Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-02

tour TO ST. Louis.
THE TOTAL DECREASE of our public debt
snce March LIST, 1S69, to date, has been 534S,
IA go 49, making a decrease IN the am0unt OF
interest of S23 ,l9i .36j.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT of L. S. currency ont
standing at this date, as appears by the books OF
the L. s. Treasurer, is S3J7 ,6S5 G43.G6, of this
amount $40 $40 ,3O1.1G is fractional currency.
THBU Q. s. STEAMER ALASKA has been ordered
home from the Asiatic station by way of the
Cape of Good HOPE. She viii proceed to New
York upon her arrival here.
MAJOR ALBION p. HOWE, 4th artillery, has
been assigned TO the charge of the discussing
Office at Nashville, Tenn, vice Major W. III.
Brown, 18th infantry, relieved and ordered to
his regiment
The NETS DISASTER TO BE INVESTIGATED.
Acting Secretary Richardson has directed
Steamboat Inspector Low, of New York, to ex-
anime into and report fully to the department
all the facts concerning the Metis disaster on
Long Island Sound.
FINANCIAL PROGRAMME FOR SKPrEMBER-
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Richardson
has directed the assistant treasurer at New York
to purchase one million of bonds each wednes-
day, and sell one million of gold each Thursday
during the month of September.
GEN. CHAPMAN returned here this morning
from Watkins Glen and Cape May, where he
has been the past week. Mrs. Chapman is still
at Cape May, and has entirely recovered her
health. She will return to Washn gton about
the latter part of this week.
THE MIXED CLAIMS CoMMIssIoN-Nr. COY.
the secretary, and the clerks of British and
American mixed claims commission, are busily
engaged in packing up the papers in the cases
before that commission, and will here wedues-
day morning for Newport, r. >, where the COM
mission will hold its sessions for the next month
or six weeks.
THREE PER CENT. LOAN CERTIFICATES
CALLED IN.-Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Richardson has directed that 81 $50 900 of the 3
per cent temporary loan certificates be called
in, the interest on which will cease October 3lst
OF the amount called in the numbers of the
$4,000 certificates run from 4,15f to ABA inclu-
slVe, and the $4,000 from 4, 514 to 4,119 inclu-
sive.
PRRsoNAL.-Mr. and Mrs. John s. Delano
left for Cape May Saturday evening, expecting
to be absent for a week or ten days. Gen
n. b. Forrest, Of Tennessee, is registered at the
Ebbitt House. '''' Judge Kelley, of Pennsyl-
vania, was presented with the usual California
sourenir,-a quartz mounted cane,-on leaving
San Francisco for home last week, M
Geo. w. Adams, of the World, has returned
with his family from their summer sojourn at
having heavy frosts and considerable ice for
several mornings past. 80. General Walker
Commissioners of Indian Affairs, has returned
10 his official business after a short vacation in
Massachusetts,. We 'front.' say that he is any
browner for the trip, nor that his eye is brighter
or his step more elastic; but for all that we do
Miller, OF the U. s. Supreme Court, has returned
to Washington after a visit north. -. Assistant
Secretary Hartley, of the Treasury Department,
returned here on Saturday evening from q
Motn
ATTACK UPON AJoURNALIsT.-Thsm morning
about IL O'Clock, Judge Dent, brother of Mrs
President Grant, visited the Capital office, on
18th street, and on inquiring for Mr.. Reed, one
of the editors, was directed to his room. m
stairs. Calling Mr.. Reeds attention to an
article in yesterdays Capital, he asked who the
author was. MI. Reed replied that he was re-
sponsible for it; whereupon Judge d. pro-
nounced it false, and called upon Mr.. Reed to
defend himself. Then raising q walking stick,
ne Truck MIR. Reed several times over the head
breaking the cane. MIR. Reed by this time was
on MS feet, and, seizing the Judge, a scule en-
SUED Tor the possession of the cane or the rem
nant of IL in the hands of the latter At This
Juncture some OF the staff of the paper who were
DOWN stairs, hearing the noise of the scuffie
came up and separated the combatants
oHcer hodeIick being near at hand was called
ia anu TOOK the assaiant into custody, and filed
information In the police court charging Mr.
Dent with assault and battery on Henry Reed
Lhe bearing was postponed until To- morrow
MI. DENT entering into personal recognizance in
the sum OIL 500 for his appearance to answer
MI Reed received two scalp wounds and a
cut near the lett eye, which is somewhat
bruised, the wound being probably made by the
spl!ntered end OF the cane after il was broken
The above Is history of the case as stated
before the Police Court to-day. Mr. Reed and
ms friends assert that the assault was made
Wi,hout any explanation except the question
asked by Judge Dent, as to the responsibility OF
the paper Tor what it had printed. After MIR.
II heed had answered Judge Dents interrogatory
IN the afnrmatve, he asserts that the Judge
seized his (Mr. Reed's) hickory cane living On
the table, and without a word of explanation
began TO belabor him with it over the head Mr.
Reed further says that Judge d. did not csll
upon him to defend himself, but assaulted him
as he was sitting with his feet cramped under
the table, and that for a moment or two he was
unable 10 oher any resistance to the blows
showered upon him.
THE Article THAT CAUSED THE ARRAY
The following is the article in the Capital that
led to the visit of Judge Dent TO that office
Inquest is made in the New York Sun for Mr.
d. II. Whitley, banker, of Port Byron New
1orK. IL appears that William j. Farrand re-
ceiyed from President Grant the appojntmant
as consul at CallaO, in consideration for
which be paid in cash to Louis Dent a brother
N law OF General Grant, two Thousand five hun
dred dollars, and to General +. L. Dent, also a
brother-in-law OF the President, one tn ousand
liars. Afterwards Mr.. Farrand negotiated
Inrther with the Dental brothers-in-law for the
appointment of Mr.. Whitney as commissioner
SO settle the claims OF citizens OF the United
States against Peru, for which he paid to GEN.
eeal +. Il. Dent, brother-in-law as aforesaid the
sum Of three thousand dollars in cash at the
Astor House in New York. 1t appears, how
ever, that although the bargain was completed
and the consideration paid, the office was given
to another, and Farrand and Withey lost the
opportunity OF playing into each others hands
which 1t would have afforded. Upon this the
Sun says:
=" Now the unsettled question on which in
formation has been hoped from Mr.. Whitney is
not whether General Grants brothers-in-lsw
sold these appointments for money, for that
point 10 already established and admitted; but
whether the three thousand dollars paid to Dent
Tor Witheys appointment Is commissioner was
really the money Of Whitney or the money of
Farrand On this question Mr.. Whitney might
cast good deal Of light, and we trust he will
not continue to withhold e."
WHAT GEN. DENT SAYS.
Gen. Dent, on being interviewed this after
noon, warmly denied the statements in the Cap
itai. He states that his only connection with
the matter vas that Farrend was introduced to
him BY his brother (Judge Dent) Is an old
friend from California, with Q request that the
general should see that the papers Of Mr.. Far
rand were put before the President. The pa
pers Of Farrand were handed to the President
by Gen. Dent. Farrand was endorsed by the
republicans a. Q firm republican and sup