Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-25

1ONERNMENT 1t-DAh.-iii.tt ct
nal revenue, si3o,2il.9i; customs, 81 5,s4l.l6.
NATIONAL BANK NoTEs received to-day
for redemption amounted 10 81 ,055, 53j; total
for week, s4.47s.ooO.
PERsoNAL-Mr. Frank Richardson. Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore Stal.
returned this morning from New Orleans
where ne has been for the past two weeks.
THE November number of Blaek9coo,rs MAJ
dzfIae, received from f. NJ. Whitaker & Son.
has some interesting reading upon the East
ern question.
CoMING-Governor Hendee and Senator
Spencer, of the Joint Special Committee 10
frame form of government for the DiStric.
of Columbia, are expected 10 arrive in this
city tomorrow night.
NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR TRANSFORMED
Joseph Pheifster, assistant u. s. naval con
struciOr, has, by order of the Secretary of the
Navy, been transferred from the Brooklyn
navy yard 10 that at League Island. He has
been stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard
for number OF years.
THE NAvY.-A dispatch has been received
Mt the Navy department, stating that the new
l.. :. slOop-Of-war Enterprise was fioated
from the dry dock al Portsmouth, N H. yas-
terday. The Enterprise is the same size as
the EsscX-G15 tons and guns. The Pensa-
cola and Omaha are at Panama.
THE NAMES of about one hundred and
fifty persons will be sent into the Senate next
month for confirmation as postmasters, i'm
place of pOstmaSters whose terms of office
expire in November. ON the SOth of last JuDp
mere were 1.56s presidential poStmasterS;''
hat is. pOStmastcTs who received 81 600 or
more per year compensation.
ARMY ORDERs.-Capt. Herman Schrcincr.
9Th cavalry, is relieved from duty in the de-
partment of Texas, and will join his station
a Fort Stanton, New Mexico; Assistant Sur
iEcnn Henry McElderry is relieved from duty
al Fortress Monroe, Va. and will rcpOri 10
ihc commanding officer L. -. troopS a. the
Washington arsenal for temporary duty.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Captam George l.. Bel
KNAPP, ordered TO command the navy yarl at
Pensacola, Fla: Master Francis Winslow
~ duty on the coast survey; Ensign & c.
l.anley. to the Hartford, at Norfolk. Va:
Ensign Milton h. Schwenk, to the Omaha mt
Panama, per steamer of The 81 of December
next from New York.
THE TREASURY now holds SaJ7. 1876 600 i'm
I. s. bonds to secure national bank circula-
ton and Sl9.o53 600 to secure public deposit
L. :. bonds deposited for circulation for week
ending to-day. S}Sl 600. L. =. bonds held for
circulation Withdrawn during the week end
ingto-day, S2:4 900. National bank circula-
ton outstanding: Currency notes. S3ls III; USI:
gold notes. S2.0@9.l90
REVENUE APPOINTMENTS. James NJ
Sloman has been appointed revenue store
Keeper for the 2l district of Georgia and Ira
G.. Profit for the Sth district of Kentucky
Falhl Hay was appointed gauger for the 4th
district of Missouri: = NJ Allen for the DIST
district of New York: George \. Fox for The
ri district Of Georgia. and Joseph =. Vondc-
griff StOrekeepcr and gduger for the Sd dis
trict OF Kansas.
TIE HOUSE COMMITTEE on APPRoPRI-
ATIONS.-IIOn Charles Foster VI. C.. mem
Der o. the House Committee on Approprfa-
lions. arrived here yesterday morning. This
makes four members of that committee i'm
the city-MesSrS. Foster, Waldron Wells and
PlOunt-nOt a sufficient number, however
fOT a quorum. y meeting of the committee
il called for Monday next. McSSrS. Randall
(chairman) and others of the committee being
expected in the meantime.
THE FRANKLINS LONG VOYAGE-The
report of Capt. 8. r. Franklin, commanding
the L. :. steamer Franklin, has been r,ceiv-
Cd at the Navy depart ment from New York
He says the franklin sailed from st. Thomas
OH the Sth Of this month. and last Saturday.
18th, passed Barncgat light. when a naayV
northeast gale set in. and the Franklin was
driven of 20 In" southwark. This accounts
for the unusually long passage from St.
Thomas 10 New York.
SUIT AGAINST GEN. .. .. Howard AND
SURETIEs.-To-day District Attorney Wells
entered a suit for the United States against
Oliver otis Howard, and \. r. Shepherd and
Edgar kctchum, (thc two last as SureiicS OF
the bond of the first named } 10 recover the
sum of So, 10S.S9, which, ii Is charged he has
not accounted for and which sum came into
his hands by virtue of his appointment as
special agent and diSburSing officer of the
bureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned
sands.
TIE CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION-The
commission appointed 10 prepare a form of
government for the District has done its work
and il is almost unanimously opposed to uni
versal suffrage, or any suffrage. IL will re-
commend q government OF commissioners as
at present, with limitations, and il will ask
Congress TO assume the debt of the District
with the understanding that private property
here shall pay co per cent. of the expenses and
the government 10 per cent. This is al equita-
BILE division, and it is to be hoped that Con-
gress Will agree TO the recommendations of
blocks the way. Morton, Sargent, Edmunds
and others in the Senate are likely to demand
suffrage for the District. and, if they do there
is no hope OF good government here Jfn,"
in Springfield Republican.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE for Representative in
Congress for the 18th New York Gen j. Ii
Ketcham's) district, at the recent election, is
as follows:
COLUMBIA COUNTY. Ma.
JON H. hGtG ma M :'''..'...'''' 6d,3- 29
j.. NdISItiu ................ D,Jtt
DUTCHESS COUNTY.
John III. ketcham. IL, G96-l124
j. Mansfield Davies. 1872
PUTNAM COUNTY.
John III. Ketcham. Observation-Disclosures. 1886 II9
j. Mansfield Davies. .............I ,7TT
Total majority for Ketcham. 2ll2
The total vote polled in this district was
about 5000, and the majority for Hayes was
81.
ARREST OF THE NOTORIOUS PETE
MCCARTNEY.-A dispatch was received yes
ter6ay by the chief of the secret service, that
Pete Mccartney, the notorious counterfeiter.
and one Charley Walters, were recaptured AT
Richmond, Indiana, yesterday. Mccartney
is one of the most expert and dangerous coun-
tcrfeiters in The country. He was arres ted by
officers of the secret service, with five other
accomplices, in December, 1874 and lodged in
Jail at st. louis. He made his escape there
FROM as was alleged, by overpowering the
prison guard the following February, and
set his accomplices at liberty. He was
again recaptured by officers of the secret SER
vice at Dallas, Texas, the following June,
and while in the custody of u. s. Marshal
Purnell, of Texas, while conveying him
from Dallas to Waco, Mccartney again
made his escape, and has since been at large
until yesterday. He is said by the secret
fol x,h <Nfl,