Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-02-16

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WASHINGTON, |
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL REvENUE--The receipts t-day
from this source were S2i2,4i3.
THE NATIONAL UNION LEAGUE of America
is in session to-day at Union League Hall.
Gov. GEARY, of Pennsylva had long in
terview with the President this morning.
GEN. PHIL. SHERIDAN is one of the invited
guests to the Presidents State dinner this even
ing.
THE MONARCH Is expected to arrive in An
napOlis roads tomorrow evening. 1t is thought
the President will visit the vessel ON Monday.
PERsoNAL.-Hon. j. s. Black and GOverno
Geary, Of Pa, and Gov. Newell, of N. j., are at
willard's.
Ex-AssIsTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY,
William Faxon, of Ct, who has been travelling
over Europe for the past year, is expected to re
turn to this country in June.
1T IS SAID that Mr.. Thornton, the British
minister, has received through Prince Arthur
notification of the intention of her Majesty the
Queen to create him a baronet, in appreciation
Of his diplomatic services while i'm this country.
PAYMAsTER CHAs. P. THOMPSON, Of the q.
s. steamer Plymouth, formerly on duty at the
Navy Department, is a short visit to this city,
while his ship is undergoing repairs at the Ports
mouth IN. H. Navy Yard.
RAvAGEs OF SMALL-pox AMONG THE IN
DIANs--Gen1 Sully, Superintendent of Indian
Affairs for Montana Territory, informs Commits
sioner Parker that the smallpox is raging among
the Gros Nentres tribe of Indians in that Ter
ritory, and that TAI deaths have occurred since
last September, leaving only about 200 of the
tribe alive. This tribe is very friendly towards
the whites.
INTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMEyT.-The
Committee of Ways and Means yes 'erday, by a
vote of to 4, decided to report to the House in
favor of making the Bureau of Internal Revenue
distinct department, with the head thereof a
Cabinet officer. The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Schenck, Allison, Maynard, Kill
by and Mccarthy. Noes-Messrs. Blair,
Brooks, Marshall and Hooper.
THE THEArERs.-Maggie Mitchell will az
pear as 90 Marie,'' in the " Pearl of Savoy" for
the last time at the National Theater this eve
ming, which announcement will no doubt fill
the house. Tomorrow night she will appear in
her new play of " Lorle.''
We are glad to hear that testimonial benefit
to Miss Keene is talked of among our most
prominent citizens, who have greatly enioyed
the brief season of drama and comedy she has
given us at Wallis Opera House, and which
closes on Saturday. She is creating a decided
sensation this week by the excellent acting of
herself and company in '' Hunted Down." yet
Notwithstanding her success in it, we trust she
will give us at least one or two perfor mances of
Goldsmith fine comedy, 4" She Stoops to Coz
quer,' which is underlined, as also Charles
Reade's celebrated drama, "Peg Wellington,
FULL COMPLEMENT OF MEN IN THE NAVY
ENLlsTNENTs Observation-Disclosures rs were
issued this morning from the Navy Department
TO the recruiting officers of the navy at Boston,
Portsmouth, New York, Philadelphia, and Nor
folk, directing them to discontinue at once all
enlistments for the navy, in consequence of the
limited number s,5Oo) authorized by recent act
Of Congress having been reached. The effect of
this order will be to detain the Colorado, now
fitting out at New York to relieve the Delaware
as flag ship Of the East India Squadron,
the terms of service of the men on
that station having already expired, and there
is the most pressing need for men on that sta
ton. The other stations are also in want of
men to relieve those whose terms have expired.
The Navy Department has urged upon Congress
to increase the number OF enlisted men to meet
this contingency, but no action has been taken
in the matter, and the result is that no men can
now be enlisted to meet the most pressing emer
gencies. Hence, vessels on foreign stations must
return to the United States and have their
crews discharged, leaving vacancies on those
stations.
The GOLD PANIC INvEsTIGATIoN-ExPLo-
SION OF STORY INVOLVING MRS. GRANT,
The Committee on Banking and Currency is
expected to report next Monday. A fresh devel-
0pment, or one that was supposed to be SUCH
came up yesterday, which, ifi had not exploded
harmlessly, would have opened up a new field
of investigation. 1t came i'm this way A book
keeper in a bookstore in Washington wrote to
one of the Democratic members OF the commit
tee stating that in receipting an express book
for a money package some time after the gold
panic he had noticed an entry on the same page
Of money package for S25 900 for Mrs. u. s.
Grant. He was summoned and appeared yes
terday before the committee, where he persisted
in the same story, but was unable to fix the time
within one or two months. He was subjected to
a strict cross-examinatiOn, and his story did not
receive much credence. Yesterday, IN order to
contradict that testimony, Mr.. Shoemaker, the
Baltimore manager of the Adams Express Com
pany, appeared before the committee with the
money package books of the Washington Office,
in which he could not find, up to the 2ith of
October, any such entry; but as the search was
being abandoned he happened to look at the
entries under the date of October 25th, and
there he did find an entry Of a package for Mrs.
Grant, and on the same page an entry of a pack
age tor the booksellers firm. The first was set
down in the column as valued at $3.50, but two
ciphers having been added for cents, it looked
at the first glance as $4,000. This explained