Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-18
EVENING STAR.

EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RrvExur.-Ths receipts to-day
& ON this source we're s477 1851.
SECRETARY Cox is the only member Of the
Cabinet now I'm the city.
SECRETARY RoBxsox is expected to return
here about the middle of next week.
DURING THE ABSENCE or Secretary Belknap,
the duties or Secretary Of War are being dis
charged by Inspector General Sbriver.
POSTMASTER GENERAL CREeswELL, with
Second Assistant Postmaster General Giles A.
Smith, left yesterday for q visit 10 Elkton, Md.
GENERAL F. T. DENT, Of the Presidents
staff, returned here last evening from st. Louis
where he hes been with the President.
ATTORNEY GENERAL AKERMAN left here this
morning for his home in Georgia to settle up
hs private business affairs and win remain there
seteral weeks.
COLONEL HAY, Secretary OF the American
II
ADJUST the questions arising between Spain and
the United States on the Cuban question.
GENERAL PHIL. SHERIDAN has been accorded
permission by the military authorities at Berlin
to travel with the headquarters Of the Prussian
army.
CoNAissoSER DELANo. who broke his arm
by falling from q wagon on his farm. in Ohio,
is stiilsuffering very much, and win NOT be able
to return to Washington for some time.
PROPOSED PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY.
The draft OF proclamation of neutrality (pend-
ing the war between France and Prussia, } has
ben prepared and presented to the President
for his consideration.
SENIOR ROMERO will probably leave the Msxi-
can cabinet and come here rs minister to WASH
ington. Marescal will succeed him In the min
istry. Romero's resignation is political neces-
sity.
MUST BE PAID IN SPKCIE-The State Depart
ment will instruct our Consuls In Europe that
| during the war, while currency is liable to de-
probation whether paper or silver, the consular
fees must be paid in gold or Its equivalent COM
4 mercial value.
BARON GKRoLr, the Prussian Minister, CON-
| tradicts the published statement that he has
| received dispatches from his government giving
full outlines of the movements OF the German
srtniss, &c, and says that he receives very few
dispatches in relation 10 the war, but gets most
| of his information from the neWspapers
ISsPKcTINe NATIONAL CENRTKRIRs.-Coi. o.
A. Mack, some time since appointed by the War
| Department to inspect cemeteries throughout
| the country where soldiers sre buried, under
the act OF Congress authorizing that such cem-
eteries be inspected and their condition be re-
ported, is now IN New Egland engaged in the
performance Of his duties.
APPOINTMENTS OF CLERKs.-M r. woodard
y. NJ. Robertson, ID. \. Edwards and George
f.. Hale were yesterday appointed first class
c'erks in the Census bureau. Wesley Boyd, X.
Birnie, j. Ii. Hoagland, Edward Mcmahon and
| q. W. Mullaly were appointed copyisfs in the
| same Office. X. A. Page, A. j. Boyle, IT,
| George H. Heron and G. W. Thomson were
| yesterday appointed first class clerks in the
Pension bureau.
| MOVEMENTS OF THE PREsIDRyT-As there is
/ no business Of any importance in the depart
ments requiring the attention Of the President,
| he has concluded to remain ct Long Branch
instead Of coming to Washington tnis week. All
4 the members OF the Cabinet are out of town ex-
1 cept Secretary Cox, consequently matters in the
| several departments Of the government are ex-
| ceedingly dull. The next meeting of the Cab
met will probably be held the first week in Sep
| tember.
THE TREASURY LOCK CoNTRAcr-On ac-
count Of q mistake which appeared In the publi-
cation Of the advertisement in Chicago, inviting
| proposals at the Treasury Department for locks
4 suitable for railroad cars, custom bonded ware
| houses, &c, which stated that the bids would
be opened on the 18th instant instead of the 18th
the acting Secretary OF the Treasury will re-
ceiye bids and samples until that time, several
bidders having been misled by the mistake
The prices to be paid for the locks is an item OF
less consideration than the quality Of the lock
4 the Department desiring b have one which can
not be picked nor effected by the weather. The
/ object is to get one perfectly water tight, n
| much Inconvenience has heretofore been expe-
rienced by the locks now In use, getting full OF
water, and after reaching cold climates would
become frozen, % that they had to be broken
| in order to get the car open. The committee to
4 examine the bids and specimens has adj6nrDed
until Saturday morning, and the contract will
not be awarded until after the 25th instant.
REDUCTION OF THE DKBr.-fhe Acting Secre-
tary of the Treasury has written letter stating
| that the aggregate reduction Of the inter est
bearing portion OF the public debt for March /,
1859, to August I, 1870, was sl47 ,2T 245 %. The
| letter says that by q comparison OF the debt
statements Of March I, 1869, and July. 1910, the
bonded debt bearing interest In coin might ap-
| bonds purchased and held by the Department
had not been deducted from the outstandina
| debt, but were called funds ON hand and de.
Quoted from the sum total Of the debt. In the
August statement these bonds do not appear iu
| the account of bonds outstanding.
/ In view Of the embarrsssments occurring to
| travellers on the continent Of Europe, from in
terruptions to the usual course OF financial ex-
| changes, caused BY the war, Drexel, Harjes 6
Co, Of Paris, have made arrangements by which
their circular lettersof credit viii be available Il
the holders under all contingencies. They havl
| deposited large amount Of gold ut Basic, the
financial head quarters Of trsvel in Switzerland,