Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-21

ecutve ONCE. This morning the President had
a long interview with Col. John w. Fo:ney.
| CoNMIesroNIR DxLAxo was closeted with
the President for some tine this morning ar
ranging several matters and determining upon
appointments to MI vacancies now existing in
the Revenue Department.
GH11AL B1LKNAP, the new Secretary of
War, is expected here In the course OF three or
four days, though he will probably not take
charge Of the War Department until the lst
proximo. r~fF
SRIzURE OF BooKs-The Treasury Depart.
ment has ordered the seizure of three inv
of foreign books In the District Of BURLINGTON,
Vermont, on charges OF fraudulent underval-
uation and discrepancies OF the contents of the
cases, as compared with the invoices.
JOHN M. MoRIARrY, President of the Phila.
delphia Irish Republican Association, had an
interview yesterday with the President and
Secretary OF State In behalf Of the Fenians i'm.
prisioned in England, AID received assurances
that everything would b done for their release
that could be.
BANKIRs AND BRoKERs have made another
appeal 70 the Com missioner Of Internal Reven.
ne for modification Of rallings as to their
TAX. This time the effort 10 to get released
from assessment for the fifteen months prior to
the time when they were reported a. delin.
quent. -It
FRACTIONAL CURnENcY.-Accordipg TO the
records Of the Treasury Department, there are
four millions OF dollars more Of fractional cur.
Ieney In circulation now than at any time since
the issue commenced. Nevertheless, continual
complaints are received from the South ana
west mat the supply il not equal to the neces.
CAPTAIN w. E. APPLETON, u. s. A., unat.
tached, having been found incapac ltated for
perforuane the dutfes Of "A oflcer or the army,
from the excessive use OF intoxicating liq uors,
the President mas directed that he be wholly
retired from the service. with one years pay
and allowances, ana that henceforward hfs
name be omitted nom the army register.
THE PuBLIc DKBT.-The receipts from ems.
toms and internal revenue thus far during this
month have not been as large as the CORE.
spending time last mon n, and 1t is thought by
the Treasury ofncials that totals at the end of
the montR will show q decrease from both
sources. The expenditures this month, how.
ever nave not been very heavy, and the public
debt statement. TO be issued on the 1st proximo,
Will show considerable decrease in the total.
SHHr1NoHD HoR RRvINUI FRAUDs.-Com.
missioner Delano has received information of
the conviction and sentence Of Herman 4rodt
al 81. Paul, Mimi, for aiding distiller co run
on his high wines and removing wholesale
dealers stamps from packages and placing
them on packages containing distilled spirits.
upon which the tax had not been paid, He
was sentenced 70 pay nne OF $500 and be i'm
prisoned eighteen months. The distiller f. T.
Wherman has absconded.
TEE MISSISSIPPI ELECTION. Secretary
Sherman has assigned the following officers of
The army to duty in connection with the res,s.
uation and election In the State Of Mississippi.
and ordered them to report to Gen. Ames On
the LIST pruximo:-Brevet Major VIM. Nelson.
captain Oscar Hagen, Brevet Major Charles 7
Won Hermann, Brevet Major q. 1. Wilson.
ffst Lieutenant Louis p. Derby, Brevet Can.
tain George 5. Spaldlng, First Lieutenant E.
y. Henshaw, First Lieutenant Z. n. Lynde.
First Lieutenant VIM. H. h. Crowell.
NEWS FROM THE SABINR.-A letter wa re-
ceived at the Navy Department this morning
nom Commander ]. G. Walker, Of the u. s.
f1eate Sabine, with the graduating class from
INC naval Academy, dated Gibraltar, Oct L.
1863, reporting his arrival there from Lisbon
on beard were we'll He says: Papers re-
Gently received from home are filled with re-
ports OF mutiny, &c, on board OF this shin
itis scarcely necessary to say that there has
oeen no trouble OF any kind on board"
lSrHRNAL RRvsNu. APPorHTMENrs-The
President and Commissioner Delano to-day
determined upon the following appointments
Philip Brauback, to be Collector Of Internal
revenue for the third district Of Texas, vice
4. N. Lane
William U. Gray, to be Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the seventh district Of Psnnsyl.
vania, vice VIM. n. Swayne.
mahlon Yardley, TO be Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the afth district of Pennsylvania,
vice Joseph Barnsley.
The HsAeRICULrURAL R1PoRr o. 1s6s.-The
publication Of statistical Information In regard
70 the crops Of 1893, from advanced sheets OF
tne department report for that year, now in
press, mas given the impression that the vol.
ume ID now ready for dtssSibutlon. This u no,
the fact, however. The work he's been de.
iayed through the failure Of Congress to pass
upon the concurrent order for printing, though
eacn house passed IT'S own resolution to that
emo. The material is now IN type, howeve-.
AID - gong rapidly through the press; n is NO
hssiy that copies OF the report will b ready
for circulation until after the first OF the year.
A STATUE OF LINCOLN, IN bronze. by Henry
X. Browne. the sculptor, has just bean erected
at The Principal entrance OF Prospect Park.
Brooklyn The figure is about nine feet high,
and represents the form Of the late President
standing, with the folds Of CLOAK draped
about him; ms LETT hand il extended and holds
man uscript. The mead is uncovered. The
hgare stands upon base Of Scotch granite,
and faces the west. On the sides OF the granite
base are various emblems and inscriptions. On
the eastand west wreAths enclosing the letters
"U. 8 A." and "U. 3. NJ on the south an
eagle holding shield, In the centre OF which b
female hoidibg an axe and supported BY q
bundle OF reeds, with the motto, "Eendraght
maakt Maghti'' ("Right makes Misht;"] on
the north is an eagle with Q broken shackls IN
his talons.