Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-20
Washington News and Gossip.

GovERxyEst RECEIPTS To-DAY-Internal reve-
nue., Sif5, ,,51 IS; customs, s48s, ,99S. .05.
WHITE HOUSE CALLERS To-DAY.-Senators Teller
and Hawley and Representatives Thomas, Neal,
Hubbell, Van Horn and Pound were among the
Presidents caIlars today The President received
no one to-i y hut members OF Congress There
We're a nUnser OF people from Maryland {among
them ey-COl,ertOT Booth If Beltimore,) who wanted
to see the President but did not.
EAyL C0rcT MARTI.r--The following court
martial ;1s been rinTol 70 meet at the Washing
ton navy yarI to-,narrcw for the trial OF Passed
ASST trt TEll. steT = DnTiis0n Hurlburt, fer con
duet un5ecoMing an officer and gentleman
O. Ach Is cI"fiSe In this case in alleged druhK-
eIG"SS( CCIs.uOIQlt =. IL. Franklin, Capt :. L.
b e5e. Commander K K v allace, Pay inspector
i. 9. Cosby, Commander A. ). CroWnnSh1eld,
PayEl1Stcr James Hoy, PaymaSter ". N Wat
lGaush ami Capt. Ii. y. Bartlett, I. S. NJ. c.,
Juigt advocate.
THE CEHsUs DEFICIENCY BIL--Julge Lawrence,
First Controller of tie Treasury, to-day said to a
STAR reporter that he had rendered no opinion in
regard tn the census deficiency bill, as Is pub
H,sied The bin has not been referred TO him, he
y, aH i. fact lie has never seen it. There Is no
reason 10 think tiat the President will do other
Wise than s.sn The b-ll.
Tailed or FOR MINISTER TO GEEMANY.-It was
current Iu;.or 1T the aitol to-day that ex-Attor-
ney G neral Talt, Of Ohio, viii next week be ap-
Teen here several days.
THE CIECISSATI TOsTMAsTERsHIP IMBRoGLIo-
The candidates for the Cincinnati post Office now
in the city are Col. Whitfield, A. G. Schneider,
John james Patt. A. c. Sands, and Gustaye
Wahle. TIE commission Of the present fncuin-
b'nt expires or the 9th inst. GOV Young and
NJ 1iGT ;tt rWoEth. tn Gin ainnati representatives,
cannot -Tve unol . candidate, and the President
Is Very much rslhfIT sSa as 10 how he should act
Mr. Hurat Hol~te3d. WHO IS in this city, is advo-
iqrr- q t-- r-y,f. ~ Holm
business partner.
TIE TREASURY has dsbursed for interest during
this month $lOg, ,OGO and a45, COO in the redemp-
tiOn Of bonds.
COULD, But DOESN'T CARE To Gen. Sherman
says ne viii be 62 years OF age on the sth of Feb
ruary, but that there is no law for retiring the
general or Acknowledgement of the army, as
their respective Ranks expire with themselves.
DEATHS OF ARMY OFFIcERs.-The War depart
ment Is informed OF the death OF FRS Lieutenant
William Alien, at Fort MOjave, Arizona, January
Sth, and OF the death of Surgeon w. Z. White
head, at Tarrytown, on the 18th.
ARMY ORDERs.-Lieut. Col. George W. Schofield,
6th cavalry, to the commanding general depart
ment OF Arizona for assignment Maj. Curwen b.
Mcclellan, 10th cavalry, viii report to the COM
handing general department of Texas for assign
inent; 1st Lieut.. Thomas W. SymonS, corps Of en-
neers, viii repair to this city public business,
dhu oh coupittoh vi the Salle III return W nlS
station In the department of the Columbia. ID
Lieut. Abiel L. Smith, 4th cavalry, will report to
the commanding general, department OF the Mis-
souri, Major Edward =. Baker. QuartermaSter,
is reasSigned to duty as depot quartermaster at
St Louis. Mo-, and relieve Major James G. c. Lee,
qu2rtermastar Major Lee Will repair to Buffalo,
\. u, and report Tor assignment to duty at that
pace The leave or absence granted 1St Lieut.
George l. SOFT. 6tn cavalry, Is extended three
months. Leave for iOur months, from February 1,
1882, with permission to go beyond the sea, Is
granted 1st Lieut. Rufus p Brown, 4th infantry.
MAKING Two DOLLARS OF ONE.-COntroller Law
renee has received a communication from j. F.
Humphrey, cashier of the First National Bank Of
Colorado Springs, 1ncosing 81 United States note
split through in most artistic manner, without
haTn disturbed the fibre OF the bill or affecting
either the front the back OF the bill The writer
ssys If the present manufacture OF United States
notes allows their manipulation in this manner
counterfeiting Will be greatly facilitated.
A PLANETOID DISCOvERED.-The Smithsonian
Institution has received from Prof. w. Forster Of
the Berlin observatory, the announcement Of the
discovery by NJ. PaliSa, at Pola, on the 18th Of
January, 1882. OF q planet0d OF the eleventh mag
n1tude, In ten hours twelve minutes right aScen-
sion, and ten degrees f1fty-nine minutes north
decllnation, with a daily motion OF five minutes
north declinatiOn.
PERSONAL -Ex-Attorney General Pierrepont,
ex-Representatiye Lyman K. Bass, and Oscar
Wilde. OF England, are at the Arlington.-Mr.
Joseph j. Stewart, formerly we'll known as an
editorial writer on one or two Washington news
papers, died in Baltimore yeSterday.-Ex-R
sian Minister BarthOlomei and wife sailed from
New York for Liverpool On WedneSday.-Nr Henry
F. Gilg, manager OF the American Exchange in
London, Is at the Riggs, for short stay, en- route
TO Flor1la---SenatOr Aldrlch and SeIOr Barca,