Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-26

source to-day were s2is .O5t.99.
SECRETARY DELANo lett this city for his
home at Mount Vernon, Ohio, last evening.
EX SENATOR Ross, OF Kansas, is now fore
man on Lawrence paper-s position he held
Eighteen years ago, before enbsrking in pol
les.
Pos1MAsTIR GENERAL JEWELL states that,
,ofsr As the department has Official infOrmI.
on, there il no interruption in the mail service
in any part of the south.
TIE wAsH1NsToS MoNUxRST.-Eureks h.
A. Chapter, No. I, F and \. NJ, last night con-
tributed the sun of one hundred dollars towards
the Washington Monument. Next.
Ar THE WHITE HoUsE-Col. John 5. Mosby
and James b. q. Drew, U. s. attorney, Fla,
had interviews With the President to- day. Bish-
op Cnmmins, OF the Reformed Episcopal
church, paid his reSPec'l - the President.
GEN. SBERMAE's CoNTRIBU rIoN TO OUR
MILITARY HIsroRY.-GeneraI Sherman has
written a memoir of events OF the late war for
publication after his death, with the exception
OF the last chapter, which Is composed of Opin-
jOrs on useful military lessons derived there
from, and which was published in the Army asd
Nary Journal yesterday.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION met in this
city THURSDAY and wilt hold several sessions.
to perfect arrangements for carrying into effect
the order of the Pre- ident extending the opera
ton of the civil service rules to the federal Of
ices in Boston. Messrs. d. B. Eaton. Samuel
Sbelaborger, and A. G.. Cattell, Of the Com
mission, are here.
PBRsoNAL.-bight Rev. q. ID. Cummins. who
has been stopping at the Arlington for several
DAYS pest, is now the guest of ID. W. Middleton,
Esq, at bis residence on Capitol Hill, where
the triercs OF Bishop @. will be C)rdially re-
ceived. ''-' Commodore t. II. Stevens, Z. s.
n, comDsDdant of the Norfolk nsvy-yard,
with BIS family, is in the city for two weeks, at
1853 II street.
GENERAL COURT MARTIAL has been ap-
pointed to meet at wiiett's Point, New York
hsTbor, on the p of October, for the trial of
ceTtein prisoners. The following is a detail of
the court Captain W. K. King, Captain W. X.
LivernoTe, First Lieutenant James Mercrr,
First Lieutenant II. ID. Greene, Sec md Lieu
t nant W. h. Bixby, Second Lieutenant Fl. 5.
Taber, Second Lieutenant W. L. Ro7sell all of
the engine T cerps, Assistant Surgeon @. b.
Byrne, Is judge advocate of the court.
TEE FAMILY of Postmaster General Jewell
| will sail from Liverpool for the United States
about the first week in November, and will
| come Immediately to Washington. The two
daughters of the Postmaster General will be
II C 81 acquisition to cabinet society, as there
IL but ore young lady in the families of the pre-
| sent clbnet ministers, and she ia the daughter
ersi has not vet fixed upon q residence for him
-eit at the capital, but will do so before his
--milY arrives.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Ordsrsd- Commander JAS
O'Ks1e , command the naval rendezvous
Boston, on the 1st of october next; Lieut.. Ma
| than ii. Barnes, to the Plymouth, 1st of Octo-
ber next; Ensign John ). Abbott to the receiv-
| ing ship Vermont, at New York. Detached
Lieut.. Charles D. Ailibone, from the receiving
ship Independence at the navy yard, Mare Is
| Chapman G. Todd, from the hytrogra aphic Of
| AID ordered to the Pensacola, at Mare
| ls'ard nav yard.
| TIE TREASURY PRINTING BUREAU LIST FOR
! DIsMIssAL.-Superintend McCsrtee, of the
| Bureau Of Engraving and Printing, is making
| up I'st Of employees to be discharged wheneve
the bank note companies, which recently re
CeiVeC the con- act for printing internal rev
enue stamps. shall notify the TresSuI depars-
| ment Of their readine - begin the work Tne
DUTY Of selecting subjects for decapitation is a
delicate and painful one, as all of the employees
| sre poor and really need employment. II is
| nevertheless, a duty rendered operative by the
action of the Internal Revenue Buresu, which
gave the con csct to several companies in New
| York. 1t Is not yet known precisely when the
| companies will be ready to begin the work OF
| printing the stamps.
NOTES OF NATIONAL BANKs IN LToUTDA-
| TION.-The Secretary OF the Treasury has is
| sued the following circular of instructions TO
/ assistant treasurers, designated and national
bank depositaries of the United States, con-
/ cerDing redemption of certain national bauk
| notes under the act of June 20, 1s74:-''Accom
pany ing this circular is list, prepared by the
| controller Of the currency, of national banks
| which have failed, gone into Iiq udstion, or
| which have deposited legal tender notes for the
purpose OF withdrawing portion of their cir
culetion; Upon request of the controller. you
/ are hereby directed to assort and return to the
Ire asury, for redemption, all the notes of these
| bar Es which shall come into your hands, as re-
4 qniTed by the act OF June 20, 1874. Such notes
4 you will transmit by express, securely sealed
1 III packages of one hundred and upwards, to
i tie Treasurer of the United States, Washing
1 tod, ID. G., and charge their amount in your &C
couI Is as tr ansfer OF funds. The remittancss,
/ however, should be as large as practicable
/ without occasioning too much delay in their
4 trans mission, and, when il is possible, shoul
/ be n sde in sums OF one thousand dollars or a
1 multiple thereof Each package should be
| plainly marked " Notes of DatiOnal banks IN
/ hqnidstion," and accompanied by letter of
| transmittal addressed to the United States
1 Treasurer"