Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-28
ANOTHER sERENADE TO BOSWELL.
Whs Pays fer the Band
"Base is the Slave that Pays''-ISAakespear
"He who Pays Breaks''-Waas.


We hear that collector Boswell will be sere.
naded at his residence, on Ith street, South
Washington, at OK O'Clock tonight. The South
Washington brass band will ofhciats on the
occasion. 1t is understood that this selenade
will be entirely spontaneous; arrangements 70
that eff.ct having already been made By Mr..
Boswell
Mr.. Perry Carson will not attend to the
details this time Mr.. Boswell in his i'm.
premptu Acknowledgements (now in type at
The Chronicle ofiice) Of the honor done him by
This wholly unexpected, &c &C., demonstra.
tion Of the people will clear up different
knoty problems not quite solved by his
various interesting and highly readable, but
not quite perspicious cards and letters in re-
gard to Corporation affairs and ward politics.
MINISTER TO CHINA.-The President this
morning appointed Frederick F Low, Of Oali-
fornia, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary to China, in place OF VIM.
A. Howard, Of Michigan, declined.
AMONG the arrivals at Willards to-day are
Hon. r. NJ. Blatchford and Hon. M H. Grim
nell, Of New York Hon. John Covode,
Pennsylvania; Col. Rusteiu Bey, of the
Turkish army, and Senator Spencer and Gen
r. ID. Roddy, OF Alabama.
THE PUBLIC DRBT.-The statement OF the
public debt, to be issued on Thursday, will
show decrease in the same Of between three
and four millions Of dollars since the first OF
the present month. The receipts from Internal
Revenue have been about s13,000,00O, and the
receipts from customs about Si6,0OO,O00.
PBRsONAL.-Hon. T. @. Fletcher, of Missouri,
Rear Admiral Lardner, United States Navy aud
Compte Fouche de Careil, Of Paris, are at the
Ebbitt. .''-Hon. VIM. Miller and George E.
Spence, OF Alabama, Hon. John Covode, Pa,
and Col. Rustein Bey, of the Turkish army.
are at Wizards.
SENATOR WILSON, of Mass, arrived here
last evening from Philadelphia, and leaves
again this evening for Pennsylvania, where
he will make several speeches in favor of
Gov. Geary's election before returning to
Massachusetts. He had an interview with the
President this morning relative to political
affairs in Pennsylvania.
KILLED By REVENUE ROFFIcIR-Mr. James
Atkins, Collector OF Internal Revenue for the
ith District Of Georgia, reports 70 the Depart.
ment that one Of his deputies-W. b. Whit.
more-killed a man named Mark Deadman,
near Ringgold, in Caloosa county, a short dis.
been arrested for Illicit stilling, and was
attempting to make his escape, when he was
killed by Whitmore.
THE WHITE HoUsR.-There was q very large
crowd of visitors at the Executive Mansion
this morning, many of whom were ad-
mitted to see the President; among them
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts; Senator
Spencer. Of Alabama; Hon. John Covode,
chairman Of the PennsyIvanta State Rspub;i-
can Committee; Moses drinnell, Collector OF
the Port OF New York Hon. John +. Lewis,
Lieutenant Governor Of Virginia Capt. Am
men and Surgeon w. M Wood, OF the Navy,
and others. At noon the Cabinet met, but the
only members present were Secretaries Bout
well and Cox, and Attorney General Hoar
Secretaries Fish, Sherman, Robson, and Post
master General Cresswell were absent. As.
sistant Secretary Of State DAVIS and Assistant
Postmaster General Earle represented the
heads Of their Departments at the meeting, and
the session was quite lengthy one. Mr.. Co.
vode was closeted with the President some
time during the forenoon relative to political
affairs In Pennsylvania and the campaign in
that State. Senator Wilson was with the Pre-.
sident about half an hour before the meeting
of the (,ahinet