Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-06

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HENATIoNAL BANK NOTES received to-
day at the Treasury for redemption amount
Cd to SITS. 07e
CONSUL APPOiSTED.-The President has
APPOINTED Isaac +. Shepard. of Missouri, to
be u. S. consul at ansow, China.
AMONG TIE CALLERS at the White House
to-day were the Attorney General, COmmo.
dcre Howell and Acting Secretary of the IN.
terror GOrham.
SECRETARY FISH denies that he IL at
work upon new extraditiOn treaty between
this country and Great Britain. England
was the first TO aorogate the treaty, any r.
steps leading to an e. Adjustment OF ao.ler
he says, must come from her.
GONE HOME TO VoTK-Besides all the
members of the Cabinet, every available
voter In the departments aud oatside OF
them, probably three or four thousand men
altogether, Including numoer of democrats,
lave left this city for their respective homes
u Vote.
THE PRESIDENT has accepted the invi "a
ton of the Centennial commission to for
malIy close the exhibition on the 10th inst.
BE will he accompanied to Philadelphia by
The members OF the cabinet. On Thursday
entertain the foreign commissioners of the
exhibition and other distinguished guests at
dinner, at st. Georges hall.
ARMY ORDERs.-The leave of absence of
Lieutenant j. G. Kelton, assistant adjutans
general from headquarters military dlv vision
of the Pacific, is extended one month. The
leave of Captain George l.. Browning, 7th
infantry. from the department of Dakota, is
EXTENDED two months. The leave of Captain
William Fletcher, 10Th Infantry, Is extended
two mo- tbs The leave OF Captain Alex B.
MCGOWAN, 18th infantry, from the head
quarters military division Of the Pacific, lie
extended two months.
THE BRITISH GIFTS to the United States
connected with the Centennial Exhibition
continue. The Philadelphia Ledger says
TIE gilt Of st. Georges house TO Philadel-
pbia Eas been followed by the presentation
Of TIE chief part of the British art educa-
tlonal collection, from South Kensington
Museum, IN London, now at the Centennial,
part OF which Is 10 go TO the Pennsylvania
Mu:eum, TO be esta blished Ia Me norial Hall
ard part 10 The new Educationa. Museum al
washington
PERsoNAL.-Mr. K. T. Merrick. who has
been actively engaged in the canvass for
Tilden and Hendricks in New York, New
Jersey, and other states, has returned to
washington. .'' District Commissioner
Dernlson left this city last night for Column.
bps, Ohio, for the purpose of voting to NOR
row. 49, Commissioner Ketcham is In New
York looking after his interests in the 18th
Song res District, where he Is candi-
Gilhllan started this morning for his home
Ia Connecticut TO vote.
DEATH OF GEN GILES A. SMITH.-A dis
atch announces the death at BLOOMINGTON,
Illinois, OF Major Gen. Giles A. Smith, dis
tfDguished soldier OF the late war, and more
recently SecoUd Assistant Pos ma ster Gen
sIal. Dec ased was a native OF New York,
born In 1879, entered the service during tn
late war under his brother, Morgan l. Smith,
Ia the otn missouri infantry, served with
and Donaldson, and at Corlnth, Shiloh aud
other fields, under Sheridan. He was
wounded three times.
SHERIDAN NOT GOING TO NEW Or
Llama Washington Sunday paper
stated yesterday that Gen. Sheridan sis
cow on his way TO New Orleans to personal
~ direct the movements OF troops In Louis
lar q. Inls is an unlocked for piece OF
erayado, &c" Mr.. Curtis, correspondent of
the Chicago Inter Ocean, has received the
following dispatch from friend in Chicago
In answer 10 an enquiry:
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 6. 1876, l so d. M.
W. Il. Curtis, Washington, ID. C..
Sherida1 here and says he knows nothing
OF going To New Orleans.
JUDGE J. NJ. EDMUNDs, secretary and ex-
ecpe1ve officer of the republican Congress
sionsl committee, says he has received NO
news OF any interest relative to the election
tomorrow. he preserves his usual placidity
OF demeanor, and thinks there is no doubt Of
tne election OF Hayes and Wheeler. The de.
partments are almost entirely deserted
m q OF me clerks having gone home to vote.
anxiety TO hear the latest news In reference
70 Lhe result To- morrow. The feeling is one
OF suspense, the impression being that the
eisctlon will be very close.
THE BULGARIAN SUFEERERs.-ArIstarch
Bey, Turkish minister in this city, has re
ceived by mail from Cons tantinople the fol-
lnxui na NfNf< 81
commission recently sent 70 Bulgaria by the
Subnce Porte was instructed to ascertain
the truth relating TO facts which had been
reported, 20 punish the authors thereof In An
exemplary manner, and TO give the full salts
faction due 10 the sufferers. Moreover the
imperial government has lately placed at
the disposal OF that commission the sum of
f1S,0O0 as q first installment TO relieve the
most pressing wants OF sufferers of the in
surrection. Measures have also been taken
lot Ior reonll9lng, as promptly as possible, the
or every Kind which the government has
given for that purpose, timber and other
material have been furnished by both Chris
lads and Musselmen, residents in the vicin-
ity."
The POLITICAL TALK ABOUT Town
AT the headquarters OF the Democratic Con-
gressional Committee there is q red white
heat of enthusiasm, inspired by the reports
received nom various 81 ctiOns of the couu.
try. Mr.. Harvey, in charge OF the com nit
Tee, said 70 day 10 the representative of The
STAR, "Tilden will be elected as surely as
you are standing in this room" In this
opinion he Is endorsed solidIy by his col
leagues OF the committee.
There is a good deal OF side betting outside
OF the professional gambling circles. In the
majority OF instances the odds are given to
i1lden In the proportion OF ten TO nine on
the general result. Smaller bets, and a good
many OF them, covering sill K hats, overcOats
kults OF clothes, etc, are also made. The
democrats bet with good deal OF confidence,
putss republican said to-day, "a bob tail
usn lSat worth anything when you have
10 show your hand" The excitement in the
departments has subsidized, because All the
voting material is away. Trere Is hardly
more IMAM one clerk per room left In any OF
Inc rooms or the Treasury, and until the
election IL over Uncle sam will tax the an
ere1es or the women employees TO keep the
machtns running, while The more fortunate
IDascuIines, In voting rights at least, are
away at the front.
At the hotels and sample rooms the inn
pendiD conflict IL the only topic OF Interest.
Opinions, OF course, divide, and some sharp
COL versationa al episodes are the result. The
democrats, judging from their exultation,
take the ground that Tllden will be elected,
n u bt CD use they have positive ground upon
which to base the claim, but rather because