Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-11

nal revenue, s699,0Sl 80; customs, 1851, i29.i9.
The AMOUNT OF National Bank note cur
reDcy received at the Treasury department
to-day for redemption aggregated SG65, S45.
AN ORDER has been issued from the Indian
department to the Indian agents al Standing
Rock and other places, forbi idIng the pay
ment of aDnu.tIes to the Sioux unless they
have been count0t.
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
convened at the Capitol to-day for the fall
and winter session. Att )rney General Pierre
pOut was present representing the interests
OF The government
h. F. CLARKE, acting chief clerk OF the
customs division of the Secretary of the
TreasuTy's Office, has returned, after month
leave OF absence. During his absence The
duties OF the Office were administered by Mr..
hacGregor with ability and courtesy.
COMMISSIONERS SMITH, of the Indian Bu-
reau, who is now i'm New York, denies the
statement of the New York Tribune that ne
has left Washington not To return to his Of
dee. aud says he will probably be here to-
morrow.
PosTMAsTERs CoMMIssIoNED.-TheP Pres
'dent has signed the following commissions
OF postmasters:-Jeremiah X. Bowles. at
bed ford, Pa; Albert Haywood at Fredonia
y. Y; Amaziah NJ. Sergeant, at Shawnee
town, Ill.
SECRETARY BRISTOw seems in no hurry
To relieve the anxiety of those who take in
terest in his appointment OF a chief clerk of
the Treasury department. He said to-day
when asked if he had yet made a selection
for this important trust, that he chad not
yet given IL a thought Meanwhile a dozen
aspiTants or more are longing for the prize.
GEN. b. X. COwEN, acting Secretary of the
Interior, cons ulted the Attorney General
this afternoon, TO ascertain If he could
legally sign himself "acting Secretary"
The Attorney General gave a verbal opinion
that as Mr.. DelanO igned to take effect on
the 1st instant, he was actually Secretary
on that day, and that the ten days during
which the Assistant Secretary could act ex-
piIed to-day. Gen. Cowen therefore acted
rs Secretary to-day.
GOLD IN THE BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS.
The Commissioner OF Indian Affairs has ra-
ceived a dispatch from Walter p. Jenney,
engineer of mines, geOlOgist exploring the
Black Hills, in which he says that he has
a.. covered gold in small quantities in the
Bear Ledge mountains. about twenty miles
"a I of Little Missouri buttes TIE field il
limited in area not exceeding fifty square
miles, and is wholly in WSoming, being sep
sT1ted from The region around Harneys
Peak by the Red Water.
THE Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT has re-
ceived and accepted specimens of pouches
made of heavy cotton duck, are striped with
red, and plainly marked. Hereafter they
viii lie kept apart from the ordinary mails,
but Will he transmitted as speedily for the
reason that no delay will be necessary in re-
ceiptiDg for the different packages they con-
tain. A new lock has been devised by which
this process will be unnecessary, the receipt
for the number of the lock only being re-
CURED. Heretofore the registered mail has
D Ell transported in leather pouches, not eaSi-
~ distinguishing from the ordinary mail.
IOWA HoSPITALITY.-Th returning vete-
rams and the guests OF the late Reunion Of
OF the Society of the Army of the Tennessee
are earnest in their recognition OF the whole
souied Iowa hospitality OF the citizens of
Des MoineS. which, they say, has never been
sUrpai s.d. If IL has ever been equallel in the
history OF that Army. For the invited guests
carriages were Kept standing at the doors Of
expense, and nal in reality the freedom of
he city. 1t is difficult to realize that all
this took place in country which military
explorations were just opening up only forty
years ago. the people of Iowa have reason
10 be- proud OF their capital aud its success
EoI'Gio Co"ln'eTcid, AdUertiser
THE PUEBLO INDIANS did not leave on
Saturday as 1T was expected they would do
Saturday evening they were given between
els and SO each, which they said was not
enough TO carry them home from Pueblo
Colorado, where they leave the cars The
distance from Pueblo to their home In New
Mexico is about 400 miles, and thew wanted
money enough TO buy ponies when they
leave the cars. Col. Clum, Chief Clerk of the
Indian bureau, thought their request not un-
reasonable, and gave them $50 each addi-
With Mr.. Joseph Torrens as Interpreter. they
went to 81. AlOyisus to confession, and yes
terdsy they attended early and high mass at
st. Josephs.
THE PATENT OFFICE CONTINGENT
FCND-Agreeably to the request OF the
Commissioner OF Patents, Gen. Cowen, act
ing Secretary of the Interior, has issued an
order directing that hereafter the Contingent
fund OF the Patent Office shall be under the
exclusive CONTROL OF the Commissioner OF
Patents; that no contract or purchase In
connection with said fund shall be made
without his order or approval; that no ac-
count against said fund shall be paid By the
disbursing clerk OF the Interior Department
unless the expense is authorized by the
consistent with these directions. This fund
has heretofore been under the direct control
of Mr.. Thomas b. Bond, superintendent of
the Patent Office building As the Commits
siOner is responsible for the expenditures for
his Office. he deemed IL only reasonable that
he should have charge of the fund in queS-
Tin.
Senators Sargent and Ed
munds had interviews with Secretary Bris-
tow to day. DIR. l.. H. Boole. general
superintendent OF the Delaware river Iron
ship building and engine works at Chester
Pa, was at the Treasury department to day
on business. Second Assistant Post
master General Typer returned TO Washing
toll last night and was on duty to-day.
The published statement In q morning pa per
to the effect that ex-Attorney General Will
lisms proposes to go to Oregon and remain
for two years, is unauthorized and Incorrect
Jndge Williams proposes to remain in
Washington and practice his professionalism
law. .-"COlOnel II. r. Chum, chief clerk of
the Indian bureau, has just returned from
his yearly leave. MIR. f. w. Barber
Third Assistant Postmaster General has ne,
turned from a few weeks absence at his
home In Michigan. Judge j. n. Tyner,
Second Assistant Postmaster General has
returned IN Washington from q visit to In
diana and Iowa.
He CoMErH NoT.-The day has come but
not the man. There was q reasonable ex-
pectation, based upon dispatches en-, hence,
that the successor to Secretary Delano would
turn up today. At the White House they
know nothing Of the coming MAI. Some :
the Cabinet assume TO known, but their
mouths are sealed. Meanwhile the public
wait.
Last night there arrived at the Arlington
guest from Ohio. He wrote his name in a
bold, clear hand, just such a one as would do
ornament to an Indian agents Commits
sion. IT was John H. Caldwell. Surely