Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-28
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue S6aa So. 16: customs S459.545.32

SOVERNhENT tlECElfIS lO-bAf.-l1uOiue ueA NV
enue, s69s, ,s2476; customs s459, 1852.
THERE Is NOT WORD OF TRUTH in the can
ard telegraphed from here that there is large
quantity of spurious gold in the Treasury, and
that some Of it has been paid out. There is no
spurious gold in the Treasury. 1t would be
impossible for it to get there, and equally i'm
possible for it to be paid out.
ABANDONMENT OF THE WASHINGTON ARSENAL
RECoMMENDED-General Sherman has recon-
mended to the Secretary of War that the arsen-
al at this point be abandoned, as useless to the
service. 1t is stated that General ShermanS
idea would be to convert the arsenal into bar
racks for permanent station of a regiment of
troops. He has never recommended this, how
ever, and there is no probability that the idea
would be carried out.
REPRESENTATIVE CHITTENDEN of New York,
is in the city. He is, owing to recent agitation
of the question of relieving the legal-tender,
more interested than ever in his case with Gen
eral Butler to test the eonstitutiona'ity OF the
reissue of greenbackS. He viii try to nave his
case advanced in the Supreme Court dOcket, in
order that an early decision may be made.
THE COMING SENATOR FROM VIRGINIA.-Ex-
Congressman Sener, of Virginia, is in the city.
He says the people Of Virginia are most inter-
ested ROW as to who the legislature will elect
Senator next week. Mahone he says. Is the
strongest candidate, but a combination may be
legislature support him, however, he will be
elected. Sener says it may be that the demo-
Gratis of the legislature will break up, and enough
support Malone to elect him, notW outstanding
the manner in which he has been abused by
them.
ARMY ORDERs.-Major w. B. Rochester, chief
paymaster department of the south, will, in ad-
dition to his present duties, make payments of
such claims for pay, bounty. &C, due colored
soldiers, as may be referred 10 him by the pay
master general. Leave for one year Is grained
1st Lieut.. w. w. Robinson, jr., 7th cavalry. 1st
Lieut.. C. A. L. Totten, 4tn artillery, will report
January 1st next, for one months special duty
at West Point, and will then proceed to join his
proper station.
AFTER PURsELL's SCALP.-Gen. j. K. Robin
son, chairman Of the Ohio republican state eX-
ecutive committee, has requested the President
to remove James Pursell, collector of internal
revenue for the 9Th Ohio district, and appoint
in his place VIM. Fuller, of Franklin county.
NEW DOG LAW FOR THE DIsTRICT.-The sub
committee of the House District of Columbia
committee, now engaged In preparing code Of
municipal regulations for the District, have put
in a very stringent clause which will ensure the
full collection OF the tax on dogs. The new law
will provide that any person who harbors an
unlicensed dog shall be deemed guilty OF mis-
demeanor punishable with fine and impriSon-
ment.
HE IhESlDENI AMI Nine. I1A1 ES ycoCciudy
attended the dedication service Of the st. Paul
ME. church. Frankford, Philadelphia Bishop
Simpson preached the sermon. The President
contributed S25 to the collection to defray the
expense of remOdeling the church. After the
service the President and his wife shook hands
with the members as they passed out. In the
evening they attended the Methodist Orphanage
fair, which was crowded almost to SuffO catio-,.
They returned about 10 O'Clock to the residence
and at midnight left for Washington.
THE FOLLOWING ORDER has been issued by di-
rection OF the Secretary Of War: "At frontier
stations, remote from towns, the Subsistence
Department will, on the application of commit. :
stoned officers, purchase certain stated quanti-
ties OF cigars, the officers for whom they are
purchased icing considered under. pledge to
take and pay for them on their arrival at the
station"