Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-17
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
THE APPROACHING SEssIoN OF CONGRESS-
Ire subject OF The session on Monday n-xt l.
me general topic of conversation here to-day.
al the probabilities OF action Of the two
EOuses beIug discussed. IL is urged by
mary well informed gentlemen that there viii
~ the greatest difEeulty in securing quorum
"a TIE Senate, ss every Republican Senltor
.roIn Maine to Missouri will be necessary to
~sc1re the thIrry five which constitute a quo-
lUm o1 tha; holy. oL- hundred and seven
members eOrst.;pc. quorum Of the House.
IL ere are but few senators or Representatives
in the city yet.
SECRETARY MCCULLoCH has postponed the
use Of stamps on distilled spirits tIl the Is. of
November, when they will be ready fer all
parts of the country, inciu ding the Pacifi,
coast. The time for use Of the stamps on to-
bacco, snuff and cigars has also been post
poned, but to what time has not been definitely
fixed.
The CLERKS VoTEs.-Eforts are beng made
by the various State organizations here 10 per-
feet arrangements tor getting ont the vote in
the Departments and obtaining furloughs for
the clerks. A meeting of New Workers. has
been held here TO provide the necessary ar
rangements and TO cons nit upon the bes. course
to be pursued. Ohio has already taken similar
action.
MKssRs. BROWNING AND EvARTs are the
only members OF the Cabinet now absent The
former is at the Virginia Springs, and the lat
ter is on his farm in Vermont, which he will
not leave until about the 1st OF October.
EXPORTERS OF COTTON FABRICS made ex-
clusively of tax-paid cotton are entitled to a
drawback when the goods are exported; but III
the fabric is made Of material upon part of
which the tax has not been paid tax having
been paid on the other part, no drawback can
be allowed.
A COMNIssARY FOR ALAsKA-Genars,
Grant has ordered Brewer Major W. H. Bell
Captsin and Commissary of Subsistence, to
proceed via New York and the Isthmus or
Panama. and report in person At the headquar.
ters of the Military Division of the Pacific for
assignment TO duty as Chief Commissary OF the
Department of Alaska and Post Commis,ary
at the p" -toccupied as the headquarters of that
Dep .rment.
CHANGES OF OFFICERS OF SUBSISTENCE
The following changes in the stations and
duties of office of the Subsistence Department
have been made:
Brevet Brig. General W. W. Burns has been
ordered TO New York city, TO relieve Brevet
Brig. General kilburn as Purchasing, Depot
and Issuing CommiSsary in that city.
Brevet Colonel Jno. Mel Taylor has been
ordered TO duty as Purchasing and Depot Com.
mlssary al San Francisco.
Breyet Brig General T J. Haines has teen
ordered 10 duty as Chief Commissary of the
department OF the South, relieving Lieut..
Colonel Thos. J. Sullivan, who has teen
ordered TO San Francisco for assignment to
duty in the Military Division of The Pacific.
COLONEL MARI, the first and only Revenue
Sx,-
to enter upon his duties in Missouri and con-
uguous territory.
REAR ADMIRAL WM. MRRvINE died in
Utica, n. u, Tuesday night, aged seventy
eight. He entered the Navy when a lad and
finally rose to ;he grade OF Rear Admiral. He
"as engaged the first year of the rebellion
lighting for the Union, but his ad dvancei age
compelled an early retirement. His funeral
takes place to-day.
NNvAL ORDERs.-Captain J. r. Armstrong
has been detached from command Of the navy
yard at Pensacola, Florida, and is placed on
waiting orders.
Commodore Theodore p. Greene has been or
dered TO command that station on the 18th OF
next month.
Captain L. q. Parrott has been det ached from
command OF the receiving ship Ohio.
Hon. II. Il. HcELEUED, Comptroller of the
Currency. rs at present confined TO his room
by sickness, but is not seriously all as has been
stated, and viii be able to resume his Official
duties in lew days. The report that MT
Hulburd intends resigning is certainly without
foundation. Ii cannot be ascertained AZ the
Department that he has any idea Of so doing.
During the illness OF Mr. Hulburd, John Jay
Knox, Esq, Is performing the duties OF Comp.
Iroller
REcoNsTRrCTIoN ExPRssEs.-The Treasury
Department has remittrd to the Paymaster Of
the Fifth Military District, since the begin
nil OF the year, 3oI 400, being the reconstruc.
TiOn expenses for that district.
: SATISFACTORY CoSDIrfoS OF AFFAIRS IN
MExICo.-Extract OF a letter just received,
dated Mexico. August 18th, 1S6-:
s'AfaIrs here go on very satisfactorily. The
work of restoration is progressing very finely.
The revolts in the mountains of the State OF
Puebla, which might have been serious affairs,
have been satisfactorily settled. There is pros
iration in the country, the natural result Of 50
many years Of destructive war, but no;with-
standing this the financial condition of the
little danger that 1t will be overthrown by any
revolution"
ARMY ORDERs.-The following officers Of
the Corps of Engineers upon the expira-
ton Of their graduating leave have been or
the Engineers Post and Depot of Willet's
Point, for assignment to duty with the Eugi-
neer Batiaiien:-Second Lieut.. Jno. q. ID.
knight and Brevet Second Lieuts. Edgar w.
Bass, Jas. r. Mackall, VIM l.. Marshall, and
Jas. ii. Willard. Second Lieut.. Richard L.
Hoxie is ordered TO report to the commanding
officer at jefferson Barracks, Md. for duty
with Co. l. Engineer Battalion.
PHEsoSAL.-Rear Admiral ID. ID. Porter is
at the Ebbitt House. ...-Gen. John T.. Null
ford, of Richmond, is at Wizards.
PoLITICAL.-General Fitzpatrick, who has
Just returned to this country after an absence
of three years in Chilli, has entered actively on
the canvass for Grant and CoIfax. III. SPOKE
at Orange, New Jersey, last night, and will
speak at the Cooper Institute, in New York
city, o-night.
Senator Van Wrinkle Is on the stump for
Grant Id Colfax.
AT the Republican mass meeting IN Balti-
more last night, under the auspices Of the r.
publican State Executive COMMITTEE, speeches
were made by Hon. John A Creswell, Archi-