Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-22
THE TALLAPoosA arrived at Portsmouth, Va.
navy yard yesterday morning

SOLDIERS CLoTHING.-An order has been issued
by the War department directing that as the
old pattern clothing having become unsuitable
for issue, only new clothing will hereafter be
issued to the troops. Hereafter all estimates or
requlSit1OnS for clothing, whether special or
annual, must conform strictly to the regula-
uons SO far as the allowance and sizes are con-
.cerned, and the practice, heretofore too COM
mon, of asking for sizes larger than men wear
must be discontinued.
VICE PRESIDENT WHEELER is going to Chatta-
nOoga, Tenn, and will not return to Washing
ton until after the holidays.
MISUNDERSTANDING Evarts and Sherman,
Gen. Sherman, Comptroller Knox. Senators
Sharon, Booth, Farley, Plumb and Paddock, and
Representatives Herbert and Dwight were regis
tered In New York last evening. -. Dan Rice
announces that he has been converted, and Will
at once enter the pulpit as an evangelist. A
Ialmage-Rlce combination ought to draw. -:
John Russell Young was registered at the HStel
Chatham, Paris, yesterday. 49, Editor Watter-
son Is In New York. Also, Mr.. Tilden. 80. Attor-
hey General Devens expects to eat his Christmas
York magzine recently offered Mr.. Ruskin. s4oo
for short article on the Cathedral o. st. Marks
at Venice. and 81 600 to Browning, the poet.
the first woman to cast her vote In Boston at the
recent municipal election. -. It is said that
Assistant Postmaster General Brady viii soon
lt5iSu, W UtCOule ACTIVELY connected With the
Richmond. and Gen. John Coburn, of Indianap-
oils. are at the National. 80. Baron Hartman
de Mulineu, of Switzerland, and Judge Marshall,
OF Richmond, Va, are at the Metropolitan.
UNDER MODIFIED TREASURY REGULATIONS,
just published. new United States notes can no
longer be furnished from the Washington ONCE
for bankers drafts, as has been the custom for
the past four months This change has been
made necessary by the fact that the amount of
cash in the Treasury OF the United States has
become SO reduced that 1t Is impossible to sup
ply the heavy demand from banks sending
checks on their New York correspondents for
returns in greenbackS. This arrangement will
not, however, affect the exchange Of new
United States notes for mutilated United States
notes and national bank notes sent to the
Treasurer under the regulations for redemption.
BRITISH TRADE-General Badeau, Q. 8.
Consul General at London, transmits to the De-
pa ltment his annual reports. One showing the
trade OF London, and one showing the trade of
tae United Kingdom A study of these reports.
says General Badeau, discloses the fact that
change for the better has recently occurred in
ane M maoe OF the United Kingdom indicated by
aIeneWed american demand for British manu-
iactlreIS, especially Of scrap and railroad iron;
distinct increase In the last few month of ex,
snd deedssS sns pSes r. the wholesale
railroad traffic. The total number of eniigrants
IN 1878 was 112 s02; onehalf to the United States.
Ouc-UnlIu 10 AuSCFA1a ana New Zealand and
one-tenth to British North America. The total
number OF poor In receipt of RELIEF on the 1st OF
January, 1873, in the United Kingdom was 9S6-
Scotland In the primary schools there was an A.,
increase OF 800 900 pupils in 1873. The total
expenditure for schools by the Government was
1856, ,020 ~
NAVAL ORDERs.-PasSed Assistant Surgeon j.
c. Wise, from the naval asylum, Philadelphia,
Pa. Paymaster C. D. Mansfield to the League
Island navy yard January 22d.. Surgeon w. j.
simon, nom the Alliance January 1st, and Or
geon u. q. Eckatein, from the naval hospital at
Philadelphia and ordered to the Alliance.