Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-11-20

MRS. VICE PRESIDENT COLfAX Il VlSitnS her
relatives in Ashtabula county, Ohio.
JUDGE DENT left here again yesterday for
Mississippi, and on Monday next the campaign
in that State win be actively resumed.
THIRD AUDITOR CLARKE returned here yes
tertay from ten days visit to his home in
Clermo MT county, Ohio.
PERsoNAL.--.James Russell Lowell will visit
Washington soon, and will be the guest OF his
nephew, DR.. Woodbury..
SENATOR SHERMAN and District Attorney
PierrepOnt, of New York, had interviews with
the President to-day.
SECRETARY boutwell, will return here from
his visit to GrOton, Mass, tomorrow Or next
day, and be at the Treasury Department on
Monday.
COMMISSIONER DELANo left Macon yester-
day for Jacksonville, Fla, and it is probable
that he will not return here before the latter part
OF next week.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY RICHARDSON has
brought his family to this city, and is occupying
the residence Of Hon. B. b. French, on Capitol
Hill.
TWENTY DOLLAR CoNsCIENcE-Acting
Secretary Richardson this morning received a
letter from Mount Vernon, N. j., enclosing 800,
which the writer desired to have placed to the
credit Of the conscience fund as income tax
MONEY IN THE TRRAsURY.-The cash on
hand, as shown by the books Of the Treasury last
evening, was s1Os, 900 900 in gold, (including
s34 100000 in gold bearing certifcates,) and
81 900 900 in currency.
GENERAL GARFIELD and other members from
the West, who have heretofore been in favor Of
contracting the volume of the currency, now
announce themselves. it is said, in favor of
speedy resumption of specie payments.
THE NATIONAL BANK NOTE PRINTING Con-
PANY Of New York resumed work on the cur
rency printing to-day, the counting of sheets
and balancing of books, which has been in pro-
gress for several days past, having been con-
cluded.
BONDS PURCHAsED-Since the LIST instant
the Secretary Of the Treasury has Purchased
S9,OO0,OOO in bonds, 80 900 900 of which have
been placed to the credit of the sinking fund,
and 81 900 600 held subject to the action of Con-
gress.
Hon. LEONARD MYERS, who formerly pro-
posed taxation of dstileries up to their full ca
pacity, intends urging this plan again at the
next meeting Of Congress as the simplest and
best way to prevent frauds and gather the
revenue.
lCAPTAIN WAITRR g InNo, 10th inrantr v :,
appointed from Maryland, has been dismissed
the service for embezzlement and conduct.un-
becoming an officer and a gentleman, and sem
fenced to six months imprisonment unless the
I'M no laI 10
IHE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE SOCIETY
elected Gen. W.T.. Sherman, president: Gems
Dodge, WalcOtt, Loomis, Rusk Col. Coleman
and Gen. Landnem vice presidents; Col Dayton
and Gen. Hem Hickenlooper, secretaries, and
then adjourned to meet in Cincinnati next
October.
MEssRs. GAIT AND MoHUN, the committee to
solicit subscriptions tor the Worlds Fair, will
resi- me their calls upon our prominent business
men for subscriptions on Monday next. In adj
ditiOn to the subscribers heretofore noted Messrs
w. II. & o. H. Morrison and Marshal Brown
to-day subscribed IS 900 each towards the enter
prise.
SENATOR SHERMAN. who is now here, is said to
be ,busily engaged in preparing bill for funding
the public debt, which he will present early in
L embrace
the features of the bill introduced by him dur
ing the last session, with the exception OF the
rate Of interest at which the debt is to be funded
1t is said this will be lower than was previously
contemplated by Mr.. Sherman.
The NAVAL RANK BOARD.-Capt. William
Reynolds, Surgeon Wm NJ. Wood, chief of the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and John
Lenthal, chief OF the Bureau of Construction
and Repair, have been ordered to duty as MEM
bers of the board Of naval officers to settle the
question OF rank between line and staff officers
OF the Navy, in addition to the list mentioned i'm
THE STAR Of yesterday. The board will meet
on the 2ist instant at the Navy Department
REsuNrT1oN OF WORK IN THE CURRENCY
BUREAU.-A portion Of the work in the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing, at the Treasury
department, having been suspended for few
days in order to make q cOunS and balance the /
books in conjunction with those Of the New
York Bank Note Printing Companies, will be
resumed on Monday, and the usual amount of
national currency will be handed over to Treas
urer Spinner daily.
Mr.. }. w. SHEAHAN, formerly of Washington,
now an editor of the Chicago Tribune, the other
night addressed the Franklin Typographical
Society OF that city, very ably and effectively,
on the importance of those who are engaged in
instructing the public losing no opportunity to
instruct themselves. The popularity Of the pa
per was that, with the exceptionof proper names
and technical terms, the entire address was ex-
clusively In Anglo-Saxon-all words of otherd
rivation being excluded. This is the first Of the
series Of papers to be read before, and published
by, this Society. These papers are to be pub
lished in style Of typographical execution that
Is to be peculiarly elegant, and intended to make
them worthy Of preservation.
COMMITTED TO JAIL-A negro man hailing
from Baltimore, and calling himself Charles
Duckett, was committed to Jail at Princess
Anne, Md, last week charged with outrageous
conduct towards young white lady In the
Kitchen OF one of our citizens. The alarm was
given aud the rascal fed, outrunning his two
pursuers, But q large Newfoundland house
dog Joined in the chase and brought him to bay
IN branch. where he was captured. Saturiay
night the scamp undertook to set the jail on
hre.-True Narylahder.
We regret to announce that Mr.. John Janney
was seized with paralysis whilst in the COURT j
mouse on Wednesday last, and now lies In q crit
lcai condition at his residence in this town. The
announcement will be received with unfeigned
sorrw, not only by this community, but by the
citizens OF the State generally, who In days past
have eniOypd he harQfifs of hia WiSdOm and az