Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-03
WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3.

ID. c., THURSDAY, NO
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
INTERNAL RKvENuR.-The receipts from this
source to-day. were ssi1.II1.s9.
TREASURER SPINNER will leave here the
latter part of this week for his home in New
York to vote.
TEE TOTAL POPULATION of Massachusetts,
according to the complete census returns, i.
Las 1876, and of Connecticut, 557 ,4Gs.
SECRETARY DELANo left by the Aqua creek
route this morning, for Petersburg, where he il
to make republican speech this evening He
expects to return tomorrow evening.
ANYTHING IN THE wIND?-The President
was Gle; eted in the Red Par,or to-day for more
than an hour with Senator Morton, Senator
ThayeE and Col. Jpo. W. Forney.
DANIEL q. GILLETTE Of the Secretary's ONCE
Navy Department, has been promoted to chief
o. the court martial division, in place Of j. w.
Bell, resisn ed.
The ANNUAL RBPORTs.-The heads of bu-
reaus in the several executive departments of
the government are busily engaged in pre-
pairing their annual reports, and will hand
them to their respective Cabinet officers in the
course OF the next four or five DAYS.
AT THE WHITE HoUsR.-Secretary Boutwell,
and Commissioner Parker had interviews with
the President to-day. As he was engaged most
Of the afternoon, he saw but few visitors, a.
though there we're large number in the ante
room awaiting an audience.
TIE COMING SOLAR ECLIPsE-Professors
Hall, Hardness and Eastman, of the Naval Oh.
servatory in this city, sailed from New York
yesterday on the China, en- route to the Island
OF Sicily, to take observations Of the total
eclipse Of the sun December I'D.
THB INV BoNDs.-Secretary Boutwell, this
morning received another subscription of
$4,000 to the new loan from New York bank.
1t is expected that the new bonds will be taken
with some rapidity As soon as they are put upon
the market.
j. II. SAvILLR, ESQ.,, Chief Clerk of the
Treasury Department, leaves here this evening
at $40 for Chicago, on q ten days leave.
During his absence, George Parnell, Esq,
Chief OF the Sub-Treasury Division, vii! act as
Chief Clerk.
THE CoNM-ss5oNHR OF PENSIONS leaves TO-
night for New York, and will be absent about
eight days. About forty clerks in the Pension
leav al IN, nSo
leave Of absence, with view OF Attending the
election next Tuesday.
CENSUS RETURNS from the Southern States
chow that while there has been a decrease in
some States, there has been in others An in
crease Of colored population, and hat in the
aggregate there will be found an increase of
that class of citizens compared with the censu.
of 1850.
SECRETARY robson returned here last
evening from Norfolk, Va, and was at the Nav
Department to-day. TIE riot at the No, folk
meeting took place after the Secretary had
finished his speech and Lent the meeting. Over
two hundred shots were fired. and a. was rr
mored in Norfolk at the time the Secretary lef.
that four persons had been killed.
THE REVENUE COLLECTIONS from each State
and Territory for the fiscal year ending June
60, $780, were s16s, $50, 107, against s3os7 ass
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. New
York State paid the largest amount, $50 :361 55o.
Ohio was the next largest. $40 ,563 100; Illinois:
SIS ,sG4 500; Pennsylvania is fourth on the Iist
Si6,I:s,1C4; Massachusetts, the next, SO, s6i ooo
All the other States pay less than $4,000 900
each.
GEN. .. y. HowARD's New York friends pro.
| ose to raise a subscription for the purpose O,
relieving him from the expense he incurred
in defending himself during the investigation
ordered by Congress, at the instance of Fernau-
do Wood, into his administration of the Freed
mems Bureau, and paper is in circulation in
that city which has already been liberaIlv
signed. The subject will also be presented to
the Union League next week for their action.
GOING HOME TO VoTR.-In all of the Execu-
tive departments of the government leaves of
absences are being granted to clerks holding
residence in New York, Illinois, Massachusetts,.
Michigan, Missouri ard the other States in
which elections will be held next week, to en-
able them to 60 home to vote. These leaves
are solely for the purpose of enabling them TO
vote, and the clerks will return +, their ofticia,
duties Immediately after the election.
THE BOARD FOR RETIRING ARMY OPP.cRRs
Capt VIM. Maynadier, Capt II. e. Duryea.
Capt. Thos. B. Weld, Capt. j. ID. Jones, First
Lieutenants Donald, Mcintosh and Pendletop
Hunter, and Secord Lieutenant Thomas A.
Riley, L. 3. A., charged with ineftciency, have
been ordered before the army board now i'm ses-
sion here under the eleventh section OF the new
army law, over which board Gen. Hancock pre-
sides.
The SINGER SEWING MACHINE PATENT
The Commissioner Of Patents has refused to
grant an extension of letters patent to Isaac n.
Singer, for improvement in sewing machines.
The refuIal Of the patent, however, which ex-
pires on Friday next, does not make the use of