, with permission
/ TO leave the United States Passed Assistant
! surgeon II. II. Crawford. from the receiving ship
Colorado aIId and S ordered to the receiving ship
| shur. now In Florence, Italy. is extended until
| August lsJ next, and that OF Lieutenant sum
| ner e. Paine until July 1St.
WHITE House VIsIToRs.-It was very dull
| about the White House to day. There was not
| even the habtual delegation to urge somebody
for place or invite the President to fair, funeral
I or feast. Secretary Blaine ana the Russian
| minister, who came together, only saved the
| Gay from being the dullest OF the present ad-
| miliStratfon. President Garfield went down
/ stairs and received the foreign minister and the
/ cabinet officer IN the blue room. The inter
| view was formal, and consisted Of the usual
| exchange OF courtesies when the representa-
| tive OF foreign dynasty calls on the President
| OF tie United States under the convoy OF the
/ Secretary Of State. The Russian minister was
! In full court costume. Among the callers on
! PRESIDENT GARFIELD were Senators Hawley
! HaIr1so q and Hoar; Representatives Haskell
/ Speer Thomas, Dezendorf and Houk; John B.
HaWley, formerly Assistant Secretary OF the
treasury. and COL n. E. Thornton, OF Atlanta
| ia. Mr l.. I. Barnum was there too
| PERSoEAL.-Bernhardt is to be a guest at
Wizards. where she win arrive at O'Clock to
day.-The Hon. Francis Richard Plunkett, for
| some time attached to the British embassy here.
| has been transferred from st. Petersburg to
| Constantinople as secretary or the embassy
| Mrs. F.. Miss Nj. ). and Miss 4. NJ. Beach and
| Mrs. ana the Misses K1lbourn or Washington
| were registered at Florence on the 10Th ult.-
| Col. Fred Grant, according to doubtful west
| ern Tumor, Is 10 resign from the army and be-
| come chief engineer OF the Texas western mar
| row gauge railroad, OF which his faJher-1n-la law,
| MI. HonoTe OF Chicago is to be Preaident.-
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