Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-12
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTo-DAY.-Internalrev
enue, $se7, ,7O7.ss; customs, s4ss.s91.2O.
SECRETARIES THOMPSON and McCrary have re-
turned to the city.
SECRETARY SHERMAN will leave next Mouday
for three-weeks vacation. He will remain a
day or two In Philadelphia and some days In
New York, and will also make stay at Narra-
gansett Pier. He will speak in Portland, Me-, on
the 23d inst, and be in that state for few days
Captain Dewey, naval secretary of the Light
house Board. and Mr.. Clarke, clerk of the reve-
6ne 6ue marine service, expect to leave next Mon
along the Atlantic coast. 1t Is probable that
Secretary Sherman will join then for a part of
their tour II he should find 1t convenient to
do so.
REDEEMING THE OLD CORPORATION BONDS
WHETHER DEFECTIVE OR PERFECT.-Judge Por-
ter to-day sent to Treasurer Gildllan the fol-
lowing:
''SIR: In reply to your letter of the sth inst,
/ have to say that III 1t Is shown by the proper
records of the District of Columbia that the
stock IN question was originally issued for
value. and has since its issue been constantly
recognized as valid, by payment OF the interest
thereon as 1t became due, it must be regarded
as valid, and now binding upon the District OF
Columbia, Notwithstanding the Irregularities
which you have mentioned"
The above has reference to the question
whether the large amount of six per cent. reg
seal and Signature. can be redeemed by blythe the
Treasurer, and decides 1t In the Affirmative.
The Treasurer to-day began receipting for this
stock, whether regular or irregular. It has all
been called in for redemption next Monday.
In ORDER TO OBv1ATE UNNECESSARY DELAY
in convening the district court CT Charleston,
S. c., the Attorney General has forwarded by
telegraph to the Judge OF that court copy Of
the new law making provision for the judicial
expenses OF the government and prescribing
the modes OF drawing juries. The juries had
law, but upon receipt Of the new % act they W were ere
all dismissed and commissioner appointed
under existing law to act In conjunction with
lew list. This court win therefore be the first
to proceed with business under the new law.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL has issued the circu-
lar to marshals referred to In yesterdays STAR
He states that the bill providing for expenses
for U. s. courts is appOi dOned specifically, and
that no money for one specific service can be
applied to another. ReQuisitions for funds
must be made and marShalS' accounts kept ac-
cordingly.
Treasury department has never experienced
any difficulty In securing all the silver required
for coming standard silver dollars at the Phila-
delpbia mint. In purchasing for the western
mints, however, there has beenmuch difficulty,
as all offers were above the market rate. The
bullion dealers have asked from one to two and
a-haf cents an ounce above the regular market
rate for silver to be delivered In the west. At
nesday all ofiers from the west were above the
market rate and were consequently declined.
Secretary Sherman, however, made the parties
Offering large lots OF silver counter-offers Of
what he cnnS6prpd fhQ marriott
all Of them accepted. No difficulty in securing
silver for the western mlntS Is therefore apprH.
hsnded hem under this new plan Of buying: About
purchased during the present week.
ifFoUR OF SITTING BULLS BAND KILLED.-The
following dispatch, dated May s, has been re-
ceived at the Indian ONCE from Agent Keller,
at Crow agency, ,Montana:-"Eleven Crows, Just
10, report the following Of q stealing party OF
Sioux TO P0rcupine creek, where they overlook
aas TSe soas ss0 Tine fns 70 BE o pag ar Of b
camp. The Crows say that the county Is full O.
small parties OF Sioux. In the above engage.
ment the Crows lost two killed and had thre
Ex-CoNGREssMAN CHARLES FOSTER, of Ohio
the republican nominee for the gubernatoriaI
chair OF that state, dropped quietly into town
this morning. Since II o'clock he has been on
wing. He came over In the New York train
and went to the Riggs house and took break
fast. He did not register, but after breakfast
LOOK sS,a S carriage and drove on to some place
ling and candidates are at rest. The fact that
Mr.. Foster did not register at the hotel carries
with 1t the speculation that his stay is to be
exceedingly brief. Mr.. Foster called on secre.
day. '0
No YELLOW FEVER AT VICKSBURG.-Acting
Assistant Surgeon Robbins, OF the marine hos
pital service, at vicksburg, has telegraphed to
Surgeon General Hamilton as follows:
"vIcKsBURG, July H. 1s79.-No cases OF fever
established against Memphis to-day"
ment concerning the recent pardon of Messrs
Roelle, Junker and others who were indicted
and convicted for connection with what Is
known as the Chicago whiskey conspiracy
The facts In the case and the accompanying
records were to-day seen by a STAR reporter
to by Judge Blodgett, OF the northern Illinois
district, Judge Drummond, OF the United States
ney, turned United States evidence during The
whisky trials and had acted fairly and In good
faith With the government. They testified In
large number OF cases and always gave full
and fair evidence. Under such circumstances
they were by law entitled to a pardon. That
they had so acted was certified to by the officials
mentioned: The Attorney General therefore
recommended that pardons issue, and the Pres
ldent acted on that recommendation. 1t was
lot an act OF executive clemency to pardon
them: IT was only compliance with law as re-
CARDS United States evidence.
\ TABULAR STATEMENT has been prepared at
the p. u. department making comparison be-
tween the issue OF stamps, stamped envelopes
and postal cards for 1878 and 1879. The total
value OF this years issues Is S29, ,539, ,05O.93, an
increase Of 1911 617 over the value OF those OF
last year. The Increase In the number of ordi-
nary postage stamps issued is only 4 20 per cent.
as compared with an increase OF T.66 per cent
for 1878 over 1871. This comparative falling-Off
is due to the effect OF the new law for
the compensation OF pOstmaSterS having
for its basis the number OF stamps cancelled,
not the number sold, which has put stop to
speculative purchases. There Is q decrease in
the number Of official postage stamps and
official stamped envelopes, owing TO the use OF
the penalty envelopes. There is also decrease
In the value and number Of newspaper and Pc
riodfcal stamps and stamped envelopes and
wrappers There were 22l ,s07 900 postal cards
issued, an increase OF more than ten per cent.
The increase in the value OF sales to the public
between the two years is 81 l,o03,2 ,2sl.42.
THE YELLOW FEVER NOT EPIDEMIC IN MEN,
PnIs.-Gen. Brady, acting postmaster general,
has received the following dispatch from An
drew j. Kellar, at Memphis. Tenn: ",The vel
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