Evening star., 1870-01-11
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
Ex-SRcRETARY BoRrE is in town.
SEE CARD Of Mr.. E. A. Pollard elsewhere.
INTERNAL REvENUE-The receipts to-day
from this source were S64s,I25.
LARGE PARTY to little children will be given
this afternoon by Madam Garcia, wife of the
Peruvian minister.
LIEUT.. COMMANDER CHARLES l.. FRANKLIN
has been detached from the Naval Academy a,
Annapolis, and ordered to the command of the
monitor Saugus at Key West
CoNFrRMED.-In executive session yesterday
the Senate confirmed the nomination of Lorenz
Sawyer to be judge Of the 9th judicial circuit
comprising the States Of California, Oregon
and Nevada.
The extra superfine English water-lined note
paper and envelopes advertised by Philip &
Solomons are of excellent quality and very taste
full in style, as we have satisfied ourselves by
use ana examination.
"DATA," of the Baltimore American. saws
that canvass was made yesterday in the SEN
ate, with a view of determining ii there was any
chance of getting Mr.. Hoar through. but it was
ascerta:ned that there were not more than half
dozen changes.
MILITARY ESCORT FOR THE MAILs-The ap-
plcatiOn OF Postmaster General Creswell for a
military escort for the United States mails be-
tween Cheyenne and Denver City, made in con-
sequence of the recent robberies upon that route,
has been favorably referred to the General OF
the Army.
NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK.-At meet
ing of the stockholders OF this popular institu-
ton, held to-day, the following excellent Board
of Directors was reelected: Messrs. John Hitz,
VIM. G. Metzerott, Nicholas Acker, John b.
Blake, William Orme, Thomas Feran, w. b.
Todd, Alex X. Shepherd, and j. w. Thompson.
NoMINATIONs.-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate this after
noon:
Otway C. Bergman and Frederick p. Ella to
be Second Lieuteuants in the Marine Corps.
Thos. c. Mcclure, of Minn., to be Receiver of
Public Moneys at st. Cloud, Mimi.
THE "ONPLEAsANTNEss" In THE New Or
LEANS Custom HOUSE SErTLED.-The diff
culties in regard to the appointments in the
New Orleans Custom House have been settled
the Congressional delegation having agreed to
leave to the Central Committee Of the Repub
lican party of Louisiana the doubtful names of
present ineumbents. Collector Casey agreed to
abide by their decision, and left for New Orleans
last evening.
PLAN FOR THE New STATE DEPARTMENT
BUILDING.-Secretaries Fish, Boutwell, and
Belknap; General MichIer, Superintendent OF
Public Buildings; Messrs. Mullett and Clark,
Supervising Architects of the Treasury and
Capitol, the commission to select the site and
examine plans for a new State Department
building, were in session yesterday to examine
the designs recently prepared by Mr.. Mullett.
THE WALL STREET INVESTIGATING Cox
NITTEE.-General Garfeld's committee to in
qure into the recent gold operations in Wall
Street and ascertain if any Government officials
were concerned therein held a meeting this
morning and'decided to begin taking testimony
in this city, though they will probably visit
New York before concluding their investipa-
tions. They also passed a resolution to summon
witnesses by telegraph and mail where practi-
cable, instead Of sending the Sergeant at Arms
for them.
THE PROPOSED N STREET TUNNEL IN CoN-
GEEss.-Mr. Welker this morning presented in
the House the remOnstrance OF the M street
property holders, heretofore published in THE
STAR, signed by one hundred and thirty-two
persons, among whom are William Stickney.
DIV. Middleton Judge wylie, s. II. Kauffmann
Charles Kloman, Geo. Ii. Plant, j. w. Wright
j. Russell Barr, James Y. Davis, protesting
against the passage of the bill authorizing the
construction of a tunnel under nj street Re-
ferred to the Committee on the District of Col
umbia.
THE GRAPHIC little och ristmas Story" pub
lished in Saturdays STAR, and which we found
afoat in our exchanges without credit, was
written, we find, by "Grace Greenwood" (Mrs.
Lppincott,) } for "Hearth and Home" We have
been caught this way once or twice before, and
hereafter when we see any particularly brilliant
thing afiOat without ear-marks, we shall set it
down without hesitation to Grace's credit. 1t
turns out, also, that the "G. Co." of the New
York Tribune, whose discriminating notice Of
Mr.. Fessenden attracted SO much attention, IL
"orace Greenwood"
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE GOVERN
SENT.-Secretary Boutwell, has purchased six
millions Of dollars worth of bonds for the sink
ing fund since the LIST inst, which makes that
fund S23 045 800, besides e67 ,433, 900 worth Of
bonds which have been purchased and are held
subject to the action Of Congress, making the
total amount Of bonds purchased up to this date
s9O, ,47s 800, the interest which, due the LIST
inst, amounted to 81 ,263 600, and has just been
collected. This amount, in coin, was sold TO-
day at an average premium of 122 30-100, and
the proceeds win be applied to the purchase OF
additional bonds for the sinking fund.
The amount of coin in the Treasury is esq.,
600 600, and s45 600 600 in gold-bearing certifi-
Gates. The currency balance on hand il % o0O, ;
600, being somewhat smaller than usual, owing
to the large amount recently paid for bonds.
CouNTERYEITs OF THE NEW CURRENCY
Three well executed counterfeit fifty cent note:
Of the new issue were detected at the Redemp-
ton Bureau Of the Treasury yesterday, being
the first counterfeits of the new series, and ART
well calculated to deceive. There are indications