Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12
EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, 1864 $50 5; customs, s4GO, si636.
NATIONAL BANK NOTES received to- day
for redemption, sss7 900.
THE MoNoNGAHELA Iell Halifax ye3ter-
day Tor New York.
THE POPULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS to the
four per cent. bonds now amount to
els eco.
LIEUTENANT SHEPHERD, of the Revenue
Marine service, has been promoted to be
captain, vice Webster, deceased.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day were Gen. Dennison, Col. A. IL.
Marklo nd, of Kansas, and F. l.. Brittoa K
r. Campbell and Gov Davis, of Texas.
Two SECRETARIES IN ONE HoUsE-Post-
master General Key and Secretary Schurz
Jointly occupy the Edgewood mansion near
GlenwOOd Cemetery.
OUR NEW BONDS AT PAR IN LONDON
A telegram TO the Secretary of the Treasury
states that the new four per cent. bonds were
put on the London market on the 10th in
slant, at 1923, pounds for five hundred dollar
Dobds, which is about par
1T Is DENIED at the Department of Justice
that il is intended to arrest Marshal Douglas.
OF South Carolina. The charges against him
are all general, none being specified, conse-
quently, his arrest is not probable under the
present circumstances.
PAYMAsTER GEORGE W. BeAMAN has
been ordered 10 report for duty at Washing
ton as pay master of the Washington navy
yard. y Rutland paper says: HE will fill
with credit any position the Navy depart
ment sees lit 10 place him in.''
GOLD that has lost in value from natural
abrasion in circulation will be received at
the Treasury in subscriptions for the four
per cent. loan and for other purposes by
weight, which involves a small loss to the
investor.
Mr.. GEORGE MATTINGLY, of Washing
ton, ID. c., who for four years past has been
postal clerk between this city and Lynch
burg, Va, has been detailed to the Office of
Major Langley, chief head clerk of lines
running out of this city, to take the place of
the late Wellington Brown.
NAVAL ORDERs.-S Surgeon S. D. Kennedy
ordered to the naval hospital at Annapolis,
Md; Assistant Engineer Wythe NJ. Parks
to the Hartford; Assistant Engineer A. V.
zane TO the Speedwell; Assistant Engineer
A. F. Dixon detached from the Hartford
and placed on waiting orders.
ARMY ORDERs.-Leave of Captain Geo L.
Choisy, 1lth infantry, from headquarters de-
Iar'ment of Dakota, for disability Is ex-
tended fve months, with permission to go
beyond The sea. Leave for three months is
granted Captain ID. NJ. Lee, 6th infantry;
leave for six months is granted First Lieu
Tel ant d. b. Quimby, 18th Infantry.
TEXANS AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-Gov.
Davis, L. l.. Britton and r. f. Campbell. of
the Texas legislature, who preferred charges
In the Attorney Generals Office a few DAYS
ago against Marshal Purnell, of Texas i'm
an interview with the President to-day reit-
phG rQrnc a a
1noval. What success their request met win
mas not Iansplrtd.
INTERNAL COMMERCE THE CoUSrRy.
Tie first annual report on the internal com
mt rec Of the country has just been printed
The SUI Ject of railroads is treated at consid-
cradle length. 1t is noted that the entire
amount OF The contributions of the govern
ent TO the close of last year In aid Of rail
road construction. including land grants aud
subsidies 10 Pacific railways, is only thrt
per cent OF The total cost of The railroad sy
TEN OF the United States The value OF our
internal commerce is stated TO be twenty
1--WE times the value of our foreign com
Inerce,
POSTAL CARDS The American Phototype
Company of New York, which secured the
contract for manufacturing postal cards for
four ears from the LIST instant, have for
warded samples of their work which is not
altogether satisfactory. The paper used Is
OF The requisite weight and quality, but the
edges OF the cards are rough, owing TO the
process used in cutting them. The Post
Office department., which has since the LIST
instant been using the surplus cards on
hand, filled the last requisition on the Nor
gan Company, of Springfield, Mass. to- day,
Prototype Company. It is believed this
company will be able to remedy any defects
In the cards and begin to I'LL acquisitions
within a few days.
THE REPORTED AssAssINATIoNs IN
ALABAMA.-EtuOr Erening S,a:-In your
issue OF this p. m, headed &" Horrible Assas-
sinatiOn of Government Witnesses In
Alabama" ! wish respectfully to cor
rect one OF your statements in that
paragraph. How much YOU are in error
In regard to The others, or how correct they
are, know nothing about. You saw
lew days AFTER, MIR. Thomas Maxwell, an old
merchant of Tuscaloosa was poisoned and
died" Well, as 20 that, 1 will say that Mr..
Maxwell (whom knew well and have sold
goods 10 for twenty years. bought some
strychnine on Saturday evening at one of
the drug stores, and on Sunday morning
went TO mis- store and did not get to dinner
till O'Clock, when his wife asked, Why
did you not go to church," His reply was
che had been very busy at the store" He
returned to his store immediate after din
ner, when late in the afternoon some one
passing heard grOans in the store. One Of
his clerks. who had a key, was seen coming
down the street, who, upon being told OF This
noise, opened the door and found Mr.. NJ. in
the last agOnies of death. He was an old
merchant and most estimable citizen.
On his desk were found five letters
one to his wife, two to his daughters one
to his head clerk. and one TO the surgeon of
the insane asylum located at Tuscaloosa
all of which indicated he was going to take
his own life. When thousands OF crimes ara
committed daily, north, very little comment
is made about them; but when any little
hook can be made in a southern state. the
cry is, q" Hit 'em agin!" Comment is unne-
cessary after the truthfulness of this is
known. Yours, respectfully,
j. Il. WILLIAMS, JR., of Alabama.
Washington d. C., Jtiy II, 1877.
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