Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-22
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, s25i,O9i4s; customs, s23o, 4i277.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL returned from
New York last evening, and to day received
many callers.
THE AMOUNT of National Bank note cur
rency received at the Treasury department
to-day for redemption aggregated s5i7 ,5s4.
sIGNoR BLANC, the Italian Minister, has
been nominated as Centennial commissioner
for Italy.
THB ELECTION of Geo. Bassett to the
clerkship of the Ways and Means commit
tee is only temporary, as he will be super
coded after the Christmas holidays.
SUPERINTENDENT BANGS, of the railway
mail service, will retire from that position
some time between this and the LIST of Feb
ruary, not list of January, as has been stated.
THE PRESIDENT left here this morning in
the limited express train for New York, to
attend the annual dinner of the New Eng
land Society He expects to return to Wash
lngton tomorrow.
GEN. ELLIS SPEAR, Assistant Commits
sioner of Patents, who has been absent few
weeks in Maine, succeeded in capturing a
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him to this city last evening.
THE HOUSE APPROPRIATION COMMIT
TEE has assigned to Messrs. Singleton and
Hale the preparation OF the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill: Pension-to
Messrs. Atkins and WaldTon, and the Mill
tary Academy bill TO Messrs. Hamilton and
Wheeler.
THE SIT 900 TREASURY RoBBERY.-Judge
Hughes. Of the United States Circuit Court
at Richmond, Va, sustains the government
in the attachment of money turned over to
Gilman by Halleck, and by Gilman deposit
ed in an Alexandria bank. This case arises
out of the s47 900 Treasury robbery.
GENERAL BABCoCK left Chicago Monday
night for Washington, accompanied by his
counsel, Judge Krum, of ST. Louis. His trial
for completely in the whisky frauds will be-
gin in st. Louis on the 18th of January in
the United states Circuit Court, before
Judges Treat, of st. Louis, and Dillon, Of
Iowa. General Babcock arrived here this
morning.
GEN. EATON, Commissioner OF Educa lion,
has been invited to be present and deliver an
address al the dedication of the Fisk Uni
Iersity (for colored persons), at Nashville
Tenn. on the LIST OF January, 1876. The build
Ing for the University, which cost from S10,-
the efforts of the Jubilee Singers" well
known in this country, and now making a
successful tour OF Europe.
A NEW STEAMSHIP LINE PROPOSED
Messrs. Jas. Wood d Co., New York, pro-
pose establishing a steamship connection
between New York and the ports OF Jago
the steamship Liberty on the 3Oth instant
for those ports, and monthly thereafter. The
Post Office department has decided to send
on these steamers, which will be of great
convenience to the public, as there has
heretofore been no direct mail connection
with these places.
DEAD LETTER OFFICE AUCTION SALE
The Postmaster General has authorized a
"dead letter office" auction sale in this CITY,
commencing on the 18th of January next
The catalogue embraces 5000 different ar,
ticles sent through the mails, but unra-
deemed, including books, music paper, en-
cravings, Jewelry, neckties, baby clothes
shoe brushes, stockings, corn crushers
scythes, stones, toOthpicks, charms, shoes
gloves, asthmatfc fumigators, night caps
sheetlngs, ribbons, saws and corn huskers.
CANDIDATES FOR PRoMorIoN.-The fol-
lowing first assistant engineers have been
ordered before the revenue-marine board, It.
convene on the 9th inst, for examination
for promotion to chief engineers: James T.
Upper, Sidney T. Taylor, Andrew j. Daily
and John X. Daily. The following second as
sistants will be examined for promotion TO
first assistants A. F. Rockefeller, Alfred
Hoyt and James b. Lucas; and the following
acting second assis tants for admission 10 the
service as secgnd assistants: John Z. MacMa-
hon, Alonzo Hendee, Benjamin f. Shaw, and
ID. NJ. G. French.
NAVAL ORDERS Commander Alfred
Hopkins ordered to command the Wyan-
dotte, LIST January next Assistant Pay
master Reah Frazer TO the Catskin. Chief
Engineer VIM. q. Buehler to special duty al
New York, in connection with the construc-
ton OF machinery. Cadet Engineer G. H. +.
tain j. G. z. DeKraft detached from the
navy yard, League Island, 3lst instant, and
placed on waiting orders. Commander
Henry II. Manly from the command OF the
Wyandotte on list January next, and placed
on waiting orders. Assistant Paymaster Il
T. Brown from the Catskill, and placed on
CHANGES IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK
OF THE HoUsE.-The following is the list of
removals and appointments thus far made
by the Clerk of the House of Representa-
mentioned: Green Adams, of Kentucky,
chief clerk, in the place OF Clinton Lloyd; j.
Il: Dalton, Of Mississippi, engrossing clerk,
bama, file clerk, vice W. b. White; John III.
Patterson, of New Jersey, principal messen-
ger TO the chief clerk, vice Joseph Harris;
rian of the House, vice John James Piatt;
Thomas s. Petit, tally clerk, vice ames w.
Nightingale; Washington NJ. Hardy, OF Y.
c., assistant in the House library, vice Geo.
w. Harris; Charles s. Voorhees,, messenger
in the clerks Office, vice John c. Roland; X
III. Winston, OF North Carolina, folder in the
clerks office, vice Richard HI. Barnitz; VIM.
II. Dove, of Maryland, has been appointed to
clerkship.
"OFFIcIAL CIRCLES - Hardly a day
passes that some newspaper In the land,
particularly those represented at this point
by Geographic correspondents, does not con-
tain news paragraph, the authority for
which Is credited to ''official circles" This
class of information, too often of a sensa-
tional nature, is usually prefaced with the
words sit is said in official circles, ETC."