Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-16

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TIE WHOLE AMOUNT Of currency OF all Kinds
| in circulation June 3oth, 1863, was Sa7s,0,5,.
| S3S61.
| SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS of the nav
issue OF two dollar notes will be put in circu.
lation on Monday. -
| Ex.GovIRnoR Lowe, OF California, our new
Minister to China. will sail for his des :ila.Ion
next mcnth. ..-..
APPoINTNKNrs.-Adolp Van Reuth and
William Burchard have been appointed first
| class CLERKS in the Statistical Bureau, Treasury
Department. ts1f I3 t40
visitors were at the Executive Mansion to ,day,
many Of whom were admitted to see the Presi.
| dent. ...-.... . elI .-'fT
COMMISSIONER DRLANo was at his once to.
| day, busily engaged in disposiug Of several
| matters which have been brought before the
Department during his absence.
Hon. NATHAH SARGENT, Commissioner of
Customs, has rendered his annual report to
the Secretary Of the Treasury for the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1869.
REMOVAL AND APPo1NTnRHT.-The Presi.
Z,
Wisconsin, to be Commercial Agent at Brad:
ford, England, in place Of George M. Towle,
Of this city.
NAVAL ORDIR RsvoKBD.-The recent order
from the Navy Department detaching Lieut..
Commander A. T. Smell from the Hydrographic
ofhce in this city, has been revoked by Secre.
tary Robson.
HON. JANIS q. BLAINE, Speaker OF the
House of Representatives, and Mrs Blaine
who have been here for several days furnish
ing their residence for the coming winter, LEFT
last evening for New England.
PERsoxAL.-Col. w. G. Moore, late Of the
White House, lis in town on a b.ief leave OF
absence from mis- army post on the frontier, and
is in great demand bv his Washington friends
He has bad to stand more hand -sh aking than
any President at New Years reception.
FIFTY DIsTILLIRIRs throughout the couu.
try that have been idle during the summer
have commenced operations since the lst inst.
The indications are that the revenue from this
source will be much larger than at first antici-
pated.
THB HBLBTrER.CARRIHR SERVICE hss been es-
nblnhed in fifty OF the principal cities of the
Union. and employs q force Of 1881 carriers.
The cost for the present year will be q little
over one million Of dollars, but It is estimated
that the additional revenue by increased cor.
respondence will nearly If not quite cover the
expense.
|. REV Ions Es.1s>LL ha. rs.sensa ssa. s.per-
intendency OF the educanonal work or the
Freedmens Bureau for the Border States and
has gone to California to take charge Of the
Congregational Mission Church at OAKLAND, in
that state. Mr. Kimball was formerly q very
energetic AID efficient missionary pre- acher a:
Humboldt, in California.
REsIeHATIoN or SuReBoN GRKxS.-Passed
Assistant Surgeon Charles L. Green, who was
tried before Q naval court.martial at the Navy
Yard IN this city q short time since, for disc.
bedience Of orders, and sentenced to be sus.
pended two years, which sentence was re.
mitted by Secretary Robson, has rendered hi.
Secretary, to take effect from Jar. Is, 1870, the
date Of the expiration Of his leave.
CHIRP OF THE PaIHrIHa BUREAU OF THE
TR1AsURY DBPARTMIHT.-George Il. Nc.
Cartee, Esq, Chief Of the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing at the Treasury Department, has
consented to remain 1t the head Of the bureau
until spring, and has therefore Withdrawn his
resignation recently rendered. Conseq usntlv,
q
paper, that w. L. Ormsby, jr., Of the Con.i-
nsnal Bank Note Company has been appo inted
Chief OF the Printing Bureau.
APPoIHTM1Hrs By THE PRRs1DBNr.-The
President made the folio wing appointments
this morning:
Henry @. Myers to be Register Of the Land
Office at Natchitoches, La.
Frederick ID. Turner to bs Postmaster at
Carson City, Nevada. vice BENJAMIN +. Small,
suspended.
City, Colorado, vice Samuel A. Buell., sus-
pended.
Peter Grubb to be Postmaster at Kenton,
Ohio, vice Augustus Traeger, suspended.
SECRETARY SHERMAN AND THE OLAIx
AGENrs.-Secretary Sherman, it Will be re-
membered. q short time since issued q circular
| forbidding certain claim agents to practice
before the War Department, on account OF
charges brought against them of frauds aud
fraudulent practices in relation to the boun.
ties and pensions to colored soldiers. Attorney
General Hoar, upon being requested, rendered
an opinion to the effect that the Secretary had
the right to exclude them from the Department,
but must first give them hearing to show
why they should not be suspended. Accord.
ingly, Secretary Sherman appointed Assistant
Judge Advocate General Dunn and Breyet
Major General Wager Swayne as q board to
examine the charges against them. The Board
convened at the Wa Department last tuesday,
and since then have been engaged in hearing
evidence in The cases. -
TH1 PREsIDxnT AT AnT1BfAM.-Ths Pres.
tdent and party LETT Frederick yesterday morn.
ING, accompanied by Marshal 0oldsborough,
DR.. Schley. Colonel Vernon, Colonel Trail,
and others, including several LADIES', Tor the
Antietam battle field. They travelled over the
mountains in carriages Secretary COX and
Colonel Vernon pointed out the several scenes
Of conflict, in which they both were engaged,
South Mountain being Of peculiar interest to
the President and General Sherman. Secre.
tary Cox was q general in ths army OF the Po.
tomac, and had com mand Of the Ninth Corps
altar General Reno was killed at South Noun.
tain. At Middletown large crowd surround.
ed the open carriage Of the President, greeting
him and General Sherman with cheers, aad a
reception equally enthusiastic was given At
Boonsboro' and Keedystiile. The party ar.
rived at the Antiefam cemetery at 2:30 o'clock,
having Travelled q distance Of about twenty
miles In the carriages. A large crowd OF the
residents Of the vicinity were there In waiting
and Judge weisel, OF Hagerstown, received
the President in Q brief address. The Presi.