Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-23

Hoar had interviews with the Presiden. tn,
morning.
GIN. FRANCIS A. WALKER, Chief OF the Bu.
reau Of Statistics, has gone to his home in Mas.
sachusetts, where he will spend about three
weeks.
CAPT. q. H. HoYT, Assistant Quartermaster
United States Army, has been ordered to re.
port to the Quartermaster General for inspec.
tion duty at Baltimore, Nd.
MAJ. GEnL HARNEY, in charge Of the Sioux
Indians ia Dacotah Territory, Is in town, and
had an interview with Secretary Sherman this
morning.
DAUGHTER Of Bishop Simpson is to be
married in Philadelphia next We dnesday.
The President and Mrs. Grant are expected to
be present on the occasion.
THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL SHERMAN
are positively announced as to be present at
tue meeting Of the Society OF the Army of the
tennessee, to be held in Louisville on the I7tn
and 18th Of November.
SUPERVISOR BARBOUR, of Massachusetts,,
row declines to act any longer. being un willing
to assume the additional labor OF the proposed
enlarged district, embracing the whole OF the
New England States.
CouNTRRPIIT COUPON Of the six per cent
fve.twenty bonds issued under the act of Feb
ruary IS, 1863, has been detected at the Treasury
Department These counterfeits, which are
lithographs, are exceedingly we'll done and
are calculated to deceive.
GINIRAL SHERMAN has not retired from the
charge Of the War Department. as erroneously
stated in morning cotemporary, but will con.
m hieoh khA l,xt,.
War until the new Secretary, Mr.. Beiknap
takes charge.
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, has ordered the rs.
moval Of every man holding ofice under the
authority Of the Treasury Department in Texas
who favors the election OF Hamilton to the
Governorship Of that State. The order dispo.
ses Of q large number Of the employees OF the
Custom House at Galveston, and the Collector
Of the port at Brownsville.
UNITED STATES BONDS OUrsrANDINe.-A
statement just prepared at the Treasury De.
partment shows shss the amo1ns or ooupon
bonds Of the United Ststes outstanding ON the
3Oth OF September last was 81 ,332, $40, ana
the amount Of registered bonds outstanding at
the same date was $775 5,496,2OO Total, sa,iO7,.
936,sCO.
MRS. VIOLA CRocK sR BARRETT, an actress
quite suddenly in New York on Wednesday
afternoon. She was twenty six years OF age at
the time OF her death. the immediate cause of
which does not seem to be clearly understood,
although she had been complaining of i'll
health tor several DAYS previously.
APPOINTMENTS BIZ THE PRRsIDRxr.-The
President has appointed Nathan Sargent and
H. A. Brewster, District Of Columbia, to be
Tyne Of tbo
District OF Columbia, for the term OF three
years from the 18th day Of October, 1869, and
Jas. b. Cooper, of Louisiana, to be Pension
Agent at New Orleans, vice Julian Neryille,
declined.
ARRIVAL HOME OF Ex.MINIsTRRs MONA.
HON AND WoRTHINGToN.-Among the passen.
gers by the steamer Berlin, firm Bremen, which
arrived in Baltimore yesterday afternoon, was
General Mcmahon, late United States Consul
ct Paraguay, who is on his way to his home in
New York. Mr.. Worthington, Of Allegany
county, Maryland, late United States Minister
to the Argentine Republic, was also one of the
passengers by the Berlin.
JUDGE JOHNSON, one Of the newly elected
Senators from Virginia, and Mr.. Gibson, one
Of the Representatives from that State, are, It
il reported, still laboring under the disabilities
imposed by the fourteenth amendment which
was ratified after the passage Of the act Of Con-
gress relieving the disabilities OF Messrs.
johnson and Gibson, as 1t is asserted that the
act Of Congress approved April I. 1869, reno.
wing the disabilities imposed by the fourteenth
amendment tails to embrace IN its terms either
of the gentlemen named.
INCREASED CONVERSATION FOR CLERKS
RBCoNMHNDED.-Hon. Reader w. CLARK, the
Third Auditor, will, it Is said, rec ommend in
his annual report new classification Of the
clerks In his bureau. He holds that clerks
whose services have become truly valuable,
and, TO q degree, Indispensable, should be re.
warded by increased compensation, and his
recommendation will be based on this idea
Judge Richardson is said to favor some plan of
this kind in preference to the twenty per cent.
proposition.
APPOINTMENTS AND PRoNoTIoNs.-Thos
Ewing King, Of Columbus, Ohio, has been
appointed to a clerksnip in the Int rnal Reve.
nue. Bureau; Robert V. Harrison, ID. c.. Charles
E. Joyce, N. Y; John II. Coolidge, Mass;
Hosea U. Sergeant, N. H., and George II
Cooper, Wis, have been appointed to first
class clerkships in the Second Auditors Office
Max Molims, Texas, and Albert Robinson
Pa. rs assistant messengers In the same Office
and Charles T. Murray promoted from list to
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NOTED from first to q second class clerkship In
the Interior Department.
CoLoNlI q. r. GARDssR is, We regret to
learn, lying so seriously III at his residence, ON
Capitol Hill, that his death Is expected at any
moment CoIonei q. 10 over four score years
Old, and during his life has hlled several re.
sponsible positions. He came to this city from
New York, when quite youth; was Adjutant
General Of the army during the war Of 1878, and
has since served - Postmaster OF this city,
Sixth Auditor Of the Treasury and Surveyor
General Of the State Of Oregon. His son. Gen.
eral Frank Gardner, commanded Port Hadson,
on the Mississippf, at the time Of its siege and
surrender, during the late war.
THBNArIoNAL CuRR1NCY.-Inc conseq uenc.
Of large supply Of fractional currency hav.
ing been received from the New York Bank
Note Printing Companies during the past
month, Treasurer Spinner 10 now able to sup
ply the denand, and has therefore reduced his
order to sl7s,oo0 per day, instead Of sss0o0O, as
heretofore. He y now receiving the new
issue OF two dollar notes, bat expects to have
larger suppIy next week. The nrst OF the
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