The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Fractional Currencv.
,agch IN The Eueni,lo Tlels0r0 mn.

Special DsepGtch 20 The EueI,iflg Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Sherman
to- day called up the bill to redeem three per
cent. certificates and issue forty-fve millions of
currency. In the course OF his speech he read y
letter from the Comptroller of the Currency,
showing that no State north of Virginia, Ken
lucky, and Missouri received any of this new
currency, except about one hundred thousand
to Wisconsin. Twenty-Five millions must go to
the extreme south account of the popula-
tion, Z and the remaining twenty-five millions
through the South to the above named States,
on the basis of resources. The Comptroller viii
construe the bill SO rs not to give any to the
Pacific States.
Prince Artsur's visit TO the President.
Despatch to the Associated PTcss.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. A.-This being the day
designated for the visit of Prince Arthur to
President Grant, Secretary Fish went to the
Executive Mansion about noon, for the purpose
of awaiting his coming, and to perform his part
of the usual ceremony ON State occasions.
About a hundred persons of both sexes were
gathered on the steps of the mansion, and
| several policemen were in attendance.
At noon the carriages of the visiting party
were driven to the portico, when the Prince,
! in company with Minister Thornton, Colonel
| Elphinstone, Lieutenant Pickard, and Ensign
| Fitzroy, OF the Princes suite, alighted and en-
| tered the veslibule, both doors having been
thrown open for them. Thence they were
| escorted to the Blue Room, where they were met
| by Secretary Fish, and Generals Dent, Porter
Babcock, and Badeau, and Colonel X. NJ. Dou-
| glas, of the Presidents staff. The Secretary
| then excused himself, and going to the Pres-
dents private office, informed the latter that the
Prince awaited his coming, and the Secretary
entered the Blue ROOM where the presentation
took place. .... ..
There were speeches, but merely the ex-
change of words in pleasant conversation, the
Prince expressing himself thus far pleased with
his visit, and the PresideMt expressing the hope
ot 4 N bn nOrnplDlp.
The party were invited by the President into
the Red Room, where the Prince aud his com
panions were presented to Mrs. Grant aud to
Mr.. Dent, the lady's father.
Mrs. Grant and the Prince occupied the
greater part of the time in conversation, tho
I Prince in the meantime standing with his hat in
his hand. The visit was of only twenty minutes
duration. The President bowed farewell 70 the
party at the inner door of the vestibule, and
Secretary Fish and Generals Dent, Porter, Ba
deau, and Babcock, and Colonel Douglas ac
companied them to the outer door, where scr
wants helped the Prince to put on his overcoat
and the visitors returned to their carriages
The Duty steel.
The Committee of Ways and Means tO-da.
raised the duty on manufactured steel to 81
There is disposition to make general in
crease of the duty on manufactured steel an,
iron.
The Prince at the Capitol.
Prince Arthur, attended by Minister Thorn
ton and some of his suite, appeared in the Senat
diplomatic gallery a1d remained some time
while Mr.. Howe was speaking on the Cur
rency bill
Nominations Sent to the Senate.
The following nominations were sent to til
Senate to-day:-John G. Stearns, to be Assesso
of Internal Revenue for the Second district {
Vermont; Philip X. Gleed, Assessor for tn
Third district of Vermont William S. Soutl
W orth, Assessor for the First district of Vel
mont; Rollin j. Jones, Collector of lnternc
Revenue for the First district of Vernon
jeremiah d. Hyde, Receiver of Public Money
at Nisalia, California; Edward w. Willet
Register of the Land Office at Visalia, Califo
mia; John n. Gott, Receiver at Bonneville, Mi
souri,; and Harney Carpenter, Postmaster q
, II milton, Nevada