Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-05

source to-day were $500 ,563.75.
SECRETARY BRIsTow went to New York city
Saturday and will return tonight.
TIE AMOUNT of national bank notes received
to-day st the Treasury for redemption foots up
sos 800.
Mr.. THACHKR, the newly appointed Com.
sioner of Patents, goes to New York to-nigh
anu will be absent about week.
GEN. SHERMAN leaves here this evening for
st. Louis. He will stop few days in Cincinnati
to place his children at school there.
PRESIDENT GRANT and wife arrived at Gin
cinnati last night, and stopped at the Grand
hotel. 1t is expected that they will leave there
tomorrow rOr ST. Louis.
COMMISSIONER DOUGLASS, of the internal
revenue bureau, returned from a two weeks
trip to Erie, Pa, this morning. He has gained
twelve pounds In avoirdupois.
NAVAL ORDRRs.-Surgeon Thos. Hiland to
the Washington navy yard Psymaster George
Cochran to the receiving ship Potomac, at Phil
adelphie; Surgeon Somerset Robinson detached
iIcm the navy yard, Washington, ID. O., and
ordered to the Plymouth.
COMPETITIVE ExAMINATIoN-T There has
been lively contest for the position of exam.
iner Of the iDterferences in the patent Office
made vacant by the promotion OF Nj. s. Hop
Kills To be examiner In chief, and it mas been
decided to allow the contest to be settled by a
competitive examination under the civil ser
vice rules.
PBRsoNAL.-J'nited States Treasurer Spin
ner, who has been to the THOUSAND Isles and a
thousand other places catching fish and gather
ing hoquets, will return home this evening".
General Burnside called on Acting Secretary
Secretary of the Treasury COnant this morning
and left at p. m. for his Rhode Island home..
+. Is. Young. NJ. is At
Wizards.
THE GRANT. HoNoRB wRDDING.-The pre-
liminsries of the marriage Of Col. Fred. d.
Grant to Miss Ida HOnore, of Chicago have
been arranged 1t will take place at the resi-
denee of the brides parents, in Chicago, Octo-
friends being invited. The President and Mrs
Grant will be present. The following is a Ii.t
OF the bridesmaids and grOomsmen: Miss Hall,
daughter of Col. Winchester Hall. and cousin OF
Miss Honore, Chicago; Mrs Lucia Houston,
daughter of Judge Russell Houston, of Louis
vile, KY; Miss Irene Rucker, daughter OF G IN
Rucker, Chicago; Miss Dunlevy, daughter OF
Judge Dunlevy, Chicago; Ulysses S. Grant ir
brother of the bridegroom, Washington; Mr
Henry Z: Honore, brother OF the bride; Chica-
go; Lieut.. Larned, L. s. A, West Point; Gen
A. Forsyth, Of Gen. Sheridan's staff Chicago.
THE REDEMPTION AGENCY Of the Treasury
depar tment has made calls upon the nationa!
banks since the suspension of redemptions for
atOut a 10000 in legal tender notes to reim-
ouTse the Treasurer for their circulating notes
redeemed and assorted. Calls OF the same ma
ture for about five million more will probably
be made during the present week. When the
banks shall have responded to the calls the
agency will be in condition to resume redemp-
uons. The force of the agency is now sufficient
to count and assOrt 1.-THE bank notes as fast az
they are received, so that there is no likelihood
Oh another suspension of redemptions. HereaR-
yer calls will be made upon the banks for rem-
Dursement as fast as their notes are assorted 50
that the calls for any period will about eoIaI
the redemptions The five per cent deoosit
caves SO small margin for the agency to work
npon IN at calls mnst be made with great fire.
4ueney in erser to prevent the exchange OF the
funds.
YELLOW JACK.-A telegram received at the
Navy department this morning, from Capt. A.
A. Semmes, executive officer of the Pensacola
navy ard announces that Lieut.. Commander
Kellogg is still very sick, but some hopes of his
recovery are entertained. Paymaster McMs-
hon is quite sick. Lieut.. Commander Bsrclay
s doing well. Three sailors are seriously sick
One sailor was attacked Saturday. There are
Is convalescents.
The port OF Pascsgoula, Miss, which has
been rigidly quarsntined for some time, is re-
ported entirely free from yellow fever by the
surgeon of the marine hospital service who was
dispatched to that port by the Treasury depart
ment TO take proper precautions against the
spread OF the disease. He recommends that the
quarantine be at eDce raised, and chsracterizes
its establishment as the result OF a "big scare"
The health Of the gulf coast has rarely been
better than during the past season, Pensacola
being the only point at which 'syellow jack,
has secured foothold Key West. notwith-
standing 1t was threatened with visitation by
the outbreak on the Ticonderago has entirelv
escaped, and the same may be said OF all ports
with the exceptions noted from Florida to the
Rio Grande.
TEE FITCH-SHERaAN BRIDAL PARTY IN
NEW YoRK.-Lieutenant Fitch and his bride
with the wedding party from this city, arrived
in New York last Friday and went Immediately
to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Saturday morning
they were visited by number OF prominent
gentlemen, who congratulated the bride and
bridegroom. General Sherman arrived from
Washington Saturday morning, aud proceeded
TO the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He remained there
during the day, and left for Washington in the
evening. Saturday afternoon the bridal party
were entertained in Brooklyn by Mrs. Fitch,
the mother of Lieut.. Fitch. Yesterday morn
ing MIR. and Mrs. Fitch and the bridal party
from Washington, 10 the number of about
thirty. attended Mass at st. Bridget's church,
Tompkin's square. An immense crowd sur
rounded the church. The party was received
at the door by Rev. Father Moony and escorted
10 their pews. A select choir performed
MoZarts Twelfth Mass Before preaching the
sermon, amer Moony took occasion to extend,
on behalf of the pastor and people, a cordial
welcome and warm greetings to the newly
welded pair. At the conclusion of the Mass,
Mr.. al d Mrs. Fitch appeared on the balcony OF
Father Moony's residence and bowed their ac-
knowledgments to the crowd, which repeatedly
cheered them. The party intend TO leave for
oI LOUIS
BAD NEWS FROM THE INDIAN COUNTRY
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has Just re-
ceiVed a communication from Friend John d.
Miles, agent for the Cheyennes andArrapahoes,
Indian territory, dated September 26, in which
he says: "Night before last some horse thieves
stole is or Powder Faces best ponies. l sent
two deputy msrshals with eight young Arrapa-
hoes In pursuit. Yesterday noon we received
Information that the Cheyennes had forced
Gen. Miles 10 retreat to the vicinity of the An.
telope hills, and that encouraged by their sue
cess they had started out war parties, one of
which had met Gen. Davidson, somewhere up
the Washita, and they had lost three of their
braves killed, and that another party of about
20 were cAmped yesterday morning 80 miles
west OF the agency. 1 at once placed carrier
on coed horse TO proceed along the line of the
road from here to Caldwell, to warn travellers
OF the apprehended danger. He was followed
few hours later by Capt. Cramer with A full
company OF cavalry. Thou wilt not wonder at
my anxiety when 1 say that my wife and
three little ones are now between here
and Caldwell, detained by high waters.
Lookout for news from the border of Kansas.
The Cheyennes, exasperated by their losses and
encouraged by their successes, will fight like
demons, and will scour the whole country"
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