Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-19
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to-
day amounted to s5s34Oo.
GEN. ALrHEUs S. WILLIAMS, of the House Dis
t.ict committee, has slightly improved In con-
dition to-day, but Is not yet regarded as out o
danger.
AMONG TIE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day, were
Senator's Harris, Beck, Mcmillan, Ransom
Mitchell and Armstrong, and Representatives.
Carlisle, Bayne. Garfield. Swami, Brewer, Ward
and Baker. Representative Harmer, Of Penn
sylvania, with Captain T. Avellon, Of the Rus
sian imperial navy. and Mr.. Cramp. the Phila-
delphia ship builder, also called and paid their
respects to the President to-day.
PEKsoNAL.-Lieutenant Colonel John D. Will
kins, 10th L. S. infantry. wife and daughter, ar
rived in Washington from New York On We'd
street. Miss Carrie wilkins is visiting Mrs
colonel Haywood, no. 90, 18th street northwest
....Ex-Marshal Pitkin, OF Louisiana, who is
warmly pressed by his political friends for re-
appointment, is in the city. Col. Joseph
Pulitzer, having purchased the st. Louis Ecen-
iHg Dispatch. has merged it with the Erening
Post of that city. He has secured the services
Washington correspondent.
THERE WAS LIVELY TILT in the House to-
day. Mr.. Cabell, OF Virginia, endeavored to
have resolution introduced directing the Judi
Judge Rives In transferring criminal cases from
state courts to tnited States courts in Virginia
under under the etvil rights acts. Mr.: Hale, of
ed; 81 want it noted, Mr.. Speaker said Ca
bell, .'who objects" Thereupon. Mr. Town
send, OF New York, rising to question OF priv
had not the right to object without being sub
jected to menace. Cabell replied with much
warmth, Il meant no menace; when make a
demonstration against a gentleman / do it in
q
Acklen, Of Louisiana, interrupting, said. "Mr
Speaker, let's read the riot act to which MI
Townsend quickly retOrted. ''YOu have had the
riot act read in Louisiana during the recent
election
POsTPoNED.--The Senate committee on post
offices and railroads to-day decided to postpone
the consideration OF the nomination of Samuel
Hayes to be postmaster at st. Louis until after
the holiday recess.
REORGANIZATION OF THE TREASURY SECRET
SERvIcE.-Under the reorganization Or more
properly, the reconstruction of the secret ser
vice division OF the Treasury-an account of
which was given. In the STAR last week, and
which goes into effect Jan. 1st neXt-the divi-
sion will, as stated, be under Assistant Secre-
taries Hawley and French, instead of under the
Solicitor OF the Treasury. Under these gentle
men, all employees of the division will have to be
recorded ON the books Of the appointment
clerk, and receive regular commissions. That
is not the case now. The question of Col. Ben
sons retaining his position as assistant chief of
the division has been settled. He will have to
60 Out, because there Will be no assistant chief
The Office will DE abolished as unnecessary
That such course as this should be taken was
recommended long ago by the commission con-
StSting OF Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Mccormick, Solicitor RaynOr, and Commits
sioner OF Internal Revenue Rallm who, by di-
rectlon OF secretary sherman, investigated the
secret service division
THE NEW DISTRICT BOND BILL PAssEp.-The
Senate this afternoon, by a vote of 2S to 16
passed the bill authorizing new issue of bonds
to redeem the ''ten-year Bowen bonds" which
amount to $219, 900, and the steam force Dump
bonds of Georgetown, amounting to $500. Il
will be remembered that this bill passed Jun
2Oth last, with a defect-the rate OF interest no
1elng stated-and the new bill is to remedy the
defect, and was printed in THE STAR of Tuesday.
THERE WILL BE NO ACTION on the New York
custom house nominations by the Senate until
until after the recess.
The SUPERINTENDENT Or TIE Mint a. Phile-
delphia has written to the Office here askir g
permission to exchange small gold pieces Il L
double eagles during the holidays. Permission
bright dollars, are wanted for Christmas pres
ents, and the same demand for them in eX-
change for larger denominations has been made
for several years past. The superintendent OF
the Philadelphia mint has estimated that if the
permission asked for was given he would have
to pay out during the holidays several thousand
gold dollars.
THE SuPREME COURT viii adjourn for the holi-
days on Monday next.
THE GOVERNMENT BUYING SILyER.-The Treas
ury department yesterday afternoon bought
about four hundred thousand ounces of silver
bullion for coinage purposes from bidders. The
rate paid for the bullion varied little, but was
considerably below the London quotations.
RI nnf inrrn- 1,o.-
of1ers OF silver, and is thus enabled to make
good terms.
THE FOLLOWING DISPATCH was received last
night by Secretary schun from Gov. Terry. of
Washington territory, in reference to the feared
collision between Moses Indians and the whites:
. There Is better news from east of the noun
ta1nS. think there will be no collision ! Will
however. go over Tomorrow"
COST OF WORK IN THE TREASURY PRINTING
BUREAU.-In reference to Mr.. Glover's stale
ments OF mism anagement and extravaganza in
the Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Print
Ing, printed in Tuesdays STAR, the officers OF
from that OF Mr.. Glover. They state that the
entire amount expended by the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing during the year ended
June go 1878, on the work OF printing L. S. notes
and bonds, was SI4T, ,163 S3; and on the work
or printing national bank notes, $3.50 S27. So
How $50 0o0 could have been neediessiy and
NAhdNuSautIy tApSuutu Out tlUnef OF those
sums, II is difficult to imagine. There are two
printingS on the backs OF the national bank
notes,-one in black, and one in green The
olack printing was awarded the bureau In OctO-
Der, 1871, at $S.92 per LOCO Impressions The
green impressions the bureau had been printing
10r year or more, at $l4 per 1000 impressions.
All bills rendered after October, 1877, were for
Dlack impressions at $500, and the green on the
national bank notes, which are distinct from
the green on the legal tenders, were charged at
the then regular price Of s14 per 1,OO0. Since
July the rate for the green printing on the
national bank notes has been reduced to SII,3,
Inc reduction In these rates was made in view
OF the large economies made in the expenses of
the bureau subsequent TO May /, 1877, and the
experience gained In printing these backs.
Whefeby the cost could be reduced"
CONFIRMATIoNs.-The senate in executive
session yesterday confirmed the following nom.-
nations:-John Lowell, of Boston, to be United
states Judge Of the first judicial circuit, vice
George T. Shepley, deceased; Joseph G. Ullery.
United states marshal for the southern district
OF ONO; Henry s. FOOte, OF Tennessee to he
superintendent OF the mint at New Orleans:
Lewis j: Soner, appraiser OF merchandise at
New orleans; ii. W. Stone, receiver OF public.
moneys at Benson, Minn.; Sergeant ChaIle
Dodge, to be second lieutenant in the army.
Signal service SergeantS Leroy f. Seyree and
James A. swift. to be second lieutenants.
Mr.. HEwlTT's LABOR COMMITTEE had q meet
Ing yesterday afternoon, and examined John
r.. Edwards, of Allegheny City, ex-president OF