Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-23
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four Per cent loan to-
day amounted to $404, 400.

revenue. $34S, 1856: customs. $5O4, ,3321 10.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four Per cent. loan to-
day amounted to s404. 400
PERsoNAL.-Amongth the guests at Rock Enon
Springs are: Col. c. T. Larped, U. s. A., and
family: A. w. Church, ESQ.,, and family; Mrs.
DIR. Ashford and family, Mrs. II. j. Frost and
Miss II. Kelley, of Washington; Thos. Harii-
son, esq, Georgetown. and Rev. w. p. Harri-
son, Z. ID, Chaplain House Of Representatives.
MRS + Metals and her children, Mary and
journ at Orkney Springs.
INVESTIGATING THE Hot SPRINGS OMISSION
IN THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.-TwO special
agents of the Department of Justice who are
looking up the omission in the sundry civil
bill of the legislation relating to the Hot
Springs commission, think they have the clue
the Post Office department, who received his
position through the influence of southern
Senator. The special agents claim to have
discovered that on the memorable last night OF
the recent session OF Congress this Post ONCE
emplOye was standing in remote part of one
of the corridors of the Capitol. when the Sen
atOr in question ran up to him hastily, and,
hand, exclaimed, " There it is; get out of here
as soon as you can" These papers, the spe
cal agents think, were the missing portions of
connected with the omission is cleared up be-
fore the next session of Congress, it Will be
the subject of investigation by that body.
But LITTLE COUNTERFEIT SILVER Coin IN
CIRCULATIoN.-In his report to Chief Brooks of
the result Of his second days yesterday work
in hunting up counterfeit money in this city,
the operative detailed for that duty says he
spent all day in calling at the business houses.
One OF the merchants, whose name he gives
and who is dealer in sporting and fancy
goods on the avenue, said no counterfeit
money had been offered at his counter. He
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twenty eight years, and never knew SO little
counterfeit money to be in circulation as at
the present time; a man came to his store
few days ago Offering for sale a counterfeit
coin detectOr. In his opinion this man started
the rumOr and procured the notice in the
newspapers that a large amount of counter
der to make market for the sale of his detec
tor. The report also gives the names of large
number Of other merchants visited. Only
three OF them had seen any counterfeit silver.
One had taken in a twenty-five cent piece ;
another a fifty-cent piece. and the other sew
eral ten-cent pieces. A tobacco dealer had a
man, who stated that it had been given him
by white man to get changed.
sllO INTEREST ON A 800 BoND-Chauncey
Smith, OF the Post Office department, to-day
presented at the Treasury a 800 per cent.
bond issued by the old corporation of Wash
hgtOn, to aid in the completion af the CheSa
peake and ohio canal. 1t was signed by John
L. lowers, mayor, anu mas Drawn interest
since 1856. A portion of the interest had
already been paid. Mr.. Smith wanted to
draw the interest due up to to-day. The
SO more than the principal of the bond, which
is redeemable at the pleasure of the District
government. The holder of it was not aware
OF its being in his possession until a few days
ago, when he stumbled across it in overhaul
ing the contents of an old trunk.
ANOTHER STORY ABOUT LIEUT." MAX
wELL.-It is now stated that prior to the lately
courtmartialed Lieut.. Maxwell receiving
commission in the army, he was ordered to
LtavenWorth, Kansas, for examination, as
usual under the law. He was called before the
board of officers at Fort LeavenwOrth,a and did
not succeed, it is said, in answering correctly
any one question prOpOunded to him. There
was nothing left for the board to do but reject
and report adversely upon his application.
Notwithstanding the rejection of his applica-
ton, his name was sent to the Senate as a sec-
ond lieutenant: and lover the protest of Gen.
Sherman, it is further stately he was appoint
ed and ordered to report to Col Geo Sykes,
commanding the 2Cth infantry, Dakota. His
subsequent exploit of selling his pay eight or
nine times for single month, his trial, and
conviction are well known. Maxwell is now
confined in the penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
worth, and if the President does not interfere
with the sentence he will be discharged from
the prison two years hence with good trade ::
that of a boot and shoe maker, which it is
hoped he will stick to.
BRITISH BANKs.-A. V. Dockery u s. con-
sui, at Leeds, England, has communicated to
the Department OF State some Statistics in