Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-07
va <hington News and Gossip.

" <hington News and Gossip.
/TEENAL RzvENUE-Tbe receipts from this
<uree t0-''ay were sai'.0l3.7g.
NEs- GESEEAL RAvL-Es. widow Of the late
Secretary - War, ciet a. hotel lu Cheyenne
yesterday morning
TEE srrECT CovNITTFE appointed bv tbs
HOus- c; I-aVrCse Ttstivs- 40 tie last session %
iLvs -tg4tr governmental AZ ,irs ia Arkansas,
viii meet p Lrtiie Rock on "Wednesday next.
CF THE CALL for twenty-five million bonds
r'cezt'y made, ara which tell due November
1T. seven millions up % this time have been p.
ceiEsd at ths treasury fOl redemption.
TrE AMOUNT O. national bank note currsHcy
received to-day az the treasury for redemption
fcots up ,lgE 9CO. This is the largest d4ys re-
Ceip.s since TIE organization OF the agency
IRE agency - now up with ia work, and will
make returns a. fast a. received for rede mptiOn.
ToOLE, the Erglish comedian, who appears at
FOrd's opera House next week. has played in
one OF his pieces. .'JcI on PARE FrdEc1is" more
than two thOIssnd times. He is not only
comic actor, bat his serious ana even pathetic
powers are said 70 be of q hign order, ~, for
stance, his rendering Of Caleb Plummer in The
CTie ket on the Hearth"
PERsorAL.-C,LW. F Shafer. OF Neg York.
il at the Arlington. -...RandOIph Rogers, the
SCULPTOR. and Representative Starkwesthar. of
Connecticut, are at WjiIard's. Senator
entOn's family, now in England, will spend
the winter IN Italy. Gen. Logan has not yet
entirely recovered from his recent illness and
l. about 20 60 south IL search OF a more health
fUl climate.
NAVAL CEDsRs.-Commodore James II.
SIOtts, detached from duty as light house in
sPsctOT o. the l2tB Lighr House District on the
Ist Of December, and placed on waiting or lars;
=. I. Smell. detached from duty At the Naval
Observatory and ordered as inspector OF tue
18th Light house district (San Fraaris90I IN
tie ist Of December next; Commander Wn +
FitNhugh, detached from dGty as senior a,d 70
the commandsnt at the navy yard, Mare Islani
California, and ordered 20 duty As Ordn4nca
and navigation Ctii -sr At ID at yard; COmII4ulsr
= 9. Z. " AtsOn, detached ~ ordnance and nayi-
gaton cer az navy ward, Mare Island, Calt-
forEia, and ordered 20 duty a. senior ali at that
yard.
TEE POsTNAsTHR GESELAL DErRnNINEp
TO PEOTECT TIE MAILs.-P Ostna ter Genera!
Jewell has addressed a communication 10 SIR.
Thomas l. James, postmaster OF this CITY,
asking Information concerning the progress
ct the c5' ninal suit pending m the United
states circuit court against Moses Chamber
latD, TdlCJ6d Dy me United States grand f1ry
Tor sending sCUrrIlCus pUstal cards through the
mails 70 NT. Aaron Won Volkenbarg OF thi.
city. It = understood that Mr. Jewell has
stated u q be his intention 70 exert every ,rt
70 prevent the abuse OF the postal facilities Of
ANC NUhlilEs " HIu 70 Use All the means IN his
IOWer 70 bring the offenders 10 Justice. The
case IN question will Re tried sc the next term IF
the cOUrt.-N. I. Z mes.
TEE FIFTH AUDITORS REPORr-Erpsusss
= Tie IGterHGl Rsrsnue and FoYsign Ser.f-e-Fbe
forthcoming report OF Fifth Auditor Ella will
chow the cost Of assessing and collecting the in
ternalTeveDue as follows: Assessing $3.50 19I 20.
snPe6vifors, Slls,. ,.jt-5, revenue agents, ESQ.,
'N48O; surveyors Of distilieries. SD 6lI 81:
gaugers, S@O5, $50 s.; total, "a 1873 SO 10 Sals3
mes OF internal revenue agents, S52,3~z: e1pen-
ses OF the same. $50 ,3l7 salaries OF sur yeyOrs of
oktl!lsTeSf cll.c3s; expenses Of the same,
4lUg'l9j ices Of internal revenue gaugeTs
SS41 50; travelling expenses, $50, ,C5O; paid for
engraving and printing internal revenue stamps
ana stamp paper, SIS, 400, expended Tor cOun-
sci lees In internal revenue cases. S2t OF: ex-
penCed Tor moleues, 50 ,9-9; expended for rl-
I0rts' S5tij. The expenses OF the foreign seq
vice and OF commissions, arbitFati0ns, exDOsl-
toIs, etc are as follows. Expenses of foreign
missions, S5so ESQ., expenses Of cOnsuIs S5Is 62I
Tees received from cOnsuls, S7i5 2j2, expended
fOT releT OF seamen, S64 SO amount Of seamsn,-
e1lra wages collected, $50 3ll; expenditure
above receipts. SS,S2Si expended for passage Of
seamen charged With crime, sSf9; expended f,r
Interpreters; etc, in China and Japan s23 Gas:
salaries and expenses OF the northern bouDd.ry
survey Sl5s-t'. salaries and expenses of T-nf ed
States and BTiiish claims Commission. s52i -.
expenses and salaries Of United States and
spanish claims Commission, SlS 500: expenses
aud salaries OF United States and nj -xicar,
claims commission, -, PAS; expenses ami sSla,
rles OF Jnittd States commission % Trxas
slV-f+z, expenses and salaries Of tribunal OF ar
duration, sjl,4gSi expenses and salaries of
Vienna Exposition, s29l ISL,