Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-02

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turn to Washington on Monday.
HANNIBAL d. NORTON of New York, has
been appointed a first class clerk in the
finance office % the Post Office department.
CAPT. c. c. ADAMS to day took the oath
of Office and formally entered upon his du-
ties as supervising special agent OF the
Treasury department.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Inter-
nal revenue, 1896 257 Il; for the month to
date, S759, $500; total for the fiscal year to
date $50 2S9 OSLO. Customs, 1882 go II; total
for the fiscal year To date. ~ 62J 7I435.
Col. j. NJ. MCGREw. sixth auditor of the
Treasury, leaves here to morrow morning to
take part in the Oaio campaign. During his
absence Deputy Auditor +. b. Lilley will
act as auditor.
IT Is SAID that the amount due by the
United States government under the treaty
OF Washington, on account OF the Canadian
fisheries, will amount to - 900 600 per an
mum.
THE NAVAL EXAMINING AND RETIRING
BOARD convened yesterday at the Navy de-
partment, and n number of officers have re-
ported for examination for promotion. The
board, during their recess, have been engaged
in the revision of the Navy regulations and
the work is now nearly completed.
THE NATIONAL BANKS The Treasury
now holds S371, 1891 United States bonds to
secure national bank circulation, and
SIS, 7s2 200 To secure public deposits The
national bank circulation outstanding
amounts To $40. .r9+. 1893, of which ~ $50 500
are notes issued to gold banks:
THE PRESIDENT and party arrived at
omaha, Neb., yesterday morning from Des
MoiDes, Iowa. They were entertained by
The citizens and driven around the city and
10 the barracks. public reception was held
by The President in the courtroom in the
new custom house, after which the high
school was visited. The President and party
left for Colorado In the afternoon.
STATE TAX ON NATIONAL BANRs-The
Solicitor of the Treasury has given an opin-
ion that the imposition of a state license
tax on national banks is at variance with
The law as adJudicated, and subverSive and
obstructive of the principle governing the
relations Of the federal and state goveru-
ments.
EGYPT AT THE CFNTENNIAL-The United
states Consul at Cairo, Egypt, writes the
state department that the Egyptian govern
Inent is making active preparations for the
repres entatiOn Of the products Of that conn
Try in me centennial. s5,0H0 have been ap-
PTorrlated To dtfray the expense OF the com
mission In Egypt, and SEQ coo for the Phila-
delphia committee, and more money will be
appropriated If necessary.
CADIZ EXFMPT FROM CATTLE DIsEAsF.-
The Treasury department having received
through the Department OF state a copy o. a
dispatch from the United States consul ct
CadlL Sfain, dated the list ult., reporting he
En- TIRE disappearance of the hOOf and m nth
disease among cattle, sheep and goats in tie
province OF Cadiz, the acting Secretary d.
reefs that future tmpOrtations from that
province be relieved from the prohibitions
contained in the circula issued by the Treas
ury department July 3iSt. 1875.
THE GOLD MEDALS for the men who res
eued thirty persons from the wreck of the
steamer Metis, In Long Island Sound, Aug
81 iS72. have been received from the mint nv
ne secretary Of the Treasury, The intrinsic
value of each is $40. The names of tue re
ciptents are Captain J. s. Crandall, Alber,
CTapdall, Daniel r. Larkin Frank Larkin
Byron Green, John ID. Harvey, COurtlaud
Gavitt. Eugene Nash. and Edwin Nash. The
gold medsl for John Horn, the Detroit hero.
who has saved twenty-one persons from
drowning at various times. has also been re-
ceived at the Treasury department. They
were ordered by acts of Congress.
LONE HORN, tie Sioux chief who is rep
resented as having told the Black Hills com
mission that he owned the entire Sioux coun-
try, was in Washington with the Red Cloud
and Spotted Tail delegations a few months
since. He is quite an old man, and when
here was suffering from Some affection of the
eyes ard wore green goggles. He Is chief of
the Cheyenne river Sioux. and claims to be
hereditary chief of the Sioux nation. When
the last council was held at the White House
Lore Horn interrupted the proceedings by
making speech, asserting that he was chief
OF The Sioux nation, and that Spotted Tail
Red Cloud and company were merely his
soldiers, and as such entitled to but little
consideration. The Commissioner Of Indian
Analrs sees no reason 10 apprehend war
with the Sioux In consequence OF the failure
OF the Black Hills negotiations.
the issue of THE STAR of the 3Oth instant ap
pears an article upon cancelling postage
stamps, wherein you state "human In
genuity has failed to produce a device that
will effect ually cancel postage stamps" and
further, YOU affirm "the government suffers
million dollars" To put an effectual sion
TO the use of washed stamps is very simpIe
as you will perceive by this device of mine
TO which called the attention of the POST
master General some years ago. My device
consists simply in pasting together on line
with the postage stamp the two parts of the
envelope, 50 as TO prevent the contents from
passing under the part wherein the stamp is
afixed, and then perforating or piercing
E0les through both stamp and envelopes.
lhls, as You Will observe, destroys COM
FeteIy Inc stamp without lnjuring the con-
tents. very respectfully, A. A.
Personal---very. Thornton and daugh
tiers, the Hon. Z. LIE Poer Trench, of the
British Legation, Capt Jerrnaine, of l. ar
Majesty's ship argus" and Mr.. Kavanagh,
OF The "BellerophOn," arrived in this city
Yesterday afternoon from New York. -.
Mr.. Justice Field, OF the U. s. Supreme
Court Will arrive here on Tuesday
next, from California, where he has ben
spending some time. 800 Madame lie Vert
is giving readings in San Francisco. 80
sam Randall is attending the exposition
at PitIsburg, Pa. Zen BOynton of the
Cincinnati Gazette. has settled himself at
Housekeeping on X street, near 18th.
Shaw, OF the Boston Transcript, attended the
Alexandria lottery a day or two ago He
thinks OF getting up a scheme of the kind for
The oenent OF superannuated ex-M. Cs -.
ID. =. 3. Mitchell pastor OF the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church has returned to
the city from his European tour. ....JOhn
J; McElhone, stenographer Of the House Of
Representatives, Is In the'city. ...-Senator
Spencer, OF Alabama, leavesfor New York
tonight. Attorney General Pierrepont
will return on Monday next. LEX .Secre.
tary Delano Is expected to arrive in WASH
ineton on Monday next.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF the board of re-
gents OF the Smithsonian Institution, at
Washington, showing the operations, expen-
ditures and condition Of the institution f,i
the year 1874, has just been issued from the
government printing Office. The following
are extracts from the report: Congress hay
Ing made an appropriation Of $40 900 for the
support OF the national museum, almost the
entire sum OF the Smithsonian bequest has
been left free to carry on what Is now con-
s1cered the legitimate operations of the in