Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-30
THE EVENING STAR
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
PRESIDENTS RECEPTION ON New YEARS
DAY.-We are authorized to state that s.; eleven
o'clock a. m. on New Year s day, Wednesday,
January !, 1861 the President will receive the
members Of the Cabinet and Foreign Minis
ters; the judges OF the Supreme Court OF the
United States: Senator'S and Representatives
In Congress- the Judges Of the Supreme Court
Of the District OF Columoia and OF the Courr
o. Claims.
At half past eleven o'clock A. IN. the officers
of the Army and Navy and Marine Corps will
be received. ..
At eleven O'Clock and forty-hve minutes
a. m, the Associated Soldiers of the War of
1912, and members of the Oldest Inhabitants
Association of the District Of Columbia, will
be received.
The reception Of citizens will commence at
twelve M, lat which hour the gates of the en-
closure viii be opened,) and will termina e a.
two o'clock p. m. Ladies will be received.
Carriages will approach the Exc cuuve Man
gate.
DIsCoED BETWEEN THR MUsICAI QUEENS
Privste letters from Paris and London men
ton very dissgreeable state of feeling as ex-
listing between Patti and Kellogg. The i'm
mense success OF the latter in London has
excited the disgust Of Patti, VINO holds In
her q rival who may yet unseat her in the
affections Of the multltude. On Kellogz's ar
rival IN England, it seems she w1ote A lei'sr
TO her sister artiste, expressins the sreat m
1t would afford her TO reneV their persona,
acquaintance on thai side of the Atlantic. bn,
TO that T.ssive no answer was returned. A
second letter was sent, embodylng similar SEN
timents, but neither did that elicit a reply.
Kellogg thereupon felt herself badly treated
and did not hesitate to say as much to NJ lie
PATHS friends. At last accounts parties were
forming for And agA+zsat the two prima donnas.
and it is dreadful to think what the result is
10 be.
GENERAL CUSTER has written a lsttsr in
reference to the charges preferred agains; him.
He asserts that whatever cruelty he was guilty
OF was rendered necessary by the conduct or
the men under his charge, who deserted IN
large Numbers, and thus placed in Jeopardy
his supplies, DC. He declares that under
similar circumstances he would repeat his
ORDERS ana nlS aCls, ana complains tbat tue
Court was composed of officers four Of whom
were OF rank inferi9r to his own. and one or
whom was Commissary whom he had cen
euIed for corruption.
MONEY DUE EEEBRAsKA-T Com MI soner
of the General Land Office has caused An ac-
count 10 be stated between the United STATES
and State of Nebraska, for the five per cent.
fund aecruing TO that State the net pro.
ceeds of the sales Of the public lands within
her limits, and finds that the balance due the
said State on December 3lst, 1896, am o united to
S9i2s2 27.
THE PUBLICATION OF THE LETTER LIST
The Postmaster General in view Of the fact
that few Of the advertised letters are deli
ed, had decided that from and after January
1st, 1865, no payment will be made tor insert
ing the lists, provided, ..aBy publisher OF a
newspaper can be found willing to do the
work without charge. Also, that all newspa
per men Offering TO publish without cha. .e
shall have the privilege OF copying the same
stimuli ran eously.' A circular to his effect has
been sent to all the postmaster of the country,
with Instructions to notify the newspapers in
their localities of the decision OF the Depart.
ment in the matter.
BUSINESS AT THR PATENT OrFICg-The
whole number Of Patents issued from the Pat
ent ONCE during the past year is l3.0iJ, being
an increase Of 3,5i5 over the number Of last yea
which was $500. For the week ending or
Tuesday January Z, 265 Patents will be IL susd
During the past week 400 applications and 50
caveats were filed.
SECRETARY McCrLLocH in a letter to the
President Of Boston bank, dated Dec oath +,
says There is a good deal Of difference OF
opinion among the member of Congress in Re =
gard 10 what snail be hereafter our dnaa cial
policy. At the commencement OF the session
II seemed that the infiationists were in a deci-
ded majority; but before the adjournment for
the holidays more conservative spirit was
manifested, and am now quite hopeful tn
mere WI De no legislation BY the present Con-
gress favorable to the views OF General But.
ler, or very adverse 10 those Of the Secretary
We shall know better, however, when Con-
gress again convenes"
PRESS CLUB BANQUET.-The second annual
banquet of tie Washington Correspondents
Club takes place on Saturday, January IIth
is6S, at Welker's in this city.
GENERAL GRANT ON THE RECENT RE-
MovALs.-lt is among the on dts that General
| Grant earnestly objected TO the removal OF
General Pope as commander o. the Tn rd
military District, and that several private
letters relating 10 the removal passed bet ween
| the President and General Grant II has been
! stated that General Grant strongly urged the
| removal OF General Ord Commander of the
Fourth District on the ground OF dissatisfaction
with the conduct OF General o. since he ha
Dee n in command of thai district. There l. no
| foundation for this rumor. we have reason to
| believe The removal of General T.. was made
| at his own request, and General Grant made
| no objection thereto
| CONSOLIDATED LoAN.-Sena or Henderson
mas prepared bill, 10 be introduced next
| week in the Senate, providing for a conso-
| idated loan OF 3K per cent. interest, payable
IN gold, and for the repeal OF the limit OF three
hundred million as the circulation OF the ma.
tional bank currency, so as to make the bank
| Ing business as free as other business
GENERAL SHERMAN will remain here IN III,
about the middle of next month, for the pur-
| pose of getting mp his report OF the Indian
| peace commission. He says the accounts of
the Indian war have been greatly exagger.
| ated. The war was principally fought in the
newspapers and In Congress, and the cost Of
| the real war In the West was very much less
| than has been represented.
| INCREASE AND REDUCTION OF SALARIEs
| The Postmaster General is now having re.
vision Of the affairs in a large number of Pos 4,
Off hon he