Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-19
EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL RRvENUE.-The receipts from
his source to-day were Si0j,=2l.
JUDGE DENT, 1t is said proposes 10 write
still another Ietter-this time to Psstmaster
General CiesweH.
HON. BANCROFT DAVIS left here last even.
ing for a visi: - his home in New York. and
VII be absent several weeks
EXCHANGE OF BoNDs-Since the 9TH of Julv
eleven and half millions Of bonds have been
exchsp ged at the Tres ,ury for National Banks.
WIZARD, the ordnance Contractor, who had
MS contracts aunuled has brought suit in the
Court Of CLAIMS, claiming indemnif1 f1c ltion tn
the amount Of sl,200,ccO for damage incurred
or account Of alleged wrongful annulng of
his contract.
RECEIPTS PROM CUSTOMS. - The receipts
from customs at the ports below named from
August 7th TO 18th, inclusive, were as follows:
Boston, Si27,4l1Go; New York, Sl,299,OOe: Phil.
adelphia, Sl33,563.s2; Baltimore, S2Iii67 IL
Total, s,,O74, 4,4l2.O4.
CoLoRRD SPECIAL AeRNr.-Wm u. Sam.
ders, the newly appointed special agent OF the
Post Office Department-who is duly quail
feds the first colorei man appointed special
His salary is sl,2O0per annum, and 50 per diem
for subsistence.
CAPT. JAS. q. DoBBIN, a son of the lat, Hon
Jas. c. Dobbin, W ho was Secretary OF the NAVY
under President Pierce, was killed at Fayette
Vile, N. o., on tine 18th instant, by falling from
window of his residence. He was thirtv
years Of age, and last fill was one OF the Presi
dental electors on the Seymour ticket.
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HON. THOMAS l.. TULLOCK this morning
tendere ! his resignation Of the position of Ap.
pointment Clerk at the Ire .sury Department
ana the same was accepted by Acting Secretary
Richardson. No appointment TO fill the va.
cancy has yet been made, but Mr.. H. S. Van
derbilt, who is now acting, will probably be
promoted to Chief of the Bureau.
BOGUS REVENUE Observation-Disclosures
are received at the Internal Revenue Office
daily about bogus deputy marshals and rev.
enue detectives in various parts Of the coun.
try, who black mail persons in the rural dis.
tricts. 1t is the desire of tn, Department that
these persons b. arrested whenever found.
The legitimate officers always have their conn
missions with them.
DESTRUCTION OF MUTILATED CURRENCY
Workmen have Just succeeded in removing a
building, (west front,) which was used mainly
in furnishing power for running the paper
mills. The engine has been purcha-ed by a
firm IN Baltimore, fer the sum of I l,2JO Ii is
proposed to rec in ITS steld macerltor by
which will be de-troyed all condemned paper
currency. In short time there will be placed
IN the same apartments Two other macnines for
a mllar purpose. VIM. T. DuyaIl, of Georgs-
town, is the manufacturer OF these chimes
PRESIDENT GRANT and party passed through
Reading, Pa, yesterday afternoon, iI a special
tram, en- route for the SchuyIkill coal re ,iou
The uain stopped about ten minutes at the sta
ton, where the crowd had assembled The
President appeared on the platfor N in Response
to the calls, and brir1iy expires sd his satsfal-
ton with his visit 20 that lection of the State
after which he underwent q continuous round
CT hand shaking until the train moved off
Alter inspecting the new Reading railroad
rolling mill. about a mile above the city the
party preceded on their journey.
TIE RETRgNCHMENr COMMITTEE OFF THg
TRACK.-A private dis patch received here last
evening Announces that the train on the Chi.
cago and North western railroad, TO which were
attached the three special cars containing the
Congressional Retrenchment Committee, mt
with an accident a. Carroll, Iowa, ninety six
miles east of Omaha, by which four cars were
smashed up. The dispatch states that no one
was hurt; that the party was we'll provided
for, but would be delayed twenty four hours
The statement that the accident occurred on
the Union Pacific railroad is erroneous.
THE TExAeRAILRoAD CAsE.-In the the case
Of N. A. Cawdrey and others VS. the Calves.
and Houston Railroad and others, Justice
Swayne has made a decree holding the railroad
&c, OF the old company subject to the mortga-
gts, and dismissing that part Of the complaint
which claimed the property or the succs ssor
company, and an individual liability OF the
defendants. Both parties take an appeal to the
Supreme Court. Cawdrey, representing the
bondhclder, is placed in possession Of the raIl.
road until the appeals are determined. he CIV
ing security TO account Tor the rents and profits
while in possession.
THE TAX ON BEoKREs.-A committee OF the
New York Stock Exchange, consisting of
Messrs. Hoyt, Sloane Greenle.f, and Van
Scnaib, with their Actuary, A. N. L,wis.
waited on Commissioner Delano this morning
10 request him to reconsider his re cent decision
classifying them as bankers and req quiring them
TO pay that tax. They represent the DECISION
as taxing money borrowed by brokers for the
use of their customers as capital. The C)m-
HissioucI IcIuscS u reopen tue question,
having given ii full consideration alrc adv
This decision will have the effect OF bringing
into the Treasury an additional 100000 per
week from this class Of business men.
THE CURRENCY PRINTING.-lt Is thought
that Secretary Boutwell, Will soon inaugurate
measures to resume the printing Of the national
currency in the Treasury Department, and
take the work away from the New York Bank
Note Companies, who have vitiated their con.
tract by the delay in furnishing the supply, the
principal cause Of which breach Of faith, II Is
stated, Is, that the companies are executing
large contract for a foreign house, compelling
the United States to wait their pleasure. Mr.
McCartee, Superintendent Of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, is ready TO put the
seals on the notes, bat on account OF not
receiving any his presses are idle. There
is no doubt the work can be exc
cuted with greater facility here, at q less
cost and less risk Of counterfeiting and fraud.
When 1t 10 taken into consideration that tue
paper is now prepared in one establish hment,the
engraving and printing Of backs of notes in
another; the engraving and printing OF the
faces OF the same in still another place ths
putting on OF the seals and putting up In pack.
ages In yet another place. besides the packing
and unpacking and transportations from point
to point, It will be seen why the risk is
less here. One object IN having this work
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