Evening star., 1877-06-23
EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, s317 .437 95, customs. SOS 199 s.

nal revenue, s377 ,457 95; customs, s30s, 1888.
NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION OUT
STANDING. - Currency notes, sSl6 $50, AIS;
gold notes; 81 ,42S .625
1T is STATED that j. Howard Jenkins,
formerly editor of the Wilmington CONNER
cfai, will receive the appointment of consul
general at London.
THE PRESIDENT will leave for New Eng
land On Monday. Mrs. Hayes, Secretaries
Evsrts and Schurz and Attorney @ neral
Devens will accompany him. Secretaries
Thompson and McCrary will be unable to
go, as was intended.
AMONG THE CALLfRs at the White
House this morning were the Secretary
War, Postmaster General, Senator Mitchell.
Representatives NJ. s. Brewer and c. c. Els
worth, with friends from Michigan; ex- Rep
resentative Elkins and friends, and Mr.
Foster, of North Carolina.
PRESIDENTIAL APPoINrMENrs-T The
President to-day appointed Romeo II. Freer
to be register at the land Office at Santa Fe,
New Mexico. and the following pension
agents: Daniel L. BoyntoD, at Knoxville,
Tenn; Samuel Post. at Detroit, Mich, and
Rufus Campion, at st. Louis, No.
THE JULY INTEREsr.-The Secretary of
the Treasury has authorized the United
States assistant treasurer at New York to
sell one million dollars of gold on Thursday,
Inc 2Sih instant, and has authorized the
trt asurer and assistant treasurerS of the
United States 10 commence the payment of
interest due On the lst proxiInn on Tuesday,
the 26th instant, without rebate.
CROP PRosPECTs-The June report of the
Department of Agriculture indicates better
prospect than usual for wheat. The report
of June, 1876, made the average for the coun-
try 13 per ceDtum below the standard of nor
nal condition, and subsequent returns OF The
condition and yield were still lower, fore
casting the scarcity which has occurred.
The average for winter and spring wheat to-
gether is this year 100, winter wheat being
above that figure and spring wheat below 1t
THE BALTIMORE APPOINTMENTS SET
TLFD.-The President yesterday decided to
make the following Baltimore appointments:
John l.. Thomas as collector of customs. He
tion. Mr.. Thomas will enter upon his duties
on The LIST of July. VIM. COrkran, the present
deputy naval officer, has been appointed
naval officer, in the place of Adam +. King,
whose commission has expired. d. W. Rudy
was appointed deputy naval officer, vice
Corkran, promoted to be naval officer.
GOING TO SEE THE WAR Lieutenant
Francis V. Green, corps of engineers, U. s.
army, who has for some months past been
on duty in the Office of the Secretary of War,
has been detached and ordered to duty as
military attacEe OF the U. 8. legation at 81
Petersburg. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander
Clam beIs, 2lst infantry, has been detached
fTom his present post and ordered to duty as
ConstantinOple. Lieutenant Green will sail
for Europe on 3Oth of June, and Col. Cha n
bers about the 9Th of July.
TEE CONSOLIDATED PENSION AGENCIES
1t was yesterday decided by the President
and Secretary Schurz that the consolidated
tension agency for the state of Illinois shall
be located at Chicago, ana that Miss Ada
Strnz Is1l hnr fnt 49,
also dec d d to retain all the agents who are
now in office al the seats of the various con-
sOlidated pension agencies. with the excep-
tlon OF General Terrell, at The Indianapolis
(Inds) agency, whose commission has ex-
pred, and who will be superseded by General
Kneiier, commissioned yesterday.
THE NEXT HoUsE.-Hon. Geo. w. Adams,
Clerk of the House of Representatives., left
here yesterday for Kentucky, his home, to
spend the summer. He has completed tn =
list OF members that he will call to OrganiZ,
the House al IL m. October 18th. The demo
Gratis, according to the list, will have eigh
majority. There are twelve contested case
reported and affidavits filed. Neither the
orado will be placed on the roll. Neither will
he place on the roll either Pachero or Wig
gintOn, the California contestants; or Metcalf
and Frost, the Missouri contestants.
CROOKED WHISKY MEN WHO WANT TO
CoMPROMIsE.-The counsel for Roelle,
w., idhihS W ScCufc tue dppTOVdf
Of District Attorney Bangs, OF Chicago, to
their last proposition TO compromise with
the government for two thousand dollars, yes
terday applied TO the Secretary OF the Treas
submit new petition asking that judgment
be reopened and the case be heard on its
me.its. The judgment OF nearly onehalf
million dollars against the firm was obtained
by default. The case has been referred TO the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue for such
adecision as be may deem proper.
THE FREEDMKN's BANK COMMISSIONERS
have in hand CROUCH money to declare a
dividend of ten per cent. TO the depositors of
that institution. The commissioners have
determined, however, to declare no dividend
al present, for the reason that the expense of
paying dividend OF ten per cent. only
would be greater TO vast number of the de-
pOsitors than the amount received by them.
There re nearly twenty thousand depositOrs
whose balance are five dollars and under
AS soon as the commissioners can dispc e
Oh Inc building In this city at what is con-
Sldercd fair price they think they will be
able TO declare dividend oftwenty per cent.
IL is The opinion of the commissioners that
TIE institution will finally he enable cd TO nav
about 90 per cent. of its Indebtedness.
OFFICEHoLDERs MUST RETIRE FROM
PoLITICs.-The cabinet ye5terday agreed to
an eXecu i've order prohibiting any federal
ofliceholder from being connected with aay
canpa !en committee, local, state or NATIONAL,
and making the ultimatum resignation from
1tderal Office or campaign committee. The
order will be issued on Monday. Twill re-
quire the resignation from political commit
tees OF Assistant Secretary Mccormick who
is secretary OF the republican national COM
mit,ee; A. B. Cornell, naval officer at New
YORK, who is chairman of the New York
state committee; "Foss" Keyes, chairman of
the Wisconsin republican committee, who is
postmaster at Madison; Gen. Wykoff who is
chairman of the Ohio republican committee
and pension agent at Columbus. 1t will Also
affect the chairman of the Tennessee demo-
cratic committee, who is postmaster at
Memphis.
THE REPORT OF THE SILVER CoNMIs
SION, which is being prepared under the
supervision OF Senator Jones, of Nevada. is
very nearly finished. 1t is expected that the
report will be made public in few days. In
ls an exhaustive argument In favor of the
double standard and remonetiZing silver
and Will no doubt form a basis of future dis,
cussions on the subject in Congress. The
position Is taken that the contraction OF the
currency, caused by the demonetiZinp sill.
yer. has arrested business enterprises, and
largely contributed to the present depression.
The opinion Is expressed that with Silver de-
monetized, specie resumption would be- inn
fha Ra,.