Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-17
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip,

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS ToDAY-Internal
revenue. s245, ,S6l.62; customs 1915, ,46l9S
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the tour per cent. loan to
day, amounted to 81 l036,6JO.
SECRETARY McCRARY will return to the city
to- morrow or next day.
Personal -Ex-Secretary OF the Treasury
Lot M. Morrill, is in the city. He was an in
terested spectator of the scene in the office of
the Secretary Of the Treasury, between the
Col: J. G. Audenreid and family returned
to Washington yesterday.
1T IS EXPECTED that every arrangement
will be completed for moving the War depart
ment into the new building on the 1Ss OF
March next.
THE TREASURY DEFALCATION.-Theh hearing
in the case Of the United States agt. w. V. s.
Wilson, for embezzlement of funds in the
Treasury department, was today postponed
prosecution desire to enlarge the charges
against defendant, II further developments
appear to justify it.
THE Q. S. s. TALLAPOOsA arrived at League
Island navy yard on Sunday from New York.
GEN. SHERMAN.-A letter received at head
quarters of the army from Gen. McCoOk (who
is with Gen. Sherman), date at Fort Wingate,
September 9Th, reports both Gen. Sherman
and himself as enjoying excellent health.
They arrived at Fort Wingate on the 5th.
Gen. Sherman, with an escort, expected to
leave on the aftern oon of the 9th for Fort De-
tiance to meet the principal chiefs of the
Navajo Indians, and return thence to Fort
Wingate the following Monday morning, and
at noon the same day to start Ell route for San
Francisco via Prescott and Fort Yuma From
San Francisco IT, ey will come direct to Wash
ington, arriving here during the first week in
October.
PRESIDENT AND Mrs. HAYES left Fremont
this morning for Willoughby, to attend re-
union of the Presidents old regiment at that
place. From Willoughby the President will
90 direct to Dayton and attend a meeting of
the board of trustees of the Soldiers Home.
Gen. B. +: Butler, president OF the board, will
and visit the tri-state fair Friday and Satur-
day. Sunday the family will spend at their
home in Fremont, and Monday morning leave
for Pittsburg, where they will visit the indus
tria! exhibition. and reach Washington We'd
neSday morning.
Too MUCH WINE IN YELLOW FEVER
Judge Freeman. assistant attorney general
for the Post Office department., has received
information from Brownsville, Tenn, where
the yellow fever is raging, that matters are
looking brighter. No new cases are reported.
His correspondent also says: Esq. Hen
dron'S house was burned last night Cog
Grove was burned up in it. He was recover
ing from his sickness and drank so much
wine that he became wild, and by the use of a
in it-''
ANOTHER CALL FOR FUNDAMENTALLY
Secretary of the Treasury yesterday after
noon issued the list call for the redemption of
$40 bonds of 1865, consols of 1865. The call is
for $5,000,0OO of which $2.000,000 are coupon
and $3,OCO,0O registered bonds. The principal
a n IYlfar or will
and alter M 18th Of Of sae next Ge
interest will cease Oh that day.
ORDERS FOR SILVER DOLLARS dated subse-
quent to September l3 are being Cancelled at
the Treasury department., except such as come
from national bank repositories mentioned in
the circular Of Friday last.
ARMY ORDERS.-First Lieut. Ira Mac Mutt,
ordnance department, will be relieved from
duty at the U. S. military academy, West
Point, n. Y, upon the arrival there of Second
Lieut.. John r. Williams, Sd artillery, and Will
report by letter to the chief OF ordnance.
RECRUITS Ass1GNED.-The superintendent
mounted recruiting service will cause fifty
recruits to be prepared and forwarded under
proper charge to BiSmark, Dakota, for assign
ment to the 7th cavalry. Also one hundred
and sixty recruits to YanktOn, Dakota, to be
assigned to the lst infantry, and one hundred
and nifty to bismarck, Dakota, to be assigned
10 the Sd infantry.
THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMANTS of the Mex1
can awards made by the mixed commission of
1868 was begun at the State department last
the holders OF claims out of the two install
ments-amOunting to $500, ,0OO-whch have
6een paid over to this government by Mexico.
The total amount was $3.0OO,OOO in gold. The
claimants are paid pro rata as directed by
Congress at its last session, and the La Abra
and Wlel claims, amounting to about 81 ,000, ,000
until the President shall Investigate and de.
eide whether they are fraudulent or whether
they should be paid.
WORK UNDER THE CONTRACT for erection of
the new building for the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing of the Treasury department,
up to the first story level. which has been
entered upon % tomorroW apd a vi Will 'lgefoasy ge co
pleted by the end of the fall season. The en-
tire building, however, will not be completed
Tor year to come.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR FEVER
SUFFERERs.-Commodore E. R. Calhoun, COM
mandant of the navy yard, Mare Island, Cali
fornia. forwards by telegraph to the Secretary
ment may deem proper, the sum of fifteen
hundred and ninety three dollars for the vel
low fever sufferers. This amount was cOntri-
of the yard and hospital, the officers and sail.
0rs OF the steamers Pensacola and Indepen.
dence, and by the officers and men of the ma
rlne corps at the navy yard barracks.
CoUNTERFE1Ts ON CANADA BANk.-1nfor-
nation, unofficial, has reached the secret SER
vice division of the Treasury that large num-
bers Of counterfeit twos on the Bank of Brit
ish North America, Montreal, Canada, are
afoat. 1t is stated that the counterfeit Is so
well executed that the bank has been com
PEELED to withdraw from circulation all its
notes of the denomination counterfeited.
INA CIRCULAR issued by the P. o. Depart
ment, it is provided that where through inad-
vertence any unmailable matter reaches the
office. of destination, it shall be delivered to
the party to whom it is addressed without any
add1tlonal charge for postage beyond what
would be due II the same were mailable mat
Ter OF the third class but the postmasters are
requested to ascertain from the addresses of
such packages the names and addresses of the
send. send rs, and report the same to the Third AS
SlStant Postmaster General. The response
b1lity Is thus fastened on the postmaster who
received the unmailable matter. Numerous
reports OF the kind called for have been re-
celved at the p. o. Department.. The pOstmas.
ter at one city complains of the postmaster at
another city, and Is complained OF by third
postmaster, while fourth complains of all
three. Some amusing instances have been
noted where the pOstmasters at two different
places, each In happy Inconsistencies of his
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