Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-31

BOWEN DELEGATION OF ONE-A delegation
in behalf OF Bowen for District Commissioner
had arranged to call on the President to-day.
1t was to consist Of General Crocker, warden OF
the Jail: Mr.. z. Richards, X. B. Clark and Ed
ward Slmms. They were to have met at the
White House at ten O'Clock, but Mr.. Clark was
the only one then on hand. He waited around
until eleven and then left. None of the other
gentlemen put in an appearance at all.
AT THE CABINET MEETING to-day Secretary
EyartS and Attorney General DeyenS were ao
sent. Neither OF these departments was repre-
sented. The principal subject under conSi.iera-
ton was the payment of Captain EadS for tle
quarter about to expire Under the law, after
securing the depth and Width or tae channet
required-whch Eads has done-he IS TO receive
slG0, coo a year payable quarterly iof m}ntstin-
ing the channel. II seems that during The quar-
ter for some twenty days neither the width nor
depth have been maintained. The question as
to whether saGcd Capt Ead Tna Was ened TO @ S
will take steps to ascertain definitely
to what extent and for how long the
channel was not maintained. before de,
ciSion is made Secretary Sherman called
attention to the fact that Canada pTohioitS the
importation OF American cattle into her borders,
on the ground that pleuro-pneumonia IS reared.
The same fear exists among Americans as to
Canadian cattle. The Secretary OF the Treasury
will issue circular prohibiting the Introduction
of Canadian cattle into this country.
FREDDY" WEIGH PARDONED.-Tne President
has pardoned Martin Welch, alias "Reddy"
WEIGH, sentenced to four years in the Albany
penitentiary, in March, 1871, for robbery from
the person in this District. The reasons for his
pardon are that he has served over two years in
the penitentiary, and is now and has been for
several months suffering with a painful and
dangerous malady, which requires the best med
ical treatment to be exerted for his relief. Such
treatment the physician Of the pententiary says
cannot be given him at Albany.
DECREASE IN BANK NOTE CIRcULAT1oN.-Dur-
ing the four months ended to-day $13O26, 700 in
national bank notes fit for circulation were as
sorted and returned to the bank of issue; So 49,
500 unfit for circulation, were delivered to the
controller OF the currency for contraction and
replacement with new notes, and 81, ,S31 200 notes
of failed, hqufdating and reducing banks were
deposited in the Treasury. This makes total
of SCI, ,S22 $50, a decrease in similar figures for
the corresponding period OF last year OF
S42 III ,452.
Personal. Senator Morrill, was dined at the
Queen City Club, in Cincinnati, Wednesday
evening. ....Hallett kilbourn is in town.
Madame Rertinatti, nee Miss Bass Of Mis-
sissppi. and wife OF the Italian Minister to
Holland, will spend January in Washington.
...I 1t is said that Secretary EvartS will preside
at the dinner to be given in New York to
Thomas Bayley Potter, NJ. p, the eminent Eng
lish liberal. John Bgelow, one of the recog-
niZed leaders Of society in New York, is to win
ter in Washington this season.
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