Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-29

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THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS Observation-Disclosures rev.
enue, s66s, .O2; customs. s4a7, ,26O.6l.
THE PRESIDENT will return to washington
october 9th.
THE EXTENSION OF THE GOVERNMENT PRINT
ING OFFICE. erected under the supervision Of
Architect of the Capitol Clark, is almost COM
pleted. The storeroom is fully completed and
is occupied, and the new composing room will
be occupied as soon as the gasittings are put In
the building, a contract for which was made
to-day.
count of the illness of Hon. Ezra B. French,
Second Auditor Of the Treasury, it may be
stated that recent dispatches indicate that he
Is now improving, and may be expected to re-
turn shortly and resume the discharge OF his
official duties.
PERsoNAL.-Governor Shepherd has gone to
New York to conclude the arrangements for
the energetic working of the Batopilas silver
mines in Mexico recently purchased by himself
Thomas Of IS n the
New York, has taken the house recently occu-
piea by Gen. Jenres, on Farragut Square, and
will shortly bring on his family. 49,. Gen. o.
E. Babcock, U. S. A., and Richard O'Gorman,
of New York, are at Wizards. Justice
Hunt, Of the Court OF Claims, and Judge Bart
ley, or this city, were in New York on Satur-
day. ....Gen. o. o. Howard's daughter, Miss
Grace, was married at Vancouver barracks
few days ago to Capt. J. T. Gray; IA New
beaded kEli Perkins on on Murderersss What
this country wants to hear about is murderers
on Eli Perkins. -. Assistant sergeant-at-
ARM Arms Flanagan, Of washington, was IN Chi
is in New York. MRS. McCeney, son and
rope on Saturday s,,., Charles G; Tattershal,
.Ex-Congressman Eldridge, of Wisconsin, is
tendent Of the senate stationery room, has re.
tes ~ Bue nretng s CLERKS 4cia Of fbe f
Senate, has returned to Washington. The
Office OF the Sergeant alarms of the House
has been removed to the room heretofore occu-
pied by Clerk Adams.
CoNsT1TUTIoNALTTY OF THE RECONSTRUCTION
LAws.-Ex-Judge Willoughby. of Virginia, who
is counsel for United States Judge Rives, In the
Virginia cases involving the constitutlonality of
the reconstruction laws, set for the 14th of Oc-
tober in the Supreme Court, had an interview
with the Attorney General on the subject Sat-
urday. These cases went over at the last term
of the Supreme Court because the department
OF justice was not then ready to go on with
them. The consultation was with regard to
the conduct Of the case, the Attorney General
taking great interest In it.
OUR AsIATIc SQUADRoN-In report to the
Navy Department, dated on board his flagship,
the Richmond, at Yokohama, Japan, Sept. I'd,
Rear Admiral Patterson says that the Ashuelot
would proceed from Yokohama to Shanghai
for repairs as soon as the season will permit,
probably about the 1St of october. The Mo-
nocacy, at the earnest solicitation of the Italian
Minister, left Shanghai August sth, to assist in
the search for the Italian corvette "Nettor
Pisani, commanded by the Duke of Genoa, but
on reaching Woosung was notified of the arrival
of the Pisani at Nagasak1, and returned to
Shanghai. At an extensive fire which occurred
In the French Concession at Shanghai, August
18th, detachment Of officers and men from the
MonOcacy rendered good service, which was
acknowledged by letter from the French Con-
sui General. August 21st Commander Sumner,
made its appearance at Shanghai. Admiral
Patterson, upon receipt Of this Intelligence,
ordered the Monccacy and Palos away from
the 1st OF october. The Ranger before leaving
China for NagaSak1, had two caSes of typhoid on
board, and was ordered to Yokohama, where she
occurred on board her at Nagasaki, but yielded
to treatment. The Monongahela, under orders
from the department, would proceed to the
United States-to the Mare Island navy yard.
Admiral Patterson would remain at Yokahama
until the departure Of the Monongahela, and
would as soon thereafter as practicable 20 to
Shanghai and Nagasah.
SECRETARY MCCRARY left here last Saturday
evening for Iowa, to be gone about week. His
family, who accompanied him west, will not
return, it is thought, to Washington, as the
secretary's nomination to succeed Judge Dillon
will be among the first sent to the Senate upon
the TeassemDl1ng OF Congress in December
next. There has been no change In the decls-
ion to nominate ex-senator Ramsay to succeed
Secretary McCrary, as heretofore stated In
THE STAR.
GOLD IN THE TREAsURY.-There is In the
Treasury but about Sc, It's, 900 in gold in denomi-
nations less than twenty dollars This amount
it is evident would be much less than sufficient
to meet any active demand for small gold coin
the recent circular directing the payment OF
gold at the sqb-treasurer's upon current
SogaSas e sappy q 1 ne asenog i in u0Gs 0ss
stood to be the Intention OF the Treasury
department to recoin most Of the foreign gold
received at the New York assay office into five
and ten dollar pieces at the Philadelphia mint.
The gold coinage OF the denominations now be-
ing made at the San FRANCISCO mint will to
considerable extent be shipped east and paid
phia nothing less than i've dollar pieces viii
be turned out, as to do so might interfere with
the standard silver, of which 1t is desired to get
as large an amount as possible into circulation
BIDS WERE OPENED to-day by Architect
Clark, Of the Capitol, for steam and gas pipes
and fittings for the extension OF the Govern
ment Printing office. The bids were as follows:
j. j. Walton, N. Y, S20ss; Morris, Tasker &
Co., Philadelphia, $685. 80; W. E. Wood & Co.,
Baltimore, $55Os5; Robt Leltcn & Sons, WASH
ington, D. C., $40; James Reagan, Washing
ton. D. c., $604 Is; Thos. SomerVille, Washing
ton, D. c., $4I1.75; Bashshor & Stebbina, 1854.
The contract was awarded to Thomas Somer-
vile, of Washington, the lowest bidder.
THE REMOVAL OF R. G. BLAINE.-Mr. Amzi
Smith, superintendent Of the Senate document
room, In which r. g. Blaine, brother Of Sena-
tor Blaine, has been employed as assistant,
denies paragraph printed In the Washington
ton correspondence OF Baltimore paper, to the
effect that he lSmith) requested Blaine's re-
moval. The fact seems to be that Blaine was
removed because h6 WAS r6Ou0lfcQn. and