Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-30
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
SECRETARY FISH LEFT here last night for New
York.
A NATIONAL DEPOSITORY has been estab.
lished in Arizona. for the conveuience OF reve.
nue. officers and Government contractors.
TB. NEW LEsAL.rIxpRR one dollar noes are
out. A description OF them has heretofore
been published in THR STAR.
ADMIRAL EARRAGUr has SO fkx improved as
to be able to Sit mp. He hopes to be out by the
first Of next week.
SECRETARY robson left here last evening
for a visit to his home IN New Jersey, and
will return on Tuesday next.
FIRST LIEUT. g. NJ FLEMING, u. S. A, has
been assigned to duty under Commissioner
Parker as Indian Agent.
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, has rsfased 70 re.
woke his decision not to allow the currency
SKIES, i.e., Pacific railroad bonds, to be used
al a basis for banking purposes.
REeIGNATIoNs ACcBPTRD.-The President
has accepted the designations OF Capt. Ayel s
Adams, I'd Cavalry, and First Lieut.. jeremiah
g. Wilcox, 9Th Cavalry.
HON. FREDERICK +. Low, OF OaIifornia. the
new Minister TO China, received his instruc.
tions from Secretary Fish yesterday, and will
very soon start for Pekin.
CONSCIENCE MoNKY.-Treasurer Spinner
this morning received a letter from Cincinnati.
Ohio, containing $40, which the writer desired
to have placed to the credit OF the conscience
fund.
In THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
yesterday, among others, the case OF the State
Of Texas W. George Peabody ct al. was taken
MP, and writs of subpoena were obtained.
returnable the first Monday in December.
THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY on duty in tu,,
city will assemble at the War Department on
Monday, at 10 a. m, in uniform, to pay their
respects to General Belknap, the new Secretary
Of War.
PROTECTION OF EMIsRANTs.-Secretarv
Boutwell, has addressed q circular to COLLECTORS
Of CT stoms and other officers directing them to
enforce against steamship companies the laws
for the protection of emigrants.
THRRRPoRT Of the Commissioners appointed
to examine the Union and Central Pacific
Railroads is nearly completed, and will prob.
ably be submitted to the Secretary OF the Int.
rior next Monday.
HON. Z. q. IHeRRsoLL, at present represen.
tative in Congress from the Fifth Illinois dis.
tricf, is mentioned for Circuit Judge under the
rew law for the circuit composed of Indiana
Northern Illinois and Wisconsin.
The CBNsUs.-The concluding accounts OF
the expenses Of the eighth census have been
fully stated, and show the cost OF that work to
have been 81 ,S3J,00i5i, agassst sts3Is,0s7. .53
which was the cost of taking the seventh
census.
INCREASE OF REvBNUE IN DELAWARE
During The months Of June. July, August, and
September, 1869, the collections of IuternaI
Revenue In Delaware, amounted to sa07,06s Al,
oeing S3l,sa97 20 over the collections during the
corresponding months Of Is6s,
MRS. GENERAL GAINES will 90 70 New
Orleans again on Monday, 1t is said, to again
tender the olive branch to those who dispute
the title to her property, and il her terms ara
not accepted, she will force a settlement by
another application to the courts.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRRsrpxNr.-Tae
President has appointed q. ID. Smith to be
Surveyor Of Customs for the port Of Paducah.
Kentucky, and William +. edney to be As.
eessor Of Internal Revenue tor the First Dis
trict OF Virginia.
THE WHITE HoUsK-There was quite large
number Of visitors at the Executive Mansion
to-day, nearly all OF whom were admitted to
see the President. Among the visitors were
of irOip
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates Of that State
Gen. G. d. Gilmore, and others.
SOMETHING ABOUT LBTTHRs.-During the
past fiscal year seven hundred and sixty mil.
liens Of letters passed through the mails of
the United STATES, being an increase of forty
millions over any previous year. This is
about twenty letters per head for every man.
woman and child in the United States.
CAPTAIN WALKER, the well.known battle.
scene painter, who painted the picture in the
west stairway Of the Senate gallery, is now
engaged upon reduced copy Of the painting
OF the "Charge Of General Longstreet at the
Battle Of Gettysburg" 1t is one.fourth the
size Of the large picture.
TIE BoGARr CAsB.-The Secretary of the
Navy has issued orders to the commandant of
tne navy 1ard In Brooklyn to turn over to
the civil authorities paymaster's clerk Bogart,
recently tried by court-martial for embezzle.
ment, fraud and desertion. The proceedings
In the ourt.martial have been set aside.
TIE LONG. .CONTRsTRD CASE of Reed vs. Rob.
erts. on the discovery Of the use OF explosives
for increasing the flow Of oil in Oil wells, was
yesterday argued on appeal before the Com
missioner OF Patents by s. H. Swetland, of
Swetland Il Co., OF Washington, and @. NJ
Keller, Of New York, for Reed, and g. Hard.
ing, Of Philadelphia, for Roberts.
Return OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
The President and Mrs. Grant, with General
and Mrs. Dent, returned here last evening
from Philadelphia. The President was &C.
companied by w. w. Smith and lady OF Wash.
ington, Pa, and Mrs. Judge McKennan, the
mother Of Mrs. Smith. who are now guests az
the Executive Mansion. The President, it