Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-13


receive by card between the hours of eleven
and two, except on Tuesdays and Fridays,
which being Cabinet days, no one will be
received except government officials.
INTERNAL REvENuE-The receipts from
this source to-day amount TO sll5,3l6.G1.
THE RECEIPTS from customs to-day at the
Treasury department were SGT ,759.
THE AMOUNT of national bank notes re
ceived at the Treasury department to-day
for redemption aggregated s5o1 eco.
Mr.. V. f. king, chief clerk of the Coas
Survey Office, mas resigned, TO take effect the
1st prOximO.
THE U. s. STEAMER LACKAwANNA. Cant.
McCauley, commanding sailed from Yoko-
hama March 10th for San Francisco.
LIEUT.. +. NJ. BARRIER, u. s. ". has been
ordered TO duty as executive officer of the
torpedo boat alarm.
PETE MCCARTNEY, the notorious counter
feiter, who some days since made his escape
from United States deputy marshal in
Texas, has been recaptured.
CONsULs APP0INTED.-The President yes
terday appointed Volney V. Smith, of Ark
ansas, to be United States consul at ST.
Thomas. West Indies, and Joseph Knots, of
Iowa. to be consul OF the United states at
Chihuahua, Mexico.
THE COURT OF CLAIMS, had rendered
judgment i'm favor of twenty-six army off,
GERS, from whom pay was withheld on the
ground that they had been ordered home at
their own request, and Were therefore virtu-
ally on leave of absence. The claims range
from S200 to II 800.
THE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER SPIN
NER.-The President in answer 10 a letter
of General Spinner. mas written to that
retiring officer assuring him of his hign
personal regard, and commencing the
faithfulneSs, honesty and efficiency with
which he has discharged the duties OF his
office.
"GUvNER' BARD still haunts the CORR
doris of the Post Office department. He mad
another interview with the Postmaster Gene
raj to-day. He authorizes an emphatic de-
NAL OF the story that he yesterday tele-
graphed one of his political friends in Allan
Ia saying: 80 Bust up the Third Term Club,
and sell the picture of the old man."
WHAT Is BANKERS CAPITAL EN-
PLoYEr."-The United States Supreme Court
decides thai the term 'capital employed" by
a banker in his business, in the revenue act
OF 1866, does not include moneys borrowed by
him from time TO time, temporarily, in the
ordinary course of his business, but applies
only to the property or moneys of the banker
set apart from other uses, permanently in
vested in the business.
STAMPS ON BANK CHEcks-The Solicitor
of the Treasury department, TO whom the
subject was referred, has decided that the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue has the
right TO examine the bank checks of any
bank to ascertain whether the law is vIO-
lated respecting the affixing of stamps to
such checks. The Solicitor is OF the decided
opinion that the Commissioner has this
right. The subject was referred for an opin-
hn<. l,nll
law did not contemplate any such privilege
to the revenue office, but was vested solely
in the Controller of the Currency.
PERsoNAL-Vice President Wilson left
for Philadelphia to-day to preside over the
Centennial meeting of the Pennsylvania abb
clifton society, which meets i'm that city to-
morrow. Ex-Governor McCook, of Col
orado, has left this city for Denver. ..'Gen.
Hawley. of Connecticut left here yesterday
for that state with his wife. who, being an in
valid and unable to ride in the cars, they
took passage in the Jane MOsely to Norfo K
yesterday afternoon. going thence to New
York and from there to his home accom-
plishiDg the whole distance by water trans
rortation. ''.'Senators Cameron, Cha ldler
and Anthony, OF the late MOntezumian Sen
atorial party of invasion, were at the Ma
iiOnal Hotel, Jacksonville. Fla, April 10th.
- Senator Morrill,, of Maine, hal an inter
view with Secretary BristOw this morning.
THE MAIL CONTRACT FRAUDs-Mr. Cham
mel S,0Ter,ders.-This morning Mr.. Frank l..
Channel, late clerk in the Post Office depart
ment, charged with criminal connection
with the mail contract frauds, surrendered
himself to the marshal, who took hi III before
Commissioner IngersOll, and he gave bond in
5000 for hearing, Geo. w. Balloch and j.
l.. French going on his bond. Mr.. Channel
retained General s. s. Henkle as his counsel,
and the hearing in his case was set for sat-
urday.
At2k o'clock to-day Mr.. r.. G.. Ingersoli
II. =. Commissioner, held an examination in
the cases of Mr.. Kinds and Mr.. Van Week
in the Criminal Court room. There were
present Judge Fisher and Judge Spence, rep
resenting government, Col. Cook for Kinds,
and Mr.. Charles Thompson for Van Week.
Mr.. T. d. Anderson acted as clerk. The case
of Mr.. Kinds was first taken up, and Judge
Fisher read the warrant. The hearing was
ia progress when our report closed