Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-15
THE EVENING STAR.
DOUBLE SHEET,
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue S2SS, ,O21.1s; customs. $56S.41L41.

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue, s2ss s,02l.1s; customs, s56s, ,411.4l.
U. s. BONDS deposited for circulation to-day
by national banks, 1868, ST. 552; U. S. bonds de-
posted for circulation week ended to-day,
81 1923, 600; O. s. bonds held for circulation with
drawn week ended to-day, ss25,Ooo
NATIONAL BANK NOTES REDEEMED.-During
the week ended to-day s71s,OOO in national bank
notes were received at the Treasury for redemp-
ttOn; during the corresponding week OF last year,
81, ,C42. 900.
THE PRESIDENT will leave tomorrow evening
for New York. to attend the fair OF the 7th regi-
ment. He will return Tuesday morning.
STOPPING THE DELIVERY OF LOTTERY LETTERS
Postmaster General Key has issued orders to the
postmaster at New York forbidding the payment
OF any money orders or the delivery of any reg
istered letters to the following named parties,
known to be engaged in the lottery business in
that ctty:-Samuel Webb alias VIM. S. Wilson
alias Samuel Wilson or Luthy Co., A. Orlando
Jackson or Jackson & Co., Moses Bogort & Theo-
dor EiXmer alias WaSchman & Co., Joseph EN-
erson alias Emerson & Goss, John Duff or j.
Duff Il Co., Manning, Dufrie ana James F. Tully
or c. Bell & Co., and Chas. d. j. Noelke.
THE PRESIDENT HAS APPOINTED Robert W.
Welch, of New Hampshire, to be U. s. consul at
Carrara, Italy.
CAPTAIN R. II. HALL, 10th infantry, has been
appointed to act as inspector on certain recruit
ing property on hand at the cavalry recruiting
rendezvous, No. 81 Pearl street. Buffalo, N. Y,
and for which Capt II. j. Farnsworth, Sth cav
airy recruiting officer, is responsible.
NAVAL ORDERS. Lieutenant ]. H. c. Coffin
has reported his arrival home, having been de-
tached from duty on the Asiatic station on the
18th of September, and has been placed on
waiting orders; Assistant Engineer +. J. Hoff-
tFI
OF examining engineers at Philadelphia, Ath
instant; Captain w. o. Holway. from the train
ing ship on the 30th instant, and ordered to the
receiving ship Wabash, at Boston, December 1St.
MOVEMENTS OF U. S. NAVAL VEssELs.-The
Alaska was at Callao, Peru, Oct. 2Oth, and the
Pensacola at Coquimbo. Chilli Oct. 5th. The
Marion now at Norfolk will go to New York to
complete her crew before leaving for the Pacific
station. The Vandalia at Kew West has been
ordered by telegram to New York.
PRESERVATION OF DEAD BoDIEs.-.-Mr Kreis-
man, United States consul general at Berlin, in
his dispatch to the Department of State, dated
october 80, 1879, communicates description of
a newly discovered process for the preservation
of dead bodies. The hetnventor, or discoverer, had
man government, conceivfng high Importance
of the invention, induced the patentee to abaD-
don his patent. Thereupon the government
made public. through the press full descrip-
The following abstracts are translated from the
publication by the Prussian minister Of public
worship taken from the German newspapers
dated at Berlin, october %, 1s7s:-"The dead
bodies OF human beings and animals by this
process fully retain their form, color and f1eXl-
blllty: Even NJ after period Of years such dead
and criminal jurisprudence; decay and the offen-
sive smell Of decay are completely prevented.
Upon incis1on the muscular flesh shows the
same appearance as In the case of a fresh
dead body. Preparations made OF the sew
eral parts such as natural Skeletons
lungs, entrails, &C, retain their softness and
piiabtlity. The liquid used is prepared as fol-
lows: In 5000 grammeS of boiling water are
dissolved 1C0 grammeS OF alum, 25 grammes of
cooking salt. u grammes saltpetre, so grammes
potash, and 10 grammes arsenic acid. The So
luton is then allowed to cool and filter. To 10
I1treS OF this neutral, cOlOreSS, od0rleSS iigud
htreS glycerine and litre mettrylic alcohol
art t. be added. The process OF preserving (or
embaiming) dead bodies by means of this liquid
consists as rule in saturating and inDyegna-
tlng those bodies with 1t. From 4 to l5res of
the liquid are used for body, according to It's
SIZE"
DURING THE ABSENCE of Mr.. Hendley, stenog
rapher to Mr.. Rogers, the Presidents secretary
Mr.. Montgomery is performing the duties.
PERsoNAL-Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Crounse of
Kingston, N. Y, are the guests of Gen. and Mrs.
Ketcham, on Franklin Square. Mr.. Crounse
was for many years the Washington correspond
ent of the n. Y. Times. ....H. NJ. Hutchinson
and family, who have been in California for
some time past, will arrive home to-day. -.
L. U, ReaviS the whilom capital mover who
has been at the Metropolitan for several days,
left Tor the booming west last evening. He con-
cludeS that things are pretty well anchored
here. ....Senator Morrill, is in town for the
winter, at his residence on Thomas Circle. -.
Gov. Fenton and his daughter, Mrs. Hegeman,
is expected to arrive here this evening. Col
James Belger. OF the Quartermaster's depart
ment, is staying at the Ebbitt.. ....SanaCors
JONES' Of Nevada, Window and Eaton were
registered in New York last evening. Cen
Grant has made his arrangements to be in Phil
adelphia on the 10th of December, when he
will be formally received by the city. -. Garlic
ton, who is SO great favorite as baritone In
America, is winning great applause in London
opera. He IS really an Engllshman. -. La
bouchere, the editor of Truth, was yesterday
expelled from the famous London Beefsteak
CLUB, by the exact tw0-thirds required. Had he
himself exercised his right to vote on the que5-
uon the motion would not have been carried.
....John Russell Young will shortly go to Eu-
rope again in the interest of the n. Y. Herald
Bishop Starkey breaches his first sermon as bish-
op OF northern New Jersey in Newark tomorrow
THE following matrimonial engagements are
announced: Miss Sallie Phelps to Mr.. Sevellon
BrowD, Chief clerk OF the State department; Mr..
George FrelinghuySen to Miss Ballantine, of New
Iork. Judge X. I. Lyon, Of Macon, Ga, is
at the National. General a. D. McCook has
returned from Ohio, where he was called lately
Sn by the death Of MS ~ m9ther th washing
Ex-Governor Swami, of Maryland, who mar
ried the widow of Senator John II. Thompson,
OF New Jersey, year ago last July,
has separated from his wife, Its the sequel Of
mysterious separation which was limited at as
occurring six weeks after marriage. His home
here will be presided over by his daughter, Mrs.
Carter, and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Swami,
the young widow OF his only son. Mrs. Swami,
nee Thompson, remains at her home in Prince
ton."
THE RESIGNATION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
SEwARD.-Assistant Secretary OF State Seward
is out OF the city. He has resigned his position,
and probably will not return to his desk Colonel
J0hn B. Hay Is stated to have been chosen as
ms successor, and there seems to be no reason
10 doubt the statement. No official announce
ment as TO either the resignation or appoint
ment is made at the Department of State Mr.,
seward resigns from merely personal motives
All connection that may be made, inferentially
or otherW1se, between the resignation and the
affairs OF Minister Seward at China, are un-
founded. Mr.. Seward has been more popular.
perhaps, than any other incumbent of the office
OF Assistant Secretary of State. He is a man of
wealth. Both he and Mrs. Seward are in in
health, and the duties OF the Office are onero,ls
lie is courteous and obliging almost to fault
No one could complain OF any lack OF attention
at his hands. His retirement will be regretted
not only by the department, but by all whose