Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-22
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To pAY-Inter
nal revenue, s342. 5O1.7s; customs, e2sI, 1881.
THE September number Of Bhckaooors
Edinburgh Magazine, (Scott Co. reprint,) re-
ceived from Z. M. Whitaker q Son, Is
especially good in the st Dry liue.
NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS YssrsR-
DAY.-Louis E. McComas, DEM, 9Th Md
district; g. ]. Carpenter, denn., ID Cal; John
trict; George II. Burch, rep, sth Va. dis
trict.
THE COMMISSION to inquire into the rela-
tive value OF gold and silver met in New
York yesterday, but the proceedings were
secret, and no iDfor nation could be obtained
with reference to them. Ex-Secretary Bout.
well was before the com miEsion in the after
neon.
PERsoNAL.-Mrs Snead, CORE spondent of
the Louisville Courier Journal, and Miss
Austine Snead, C'Miss Grundy,') have re-
turned TO Washington from their sum nlering
at Saratoga. '''' Gen. .. y. Howard left
Washington last night for New York. but
rived at Fort Laramie yesterday evening
and is In COUNCIL with Gen. Sheridan.
SOUTH ttorney General Taft
left for Ohio late last night without having
had any consultation with Governor Cham
berlain about sending an additional military
force to South Carolina; MI: Wallace the
called at the Department OF Justice to day.
He said that he was TO have met Governor
Chamberlain in this city, but; having failed
to Maine for bis wife Senator Patterson, in
the meantime, has gone 10 Philadelphia.
ARMY ORDERS By direction OF the Sec.
Rotary of War, and at the request of the com
mission constituted by the act providing for
the completion of the Washington monu-
ment, approved August I'd. 1876, board of
| of Lieut.. Colonies John d. Kurtz, James G.
Duane and O. A. Gilmore, Is appointed to
meet In this city, as early as practicable, to
| the monument. The board will make its
report In writing TO the commission.
REDEMPTION OF 20 BoNDs.-The Secre-
| tary OF the Treasury has called In for re-
| demption $4,000 900 OF the nve-twenty bonds
| OF 1865, May and November, upon which the
interest will cease on the 2lst day of Deem
Der next They are: Coupon Bonds-s50, No.
$500, No l5,OOl TO No is, 900; 81 900 No. IS sSi
to No 46 $50. Registered Bonds-S50, to so;
500, No. ,101 to No. $50; $500, No. ,401 to
No. 2 sol TO No. as6O; $40, 900, No. 3,IOi to No
$50. 1t is expected that another call Will
be pade before the LIST OF October.
THE WHISKY RING CoNvIcrs.-Yester-
day the Department of Justice received from
Long Branch the papers In the case OF Hesing
and others OF the Chicago convicted whisky
| thieves, committing their sentence to three
months imprisonment and 81 900 fine,
marked approved BY the President, The
| parties have already served three months,
\ ard will be released on payment of the fine.
The Attorney General yesterday forwarded
| to the President for his approval the papers
| committing the sentence of four distillers
and rectihers at Milwaukee. Both the dis
trict judge and the district attorney at Mil
wsukee united In recommending the con-
mutation.
THE BOARD OF NAVAL OFFICERS, con-
| sisting OF Commodores T. w. A. Nicholson
1 and John c. Feblger and Capt Samuel p.
| Carter, 10 examine officers for retirement
i and promotion, will reassemo ole At the Navy
| de paItment on the LIST OF October to flush
| up several cases commenced before the re-
i cess. After these cases shall have been dis
posed OF the board will be reOrganizod and
two new members designated In place OF
t6a bosrd commepoed its recess is Jnns Iase
Com mOdore Nicholson has been ordered to
4 take command OF the New York navy-yard,
| and Commodore Febiger has been ordered to
take command OF the Washington navy
| yard on the 10th OF October next.
THE LATE REAR ADMIRAL PENNoCK.-
| The acting Secretary OF the Navy has issued
II
1 Admiral A. n. Pennock, which occurred at
Portsmouth, N. H, Wednesday. The long
| and faithful service OF the deceased Ia ap-
1 propriately referred to, and IL Ia directed
| that on the day after the receipt Of the order
OF all ships In oommission be displayed at
half mast from sunrise until sunset, and
thirteen minute guns be fired at noon from
vessel acting sineIy. Onicers OF the navy
/ and marine corps Will wear the usual badge
| Of mourning for thirty days. Admiral Pen.
tion, but he was detached therefrom about q
4 year ago, and has been on leave ever since
/ He would have been retired on the 1st OF o.
His death promotes Commander Edward
| Donaldson 70 be rear admiral, Captain r.
/ w. Shufeldt to be commodore, aud Com.
| mander Edward McCann TO be captain.
The Fate Of Ex.Oommissioner Bar.
0ette.
| WHAT THEY SAY AT THE LAND OFFICE.
Mr.. A. w. Porter, who gave the Informal
ton TO the New York World in regard to 8.
| g. Burdette, late Commissioner of the Gem
eral Land Once, which was published In
| yesterdays STAR, is, we leeln at the de-
/ partment OF the Interior, q resident of War
| rem, OHIO. They say that he has been q fire.
i quent correspondent with the Land Office
1 and an inspection OF his letters seems to
| bear out the impression, which prevails In
| that Office, that his mind is evidently dis
eased He recently visited this city, and In
1 his conversations AT the Land Office seemed
4 10 lie sane upon all questions except public
4 lands and murder by poison. He is q very
plausible writer and tall er, until he strf kss
/ one OF these subjects. He is impressed with
| the belief that gang OF sssassfns infest the
| country whose only object Is to murder his
friends. He states that no man ever reached
| Warren in the night train and left the town
/ alive. This gang OF murderers dissolve their
/ victims In prusstc acid or cremate them
/ leaving DO trace, SC, &c They say AZ the
department that Mr.. Burdette was never In
terested In pu bile lands did not take vii tn him
$500, and had no valuable papers with him.
| Mr.. BuIdette went 10 New York and stopped
| a; the Astor House from May 18th to l3tn,
| since which time he has not been heard Of
/ One ofncial who resided In Warren, Trum-
| bull county, OHIO, and has been personaIiv
| acquainted with Porter for Is years past.
| says he appears 70 be rational on general
| matters, but 10 crazy on the subject OF bubble
lands, deaths, murders, &c, and has had
this peculiar mania for the past six years or
4 From one of the letters Porter ,.n, O., a..