Evening star., 1869-08-09
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


CHIP JUSTICE CdAsI is at Frederick, Nd.
SENATOR FOWLER, Of Tenn, is in this city.
SENATOR MoereN will speak at Toledo on
the l4th OF August.
GBNIRAL +. T. DBNr returned to the city
yesterday from his Westsra trip.
POSTMASTER GENERAL CRIswRLL is in
town to-day.
INrsRNAL RRvKSUR.-Ths receipts from
this source to-day We're s9ao,2Oi.27.
JOHN W. BAeLsy has been appointed Deputy
Naval Officer at San Francisco.
SENIOR ]. MARIsCAL, the new Minister from
Mexico, together with some of the members OF
the Legation, are at Willard's.
THE MUNICIPAL AUTHoRITIBs of Virginia
City have rendered Vice President Colfax the
hospitslities Of the city, and appointed a com.
mittee to meet him at Reno.
DENNIS J. TooHRY, formerly clerk in the
ONCE Of the Secretary of the Treasury, and
sabseq uentIy chief clerk to Gen. Wisewell, is
one Of two 6entiles just elected to the Utlh
for those positions.
MASTER HALLoCK, q son OF the Rev Mr..
Hallock, who, it will be remembered, was
burned to death at rhe Mast Hope disaster on
the Erie railroad, was on Saturday appointed
a messenger In the ofice of General Spinner at
the Treasury Department.
SECRETARY RoBEsoN returned here on Sat.
urday evening, but will leave again to.mor.
morrow, after the adjournment Of the Cabinet
on his tour of inspection to the varioas navy
yards. The party will sail from Annapolis on
the steamer Tallapoosa.
ADMIRAL HoFF.-Dispatches have reached
Rear Admiral Hon, commanding the squadron
in Cuban waters, ordering him to leave the
squadron in charge of the senior officer next
in command at once, and report, with his flag
ship, the Albany, at Portsmouth, N. H. He
will be home in a few days.
PROPOSED NEW DEPARTMENT BUILDING
IL is thought that Congress will, at the next
session, authorize the demolition Of the War
and Navy Department buildings, and the erec.
tion, on the site occupied by them, OF a build.
ing similar TO the Treasury Department, to be
occupied by the War and Navy offices.
ment that the Seminole has met with some mis-
hap. She was despatched from Norfolk some
weeks since TO capture the pirate Telegraph.
which has been preying upon American ves-
GELS. The Seminole was last heard of at St.
Thomas, about a week since
THE CONTRIBUTING OF the revenue stamps
is carried on 10 sdch an extent that Departmen.
is thinking OF recalling the whole OF the pres.
ent issue, changing the designs, and having
the work, now done by contract in various
paris OF the country. carried on solely under
the supervision Of the Government
AFTER THEM.-Hon. G.. NJ. Hamilton, men,
Der Of Congress from Florida, is here for the
purpose of urging the Secretary OF the Navy
to remove all employees In the Pensacola Navy
Yard who do not support the Administration.
There are several hundred persons employed
in and about the yard.
HON. JOHN HITz, Swiss Consul General, 3
Just returned here from a visit to the Swiss
Colonies in the north west and reports they are
In prosperous condition. Mr. Hitz thin ks
that the ensuing season will witness an in
creased emigration of his countrymen. Many
of them will 60 to the West, but he thinks the
greater portion will try their fortunes in the
mountain lands OF Virginia, East Tennessee
and North Carolina.
SCARCITY OF FRACTIONAL LCURRRNoY.-Only
$4,000 in ten cent notes remain in the vaults
OF the Treasury Department, all Of the frac-
tional currency of other denominations having
been issued. There is a great demand from
all parts of the country for change, and much
for their failure to furnish a sufficient supply
for circulation.
TUE NRw STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING
The commission to select q site for the new
State Department building-composed Of Sec
retaries Fish, Rawlins, Boutwell,, and Cox,
General Michler, Mr. Clarke, architect OF ths
Capitol, and MIR. Mullett, architect Of the
TIeasury-havs had the subject under consid-
GRAFTON, but as yet have not arrived at any
definite conclusion. 1t is thought they will
recommend that the new building be erected
on the public reservation at the corner Of 18th
and i streets.
No TEMPORARY CLKRKs.-Commission er
Delano recently applied for more clerical as
sistance for his Office, adding that he must
have il, and that the only way TO obtain 1t was
to appoint temporary clerks and present a de-
ficiency bill at the next session OF Congress for
their payment. Acting Secretary Richardson,
IN reply, refuses to make appointments con.
tingent upon the passage Of deficiency bill as
the policy OF the Department is to avoid in.
curing expenses beyond those authorized by
law. The necessary assistance will be furn.
ished by detailing clerks from other bureaus.
THE HOUSE Committee of Ways and Means,
just returned from California, will reassemble
IN Boston on the Goth Of October next Before
separating at Omaha sub. committees were an.
pointed on various branches OF the tariff and
bonded warehouse bills, to report in Boston
at the October meeting Of the committee. The
committee will perfect bill for the revision Of
the tariff, and one on the warehouse bill, IN time
to report At the commencement Of the Decem.
Der session. They speak highly of the efficiency v
of the revenue service on the Pacific coas, I'M.
der the present administration.
THR PRESIDENT will reach here IN the early
train tomorrow morning, accompanied by
Secretary Fish, to attend the Cabinet meet.
ing tomorrow. On Friday he held a con-
ference with District Attorney Pisrrepont
and Secretary Of State Fish, at the resi-
deIce Of the latter gentleman, in New
York. The conference was upon the SUBJ
ject Of the recent seizure Of Spanish gun.
Doats at New York At the adjournment OF
the conference Judge Pierrspont informed the
representatives OF the press present that it
had been agreed to allow matters to remain as
they are for the present, and that the President
would hold Cabinet meeting at W as hngton
on Tuesday. when the sublect will be dis.