Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-07
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

SUoh NOWS ouu OUSSlps
MRS GRANTS RECEPTIONS will COM
mehce on the second Saturday i'm January
t9th,I at three O'Clock p m, lasting until five
O'Clock p m. on each reception day.
The Presidents public receptions viii Oc-
cur as follOws:-TueSday evening. January
12th; Tuesday evening, February 2d; Tues
day evening, February sd.
State DinneTS:-Tuasday, January 2Gth;
Tuesday, February 9th.
INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from
this source to-day were s32o2i4-53.
ALL QUIET IN NEW OBLEASs.-The dis
patches received by the Government from
Orleans to-day do not contain any additional
news. The city is repreSented as quiet.
THERE were few visitors at the Executive
Mansion this morning. Senator Dorsey and
Representatives Smith. Farwell. Lewis,
Sypher. and Lowndes had audiences with
the President.
CAPTAIN Y. ". SHUFELDT is making pre-
paratiOns To- assume charge of the bureau of
equipment and recruiting. Navy Depart
mcnt. vice Rear Admiral VIM. REYNOLDS
who J. ordered To command the Asiatic sta
tiOH.
n THE BALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL yes
teTyIay the First Branch adopted resolutions
for tine appointment of q committee 10 visit
Washington and request Congress To make
an appropriation for the erection Of a suit
able post office building in Baltimore.
SECRETARY BRIsTow held an impronnptu
levec at his office i'm the Treasury this morn
ing. Among the distinguished gentlemen
present were Postmaster General Jewell.
Secretary HclanO. General Spinner. Commits
SiOucr Douglass, Colonel George Il. Mctartee.
and the representatives of THE STAR. the
American Press Association and the ASso-
Ciated Press.
THE FOLLOWING internal revenue APP
pointments have been made:-Gaugers-R
y. Jones. I'll district Alabama; james w.
Lyle. 4th do. kentucky: John FesSengen. ri
10. dO. StOTckecpers-ISaac w. Boner, 5th
district North Carolina; Calvin II. Smith, 81
DO. do. Charles II May. Isl do. Wisconsin;
T.. 4. Dick 5fh do. North Carolina: sam! Y
Evans. 1St do. Maryland: ID. r.. Henderson,
Eth do. Pennsylvania; Jacob Rchner, l4;h
do. TO.
THE PRESIDENTS SALARY.-The bill
recently intrDlUcei in the House by Mr.. Cox
To bring the Presidents salary within the
operations Of the act repeating the law by
which il was raised from 50 900 To $50 900 has
been laid on the table by the House ApprO-
priatiOn Committee. \ bill il pending how
ever in another committee. which provides
for the establishment OF the Executive salary
az $1,000 per year after March ith, lS1I.
THE PROPER NODE OF PRINTING THE
GnVERNNENT I>sUE>-PROPOsITION TO
HAVE 1T ALL DONE IN WAsHISGrON.-Mr
Porter. president Of one of the New York
bank note companies, appeared before the
Committee Gf Banking ami Currency today.
and delivered powerful and exhaustive ar
gumCut on the subject of the proper method
Of engTdV wing ami printing the government
issues. Mr.. L. maintained that this should
he done in accordance with the plan re
commended by tie Joint Committee
on Retrenchmcnt, and DOT exclusive
~ in the Treasury department. as re
commended by the present Secretary.
He maintained That the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing employed double the number OF
employees that are required by a private com
pany 10 do the same work: that the work
done by the bureau last year az cost Of
SI~S|.'HA Wouid nave cost. If done by The
Bank Note Companies At their regular con
tract prices. less than II 900 go: that If the
work OF the past four years had been done by
the companies instead of the bureau. it would
nave resulted III saving 10 the government OF
overs 3(-i COO and that the companies are now
ready 10 contract for doing the work of the
bureau FOR one, hVe, ten or twenty years. al a
saving 10 the government of $50 900 per an
num- and II required by the government
would do the work in the city Of w ashingtOn.
The plan recommended by the Retrenchment
Committee and advocated by Mr.. Porter
provides that three pTintings OF each note be
uone IN three separate establishments and
me nnal authenticafiOn he done bv the
ITIntinS Bureau. He showed that il had
cost tp produce ami maintain the circulation
OF ~JJ@Oo0.G0b of national currency for ten
years all Of which was prepared in accord
ance with the plan recommended, only
| -, 2,l39.001, while IL had cost To produce and
maintain the circulation OF S35G 900 900 legal
tenders, fOur years, S2.>J0.5O0 Another
proof of the economy of doing The work
10y the companies was adduc-d from the re-
port OF the commissioner OF internal reve-
hue. who stated that the recent contracts
m:sue with the companies had saved to the
government ~15OOD on work amounting i'm
the aggregate TO only 500 900. while il was
maintained that change i'm the 10 cent and
p cent fractional notes AMI a trans fer of one
printing on them 10 the bureau had resulted
IN a loss To the government Of $4,000 for the
past year.
The argument lasted for an hour aud a half
! and will be completed tomorrow.
The New Financial Rnlicx