Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-31

source day were 1895 O00.
THE AMOUNT of national bank note Giro ,la-
ton received at the Treasury to day foots up
s365, eco.
AN ADDITIONAL CALL for the retirement OF
hve-,wenty bonds will be made by the Secretary
of the Treasury to- morrow. The amount of the
call has not yet been determined.
POSTMASTER GENERAL JEWELL is expected
to arrive in Washington to night. If so, he will
be sworn in and assume the duties OF his Office
tomorrow.
The TROUBLES In THE SoUrH.-Attorney
General Williams will leave here to- night or to-
morrow morning for Long Branch, to consult
with the President with reference to the troubles
DOW existing in the southern states.
POSTMASTER GENERAL MARSHALL having
been again called away by the illness of Mrs
Marshall, Col. Routt, second assistant, will act
a. Postmaster General until the arrival of Post
master General Jewell on Tuesday.
SALE OF MoNIToKs.-Ths monitors Shawnee
and Wassuc were auctioned Off at the Boston
navy yard on Saturday, the four guns having
been removed previously. The Shawnee
brought s23 coo and the Wassuc k23 800.
CAPT. c. @. ADAMS has resigned the position
Of Librarian and Superintendent of Documents
Chief of the Currency Division in tie Treasury
BY this transfer one department Of the govern
ment loses and another gains the services of a
most courteous gentleman and thoroughly capa-
Die and efficient officer.
THE SALE OF GOLD FOR SBPTExBRR-The
Secretary Of the Tresury has directed the As
sistant Treasurer at New York to sell gold dur
ing the month of September, as follows: One
million dollars on the first and second Thurs
days, and one-balf million on the third and
fourth Thursdays, respectively; making in all
three millions.
LEAVES FOR ARMY OPPIcRRs.-The leave OF
absence granted First Lieut.. Wallace Tear 18th
infantry, has been extended three months.
Leave OF absence for one year, on surgeons
certihcafe OF disability, has been granted First
Lient. Louis A. Nesmith, 10Th infantry, Camp
Castor. California. The leave OF absence
granted First Lieut.. Alfred g. Mackling 18th
infantry, has been extended three months.
AN OFFICER CT NATIONAL BANK write.
that he is unwilling to have his circulating notes
destroyed without having them first sent to him
in order that he may be enabled to remove the
Signature and cancel them so As to be unfit for
circulation. The Treasurer responds that the
law requires mutiated, worn, and notes unfit to
De Circulated to be forwarded to the Controller
oil the Currency for destruction, and leaves no
diTotion with the Treasurer as TO the disposition
to be made of the notes.
HEAVY INCREASE OF INTERNAL RRvgyrs
RBCEIPTs.-The internal revenue receipts for
the two months past exceed the amount received
last year over one half million dollars For
July and August of last year the aggregate was
Il. ,151li for the present year s1 ,9i9 col 25
being an increase OF S5I6 ,ii9.Si. For next
month the commissioner expects that a most
gratlfslng exhibit will be made, inasmuch as
me fsll trade usually swells the receipts from
this source.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant Commander
a. and
naval academy, 18th September; Lieut. Com
msnder Smith has reported his return home
having been detached from the Lancaster south
Atlantic station, on the sd ultimo, and Ia.
peer placed on waiting orders; Passed Assistant
Engineer VIM. J.. NicOll detached from the bu-
reau OF steam engineering and ordered to the
Po~haffanj Passed Assistant Engineer Samuel
u e5s from the Colorado, and ordered to return
home and report arrival; Passed Assistant En-
9ln.er Bennett from the Dictator and ordered
10 the Colorado; Assistant Engineer Harris
webster from the Powhsttsn and placed on
waiting orders.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VKssELs.-rbe
Franklin, flagship European tiset, Rear Admit
raj Case commanding, was at SpezzIa italy,
august 18th. The Congress arrived there the
day previous from Vile Franche. The .Juniata
left SPezzia August 18th to visit Messna, To-
ports, and TO return TO Vile Franche by the
18th Of November. TIE practice ship ConsteI-
lation arrived at New London on the 25th inst
down on the chart between Little Gull Island
and Gardner's Island, but sustain I'D no injury.
The Dispatch is expected at Washington to day
or to- morrow.
PRRsoNAL.-Rev. John G. Amss, son.in-law
OF Secretary Deiano, has been appointed Libra
Ran and Superintendent OF Docu nents in the
Interior Department. w. p. Copeland late
OF the Journal Of Commerce, is in tswn, casting
about in the interest Of TIE ReptLhc, the new
republican New York daily, with which he is to
be connected. 49, Gen. Z. L.. Rosser, OF yfr-
GINA, is at the National. The family of
Secretary Bristow have returned from Cane
May TO this city. '''' Gen. Smith, formerly
Supervising Inspector General OF Steamboat
under the Treasury Department, who resigned
70 take effect September LIST, left this morning
for his home, In Nyack, New York. Until a
successor is announced, Geo. W. Wright, chief
clerk, viii act. '''' Hen. W. l.. Niblack, OF
Ind, Is in the city. go. Senator Patterson, of
South Carolina, is IN the city en- route TO Long
Branch to consult with the President. ....Oline
ton l.. Cobb, M. G. from North Carolina, is in
town. 80. Col. Il. p. Robb, OF illinois, has
written to Mis- Winnie Rsam inquiring the cost
n putting the bust of the late Governor Yates
illinois, "War Governor"-in marble for the
State House in Springfield. Mise Ream answers
that the cost will be 81 600. The bust Is pro-
nounced an excellent likeness, and is the only
one in existence.