Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-25

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WASHINGTON. /
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RRvRNUR-The receipts to-day
from this scource were siO-,2e7
MR.. A. b. MULLsrT, Supervising Architec
Treasury Department, arrived in San Fran
cisco yesterday.
PRRsoNAL-Hon. ]. H. Ketchum, OF New
YORK, Hon. Alexander Rives, of Virginia, and
Judge Bond, Of Richmond, are at willards'
COLONEL ROBERT M. DOUGLAS, priva'e
secretary 10 the President, who has been spend.
ing short season in NIrginIa. returned here
yesterday.
HON. JOHN ALLIsos. Register of the Treas.
Pennsylvania, where he will take the stump
in favor of Governor Geary.
PKRsoEAL.-Augustus NJ. Cunningham,
bright and handsome Washington boy. has
graduated from Yale College with the degree
OF Bachelor OF Arts.
SECRETARY robson left here last evening
for Philadelphia, TO attend TO private business
requiring his presence there. He will return
here on Monday.
APPoINTRD.-Secretary Rooeson has ap.
pointed Rev. J. Rutherford Matthews of
Greenville, New Jersey to be Chaplain in the
U. 5. Navy.
MAJOR HAGGERTY, whom the British gov
eminent decline TO receive as United States
consul al Glasgow on account of his F-niau
proclivifIes is in this city, TO make report to
the Secretary Of State.
ONE HUNDRED AND RIGHTY THOUSAND DOL.
LARS in fractional currency was received at
the Treasury Department this morning from
the Bank Note Printing Companies IN New
York.
ATTORNEY GENERAL HoAR has been applied
10 for an opinion as 10 the power under the
Constitution, of the newly elected Virginia
the forthcoming session and prior to the admis.
sion OF the State by Congress.
JAMES LAwRRNsON, an old and we'll. known
citizen Of Washington, for many years i'll
charge Of the office journal Of the Postmaster
General, and removed q short time since, was
yesterday appointed TO a temporary clerkship
(first.class) in the Post ONCE Department.
REAR ADMIRAL HENRY X. HoFr, lately in
command Of the North Atlantic Squadron, has
been ordered TO duty as member Of the Board
OF Ohcers in session at the Navy Department
for the examination OF Officers Of the Navy for
promotion.
PRESENTATION OF MIN1srRR.-Mr.F
Bile, the new DANISH Minister, was this
morning presented to the President by Secre.
iary Fish, and laid before him his credentials.
The usual addresses were made Mr. Billie
lot some time past has been Charge dAffuirs
OF the Danish mission, resident here but has
recently been promoted to a full Minister.
THE NATIONAL TsL LsesAPHrc U.ro-, which
met in New York yesterday, effected an or
ganization with the following officers: Presi.
dent, w. II. Yoang. Washington, d. c.. vice.
president, W. u. Lewis, New York; recording
secretary, w. w. Barhaus, New York; CORES.
ponding secretary, f. L. Pope, New York;
treasurer, A. L. Whipple, Albany.
AN OPTICAL HINT-Hon. Henry Van Aer.
mum, Commissioner Of Pensions yesterday
summoned the heads of divisions and several
OF the principal clerks &c his room and ex.
pressed 10 them desire to see more efficiency
IN the discharge OF the clerical duties OF the
Pension once, as the large amount Of work 10
be done, and the heavy reduction made BY Con.
gress IN the force of the office renders it neces.
sary that every man should discharge his full
duty. The adoption of the Treasury system OF
keeping time is contemplated.
GENERAL SHERMAN AND THE CLAIM
AGESTs.-A writ OF mandamus having been
issued against General 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; the Sec.
retary referred the question as TO his DO wer TO
suspend attorneys to the Attorney General
Mr.. Merrick and ex.Assistant Attorney G enc.
raj Ashton thereupon appeared before Mr.
Hoar,and. on behalf ofthe suspended attorneys,
argued the matter. 1t Is understoo that the
opinion OF the Attorney General will sustain
the action of the Secretary Of War.
SUPERINTBNDBNT OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY
Secretary Robeson yesterday issued a. order
assigning Commodore John l.. worden to duty
as Superintendent Of the Naval Academy al
Annapolis, Md, 10 relieve Vice Admiral d. d.
Porter, who has been in charge of the Academy
for the past three years. Commodore Worder,
II will be remembered, commanded the Moni.
tor in her fight with the Merrimac, in Hampton
Roads, Va, during which he was severely in
Iured about the face and eyes, greatly impair
ing his sight, from the effects of which he is
still suffering. Commodore Worden Is now in
Dresden, having been IN Europe on leave OF
absence since June lS6s.
INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CONGRESS-
BY reports which have reached here, we learn
that the late Statistical Cong ress at the Hague
was attended by delegates from all parts Of the
enlightened world, ana that At its opening no
less than twenty i've governments were OFF,
cially represented by delegates, generally men
OF eminence in statistical science, while many
of them ENJOY world. wide regulations tor
learning. In the opening proceedings compli.
mentary allusions were made TO persons Of
different countries, not present. who had
rendered good service in the cause of statistics,
and DIR. Won Baumhauer, Chief Of the Bureau
OF Statistics of the Netherlands, .spraised the
labors OF two Americans, Mr.. Kennedy and
Insurance Director Barnes. The delegates