Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-23
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

THE U. S. SUPREME COURT adjourned
yesterday until Monday.
APPoINTED-The President mas appointed
VIM. II Howard, of Texas, registrar o: the
land office al BOzeman, Montana.
TIE Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT has de-
cided 10 Or,ser railway postal ear service be
tween Pittsburg and 81. Louis, over the Pan
handle and Vandalia route.
PRESIDENT GRANT, accompanied by Sec
reiarieS Belknap aud Robeson, Postmaster
General jewell and Gen. Babcock. went 10
Baltimore this morning to spend the day on
invitation OF Hon. j. w. Garrett.
ORDERS were issued from the Navy depart
ment this morning IN put the u. ). steamer
Hartford, which recently arrived at New
York from the Asiatic station out of com
mission. Her officers will be detached inn
mediately.
1T IS UNDERSTOOD that the appOintm ent
of chief clerk of the Post Office department
has been rendered 10 a gentleman who for
merly occupied an important position on the
stan of the Postmaster General when he was
Governor OF Connecticut.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Ipter-
nal revenue, S29S .Ol4SS; total receipts for the
month TO date, 81 800 ,33199; total receipts for
the fiscal year TO date, SIS, $50 1910. Gus
toms, Si5s, 23ii5; for the month TO date
SS,5H,3s915; total for fiscal year TO date,
S53, l19,22S.79.
SEATS FOR THE TITIENs CONCERT at Lin
coin hall on Monday night are still selling
rapidly and full and fashionable house is
assured. The fame of the great dramatic
soprano, worthy successor of Malibran and
Grisi, makes any extended notice of her
unnecessary. She has the fire of genius and
The culture OF an artist of the highest order.
NATIONAL BANKs.-The Treasury now
holds $500 1892 in u. S. bonds to secure
National Bank circulation and SiS, $50 900 to
secure public deposits. The National Bank
circulation outstanding amounts to SSH 49,
l2S, OF which S2,6i0,00O are notes issued 10
gold banks. National bank notes recai vel
for redemption to-day, SIT, 900; total receiptS
.or the week, - ,33I 100.
PERsoNAL.-Vice President Wilson is IN
the city. .''' Hon. Charles ONeilI. ". C.. of
Pennsylvania, is at Wizards. go. Colonel
Levi p Luckey, private secretary to the Pre-
sjdent, leaves here for his home in Illinois
early next week, accompanied by Mrs
Luckey. go Col. George 5 Bangs, super
intendent of the railway mail service, has
returned from short visit To New York
he reports the fast-train mail arrangement
as still working satisfactorily.
UNITED STATES TREASURER NEW, III his
fOI..,coming report will submit to Co~Ssess
one or two important recommends lions
lie will suggest that the expenses of the ma
tonal bank redemption division, which are
now pad by the national banks, be paid out
Of The tax collected by the government from
the bank, on the tax on circulation, capital
&c. He VIII also recommend that the Clerk
OF the House OF Representatives be made
olSbu1sing ofhcer for the payment of salaries
OF members. which are paid by the Sergeant
AT Arms OF the House on the mere certificate
OF the Speaker OF the House.
$4,000 MISSING IN THE REDEMPTION b.
REAU.-When one of the tellers of The re-
compton bureau of the TreaSurer's Office
came TO settle his accounts at the close of
business hours yesterday, Ee found a def
cheney III his cash OF two thousand dollars
he AT once reported the deficit to Treasurer
New. This morning that officer commenced
an investigation into the loss. He is OF the
opinion That The amount will be recovered
within forty eight hours, and that after al
IL is only an apparent loss. the sum missing
berg probably transferred To some other
al count 1t Is not thought that there has
oeen any abstraction OF the money,
VANISHED FRACTIoSAL CURRENCT-
An interesting fact in come ction with the
loss and destruction of fractional currency is
ascertained from the Treasury department.
1t is very we'll known that the government
is yearly the gamer by large amount by
the disappearance OF small notes AID cur
rency. But the figures regarding the three
and five-cent issues of fractional currency,
when 1t is remembered how many of them
IL
larry interesting. The issue of these notes
ceased in April, 1869, at which time there had
been issued $50, 900 of the denomination OF
three cents, and s., 900 of the five-cent
series. Although over years have elapsed,
there are still outstanding S92 600 in three
cent notes, and over 81, $4,000 OF the fve-cent
issue.
WHAT RAILROAD PRESIDENT PROM
ISIS TO DO FOR NEW STANDARDIZATION
Chaplin, OF the Boston and Albany railroad
has informally notified the Post Office de-
| partment that from the LIST of December next
| until spring he Will withdraw the train from
Boston, which makes connection with the
| fast mail train at Albany. Should he do
| this all of the New England states will be
! deprived OF the advantages of the fast mail
west. Mr.. Chaplin alleges that the train in
question does not pay, and that for two win
! tiers past he has Withdrawn 1t on this account.
| II is not in the power of the Post Office de-
/ partment to hold out any extra inducement
| 10 Mr. Chaplin in the way of extra compen-
! satiOn, but the Postmaster General may, if
! he thinks proper, take such measures shO aid
Mr.. chaplin carry out his intention, as would
materially reduce such compensation.
Should Mr.. Chaplin insist on taking of the
connecting train, the people of the New Eng
Janu states must hold him, and not the Post
ONCE department responsible for the de-
! prlvation OF facilities afforded by the fast
mail train.
BUTTERICK * Co.'S AFFAIRs.-The n V
T. erald cOrrects the statement that f. But
terick x Co, fashion publishers and pattern
manufacturers, had failed. IL is true that
the firm has been somewhat embarrassed
through the failure of large number of
agents to meet their obligations at the APP
pointed time and by reason of heavy and un-