Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-11-12
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvESUE.-The receipts from thi
source to-day were s+43 .S,5.


source to-day were s4i3.515
IT Is ESTIMATED that the receipts from inter
nal revesrue for the month of November. lsas.
will exceed those OF the same month OF last
year hy ~ ,eco,c00.
GENERAL JAMES WATSON WEEP was before
the Subcommittee on foreign affairs yesterday,
apl testified relative to his knowledge of the
Washburne- Paraguay difficulty.
TIE COMMISSIONER OF INTfRyAL REVENUE
has decided tlsst parties buying, selling or DEAL
ing in gold dust are Liable to be taxed as
brokers.
A FURTHER REDUCTION and consolidation of
the Army and reorganization OF tine Navy,
and saieeof nearly all the monitors, viii be re-
commended 10 Congress at its next session, it is
said.
GEoasE GIBBS, of this city, was TO read a
papercn the physical Geography of the North
western Territories before the Geographical
and Statistical Society of New York, let
evensng.
IT Is THE OPINION OF Governor Hayes, present
Governor of Ohio, one of the best read and
ablest men Of the West, that the City of Wash
ington will be the Capital of our glorious
Republic an hundred years hence, and then it
VIII be the grsldest city on this globe.
RESPECT FosTHE MEMORY OF ROBERT j
WALKER-S<c cretary Boutwell, to-day issued an
order eulOgEing the fame as a patriot and
statesman OF the late Robert j. Walker, and di-
recting that as a mark of respect the Depart
ment be closed tomorrow.
THE REMAINS OF THE LATE GEORGE PEABo-
DY.-The Secretary OF the Navy to-day sent a
telegram by the Atlantic cable to Rear Admiral
RadfOrd, commanding the United States feet i'm
Europe, directing him to detail a man-of-war
vessel to convey home from London the remains
of the lase George Peabody.
The FOLLOWING pall-bearers win Oficiate at
the funeral of the late Hon. Rob't j. Walker to-
morrow Chief Justice Chase, General Hum
phreys, Admiral Porter, w. W. Corcoran, John
b. Blake, +. =. Stanton, Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury Hartley, and Hon. Joseph $.
Wilson, Of the Land Office.
WANT TO BE ANNEXED.-A delegation of
prominent Canadians. favorable to annexation
called at the White House yesterday and had
an interview with the President They repre-
sent that a large body OF the people of Canada
are anxious to link their fortunes with those of
the United States.
SENATOR BRowNLow saws i'm private lett ~:
''Should live to get to the Senate in December,
my friends and enemies alike will know how lit
tie truth there is in the statement that have
forsaken the Republican party, joined the Dem
Ocratic, or aided in seeking the election to the
Senate. of Andrew Johnson"
NEW ARMY Northumberland Sher-
Will, it is stated, recommend to Congress
the adoption of the new code OF ..Army RegiIIa-
tions,' originally drawn up in 1864 by General
Candy, and since somewhat modified. 1t is rep
resented by of the ficials to be a thorough
revision OF our existing military code-a revision
made under the light of our recent war expert
ence and in conformity with what was found to
be the actual requirements oil the service.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.-By typographical error
in the statement issued from the Treasury De-
partment yesterday, an abstract of which was
published in THE STAR OF last evening, the
balance in the Treasury on June 30th, 1869, was
stated S45 AZ .62s.23 i'm excess OF the balance
as published i'm the debt statement OF July lst,
1869. A corrected statement from the Treasury
shows this excess to be ss $40 s09.3l instead of
S45, ,f51 ,e2s.23.
HoNoEs TO THE LATE GENERAL wooL.-A
general order has been issued from the War
Department announcing the death of General
John T.. Wool, recOunting his services to the
country, directing that military honors be paid
be fired at intervals OF half an hour at Water
yleit arsenal, and that the flag be displayed at
half mast at the garrisOned posts within the De-
partment of the East.
THE ISSUE IN THE SUPREME COURT as to
whether the United States should pay certain
railroads in the South for its use of them, or
whether the companies should pay the United
States for the equipment which the Government
put upon them during the war, was decided
Yesterday by a compromise. The railroad COM
panies agreed to retain possession of the roads,
run them and pay the interest on the Tennessee
railroad bonds, and turn over the surplus money
if there should be any, to the payment of their
debt to the General Government.
THE NATIONAL JUNCTION RAILWAY DIRECT
oRs, il is understood, have settled upon the fol-
lowing route through Georgetown to the Aque-
duet: Cross Rock creek above Paper Mill
bridge; thence along the creek, under West
street, to Olive street; thence to Montgomery,
where a tunnel commences, the route of which
is about under the Methodist Protestant Church,
on Congress street; under Prospect street, which
it leaves, coming out on Bridge street, near the
Aqueduet. Congress win be petitioned for the
right Of way underground Of the route selected.
MEETING OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
General Sherman and Colonies Mccoy, Dayton,
and Audenreid, Of hisstaff; General Eli s. Par
ker, Commissioner OF Indian Affairs; General
Wager Swayne, General Giles y. Smith, Second
Assistant, and General W. II. Terrell, Third As
sistant Postmaster General: General David