Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-25
EVENING STAR.

| EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
| INTERNAL REvsSUH-The receipts from this
source to- day were s172 ,J2s75.
GOV. COOKE returned to this city from Phila-
delphia this morning.
SHILLINGToN sends US the superb NAV num-
| Der of The Aldine.
| morning.
GEN. LOGAN has gone to Boston to attend the
| meeting of the Army of the Potomac.
HORACE GREELEY was in town yesterday
| bobbing around through the different depart
| ments, but the main object OF his business did
| not get out.
| FKRsoSAI.-Senator Harlan leaves the city
for Iowa tonight. Owing to the continued i'll
health Of Mrs. Harlan, he will be unaccom
panied by his family.
THB l. legislative ASSEMBLY of the District
| of Colum bia has been called, by proclaim alton
| of Governor Cooke, elsewhere in our paper to
| meet In Metzerott Hall, on Monday, the 18th of
May.
The INDIAN BIDs.-Commission Parker and
| Col. ID. z. Case, OF the Secretary's Office, have
been designated by the Secretary OF the Int ror
| to superintend the opening of bids for Indian
| supplies at New York on the 9th instant.
| PRESIDENT GRANT has accepted an invitation
to attend the anniversary meeting of the Army
| OF the Potomac, at Boston, on the 18th of Nav
| General Meade will preside.
| TIE SUBSCRIPTIONS to the new loan N -dav
| amounted to but $4,000. IT is not expected
| that the subscriptions will be very large befor
| the latter part of next month, until which time
| the new bonds will not be ready for issue.
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, left with his family
| TOT chicago THIS morning. He will spend week
1 with his son, who is in business in Chicago and
will then return to Washington, while his ia mily
| will proceed to the Massachusetts home at
| Groton for the summer.
senator SUMNER entertained at dinner YES
terdsy evening the English members of the
| Joint High Commission, Lady Thornton and
| Lady MacDonald, Senator Thurman, Assistant
| secretary OF State Hunter, and Hon. Caleb
| Cushing
A DULUTH LETTER writer says that ex-Con-
| gresham Knott's negative "puffstory" speech
| has indirectly sent more people to that place
! than any other medium used as a means to
| secure emigration, and should he depart this
| lie within hundred years, Duluth would rec
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| monument TO his memory.
THE MONEY PAID FOR AN OLD DIANA
| warrant was issued from the Treasury Depart-
| ment to-day in favor of Nicholas P. Trist, Of
| Va, Tor SD 30, the amount of expenses In
| Cured by him in negotiating the Guadaloupe
hidalgo treaty In 1919. The appropriation was
| mace al the last session of Congress having
been In course Of settlement for the past twenty-
| two years.
w. w. CoRooRAN, Esq, who has been i'll
Since Saturday last is much better to-day, and
bis physicians now hope that he is out OF danger.
| MIR. Corceran is suffering with severe bilious
ATTACK ahu mas the erysipelas IN one Of his legs
| below the knee. His attending physicians are
| DR.. Thomas Miller and DIR. Grafton Tyler.
| $4,000 TO THE SISTERS OF MERcY-The
Treasury officials to-day paid to the Sisters OF
Mercy OF Charleston, ). c., 81, 800, the amount
| OF the appropriation granted them by Congress
LOT the destruction OF their hospital during the
I war. The money was allowed them on accom-
the care which they took Of w0upded officers o
| the Union army,
The BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS met this after
noon at half past three O'Clock, in the execu-
| tive office of the District of Columbia to con
| slider informally what work on streets aud ave
| nues needed their earliest attention in accord
| ance with late act of Congress deyolvng those
| called the meeting TO order, and as our report
| closed the discussion on the subject mentioned
| above was in prog ress.
THR NEW ADHESIVE STANPs-The contrac-
tor for printing the Internal Revenue STAMPS
| to-day reported to the Commissioner the result
| OF MS experiments with new paper for adhesive
| stamps, and submits samples, which are printed
| IN Two colors. Among the specimens are mum &.
| Der printed on cornslian tinted paper, which
secures sot me department against any attempt to
| EFFORT to clean it, either by acid or alkau
| changes the color OF the paper.
TIE CECoSFIRMED.-The following nomina-
tons remained unconfrmed at the adjournment
| OF the Senate on Thursday last:
- Assessors OF Internal Revenue-George A
| Gordon, LIST district OF Texas; Henry Al. More
| house, 18th district of New York; Ell +. Jen-
| Dings, I'd district OF Alabama.
| Alfred p. Buch, appraiser OF merchandise,
Mobile. Alabama; G: s; Chase, Indian agent,
ern district of Texas; Edward 4. Ferguson,
supervising inspector of steamboats,, ID judicial
ssdtc; Joseph Nlmmo, Jr., supervising in
spector general OF steamboats,.
=, Also, number of postmasters, including b.
T. Blanchard, at New Orleans, louisa ma.
TO AUDIT, Not TO PAY THE CLAIMs.-some
| persons seem TO be still under the impression.
through representations made to them, that the
| Southern Claims Commission are authorized to
settle such accounts are fayorably consid-
cred by them. This is not so. The Commission
have no authority 10 pay dollar, but can onIy
examine into the loyalty of the claimant anS
INC NdIuity VI Inc Cldl1n, ana report accord
ingly. Congress must make appropriations to
| hquldate any such claims before they can be
| paid; and 1t is not likely any such appropria
tons will be made for some time to come as AZ
the last session the clause in the deficiency bill
providing for the appointment OF q collector to
represent the government before the commits
sion was stricken out, on the ground that such
action might commit the government in favor
of paying the claims.
TBE NEW BoSDs.-Proofs OF the backs for
the $50, 500, $500, $1,000 5000 and $4,000
registered and coupon bonds have already been
received from the New York bank note COM
panies, and preparations for printing the faces
are being pushed forward with energy by Mr.
george b. McCartee, OF the Treasury, and his
corps or efficient assistants. The vignettes for
both registered and coupons are the same and
are placed on bonds Of similar denominatiou
The ugnette for the $50 Is q likeness OF SIlas
Wright; for the 800 OF ex-Secretary Stanton: