Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-12
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
Hon. S. b. ELKISs, of New Mexico, has
been renominated by the republicans as
delegate in Congress for that territory.
LIEUT.. NJ. c. GooDRELL, United States
marine corps, one of the famous Darien ex-
plorers of 1870, has been assigned TO duly at
the Washington navy yard.
TIE POSTMASTER GENERAL left Cleve-
lard yesterday morning for Detroit, where
he VIII remain till Tuesday next.
THE RECEIPTS TO-DAY were, from interna
revenue. S2Gj 533.i2-tDtal receipts for month
10 date, S3,Gi5 0s5.Oi: from customs, s2S3 ,42i.
THE Treasury now holds 1878 I76, 100 in
United States bonds to secure national bank
circulation, and s15,9i2 10 secure public de-
pOsits.
THE NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION out
standing amounts 10 S3i9 90 $50, of which
amount s2,i49,OOO are notes issued to gold
banks.
GIN. BARNARD-By direction of the Pres
ident, Col. John e. Barnard, corps of engi-
l GERS, has been assigned TO duty according
to his commission of brevet major general.
THENEw REVENUE STEAMER-Secretary
Bristow has directed that the new revenue
steamer TO be used in the bay and harbor of
San Francisco shall be called the John F.
Hartley. in honor of the late Assistant Sec
rotary OF the Treasury.
IT Is UNDERSTOOD that VIM. o. Avery
chief clerk of the Treasury department, has
resigned, to take effect on the 3Oth inst and
that he is to be succeeded by Capt. G.. &. Adj
ans. the appointment clerk, VINO has been
recalled from Europe 10 assume the posi-
ton.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED.-The President has
signed the following commissions s. Il. Ak
tell, TO be governor of New Mexico George
w. Emery, to be governor of Utah; Samuel
Smith, 10 be postmaster at Peru, H.; II. S.
Haskell, TO be postmaster AT Portage, Wis:
BENJAMIN Conley, to be postmaster at At
lanta, Ga.
AN IMPRESSION prevails in financial cir
Giles that the S30,000,O00 called bonds for the
sinking fund, which fell due yesterday, may
be exchanged for or turned into the Treasury
in payment for new fives This is not the
case. Secretary BristOw says they can only
be redeemed in coin, and are not exchange
Ole Tor any other species of government Sc
curities.
SOCIETY CIRCLES are on the alert over a
dramatic and musical entertainment, with
many novel features, TO be held next Tues
day, from until Il p. m. at the residence of
Mrs. =. Il. Brown, Mount Pleasant" in be-
half OF the Centennial. There will be first
varied parlor and garden entertainment; fol-
lowed by the performance of the cOmedietta
Who Killed Cock Robin" the whole to con-
clude with dancing.
NAVAL ORDERS.-Paymaster 4. j. Clark
as purchasing paymaster at the navy yard,
Portsmouth, ". ii. Observation-Disclosures Mar
Gus 7. Hyde has reported his arrival home
having been detached from the TusCarora on
the 18th of February last, and has heen
I..-.N aY.~
Charles II. Eldredge from the navy yard,
Portsmouth, n. H, on the lst July next and
as purchasing paymaster and ordered to
settle accounts.
THE HEADQUARTERS of the National
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, will proba-
bly, be removed from Washington TO Louis
vile, Kentucky, within short time At
the last meeting of the National Grange, in
charleston, the executive committee was
charged with selecting a new Site the re-
roVal TO take place within six months from
March LIST last, and they have finally fixed
upon Louisville as being the most deSirab BILE
point, on account of its central location. The
headquarters of the order have been in the
District of Columbia since its organization
in 1SGs.
THE SIOUX CoMMISSIoN.-The following
are the gentlemen who have thus far been
appointed on the commission to visit the
Sioux. and who have accepted the positions
tendered-Hon. VIM. Il. Allison, Gen. Terry
commanding the federal forces i'm Dacotah,)
hon. A6ram Comingo. (ex-member of Con-
gress,l Bishop HavenS, (Of Georgia. Rev
>. ID. Hinman, and Gen. Frank w. Palmer
(eX-M. e., and managing editor of the Chi
cago Inter Occda) 1t has not yet been de-
clded whether the commission shall be linn
TIED 10 six members or not, and il is possible
thai Two or three more may be appointed.
GOING HOME IN STYLE.-When the In
dian chiefs left here the last request made
by them was that they should be furnished
with horses to ride home. The Commits SION
er of Indian affairs did not think il would
be proper or eXpedient to crafty them. But
yesterday orders were telegraphed to the
Indian agent at Omaha to purchase horses
ana equipments, to be handed over to the
chiefs on their arrival at Cheyenne to make
The rest of their journey home. This cOnces-
sion, ii is expected, will perhaps have some
effect in furtherng the negotiations for the
acquisition of the Black Hills country.
CROOKED WHISKEY IN BALTIMoRE.-In-
structiOns have been sent TO the proper of
fcers in Baltimore ordering legal proceedings
to be commenced against over 100 of the 800
barrels of whisky shipped to that city from
the west, and detained by the collector of the
Third internal revenue district of Maryland
TO await Investigations. The whisky was
nearly all in transit at the time the Illicit
dlstillery seizures were made in the west
some weeks ago. About $50 barrels of ii
have been released, nothing irregular being
found over 200 barrels of the whisky yet re-
main in he hands of the government au-
thOrities for disposal III is stated that the
packages 10 be proceeded against have been
found to have on them stamps which were
used a second time. If the whisky is coufis-
Gated il will probably be necessary for the
receivers in Baltimore TO recover frnra tho
distillers in the west. anu sum thai nav
nave st6h advanced upon it, the action of
the government having no reference as to
who are the guilty parties, the proceedings
being against the whisky only. The whisky
is worth about SIS per barrel.
Pacific Mail Subsidy Redtvivus.
wM. s. KING ADMITTED To BAIL.
VIM. S. King, of Minnesota, under indict-
ment by the Grand Jury of this District for
perjury was yesterday, on motion of Richard