Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-02
Washington News and Gossip.

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Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve-
nue., $685., 90; customs. s59l.73.
THE PRESIDENT will go tomorrow by the limited
express to New York.
DIsMIssED.-Charles Caldwell, colored, who for
merly held the position as messenger to the late
Assistant Postmaster General Brady was dismissed
to-day, to take effect October 31st
SECRETARY Hunt will leave the city tomorrow
morning for tour of inspection of the Eastern
navy yards. He will be gone but week. He will
go as far as New York with President Arthur.
GOVERNMENT CLERKS GOING HOME TO voTE.-The
clerks in the several departments, who live In
states which hold elections next Tuesday, will be
given leave OF absence covering time sufficient to
go to their homes to vote and return.
EX-SENATOR SPENCER says the item that he is an
applicant for Office is untrue; that he does not
want office and would not accept the best in the
Presidents gift
POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES went to New York
last night. First Assistant Hatton is in Iowa.
Second Assistant Elmer Is in New York, and Third
Assistant Hazen is acting Postmaster General
COMING TREASURY CHANGEs-The President,
Judge FOlger, the new Secretary OF the Treasury,
touching the administration OF the Treasury de-
partment. Rumor has it that many important
changes in the subordinate officers in that depart
ment will occur in January next
THE GOVERNMENTS FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN
OCTOBER.-The total receipts of the government
for the month of October were as follows: From
customs, S62. .397. .59 from internal revenue, $3
4G9S1 q; and miscellaneous s. 3O1 ,S49.93, making
total for the month of $36, ,574 2lSsO The gov
eminent
were s16 1S3. 20. During the four months end
ing October 31st. the government receipts were as
follows: Customs, ST 5S3 935 or internal revenue,
making total @ Of saaosa The
up s67,941, ,991.ss Thus the balance of receipts
over expenditures for the four months ending with
October, reach the big figures OF s7e,11o,5s5.11.
COMMISSIONS AS PosTMAsTERs were to-day for
warded from the Post Office department to the
following persons, G; T. stigleman, Eastview,
county; W. W. Magee, Stony Creek Warehouse,
Sussex county; Clifford statham, Lynchburg,
can CCampDei hpD county, virginia St and H. Gochenour
OUR EXACT INTERNATIONAL vIsIToRs.-Thos
Americans who went to Yorktown on the Catskill
can not too highly praise Secretary Blaine's tact
in preventing any open rupture between his
French and German guests. He and his assiS-
tants had to be constantly watching lest some
breach Of etiquette in regard to questions Of prece
seats daily at dinner, and in going up and down
stairs before and after that meal the greatest
had to be taken that those of lower rank should
not walk one step before those OF higher grade.
The Courier deS Eats Unis, in commenting upon
the disagreeable feeling aroused among the
French by the display OF the German flags with
their own on our vessels at Yorktown, Indicated
the state OF feeling in Paris with regard to Ger
many by stating that the statue there represent
Ing the city OF StraSburg has always been kept
draped in mourning since the Germans entered
Paris and is to remain SO. Now that the Germans
are travelling in the west and the French in the
east, let us hope all are happy.
APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER OF THE NEWARK
NATIONAL BANK.-The controller of currency has
appointed Frederick Frelinghuysen receiver of the
Mechanics National Bank of Newark, Nj, and
Linus NJ Price, assistant receiver. The controller
says that the report OF Bank Examiner Shelly of
Augusf16 1880, contained the following paragraph:
81 verified account with The Mechanics National
Bank OF New York, by obtaining its own balance
that If the examiner had not been deceived by
forged letter OF Baldwin, which was handed to
cashier of the bank in New York, the enormous
losses of the bank would have been exposed four
teen months ago at the date OF the examination"
MooNsHINERs' REvENGE.-Collector Wade of
Savannah, Georgia, transmits to Commissioner
Raum the report OF Deputy Collector Taylor in re-
gard to the burning of the dwelling house OF Mr..
F. B. Hall, in Goshen, Lincoln county, Ga, with
its contents, including $500 in gold. Deputy Col
lector Taylor says: Mr.. Hall has very frequently
tllleries in the county where he resided. 1t be-
came we'll known that Hall was keeping me in
formed in their matters, and have frequently ex-
pressed to him my fears that they would either
kill or burn him out. He invariably replied that
he was not afraid OF them.
ABOLIsHING "ExPEDITED" MAIL SERVICE. - The
Postmaster General has issued an order abolishing
the "expedition" and Traditional service" on the
mail route between Helena and Missoula, Mon
its annual cost from sls7ss5s to @ Which oun amount
it was raised by expediting the schedule and add
ing one trip per week. to se4s5 the original con
ber 18th. large reduction was also ordered on
the route from Butte city to New Chicago, Mon
vice at $4,000 per annum. Daily service and
expedition were subsequently ordered, and the
James now restores tile old schedule, and takes off
one trip per week from the 18th instant, with an
annual reduction Of $7215.6S from the contractors
pay.
STAR SERVICE SAv1NGs.-The decrease in the
expenditures of the star service for the month Of
October, 1881, was s55,778.
PERsoNAL.-Senator Edmunds is said to be pre-
pairing magazine article On the Mormon question
politically considered.-U. s. District Judge
Settle, of Florida, is at the eEbbitt-Ex-Assstant
Postmaster General Tyner will, according to an
indianapolis paper, enter upon the practice OF law
Minister is to dine with the farmers Club attic at the
country co.. residence 2 OF Mr. George W; Childs. near
on provided he aryes
be the special Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald this winter. Mr.. Nordhon is to
remain in New York on the editorial staff of the
paper. Crowley is at the Arllng-
ton.-Senator Sherman was registered in New
York last night.-Ex-Gov. Mccormick, who is
still very Ill, has been removed from his hotel in
New York to the family homestead at Jamaica,
l. Hon. A. H. Stephens, though still some
what feeble, is very busily engaged on his book,
and does not know exactly when he will reach
Washington Senator Logan returned to Chicago
the President of France at the Yorktown celebra-
ton, sailed for home tO-day.-SenatOr Hale Is Ill
at his home In Maine.
President Arthur Visits the White
House,
HE MAKES AN INSPECTION OF THE PREMISES-HIH
INTENTIONS.
About half-past four O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
Pres tdent Arthur paid his first visit to the White
since hiS Ia hon II,