Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-28

Washington News and GOSSIP.


ISTERNAL REvKsUE.-The receipts from this
source to-day were s1sossos5.
THE AMOUNT OF national bank notes re-
ceived for redemption to- day was 1856 All. The
total amount received to date is SO SIC, oOs.
The DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS drew from
the Treasury to-day Sis, 900, to be applied on
account of the salaries of District employees.
day last, looking after the improvements now
being vigorously prosecuted in several of the
public squares in the city.
a THREE-LINEp LETTER. addressed to Treas
uIer Spinner and lnclosing two dollars. ex-
planned itself as follows: "Mr. Spinneer-Pleas
kredit this to the conschien fund"
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS will be held to
fill the following vacancies in the Treasury
department, on the days named One vacancy
in class 4, in the Office of the Second Controller,
of class 2, in the Office of the First Controller
on the 30th instant; of class 2, in the Office of
the Register, on the 31st instsnt.
misunderstanding Robson returned to
Washington yesterday. Secretary Bristow
has returned from Long Branch. Attorney
General Williams is expected to return to the
and Mra. Boynton left W ashinaton this mornina
for Rye Beach: They will be absent until about
the middle of September. LEX Senator
Doolittle, OF Wis, is at the National.
APPOINTMENTS In THE TRRAsURsR's Or
PIos.-Secretary Bristow and Treasurer Spin-
ner have arranged that all appointments to
office in Mr.. Spinner's bureau shall be made
only after an examination, and even in that
case any party to whom the Treasurer objects
shall not be appointed. 1t has also been agreed
that all persons nominated by Gen. Spinner for
tnfrr Rar1ff "a, An, kali IL
pear for an examination.
A CIRCULAR just issued by the Secretary of
the Treasury makes important changes in the
organization OF the force Of special agents. The
aPportionment by districts will be discontinued
altef august 1, and special agents will act
under the immediate direction OF the collector
OF customs, making report to him at the end
The circular contains instructions as to the
duties of agents, defining them with great
exactness.
TIE NEW Neutrality-suspicious. for the bal
ance of the five per cent. funded loan were
concluded by the Secretary of the Treasury to-
day with Messrs. August Belmont & Co.. on
behalf of Messrs. N. NJ. Rothschild & Sons, of
London, and their associates, and j. 81 W.
Seligman & Co., on behalf of themselves and
their associates. These parties made an abso-
lutte subscription for SIS, 900 900. coupled with
the option OF taking the remainder of the
loan at any time within six months
The loan Is taken at par, to be paid for in coin
or hve- twenty bonds-the parties to receive one
quarter or one per cent. commission, and to
defray all expenses of the transaction includinG
delivery Of the bonds. From the well-knoy n
reputation OF these bankers, no doubt exists at
tne treasury department as to their ability TO
place the entire loan.
A BAD REPORT OF THE RED SKINs-Gen.
Meigs, Quartermaster General, forwards to the
Secretary Of War extracts from the annual re-
A O. n AZ
Sill, giving description of the country south
and west OF Fort Sill, and of a march of 400
miles by seven companies of cavalry.
In speaking of the Indians the report saws:
The Indians (Kiowa and Comauche) have not
reformed or improved, whatever the statements
OF their agents, but on the contrary were never
more daring or predatory than during the past
year. They have constantly raided in Texas
numbering Inhabitants and driving off stock
and twice recently, once within month, have
run Oh tie stock from their agency on military
reservation close to post. One night in June
they made dash for the coral gates, opened to
receive the night police wagon. but receiving
volley as they approached from the guard
without and finding another guard within the
coral, thus placing them between two fires, they
beat hasty retreat, and have not since paid
their respects. Lone Wolf recently crossed the
Indian reservation with the horses of a com
pany OF the 9th cavalry, which he succeeded in
stampeding near Fort Griffin, Texas. Since
ing parties on the reservation. which will have
tendency to check such exploits hereafter.
"A CIRCULAR was issued by the Treasury de-
partment to-day addressed to collectors Of Gus
toms and others, publishing an extract from
the "act to provide for the establishment of
nfe-saving stations and houses OF refuge upon
the sea and lake coasts OF the United STATES
and TO promote the efficiency of the fe-saving
service" approved June 20, 1874 together with
the following Instructions: Blank forms Or. NJ.
10 amended) will be supplied to collectors OF
customs who will furnish managing owners,
agents and masters OF vessels with them, as NAV
be necessary. In case the required report Of
any disaster IL not received by the collector Of
customs within whose district the casualty NAV
have occurred within the time specified by law,
he viii, IL the vessel he sill within his strict
make demand upon the master, agent, or man
aging owner thereof, for said report; but IL the
vessel shall have passed out Of his district he
VIII Immediately communicate the fact of the
disaster, together with the date thereof to the
collector OF the district wherein such vessel is
registered, and the latter will make said de-
maDd. When the return made by the manag-
ing owner, master, or agent Of the vessel fails
70 embrace al the particulars specified on form
10, X. M, collectors Of customs wild obtain the
lacking Information before forwarding the re-
port to the department. Collectors will Obtain
where possible, the same information concern
ing olsasters to foreign vessels happening in
American waters, and transmit a report, in
SAID form, to the department, as in the case of
disasters mpriran