Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

revenue, s2ZS,Ooo'o1; coStOmS, S423Ol0.lO.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent, loan to-
day. sl6O.55O
Two MILLION DOLLARS in silver certificates
of the denomination of s., for New York, were
delivered to the U. s. Treasurer to day by the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing. The
workmanship on the certificates is excellent,
especially the vignette of Charles Sumner.
ANOTHER BILL for the construction of a
railroad from San Antonio. Texas to the Rio
Grande has been introduced in Congress. The
bill was presented in the Senate to-day by Mr..
Coke, and referred to the committee on rail
reads.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-
day were Representatives Morrison, Wait,
Evans UPa.), Mckinley, Cain, Williams (Wis.)
and Upton.
SECRETARY THOMPSON and his Norfolk and
Huron disaster party, about forty in number,
leave this afternoon, at half-past O'Clock, via
Baltimore.
MAJOR i. {. ii. SMITH, paymaSter L. S. A,
late appointment clerk of the Treasury has
he" ordered to report in person to the pay
master general, in this city, for temporary
duty.
ARMY ORDERs.-Leave of absence for four
months is granted Major r. 5. La Motto, 18th
infantry. First Lieut.. j. Nj. Lee is relieved
v. ID.
and Will join his regiment, the 9th infantry.
ANOTHER HUNDRED DOLLAR COUNTERFEIT
In the course of business at the Treasury to-
day" counterfeit 500 note on the ID National
Banh OF WllkeSbarre, Pa, was discovered.
The counterfeit Is eXceently welleXecuted
and will easily deceive an ordinary expert.
CAPTAIN SOMERVILLE NICHOLSON, L. S. NJ
of Georgetown, has been placed on the retired
list. His case has been pending before the
Secretary OF the Navy for some time, and ac-
ton OH 1t IS very agreeable to a number of
officers, as it starts again the wheels of promo
ton, which were stopped while his case re-
manned uIdisp0Sed Of
SEVEN SEIzUREs.-DeputyC Collector Hendrix
at Gainesville, Ga, telegraphs Commissioner
Raum. hat he has seized seven distilleries in
Rabun county, after canVaSSng the county
thoroughly.
NAVAL 1NVESTIGATION.-A subcommittee
on naval affairs yesterday continued the ex-
animation of witnesses in order to ascertain
The business transactions of William J. Mur-
tagh, late proprietor of the National R@puj-
1tcGn newspaper, with secretary RObeson, in
yolving payments by the Navy department to
Murtagh.
AMONG THE TwENTY-ONE TEMPORARY
CLERKS appointed by Secretary Schurz yeste
day for duty in the land office were the fol
lowing of this District: A. Pohlers, $500 per
annum: Mrs. Sarah ID. Hines. Mr.. j. c. Van
Hook. Mrs. r. b. Niles, Miss Mary J. Doyle,
all at 500 per annum.
IMMIGRATION INTO NEW YORK Official
returns made to the bureau of statistics show
that during the month ended April 80. 1873,
there arrived at the port of New York S529
immigrants. OF whom : 2f6 were males and
1888 females. There also arrived al the port
during the month LIS passengers of whom
II were citizens of the United States and 5Ol
SOjOurnerS
BRET HARTE will, it is stated, be given the
commercial agency under the state depart
ment al Crefeldt, Prussia.
MEssRS. KNAPP, Cochran and MARI of the
Post Gllice department, testified to-day in re-
gard to the condition and working OF the
branches of the department with which they
are cOnnect; d, before Representative Jere n
Williams. chairman OF a sub committee of the
House expenditures committee.
BACKwARDNEss IN GRAPHING WITH THE
FLORIDA QUESTION.-The judiciary commit
tee of the House are having frequent confer
enceS, and. as member of the House SAYS
uylhg 10 llck INTO shape" resolution prOvid-
ing for an investigation into the alleged FlOri-
da fraud. 1t IS not the intention of any men,
per OF the committee to offer the resolution.
but they Wll act as advisory counsel for who
ever does offer it: Yesterday Mr. Frye of
Maine, a member of the judiciary committee.
asked Tor ten days leave of absence. He had
a conference with his colleagues on the com.
mIttee, and stated that he was going away,
but that if the committee contemplated the
0f1erlng OF any resolution on the Florida sub
lect, before the expiration of the ten days, that
he would postpone his departure until the sub
ject was disposed of. He was assured that
The committee had no present Intention of
bringing the matter to the attention of the
House, and upon this assurance Mr. FRYE will
take the leave granted him. 1t is understood
that Speaker Randall holds that the offer of a
resolution Tor investigation is not question
OF privilege.
The WYOMING was represented as a danger
Gus vessel to go to sea in before her second
departure from New York for Havre. with
goods for the Paris exposition. After she had
put back, having sprung aleak five hundred
paired at New York, and amidst predictions
That she would 30 down, dispatched her again
on her voyage. Her safe arrival, on the 22d of
April, was mentioned in THE STAR Com
mander Watson, commanding her. in making
an Official report Of the voyage, says: I'VE
had stormy voyage, which proved the WyO-
mngs seaworthiness, and L do not believe
there are many ships in any service which
would have stood the test as well. For two.
and -a-half days we We're in the right hand and
rear semi-circle OF cyclone, and took advan-
tage OF 1t up 10 the entrance of the English
channel. The barometer fell below 29l5 The
wyoming ScudS as We'll as any ship can and
while knew She must be fast with the wind
ON The quarter, was most agreeably surprised
10 get over II knots out of her close hauled
under royals, without the mainsail, and drag
ging four bladed propeller. With the wind
aft, under reefed tOpSailS and foreSail, she
made l3knOtS, and for several hours Il knots.
dragging her screw in both cases. We were
Just fifteen days and nineteen hours from
Sandy Hook to Havre. We Oyerhauled and
passed a number of vessels on our Way and
0utsailed everything We saw"
HALLERNEIER's HARD LUCK-Jos. Haller.
meier, an Austrian, about 81 years old, as
brown as nut, poorly clad and travel stained,
walked into Treasurer Gilfllan's office yester.
day. He was from Pulaski county Mo-, about
80 miles below st. Louis, and has walked ali
the way to Washington. He had in his hand
an envelope centaiDing fragments of masti-
Gated greenbackS, which he wanted, if pos
slbie, 10 have redeemed. Some time ago he
dug hole near a tree at home and for safe
Keeping placed therein S2l5 in s. greenbackS
ana national bank notes, all the money he
had. The hogs in roofing around the SpOt
un6 arthed the p0cketboOk containing the
money and chewed and tore the notes into
little bits. Upon discovering this Hallermeier
gathered together the pieces and tried to dis
pr Sc OF them In his neighborhoOd and i'm ST.
Ii uls. Unsuccessful there he took up his
march Tor Washington to see what he could
do here. Treasurer Gilfillan examined the
noles and found that only two national bank
hN,S and two gTeenback fveS-S2O in all
could be recognized and redeemed This
an ount was given him in exchange for his
mUtllated currency, and he went his Way. In
lei ing his story Halermeier could not keen
from crying. This was all his money, he said
al he was buying farm. A short time apn