Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-30
EVENING STAR.
DOUBLE SHEET.
Washington News and Gossip.

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Washington News and Gossip.
NATIONAL BANK NOTES received for re Temp
ton to-day, Sl96 coo.
INT8RNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from thi-
source to-day were S5l1 6S4.G9. The total re-
eeiPts for the month foot up 50 COS 3o2.59.
OFFICIAL RzcoeSITroH.-The President ha-
recognized Rafael Lozano IS vice consul o.
Spain, at portland, Ne.
FIRST LIEUT.. WI. b. wEiR, Ordnanc,
department.. is relieved from signal duty and
ordered TO WateTvleit arsenal.
X. r. MoHUN & Co received to-day suppl7
of Hardys new aud much sought after novel
"Far from the Nsd"irg Crowd"
TIE EoAKD of army officers TO determine
up0n Infantry equipments organized in Juns
last ,: WstervIiet Arsenal. \. z, having com
pleted It's duties has been dissolved.
TIE HEATIEe snd ventilstiDg apparatus O.
the Senate wing of the Capitol has been put in
the NEST perfect order in anticipation OF the
coming session OF Congress.
SECRETARY DELAEO returned to the city yes
terday morning, accompanied By Mrs. Delano
They are staying Tor the present with Mr. ana
Mrs. Ames, 9l5 N street, and viii remain Il ere
un about the middle of December, when thev
VIII take quarters st Wormieys for the winter
SAILS OF GOvEREMEET GULpIN DECEMBgR
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the
assistant treasurer at New York to sell cne-haIf
million dollars OF gold on each Thursday during
Tue month OF December. The aggregate amO inr
10 be sold Is two and One-haif million dollars
MINISTER CUSHING DENIES THE SrORrRs or
DoCKRAT's Ill TREATMENT.-Itis IS understood
ff,as4 be . --ESr -. l.
graphic Communication rom General Cushing
the United States Minister ia 81 sdTid, entirely
coHtTadicting the reports in regard 10 che il
treatment OF DockraY, who vas recently sent
70 SPAN from Cuba. II appears, on the con
uaTy, that his accommodations at SantauCef
have been the best possible, and that SO far
nom bIiDg subject 10 strict Confinement, he ha-
been allowed 10 walk abODt the city with free
dom, though subject to police inspection. II,
has been carefully provided fer In regard 70
board aud clothing, aud though be is about t.
be removed TO Yalenci 2, it is to the best con
ducied prison in Spain.
OUR ROYAL VIsI1 os.-The government la
been officially notified of the arrival at san
Francisco OF King Kal9kaua, of the Sandwich
IsiaBcs, and the following members Of his suite.
Governor j. .. DOmlnis, chief of stat, Cover
nor >. NJ. kCf e1a, governor @! the island o.
Maui r NJ. Mayor, the kings private secre
tarv; ard number of servants. Il. \. Pierce,
he American minister to Hawaii, accOmuanias
the king by the latters invitation. II is the in
tet,t.on Of the Hing 20 proceed To Wsshipgrou
WITH a. Little DELAY a. possible. The details 81
the recep ton to be given bis majesty on his ar
rival in This city have not yet been agreed uro1
There Is no doubt, however, bat that it viii b.
ri The most cordial Character, aud one that vii
20 honOr to has station, and reflect credit upon
thi- government.
TIL INTERNATIONAL PosrAGE CoEGREss.--
Mr.. BIackfsn, superintendent Of the foreign
mail bureau OF the Post OHics department,
Who has just returned from Switzerland, speaks
Ia astic terms Of bis mission 70 the Dosta
congress, having accomplished sIl that be de
slFtu IN relation 60 Uniform ocean postage Z he
n "A mum rate Of charge viii he six cents he
tween the United S .ates and the countries par
ties 10 the convention, which will go into effecf
IN tue lSt Of July, 1873. MIR. BtAcAfSn saw.
that but one rate viii be CHARGED on letters t.
and from California, regardless OF distance.
TIE ANNUAL RKPokrs.-Au the reDorts n,
the heads OF departments, with the exception
OF those Of the Secretary OF the Treasury and
the Secretary OF the Navy, and the At.Orney
leneIal1 are IN the hands Of the public printer
ire last named usually axes his report IL
January, bat this year il will be transmitted t.
Congress early In December. The Secret ary Oi
enc Treasury will supply the p-ess By SO lding
printed copies OF his report TO The pTfncfpsi
cities IN advance OF its delivery 70 Congress
but not to be given out uu'il 10 shall have 5cer
communicated 70 that body. The President
mes ge VII! be telsgraPhed hence rs heretofore
70 The p-ess.
NAVAL OsDEes.-Lieut. Comrn.nier Frsncss
A. Geek ordered as executive on board TIE
receiving ship Sabine, A. Portsmouth, n. Il
Lieut.. ". Vt. Mad "a executive Of tbe
CsDaI14gua. Lieut.. Commander George T.
WlEgate detached from the receiving ship
Sabine and ordered to command tine iron clad
steamer Aja1, AZ Pensacola, Fla. Lieut.. Com
mander q. o. Schulze from the naval rende-
yous, New York, and ordered to command the
iron-clad steamer Saugus, at PensacoIa Fla
Master Nelson II. Houston from the HYDRO
graphic ONCE aud ordered TO duty on board
the Nautical School ship Jamestown, at San
kfa9ciscO' California, per steamer Of 19tl De-
cSmber K.
a COMMITTEES of the Union League OF Amer
lea arrived here this morning for the purposs
Of presenting TO President Grant Sscretary
Bristow suC Post mast Il General Jewell cert.tI
resolutions adopted vt a ueeting held in Ba.ti-
more on the D.. n inst. The committee visited
the onciais above mentioned with whom thew
bad pleasant conversations, bat failed 70 elicit
nom either any indication of what, il snv &C
tOnS would b5 taken on the subject presented
The con. miftcs returned - b AT more this az
trHo n. The TesOuci8ls request the removal
OF "the collector OF customs at Baltimore. the
naval odcers appraiser aud post ia sstgr a. the
rIst step towards gaining 1uT st strength and
again numbering Maryland among her repaO-
Lean slsterlCot."
TIE MCPHERSON STATUE-There was re
ceiyed at the War department Few DAYS ago
an equestrian statue OF Major General James b.
Mcfherscns very gallant officer, who CON-
taahoed the army OF the Tennessee. The statue
is by Rebjse0, OF Cincinnati, aud was execuseo
70 the oTceF Of the Society OF the ArmF OF tht
| Tennessee, who collected tie subscriptions Tor
| the same. among the subscribers are many
citizens 81 the tewn Of Clyde, Ohio, a. which
place the Eemstas we're iuteTrsd, aud they are
desirous thar the monument should be erected
there. il i thought. LOWeTeF, that the capital
| OF tie nation would be = more appropriate
place IN which - hCnCr the gallant sol ter, anj
| Congress viii, it believed, make 81 apnrSf,ria
Il q for the base OF the monument suI SesiEpa
suitable spot for IL erection.
! SPECIAL CrsToIs AGENTS or qaE CANADA
BoRDsR--fhe Secretary OF the Treasury has
decided t0 institute general revision of the
modes OF transportation of dutisble imports
acre 8 the Canadian frontier. Some rslaxatiOns
| OF the law asked for by the railroads crossing
1 this frontier were admitted in 1872, which have
/ proved very injurious IN practice, and these
/ have been recalled. Several of the special
/ agents have bsen assigned to duty under direct
| orders or the Secretary In correcting abuses of
| this transit trade, and particularly the abuses
that have grown up In the use OF locks and seals