Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-27

VOL. 34---No. 5.l63.
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INrIRHAL RHvnuH.-The receipts to-day
from this source were s64i,ls2.
SECRETARY ROBSON will retarn here from
Philadelphia tomorrow.
Ma JoHN HITz, Swiss Consul General has
returned to this city from Tennessee.
SECRETARY FISH left Washington Saturday
night for New York, and will return here &C
the close Of this week. $500.
CoNMIssIoNRR DBLANo wiz return here
from Pennsylvania about the latter part o< this
week.
APPOINTED BY TIE PsRsIpRHr.-The Pres
ident to- day appointed William Whist, Of Mo-,
to be Register OF the Land Once At Boonv Vile,
Mo.
LIIUr. CON. L. p. LULL, U. 5. Navy, has
been detached from the Lancaster, and or
dered to command the Nautaskst On the 18th
of October next.
MISSISSIPPI ELBCrION.-The time for the
election in Mississippi has been extended one
day. 1t will commence on Tuesday, New. 10th.
and end on Wednesday, Dec. 1st.
MAJOR s. W. SAxroH has been promoted
from a first TO second-clas clerkship in the
First Comptroller's Office, Treasury Depart
ment.
Two HUNDRED AND PIPrKIN THOUSAND
DOLLARS in fractional currency was received
at the Treasury Department this morning from
the Bank Note Printing Companies in New
York.
APPLICATIONS tor elerkships or appoint.
ments in the several Departments must here
after be sent to the Departments direct, and
not TO the White House. They will not be
considered at the Executive Mansion, nor for.
warded thence to the Departments.
Hon. S. S. Fisher, Commissioner Of Patents.
left tAis city on Saturday for New York to be
present at the opening OF the fair OF the Ameri.
number Of the Examiners now absent on leave
will probably be present.
THE WHITE doUsI.-There was quite q
large crowd OF visitors at the Executive Man.
sion this morning. nearly all Of who n weread.
mitted TO see the President. Among them were
George w. Paschal, Of Texas, James Hagger.
ty, late United States Consul at Glasgow, and
others.
TIE SCARCITY OF FRACTIONAL cuRREsoY il
still q source of great annoy ance to business
men. Banks have much dificuliy in supply.
ing their customers. Notwithstanding the
efforts made to supply the constant demand,
the United States Treasurer II not able to I'LL
orders as fast as they are received.
NOT So.-Ths statement telegrsphed from
this city, and referred to in THE STAR Of Sat.
urday, that writ Of mandamus had been IL.
sued against Gen. Sherman as Secretary of
War by several claim agents, who were sus.
pended as attorneys before the War Depart.
ment on charges of corrupt conduct In, We are
informed, incorrect In all its particulars; no
mandamus having been issued, and therefore
no subsequent action taken.
GOVERNMENT SELLING GOLD AND BUYING
BoxDs.-Secretary Boutwell, has directed Gen.
eral Butterfeld, the assistant treasurer at New
York, to sell one million Of gold each Tuesday
and Friday till the 1stof November, commenc
ing tomorrow. Also, to purchase two mil.
lions Of bonds each Wednesday till the 1st OF
November. These sales and purchases are in
addition to the sale and purchase on account
OF the sinking fund, which will be continued
without change Of the existing mode.
CoNPENsArIoN OF LIrTsR CARRIRRs-
engaged in adjusting the compensation of let
ter carriers. The maximum amount OF pay
is fixed BY law at $500 per year. The act Of
July 1, 1864, allows the Postmaster General to
increase the salaries Of diligent and faithful
carriers after they have been some time in ser.
Vice to $1,000. but no higher rate Of compensa.
ton 10 allowed. The object Of readjusting the
compensation is to ascertain whether the sala-
ries iof mail carriers in the rural district may
not be reduced. This the Postmaster General
is authorized TO do, but it is not likely that the
salaries Of carriers In the large cities will be cut
down, as 500 is conidered low enough.
UNITED SfAfHs SnxAfoRs PROM VIRGINIA
Messrs. Alexander Rives and James @. Pax.
ton bave published q card, stating that the
President did not declare General Williams
hIs choice for United States Senator from vir.
ginia- ''On the contrary, he was aware several
gentlemen were named for the office in whom
be had pfrfect confidence, and there might be
others unknown to him having the same title
10 his confidence; and while feeling it To be
improper for him 10 express any choice al all,
he would certainly nothave done so 10 the pre-
Judice of any ons OF his friends. Among these
were General Wickham and others; alss, Dr.
Sharp, whom he had long known and whose
loyalty was perspicuously displayed In the
hostile community in which he lived al the
outbreak Of hosuhues."
This card OF Messrs. Rives aud Paxton, bub-
lished this morning, purporting to give the
points Of a conversation between themselves
and the President, relative to the Virginia
Senatorship, may be construed unfavorabIe to
the integrity Of General Williams very un-
Justly, as all who know that officer must ad-
mre his truthfUlpess of character and devotion
70 principle. General Williams has never rep
resented himself as being the choice Of the
President for the Virginia Senatorship, but has
simply stated that ths President, In converse.
ton with mutual friend, declared that he
would be perfectly satisfied with the election
OF General Williams as Senator from Virginia
General Williams being an ofncer OF ths army,
and having positively refused to enter the can.
vass or to accept the Senatorship unless ne
should have the full confidence Of the people
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