Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-13

on the admission of Pinchback will be takel
in the Senate on Tuesday next
si91 ,0SI in national bank currency was re-
ceived at the Treasury to-day for redemption.
The total receipts for the week ending to-day
foot up 8, 241 ,7s3.
SECRETARY robson entertained at din
ner last night Senators Cragin, Anthony,
Morrill, of Maine, Sargent, Conover, Nor
wood and Whyte. constituting the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs.
NoMINATIoNs.-The PresideI sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day:
Leander NJ. Drury, pension agent at Canaan
daigua. New York Samuel Harry Dickson,
TO be assistant surgeon United States navy.
A KUKLUXER PARDoNED.-The President
has pardoned VIM. c. Whitesides, of South
Carolina, who was convicted of kuklux
crimes in 1872, and sentenced to five years
imprisonment ia the Albany penitentiary.
THE SENATE will probably adjourn on Fri
day or Saturday of next week. The only
business undisposed OF outside of the con
firming of executive nominations is the
Pinchback case and the Hawaiian treaty.
AMONG THOSE WHO HAD INTERVIEWS
with the President to-day were Senators
Boutwell,, Ramsey, Dennis. ingalls,, Window
and Johnston, and Representatives Barrere,
Whitley and Hale, of Maine.
NATIONAL BANK CALCULATION. The
Treasury holds 1851 COZ $50 in United States
bends TO secure national bank circulation,
and SIT, zoo. The national bank circula-
ton now outstanding amounts TO $50 ,262 499,
OF which S2s390,o0O are notes issued to gold
banks.
a STATEMENT has been prepared under the
direction OF the Secretary of the Treasury
showing the estima ted expenditures and re-
al.
the fiscal year. II is understood that II all
the Appropriation laws are complied with
the excess over expenditures will be twenty
million dollars.
MRS. JOHNSON, wife OF Senator Andrew
Johnson, is better now than when he LEFT
Tennessee for Washington. Mrs. johnson
has, for years, suffered from cors lmption,
and has, occasionally, had lenorrhages,
WI ich left her in very exhausted condition.
Tn er the circumstances. therefore. her
death at almost any moment would not be an
uD6 xI ected event.
Ex-PosTMAsTER GENERAL CREswELL
will, in day or two, resign his position as
counselor for the United States before the
Alabama Claims Commission. He contenl-
plates an extended visit to Europe in an
unofficial capacit~. He will be sue ceedei. il
is said, by ex-Se Iator Carpenter, of Wis
coEsin.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Master NJ F. Wright to
the Dispatch. Detached-Lieut. Commander
De Witt c. Kells; Acting Assistant Surgeon
VIM. Morton and Passed Assistant Engineer
a. +. f.. Mulian from duty at New Orleans
and placed on waiting orders. Lieut.. w. s.
McGunnegle from the Michigan and granted
leave OF absence for six months. Passed
Assistant Psymaster r s. Mcconnell for
duty at New Orleans and ordered TO settle
accounts.
WINDING Up CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Charles T.vD a of fha
Of examiners OF civil service reform for the
Treasury department, has addressed letters
TO the sub boards in the custom house and
sub-treasury at New York; the custom house
and sub treasury at Boston, and boards of
lighthouse examiners at Portland, Me-, and
BOstOn and all other sub-boards. to the effect
that the service having been abandoned by
order of the President. all books aud papers
or other public property in their possession
shall be turned over to the Office to which
they respectively belong.
SMART REVENUE OFFICERs.-The internal
revenue officers of the 5th Virginia district
having seized large lot of cards known as
the game OF "a uthors," the question has been
submitted to the Internal Revenue Bureau
whether the seizure is legal. The law requires
that all playing cards shall be subjected to
a proprietary stamp of one cent" The owner
holds that il does not apply TO the cards OF
GERS making the seizure take the ground thu
they can make no distinction between .'play-
ing cards for intellectual purposes and those
used in the national games" OF draw"
''eUchre" and "seven up
How RUFUS HATCH WoS HIS BRIpE-
Mr.. Rufus Hatch came to Washington on
business connected with the Pacific Mail,
and without any generalization has found a
bonanza. Mr.. Hatch is widover, with
three children. Accidentally, he met here
Miss Josephine Chesney. beautiful and
brilliant woman. Miss Chesney looks only
al out 20, but the additional years have only
added TO her general appearance and bril-
liancy. Her father. who was Presbyterian
clergy man, died at the comm encement of
the war. Miss Chesney, then an orphan,
studied for the stage; but her beauty was OF
too refined character to be admired at the
lOOtligh and she was too petite, young and
inexperienced to be successful. Since that
time she has been teaching at a kindergarten
sehool, ard giving private lessons i'm music
ard Mr.. Hatch is to be envied of his prize
f. on' " dS't1'g'On Letter.
NOMINATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
The President sent to the Senate yesterday
the following nominations: w. w. Robinson,
10 be consul at Tamatave, Madagascar; J.
ID. Buckalew, Of New Jersey, to be consul at
Stettin: >. Ii. CranstOn, to be register of the
land office at Linkville, Oregon; n. III. Nc
Lean, late of the United States army, to be
assistant adjutant general, with the rank of
lieutenant colonel; Majors j. ID. Bingham
and A j. Perry, row quartermasters, to be
ter generals; Cap. Charles a. Reynolds and
q. II. Dandy, now assistant quartermasters,
To be quartermasters, with the rank OF
majors.
In executive session yesterday the Senate
confirmed the following nominations Daniel
w. GoOch. to be pension agent at Boston,
Mass; John T. Rankin, pension agent at
Nicksburg, Miss; Assistant Engineer Harris
Webster, TO be passed assistant engineer in
the navy from October D. 1874, to NIL a va
cancyi Assistant Constructors Philip HIGH
born, Frank l.. Fernald, William l.. Mon
tonye, and George r. Boush, to be naval con-
structOrs.
"PERLEY" tells this, for the Boston Jour
nal: Prominent among the distinguished
strangers who have honored Washington
during the past session with their p resence
was Profess Price. or as he preferred To be
called, Professor BOnamy Price, of Hox-
ford, He was a fussy, egotistical fellow,
and those TO whom he brought letters of intro
duction from Sir Stafford Northcote, (who
was here on the High Joint Commission,)
Were soon very tired of him. One day, after
his disagreable qualities had become gene
rally known, he was guest at a dinner
party, with some Of the highest officials, and.
as us ual with him, he was determined to lead
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