Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-28
EVENING STAR.
Washington News shd Gossip.

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Washington News s.hd Gossip.
SECURiIIEs NEVER RET'JRNkO.-An exam.
nation OF IL e Treasury cords shows mt a
large amount Of sccuTI'ies are never returned
Tor retemp.'op, and Tat n s,in larger amount
are not prssent'd d until long over due. OF the
ore-ys1r live per cent t'mporary 10 n GER.
tifc IiHs issued fou- years ago over one million
dollars are yet outsts udIDg, end it is L,lieys
that the larger part OF this " in never be hp I'd
from Of the seven-thir;y notes p yable In
August, ls67, so57,SS0 have never been pre-
sented, though more tran eiyhieen months
over due. or no educ June 30, 1865, there are
yet out 1874, 200. The time hav e elapsed,
these two clss- OF sevSn-t' 4 les are not ex.
change BILE for fvs-tvent :, are r. I. lmable
in currency, and are no longer draw ns i1-
Ierest. OF the Isst 'ssae of seven.tnrt :. due
July 18th, tie TINE hiss been ex ended to Au-
gus Ist. So, il not present for eonversion
this week. over ,en million dollars Of thnse We.
Outstanding will be T, deenable in currency.
TIE CHINEsR TRsArY, as rat'fied by the
Senate, w;s AMENDED in some par -iSulars
The section in reg. ri to a ul ifo. On SYST m OF
eoiB., wei hts aud mc'-ures, was ri ken out
as subI ct open for >ub eque 1t eonsicel ation.
Some amendments Were m: de - the section IN
relation 20 citizenship, d car lg that ell Chi
nee residents in tbs copntry hould enjoy the
same rights of nasurdli ii on IS any other na-
ton. On the subject of he ADMISSION OF CHI
nee 10 the public schools of the Unit S'.f =,
the nate held he ground that they should he
admitted TO all the pr.v,leg Of a citize / OF
the mot layor~d nation-tbat is. that tie Con-
gress of the United ST Il - hs no right to midi
este who should or who should not l., admitted
to State schools. Facilit-oI to atte Id slch
schools mrst b. yulatcd by Ste laws. In
regard to adm ION 10 all institutions OF l" III
iLg ct bli he'd by the Cove. ,ment of the Uni
ted State, the eitizs"s OF Cnina were 10 have
the same oppol tunlt-es - any other apple mt.
TIE DIsNIssfL OF SOLDIER CLERKs-Sac-
retary Sehofieid having .eiyri large mn n
ber OF omple'nts re'st;ve the rec II di1
ch: sc of % clerks rom tie Quarternc
ter Generals Office, il being stated t citizen
clerks b; d N re 1in and soldiers dis
eh3rged. " Ill nske a thoror IN inyes cation
OF the whole mar. He hes direct I t1o e
clerks who have appl: to HIM 10 be n
sf.f d, % present , him " ira > II Nmcnt of
all the facts, which he VIII inv'-tis Ate, and
should 1t be found that competent soldier clerks
have b. n dismiss r1d cit'>en clerks r
lined, he viii order the reiRs 1tement OF sL;h
soldier clerks.
"A PROCLAMATION THAT WASN'T Issued
The Pre- -ident bad prepar proc'aration,
and it was in print, converting the S.r,te in
extra ION 4or executive business. but whe
the Sena's adjournsd al noon IT YVES found that
nominauo1s had be IN made for all the I'M.
poriant office vacant, and a tion taken by the
Senate in some form sud that there was no
probability Of ge..ing more definits dispoeition
upon the ,featic' submitt"d by the Executivc
than had already L. en- had, and there fore the
proclaim arion VS. abandCled
Nor So.-It is den'ed thar the President has
stAt' tnht he would not recognize the officer
OF the IsoTganiZ S'l' ss lessl officers. On
reconst 'uc' on acts OF Congress, aad execute
them so far = he Is rcquned 10 take action upon
them, '.leay'Hg The de'ermira alton of tne.r Ie-
Gaiiy or eonstiiutionality 10 the legally eonstI-
tuted authorize
COMMISSIONER OF INIT FINAL REvENUe-
BY the terms Of h's letter, the resig aat on Of
Comm 'ss .oner Rollirs Is condltiopal, to Ike
effect upon tie confirmation of bis successor.
The President holds thar the condition is VOID
and thar by simply sccept'ng the ie~snai O
be his detrmI~ alton - do this, and make "a
ad interim appointment within a few days.
Colonel Cooper Will probably receive the
nent.
MOVEMENTS OF Mr.. WADB.-Viee President
Wade leaves top ight Ior bis home and wll,
take nip to the Rocky Mountains. On his
re -rrn, In about three weeks tim- he " Ill pro.
eeed 70 the sca-shore N the vicinity Of roston,
where he will sray until the time for Congress
assemble, in september.
NOT REACHED.-The joint rcsolutio that
PISSED the Senate, directing the S ereiary Of
the Interior 10 aruul the T cent contract for
stationery made by him with Dempsey &
OIcoi', and '''o enter intO a c0ntr: CT for the
articl"s rneni,oD. in aid adv.rsi emrnt " ith
Blanchr I'd n MOhrn, the latter benz the low
est and best bidder therefor" Z" was not reached
Gu the Speakers table, and cons quentIy goes
over " the mee.ing IN :eptember.
SoNE OF our eotemporsri-s have Solomon p.
Me- ardy eOPfrm for Cnief justice of the
supreme Court Of U'ah. He was rejected
AEoLIsHED.-By act OF Congr s approved
July ~ the ofnee Of Director of he Err au
Of St.i sizes Is abolished af,er the irss OF jan
"ay- leO9. SO Dir. Delmar has a repr.eve unriI
skner of the Revenue will act % Supelmtsn-
DENT Of the Bur an. with a division clerk IS
deputy.
dENERAL GoEBEN prorounres Bsdesn's
: Military ScrvIees Of General Grant, IN IN
elaborate arucle in the HIitsriseEe BIofer ..tne
Inost CT ditible and inI Isrc~ung work winch he
his yet read On the American war"
IT Is SAID thar the Turkish RepreSentatiye
IN th 5 country (Elaequa- Bey) is "A good de al
Onsnded abort the eXpr"s~Ioa of sympathy
with the sirug Cling Cretans, which has pasted
CONGRESS by unanimous vote The Turks
clam that the Cr~ N InsurTecticn IS ended,
End tha: our appeal 10 the Turkish Govern
ment a; this time Is an unnecessary and useless
car of offence.
why The PkESIDEsI DIDN SiGS TIE
FUNDING BILL--"Data" wrItes 10 the Sun -
Il here are numerous inquiries tbs evepiuga
TO the action taken by the President with ref-
srence 10 the .undIng bill De ssed D., the Ser ,ie
II 81 p'ght and by the Hou to-day. Upon H.
quiIy IN The prop t'I stIon II Is found that
the bill wes pr cent 10 the PR sident but a
lew minu' fore -ne sdjouInment Of { On.
gre :, and Al 'he time when the comm x ! Of
the two houses Were waiting upon ". JOIN
son 10 know If he had any further communi-
canon 20 make 70 CJngr = Under the e'-curn.
stances the President could not ha re time 10
a. he l