Evening star., 1870-01-31

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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
CAPTAIN HALL, tire Arctic explorer, with an
Esquimaux man, wemsn, and child, was az the
Treasury Department this morning.
ENsIeNs James W. Carln and Hamilton e.
Tallman have been ordered to signal duty at
Washington, ID. c.
IT Is SAID that the nomination Of ex-Judge
Strong, of Pennsylvania, for the Supreme Court
bench i'm place of Mr.. Stanton, Will be for
warded to the Senate tomorrow.
SENATOR JOHNSON, of Virginia, who was
sworn in on Friday, visited the Executive Man
sion this morning, and had long interview with
the President.
THE PRESIDENT will entertain at dinner on
Wednesday evening the Foreign Ministers re-
siding here. Invitations have also been issued
to several prominent Senators and Representa-
tives.
THE GOLD PANIC INvEsTIGArroy-The
House Committee on Banking and Currency
this morning examined Mr.. Opdyke in reference
to the general cause Of the recent gold panic in
New York.
IHE DISTRICT IN CONGREss.-Mr. Williams
Of Indiana, to-day introduced in the House a
general incorporation act for the District of
Columbia, and bill to provide for the incor
poration of Railroad Companies i'm the District,
both of which were referred to the District
Committee.
ASSIGNMENT OF REcRUITs-Special orders
No. p, just issued from the War Department,
directs the Superintendent of General Recruit
ing Service at New York to forward detachments
of recruits as follows: 50 to FortDelaware for
assignment to companies X and l., 4th artillery;
to Fort McHenry, Nd, for companies G, ID, L
and II, 4th artillery; "a to Fort Washington,
Nd, for companies A and NJ, 4th artillery.
GOVERNOR ONsLow STEARNs, with his wife
and daughters, (whO are making brief visit to
Washington will receive their New Hampshire
friends and acquaintances, at the rooms of Sem
ator Cragin, at the ST. james Hotel, on Tuesday
evening. at TX O'Clock. All New Hampshire
men and women who may be in the city will re-
ceive cordial greeting, and should not fail to
be present without further notice.
BILL TO ESTABLISH A SAVINGS BANK-Mr
Patterson introduced i'm the Senate this morn
ing bill to establish a savings bank in the
District OF Columbia, naming as corporators L.
Z. Robbins, VIM. B. Todd, Edward Simms JOS
Casey, Jas. M. Latta, Henry willard, VIM. II.
Philip, A. r. Shepherd, VIM. Z. Dole, Hugh
McCulloch and NJ. G. Emery. Referred to the
Committee on the District Of Columbia
AT THE FExT Executive Session of the SEN
ate an effort will be made to dispose of the
nomination Of Attorney General Hoar for the
position OH the Supreme Court bench, to which
he was recently nominated RumOr has it that
the nomination will be rejected by consid-
cradle majority, and that it is the desire of
Senators to get the nomination out of the way.
in order that the President may send in another
name.
DISCHARGES AT THE WASHINGTON NAVY
YARD-Five hundred men will be discharged
from the Navy Yard to-day, mostly from the
Bureau of Construction and Repairs, and Steam
Engineering. One hundred will be transferred
to the Bureaus of Yards and Docks, Equip
ments, and Ordnance, leaving about seven hun
dred men at work IN the Yard. Those to be re-
tanned are actual residents OF Washington, who
have families to support.
GENERAL JOHN EATON, recently nominated
for the position Of Commissioner of Education.
is a New England man and a graduate Of Dart
mouth College. At one time he was Assistant
Commissioner Of the Freedmen's Bureau for
this District, and after leaving the Army be-
came the editor of a Republican paper at Mem
phis, and afterwards Superintendent of Educa-
ton for Tennessee, in which capacity he served
until the New School system was abolished by
the present Legislature.
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE GOVERN
NENT.-Secretary Boutwell, has directed the
Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell one
million of gold each week during the month of
February, and to purchase one million of bonds
OH each alternate week on account of the sink
ing fund.
Secretary Boutwell, in this order discOntinues
the purchase of any bonds to be held subject to
the action OF Congress, and will purchase but
the two millions during the month for the sink
ing fund proper. The practice heretofore has
been to purchase four millions per month for
the special fund, and two millions for the sink
ing fund.
EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE FREEDNEN's
BUREAU.-The Joint Committee on Retrench-
the bill introduced by Senator Patterson, trans
ferring the educational work Of the Freedmens'
Bureau to the Board Of Education In the Interi-
or Department They called in General Eaton,
lately nominated for Commissioner of Educa-
ton, and questioned him at length as to his
views of what may be done by the Bureau to
promote the cause Of education throughout the
country. The Committee were much pleased at
the manner in which General Eaton expressed
himself, and will probably make a favorable re-
port upon the bill at an early day.
SITE For A New STATE DEPARTMENT BUILD
ING-The Joint Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds, composed Of Senators Morrill, Of
Vermont, Trumbull and Cole, and Representa-
tives Beatty, Smith Of Tennessee, Tanner and
Getz, in company with Secretary Fish and Cen
eral Michler, Superintendent Of Public Build
ings, took an Official peregrination to-day in
search Of site for new State Department.
The committee visited all the unoccupied pub
lie squares and discussed the adaptability Of
each. Secretary Fish was in favor of Lafayette
square, in front of the Executiye MausioD