Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-02

ieFehue- SIT ,aSetc; nom customs, S65l, 49, ..
TIL NATIcNAL BANK NOTES received at
the Treasury to-day for redemption t.ggre-
gated $3.50 5G5.
DURING The ABSENCE Of Sccl atary Robe
ION at Long Branch COmmC lore ANIME n has
been detailed to- act rs Secretary OF the Navy
n COOP IEGINNING.-The Post Ofice de-
paTtment last week confscated three checks
o. Matthew Draper, defaulting contractor,
and the money. 81. fF9, was received on Sat
uriay. This is the first money ever OBJ
t"iEed by the department under the rule.
GCvERSNEST GoLD SALES IN AUGUST
ii e Secretary OF the Treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer at New YorK D sell
five millions o. government gold during Au-
gust, as follows. one and one half million
dollars on the first and tbIrd THURSDAY eacb,
auS one million on the second and fourth
Thursday.
ARREST OF CoUSTERF Filters. the Treas
ury department is in receipt OF a despatch
announcing the arrest, on the outskirts Of 81.
Paul, Minnesota. yesterday morning, of two
ccuuterieiteTs and the seizure of several
Plates. beTideS eighty thousand dollars ia
counterfeit notes on the Paiucah, Kentucky.
National Bank.
THE FLOOD IN THE MIssIssrPPI-Tn
Signal office reports that yesterday afternoon
the Nil siSSippi river at St Louis was four
feet and Oae inch below danger line; at
Cairo two feet and four inches above, at
Memphis one foot and six inches below, ana
al NIcksburg two feet and four inches below,
ard rising slowly at all the points named.
YELLOW FEvER.-The following telegram
from Fort Barrancas, Florida, has been re
ceiyeG by the SugeOn General OF the Army:
JULT 81, 1875, p. m.
Three new cases and three deaths since my
report Of yesterGay Lieut.. ingalls, son
pickeAS for four aHd-a hair days DR. Stern
berg j. doing very well. J. NJ. BRASSAN,
Bvt. Maj Gen. L. s. A, Commanding.
THE WEATHER IN JULY.-The meteor
illogical summary for July at this station,
prepared by Theodore MOsner. jr., signal
service observer, shows Highest baTOln-
eter. 81. .5S, on the StH; lowest barometer,
sos, 15tn. Highest temperature. ST., o.
he tth; lowest temperature, Cio, 18Th. Pre-
yailIng direction Of wind, SOuthWe>c-riy;
greatest VelOcl y OF wind, . miles ne. hour
OIL the 18Th, at T. IN. Total number Of
miles, 81 Number Of clear DAYS. !;
ciOUdy.C, days on which rain or snow fell.
IL; fair days. =. Comparative temper
tureS-1~.l, -; lS'2. sl'.1: 1913, St-..'; 1Sii,
1S4; 1875, IGl-9. Comparative precipitE
tOn-1sI1, 6.10 inches: 1S52. O.S2 inches, 1873,
$50 inches; l3'4, 23i inches; 1875, 2-9s inches.
PERsoSAL.-Bessy Turner Is in Washing
t1n,-- Conn. 80. Senator Edinunds ami
family. Of Vermont, will pass the season a.
Woods Hole, Mass. Admiral Alden auI
Ex-Governor III. III. Wells, OF this city, ar
Iived at Saratoga on Saturday. Senator
IOganwas handsomely entertained in San
Francisco last week by some of his old CON
FaLlOns in arms, in the form OF q picnic and
excursion around the haTbor. ...'F eiericK
Nolck, the sculptor, has completed his plas-
ter cast OF the statue OF the late William
Prescott Smith, OF Baltimore, and Will san
for Europe next month, taking ii with him.
IL wiz be cast in bronze at Munich, AID the
entire work Will be completed in time TO be
placed IN position In Greenmount cemetery
on the ga OF February, that day being tle
of Mr.. Smiths birth.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Assstant Naval Con
structor Johl L. Hoover orde ed TO PhiIa-
deiphia ravy yard. Assistant Naval Con-
York lazy yar'. Lieut.. c. r. II ecker de-
tacIei (. On the Rio Bravo and ordered 10
the Canandaigua. Lieut.. Z. l.. Armory has
reported his return home, having been de
tached from the Asiatic station, and has
been placed on waiting orders. Master John
3. Collins detached from the CanOnicus ard
ordered 10 the Rio Bravo as executive. Mid
>hiI man Charles J. Badger has reported his
r5t"rn lone, having been detached from the
Mar. aganSett and has been placed on wait
iCg orders. Assistant Surgeon F. Braus-
ford detached from Minnesota, and Orjersi
to special duty at Washington, II. c , CON
nected with the inter-oceanic survey.
CoRooRAN GALLERY OF ARr-New H0rts
os EIltiJti:osa Attractive additions have Just
been made TO the Bronze hall, Of the CoIco-
ran Gallery ofArt- Another invoice CT elec-
trOiyEe reproductions OF Obj ecjs, chiefly OF
medIievsl art In the KensingtOn Museum
and other places, has been added 10 thCss
previously exhibited, greatly enhancing
their brilliancy and variety. the collection
now numbers oyer eighty pieces, (thlTty
more than are In the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York; and embraces shields
helmets, salveTs, tankaris, sacr1ricial yes
Sells, &c, and so placed in fine case that
each object can be distinctly examined. As
most OF these superb objects are of mediRYai
art, admirers OF the genius OF that era will see
In them something more than "a gorgeous
group of vessels of elegant forms. They will
enjoy the classical designs, elaborate bas-
reltefs, aud groupings carved and chased
with other illustrations OF the wonderful art
developed by the renaissance. adorning not
only objects OF heroic character, but things
OF familiar use Some of the finer examples
may be Northumberland cup, German. OF
the 10th century, 81 feet high; saIver, 10th
ceniury.2 feet In diameter, illustrating the
expedition 10 Africa and siege Of Tunls, by
Charles V; the Strauss and Bedford tank
ards. with baCchanalien reliefs Of prodigious
force; shield and cups by Benveruio CelIini;
helmet and shield of Francis l., aud the
famous shine or lover OF the bell of St. Pat
r.ck, a work OF the lith century, Of copper.
gold and silver Among the modern objects
is the Milton shield, 1s67, superbly decorated
" IN scenes from Paradise Lost. Some Of
The reproductions are OF Arabic objects dat
ing a. far back a. the 18th century TIE
lroDzes by Barge, OF Paris, lately deceased,
have also been increased and all are 2. Oupei
on one table neatly covered with crimson
fabric, that gives them rich relief. DescTip-
i've lists OF the above novelties Will he ready
Ia few days for visitors 70 the gallery.
The Public Debt.
The reorganization OF the statement of tne
public debt Of the United States for the
month of July, 1873, is as follow:
D,bf bsaTiag interest an cOtH.
at De g.-uf : y
Bonds at per Cent. .-...... 6iS,6S2,750 o.
SITO9,49l BIO VI
=. Dit BARNS ,afs,sN IN Ins1fsi nsOnsy.
IeTthcAies Of indebtedness at perc S673.OG0 90
Navy pension fund al s pei oent.--.... E,OoIUJ "
sH,GayDO 10
Debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity .............. ...... .. sleGsgO %
DEBT bsdTtns no tatsrsd.
Old demand and legal tender notes. eE4 ass 80
ertficates OF post "a .E0UO Gu
In an