Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-24
Washington News and Gossip.

washington News and Gossip.
THERE are 1s6 new advertisements in THE
STAR to-day.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS sTO-DAY.-Internal rev.
enue. 81, ,412, 74l.S4; customs, S2,29O, log. 40.
The above are the accumulated daily receipts
since the departments were closed upon the
| death of the President
The leave of absence granted Major W. B.
Slack, U.S.M.C., has been extended one monti,.
The Navy department is informed of the ar
rival at New York Of the man-Of-war Magici-
enne, flagship of the French West Indian squad
ron.
THE Lackawanna has dropped down from San
Francisco to the Mare Island navy yard to coal.
She will 90 to Panama The TallapOosa has
arrived at Portsmouth, NH.
CHIEF CLERK J. W. HoGG has returned from
New England and resumed his duties at thl
Navy department.
8. W. ELDRED has been appointed store
keeper for the 4th district OF Illinois.
The Treasury now holds 1866, ,215, 900 in o. s.
bonds to secure national bank circulation. U. s.
bonds deposited on this account, week ended
to-day, $346, 600, and withdrawn 1881 600.
The WEEKLY STAR, containing full account
Of the sad events of this week up to Friday, can
be had at the counter In wrappers ready for
mailing.
HIS MAJESTY KING KALAKAUA of the Sand
wich Islands, arrived in New York from Liver
pool yesterday. and will probably visit Washing
ton on Wednesday or Thursday next.
NEWS FROM THE EALIJANCE.-A communication
from Commander Wadleigh, commanding the u
s. Arctic search steamer Alliance. was received at
the Navy department to-day 1t is dated Green
Harbor, SpitZbergen, August Oath last. Com
mander Wadleigh reports the health of the
ships company as good and that he intended to
return to Hammerfest for coal, when he would
again sail north.
DURING THE WEEK ended to-day there were
received at the Treasury for redemption 1885,. 600
In national bank notes. as against SS41 900 for
the corresponding week of last year.
THERE SEEMS to be no doubt but that the
democratic members will unite upon Senator
Bayard as their choicefor President pro tempOre
OF the Senate. All expressions of individual
democratic opinion point that way.
THE BONDS of the late corporation of Wash
fngtOn known as the Bowen bonds were due and
payable January 1st. 1879. OF the total amount
of the loan there yet remain $50 which have
not been presented for redemption.
ACTING SECRETARY FRENCH, of the Treasury,
this afternoon issued circular calling in
$50 600 600 of the hree-and-a-half per cent con-
tinued bonds
LITTLE LATE.-Patent medicines and old
women's remedies to cure blood poisoning ar
rived at the White House to-day. They started
on their journey some time agO-most of them
were from the remote west-and the senders
when they made their shipments evidently had
not known of the Presidents removal to Long
Branch and his subsequent death.
PERsONAL.-Rev. S. H. Greene, pastor of the CAL
vary Baptist church, has returned to the CITY,
Mr.. j. H. Ralston, has returned to Washing
ton from Quincy. Ill.-COngressmen G d. Rob-
insOn, of Massachusetts, w. Ward. of Pennsvl-
vania; j. NJ. Tyler, of Vermont and Hon G. D.
Wise OF Va. are at the Riggs-COlonel Fred
Grant is stopping at Senator Jones', on Capitol
Hill.-COl. l.. II. Fitzhugh. of Texas formerly
DoOrkeeper of the House of Representatives. is
in the city.--L. G. Marini has just returned
from EurOpe.-HOn.- .-Satterlee Clark. of Horri-
con. Wisconsin, fell dead at the railroad depot at
Minneapolis. Minnesota on the 10Th instant of
apoplexy. He was a native of Washington.
At the Capitol To-day.
Many people were ATTRACTED to the Capitol to-
Nov .lx- hy-& IA.