Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-22
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT tRECKIPTs TO-DAY-Inter-
nal revenue, $50 sis 10; customs. Si22 1859.

nal revenue, $50, SIS 10; customs, Si22, 1883.
THE TALLAPoosA arrived at Philadel-
phis yesterday from New York.
EN- RoUTE.-The Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail Indian commission left Chicago for
Washington to-day.
THERE WAS IN THE TREASURY on the
18th instant, In United States notes, SSi 49,,
673i; national bank notes, S12, 46l, 800 50.
REVENUE APPOINTMENTS. - Peter L.
Brown has been appointed revenue store
eper and Jacob f. Vented gaUger for the
LIST district of Ohio.
THE TITLES to the lands for public build
in IS AT Austin, Texas, ard arr sburg, p
have been passed upon by the Treasury =
psrtment, aud work upon them Will be com
menced at once.
SECRETARY SHERMAN emphatically and
Indignantly denies "a report which has been
circulated that he has approved a paper
Obliging the Ohio clerks in the Treasury
department 10 go home and vote at the
coming election.
SENATOR MORTON MUCH ENCOURAGED.
Acting Postmaster G aneral Brady received
the following dispatch from Gov. Burb4n
this afternoon: Senator MOrtOn is better
this morning than at any time since his Ill
ness. He Is much encouraged"
OHIO VOTERS IN TIE INTERIOR De
PARTMENT-The Secretary of the Interior
has decided that Ohio voters employed in
the Interior department, who have not ex-
hausted their yearly leave, viii be allowed
10 go home to vote but that they cannot re
celve pay during their absence.
Not A COUNTERFEIT.-Asp specimen of the
reported counterfeit ifty-dollar legal tender
note, which has been so largely circulateIin
Chicago, was o-day carefully examined by
the chief OF the secret service division of the
Treasury and found TO be printed ON Il Der
Taper, and proved TO be genuine.
Mr.. f. B. WAsHBURNE, ex- Minister OF
the United States to- France, arrived in New
York by the steamer Necker from Brem
last evening, With Mrs. Washburne the two
Misses Washburne and Master Wdshburne
all In excellent health. They start this even
ing for Galena, Ill.
HUMPHREY a. ARNOLD, inspector of the
port of Chester, Pa, has filed with the Sec
Rotary answers to the charges made against
him in the report Of Special Treasury Agent
W1llams, denying In toto the charges oi ne
glect of duty, &c. They are regarded as full
and satisfactory.
GOVERNMENT SILVER SAyED.-TTpon the
Union Pacific train, recently attacked by
robbers in Wyoming, the Treasury depart
ment had three hundred thousand ounces of
silver bullion. Fortunately il was IN larg
bars, and so heavy that the robbers were uu-
able 10 carry them off, and not an ounce was
lost. This bullion was recently purchased in
Nevada, and was TO be taken to the Philt-
delphia mint. Had the robbers succ se led IN
capturing this, the loss to the government
would have aggregated S3ls 200.
FLUSH TINES IN ARKANSAS. Judge
Wiltshire, ex-member of Congress from Ar
kansas, whose name has been mentioned i'm
connection with the Office OF Comm issiOner
OF Indian Affairs, Is i'll the city. Judge VIII
shire gives quite a glowing account of az
fans in that stale the people having literally
turn ed their swords into plowshares. As an
evidence OF the prosperity OF the people. he
says Tor me past two years the people have
raised sufficient for home consum ptton, with
some for export, and this season they have
sent flour TO Boston.
Is IS ANNOUNCED that Miss Annie w
Stery, lady well known and admired in
our city as an accomplished reader and sue
c-ssful performer in amateur theatricals is
about To make her debut in the regular a rama
a. a mem Der OF the company at the Ma ,ioaai
theaTer, at which she will appear for the fjr,-
time on next Monday evening. The fair and
gltted de6u0Hte has numerou friends aud
ADMIRERS IN Washington, and she has ri rem
pleasure on many occasion to the most intel
lectual circles of our society; and IL is but
reasonable to expect that her friends will
combine 10 make her first appearance de-
cided success.
THE SYNDICATE. - Messrs. Pierrepopt
Morgan, George Bliss, Joseph SelIgmaa.
August Belmont and r. o. French, repre-
senting the syndicate for the sale OF the u S.
! per cent. bonds, arrived here Yesterday
afternoon, and In the evening had a confer
ence OF several hours with Secretary Sher-
man at the Treasury department. After the
conference the Secretary stated that the
Visit OF The gentlemen above named was
merely Tor the purpose OF consultation with
MIN and the settlement OF accounts between
the syndicate and the government. bat no
new proposition pertaining To the present
contract or sale ofthe bonds was considered.
They left for New York this morning.
THE SITTING BULL CONFESSIONAL
gentleman in this city has received a letter
dated Sidney, Nebraska, Sept. Is, from Col.
II. c. Corbin, secretary of the Sitting Bull
Commission, In which the writer says: 1--WE
expect 10 reach Helena one week from to-
day, and the border on the Both instant We
have but two newspaper men with us-Dihl
OF the Chicago Times, and StillsOn, of the New
York BeTdtd-boIh very nice fellows. Oar
latest advices are to the effect that his Re-
Ginning Majesty is enjoying himself quietly
in Canada. The weather here is quite cold
and fires are comfortable. even with great
ton early In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as early as
the latter part OF October"
SAD DOWNFALL OF Son OF AN Ex-
Conc REsshAN-A special dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer from Pittsburg, Pa,
September IL; says: This evening thirteen
prisoners were brought In from Erie. One of
Them, who is to serve term in the peuiten-
tiary for one year for false pretenses, as
summed the alias of Charles Neagley, but was
a 1ItGove a wnen he reached here, to be
Negley. ex- Congressman from this district.
1oung Negley was always wild and drunken
Some months ago he left home entirely, and
he acted as bogus detective, and swindled
Mrs. Hall, bawdy house keeper, out OF d We
dollars as license for selling liquor. When
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