Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-16
Washington News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-pAY.-1nternal
revenue, s6O1, ,O96.9O customs. s97s, ,609.59.
Col. CoRBN will leave tonight for Long
Branch.
ADJUTANT GENERAL DRUM returned last even
ing from Philadelphia.
THE ADJUTANT GENERALS department will
be represented at Yorktown by Gen. Drum.
Col. COrbin, and either Gen. McKeever or Gen.
Ruggles.
THE LIST OF ASSESSMENTS against delinquent
banks in the cities where Investigations have
been made was made out yesterday, and to-day
received the signature of Commissioner Raum.
Col. BARR, JUDGE ADVOCATE. US. army, has
returned from his visit to New Hampshire. He
to-day received a box of handsome Indian trap
pings from one of the officers who brought Sit
ting Bull in.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant Commander c.
H. Pendleton to the Boston navy yard Pay
Director A. H. Gilman as inspector of provis-
ions &C., at the Boston navy yard, October 1st,
relieving Pay Director c. W. Abbot, who is or
dered to settle accounts. Midshipman F. NJ B.
Bostwick from the Lackawanna and ordered to
the coast survey steamer Macarthur. Leaves of
absence have been granted to officers on duty
IN this city as follows: Commander William Glib
son for one month from the 10Th instant, Civil
Engineer A. G. MenOcal for one month from the
18th instant.
The EUROPEAN SQUADRoN.-Adyices, dated
Villefranche September 3, received by the Navy
department from Rear Admiral Howell, COM
manding the European station, report that the
flagship Trenton expected to leave on the 7th
for Hampton Roads. The Galena was at Leg
horn, Italy. The Quinnebaug was on her way to
Marseilles, and from there to Port Mahon. The
Nipsic was at Villefranche. The health of the
squadron was excellent.
The ADDRESS OF COMPTROLLER KNOX at the
annual convention of the American Bankers
Association at Niagara Falls, on "Dry Bank
Statistics" has been published by the Bankers
Publishing Association, New York, in q neat
pamphlet Of sixteen pages.
The UNITED STATES STEAMSHIP TRENTON has
sailed from Gibraltar for home Rear Admiral
Howell will return by way of Havre.
The ADVANCE STATEMENT of the exports of
domestic breadstuffs, just issued by Mr. Nimmo,
shows the total values for August, 1881, to have
been $25 SAT 521 against S31 734, $50 OF last year
August 81, 1881, was 1857, ,565, ,2O5, against
$1S5.21 ,222 during the same period of last year.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. W. P. Tisdel and family sal,
for Europe tomorrow, and VIII be absent two
years.-Miss Hattie A. Whiting, daughter of
Mr.. A. I. Whiting, has returned to Boston to
continue her musical education under Prof
Tufts. Her contralto voice is considered by her
instructors to give promise of rare excellence
-GeOrge LamOn, of Washington, was regis
tered in Paris notwithstanding Lincoln.
Senator Ferry. of Mich and Senator German. of
Nd were in New York yesterday.-Dr. Frank
Hamilton writes small, scratchy, indistinct
hand; DR.. Agnew's writing is careful and dis
tinct. and DR.. Bliss signs his name in a large.
irregular hand.-Miss Annie Warren Story,
who has risen steadily in her arduous profession
by hard study, added to fine natural qualitica-
tiOns, will leave Washington in few days to
fill her engagement with Janauscheck for the
next theatrical season.--Mr. J. X. Sharp of
the B. Il P.R.R., wife and daughter, left yester-
day for COney Island-Mr F. A. Richardson
of the Baltimore Sun arrived in Washington this
morning from Long Branch. He fears that the
President will not recover.
Sergeant MasOns Case.
Gen. Hancock, at his headquarters at Cover
nors Island, New York. yesterday received
long blue envelope, which was postmarked
"WashingtOn, DC, September A." and. on
one corner of which was stamped, in heavy.
Di;tCk letteTS, OIIlCal business" The general
opened the envelope and found it contained the
charges and specifications against Sergeant Ma
son, the soldier who shot at and attempted to
kill Charles j. Guiteau. Upon perusing the doc
ument Gen. Hancock had consultation with
Col. Mitchell, OF his staff, and it was decided to
have trial by cOurt-martial in Mason's case at
an early day, but the exact date was not fixed
upon. The charges and specifications are ac-
companed by an official copy of the order direct
ing the convening OF the court. There are two
charges, as follows:
l. Conduct prejudicial to good order and
military discipline.
2. Attempting to shoot a prisoner without
orders from superior officer.
The specifications to charge No. are to the
effect that Sergeant Mason, while on duty as a
guard over the prisoner at Washington, did.
without good cause, discharge his musket,
thereby perpetrating breach of discipline and
causing useless alarm at the post
The specifications to charge No. 2 allege that
said Mason fired at Charles j. Guiteau without
orders and at a time when the prisoner was not
making an effort to escape.
Gen. Hancock will Immediately communicate
with Capt. John McGilvray, Of Washington, re-
questing that officer to make list of witnesses
and to attend to other preliminares for the
trial. 1t has been decided to have the court
martial sit in Washington.
The Yorktown Centennial.
TROOPS ON THE MARCH TO YORGTowN-rHE
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE PREPARING TO
PARTICIPATE.
The committee on transportation of the legis-
lative committee of Pennsylvania, having in
charge the interests of the commonwealth at the