Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-04

PERsONAL-EX-U. S. Treasurer John c. New
is In the city. John G. Thompson, Ser
geant-at-armS of the House Of Representatives,
has gone TO California for his health: ....L Let
ters have been received here from the friends
OF Hon. j. r. House. or Tenn, announcing that
he has been seriously i'll. but is now out of dam
ger, although COW valescing slowly.
THE GERNAN-AMERICAN BANK SUSPENSIONS.
Mr.. keyser, the receiver of the German Ameri-
can National Bank, is still busily engaged with
his assistants in Investigating the affairs OF the
bank; but ia as ye. is unable r to furnish state,
furnish the statement some time this week.
THE SMITHSONIAN INsTITuTIoN.-The rooms
formerly occupied by the late Prof. Joseph
Henry in the Smithsonian institution are being
refted into Offices for the uses of the inStt,l-
tiOn, and will be occupied as such by Prof.
Baird, the secretary and his assistants. The
rooms heretofore occupied by the secretary; his
chief clerk and other clerks, will be utilized for
the increasing demands made by the museum.
In addition to the office being prepared for Prof.
Baird he ut1l1ZeS as an Office portion OF his
residence on Massachusetts avenue, and for
which the government allows him no rent The
fish commission having become so interlaced as
1t were with the operations OF the institute in
the diffusion OF useful knowledge, accOmmOda.
tion will also be prepared for it in the Smith
SOnian building.
Wm j. Rhees, the efficient chief clerk of the
Smithsonian institute, is i'll at his home in the
county. Mir. Rhees has overworked himself in
preparing history Of the institution, from tie
date OF the SmithSOn bequeSt, also short his
tory of the life.Of SmithsOn. he has collated all
the acts Of Congress applicable to the inStitIl-
tiOn, including the more important debates
thereon. The work, when completed. will be
issued under the auspices Ofthe institution.
THE MISSION OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY to this
country is said TO be to protect the rights OF the
Fekfn government, in case any legislation is at
tempted here to revise the Burlingame treaty
SO as to give this government the sole control of
the matter of Chinese immigration. The Chi
nese have an idea, founded upon the demands
made by the Congressman from the Pacific
coast that to bring the control of immigration
solely within the power Of the United states is
virtually to prohibit it. 1t is believed that. if
such action Is insisted upon by Congress, China
Will take steps to prohibit American mm!grt-
ton to China, to the extent that Chinese imulj-
grafton is prohibited in the United States. To
guard Well the interests OF China in this respect
IS said to he the specific duty OF Chen Ian Pin
and his suite iii coming TO the United States.
THE Us. s. TICONDEROGA was put in commits
sion at Portsmouth, y. H., to-day, the Navy de-
paftment is telegraphed. The Ticonderoga is
the vessel in which Commodore Schufeidt is TO
make his two years cruise to Africa in the in
teleSt OF An erlcan commerce and navigation.
She will shortly sail from Portsmouth, for Nor
folk, where Commodore Schufeldt will Join hes
She viii sail for Africa about the 1St OF Decei.-
Def