Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-06
Washington News and Gossip.

ihE NATIONAL DEBT-A DscRRAsH OF
jO,tli--On The first OF the month, before re.
tnrrs from all the banks aud financial agents
o. the Government he'd psen received, it was
'hopgnt that tne incre sc IN t1e public debt for
the month of september would be at least two
and half OF thrre millions. but the re.uras
having all been received, show quite differ.
ent st- te of our fuane. a. matters
The h"ayy Internal Eevenue receipts the last
two or thrre Gays Of Sep tmber snow that the
debt has b en- d. creased over S9JJ,l0O; leaving
the National debt about 81 3l.Oa.0sl, instead
OF s2,h~GDD.e9O a ol the fir., or Sc te1rber
last. Ine cash bLlaace oh b Id in he vaults
OF the Treasury ere SI3,3J0,CO0 ia currency and
S:'I,'ie' je In coin, including about SlnOCO go
in coin C~rt fie .tcs
The Secre' ary anticipate that the expendi-
lures during the month of O,tooer will be
light, and the next statement will show a
heavy d'crea e, though about S3e,O10,GOO will
oe taken rom the vaults on the Ist of Noyem-
Der to pay the intere7 on the 5-20's which falls
due on that date, and this will run up the deb
asa'n - higher figure than it is now.
The cretIry much gratificd with the
statement for September, as the expenditures
during the month were quite b. avy-one item
alone berg over Si,000,091, issued to the Pa.
chic Railroad, and it was not expected that
there would be any decrease.
The INDIAN LEs-MEETfNe OF rRs
PEACE CoMMIssIoN.-rhe lndisn Peace Com.
mission ompo ed of Hon. N. G. TAYLOR CON-
missioner Of Indian Al .irs, (Prcsldent,) Gen.
W. l. Sherman, Gen. A. H. Terry, Gen G. q.
Augur, Senator ]. b. Henderson, Gen, W. S.
Harney, Col ). f. Tappan and ]. B. S.nborn,
Esq. and a 5. II. Whus, Esq, Secretary, will
meet at The fremont House, Chiclyo, To-
morrow, pursuant'to adjournment last sprjng
1t WIS expected az the time of adjournment
that al The mCesins Tomorrow the final Report
OF the Commission would be arran,ed. aud
they would dissolve, having comple I'd their
business, but the re cent serious troubles with
The lndisus Will prob ably prolong their So ,7joo
and nece5sit1fe prompt action TO quie. the uu
iiiendly Ind'sus. Itis suppo ed that the se3-
son OF the Commission will not be entirely
harmonious, as one of the members Cd.
Tappan, Is disposcd to find fault with Gen.
Sherman for not using more string gent mea .ure,
TO quelI the recent Indian disturb .nees.
FIGHT WITH AcACHEs-THE INDIANS
RoUTLD-A report has been received here
T. ON Gen. Merritt, at Austin, Texas, saying
that Lieut.. Curack, 9th cavalry, with sixtyme
and some Me-io IN volunteers, sent ont from
that po (, overlook the Indians (Apaches and
Lip2us) Two hundred s.rolg, about eighty
III Hillfu, N q runnlnp
frht. exteldIng over five miles, be W. IN
twenty aud thirty, wounding as many more:
capturing ii their stock some 200 mules aud
horses, and some cattle; destroyed their camp
I'd winter Stores and recaptured two Mexican
boys, who had been captives folr or five
years.
CABINET MELTING ON SPANISH AFFA-RS-
The l. suiar efing o. the C8bine. was held
to-day. al the members pr; eat except A. to-
ney General Evarts, who IS absent ron the
city. Tne - sion wss a long one
There is rumo- here of the purch2 e OF
Cab. by our Government. Spanish affairs ale
undsr conside .tion At lie Clbinet meeting D
day, and sccretary Sewc rd is said > be s., 1l,-
by 6rg the mr.. "a.
THECANILLA EIoT.-ieneral Howard yCs-
terday .elcs aphcd to General : bley. to know
when the report on the emilia riot would DE
ready, end this morning received the following
reply:
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, Oc-. 9TH, 1SjS.-TO Mir
G raj ". ~. Hoicr d., Con ai Ssse nsy. <,.-Ee-
poIt OF Camilla ..ot will be sent to-morrow
co SIBLEY,
Brevet Br'ead-9r General u. s. A..
a. at ,tc.;r