Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-12-22

entertained his assistants and heads of his bu-
reaus, with their wives, at dinner.
THE NEW NATIONAL CURRENCY NOTES, of
the denomination of five, twenty and fifty, will
be issued early in January.
THE RECEIPTS from Customs and Internal
Revenue during the past ten days have been
small, reaching only about two-thirds of the
amount usually received in that period.
The CLERKS and other employees i'm the
Treasury Department will receive their monthly
salaries tomorrow, and be permitted to leave
their desks at noon on Christmas Eve.
Hon. s. s. Cox delivered the second lecture of
the Maryland Institute course, on the subject OF
"Progress in Spain," at the Institute hall in
Baltimore last night.
THE DUTIES ON CoAL.-The Ways and Means
Committee OF the House of Representatives are
said to be opposed to a reduction of the present
duty OH Nova Scotia coal.
THE REMAINS OF MIR. PEABoDY-Thc Sec
retary of the Navy has ordered the iron-clads
Miantonomah and Terror to proceed to Portland,
to convey into the harbOr there the funeral feet
bearing the remains of George Peabody.
THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT will hereafter
be issued from the Treasury Department printed
in the English, German, and French languages,
and sent to our Consuls for distribution among
the business men i'm the coun tries to which said
consuls are accredited.
NoMINATIoNs.-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate this afternoon:
Gabriel e.. Wharton. L. S. Attorney for the
kentucky. III RriS
signed.
Postmasters-B. Whitman Williams. at Rome.
y. "; Amasa b. Tracy, at Middleburg, VT
INDIAN CHIEFS INTERVIEWING THE PeFsr-
DENT.-Juan Andres Alberta and Juan Rev
Lucero, chiefs of the Pueblo tribe of Indians
OF Asleta, New Mexico, now on a visit to this
city on business connected with their band
were at the Executive Mansion this morning
with Commissioner Parker, and had an inter-
view with the President.
RECEPTIONS MONDAY NIGHT-Senor Garcia.
Minister of the Argentine Republic, gave a re-
ception on Monday night, which was largely
attended by notabes now in the CITY, Hon.
fernando Wood also entertained distinguished
company at his residence, corner of Fifteenth
and streets. Secretary Fish, Chief Justice
Chase, Speaker Blaine, and a number of Scna-
The CAPIToL-In the House to-day a few
bills, OF but little Importance, were introduced
and referred to appropriate committees, after
which the House went into Committee of the
whole on the state Of the Union and a number
OF speeches we're made; but hardly fifty mem
% sefSss vas mare
tested in the proceedings, the session evidently
being only to kill time.
COUPLE of good water color pictures are TO
be seen now at the cosy new bookstore of Messrs.
Philip & Solomons. The larger, and the one
that will attract most attention, Is a view of
Conway Castle, North Wales, with its pictur-
esque surroundings of land and water, by j. q.
Philip. The other is a view near New Torouay.
North Devon, by the same artist. These pic
lures are worth inspection, and especially bv
those who have not had An opportunity to note
the progress made in water-color painting Inv
the English school.
THE FAERAGUT-PoRTER prize and bountv
case, growing out Of the capture of New Or
leans and destruction Of rebel craft in the Mis-
slssippi, was expected to have come up i'm the
Equity Court OF the District Of Columbia to-day.
and quite number of officers interested were
present at the courthouse this morning but in
consequence of Judge Wylie being detained at
home by illness In his family, the counsel, X.
NJ. Corwine, Esq, who appears for the Govern
ment; Gen. Butler for Admiral Farragut, and
j. Hubley Ashton for Admiral Porter agreed
that the case should 60 over until after the
holidays.
The GEORGIA RECONSTRUCTION BILL.-The
bill to I" promote the reconstruction of the State
of Georgia" which has passed both Houses of
Congress, provides that the Governor of Georgia
shall call together the Legislature of the State
as originally elected; the expelled celored MEM
bers to be restored to their seats, and those
ineligible under the Fourteenth Amendment to
be excluded. The enforcement Of the bill is. If
necessary, to be carried out by the military
authority OF the Government, and the State
Will not be admitted to representation in Con-
gress until it shall ratify the Fifteenth Amend
ment.
A CONTESTED FUND OF ONE AND HALF
MILLIoNs.-Dnring the war the amount of
money taken from deserters from the Federal
army, as they were arrested, reached the sum
Of million and a half of dollars, all Of which
was covered into the Treasury in 1867, but is
daily refunded to the parties from whom it was
taken as they establish their claims thereto, ON
the ground that it was then private property.
but taken from them by the military. At a
recent session of the Board Of Managers of the
Soldiers and Sailors National Asylum, Gem
eral Benjamin F. Butler, one of the board.
was designated to look after the finances of the
institution, the law establishing the asylum
having provided that all pay forfeited, fines,
penalties &C., Of soldiers or sailors be set aside
for the support of the institution. Gen., Butler
has therefore made demand upon Secretary
Boutwell, for the million and half above mem
toned, but Mr.. Boutwell, has refused on the
ground that this money is the private property
Of the persons from whom 1t was taken and must
be repaid to them. The matter viii probably
come before Congress for settlement. The
Board OF Managers have already received about
two millions Of dollars forfeited pay, fines, sc.
COMMISSIONS RKyEwED.-The commissions of
the following Special Agents Of the Post Office
Department expire by limitation and have been
to take effect from the 1st or January,
1ss6-deo. 3. Armstrong, Urville E. Babcock;
Chas. L. Baldwin, Geo. 3. Bang. Alfred
Barstow, Joseph II. Blaclfan, Joseph w. Briggs,
Thos. Ii. Bringhurst, Bushrod H. Camp, Thos
p. Cheney, Chas. Cochran, Jr.; EdwsId c.
David, Robert NJ. Douglass, NJ. b. Dufheld, w.
c. Faherty, z. Jay French, John Frey, james
Gaegle VIM. q. Hammatt, Roswell Hart, ,. l..
HolbroOk, II. Clay Hopkins, s. H. Knapp A.
Low, c: f. Mcdonald, Israel Mcdonald, jas.