Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-25
Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT KEcErPTs To-DaY.-Internal reve-
nue., s431 $50 "a; customs, s9o5,7971s
NATIONAL BANK NOTES received to-day for re-
dempton, s252, ,0C0.
GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF SILvRR-The Treas
uy department yesterday purchased 425 GOO ounces
OF fine silver for delivery at the New Orleans,
Philadelphia and San Francisco mintS.
SIXTH AUDITOR Ella has gone to New England to
enter the campaign In New Hampshire and Maine.
F. C. BARE4poEs (iass.) has been designated for
appointment to a $1,000 cierhshp in the Surgeon
Generals office.
Col II. c. ELLIOT, OF the engineer department,
has gone to Wet Point, n. Y, and bis oGi &C has
been temporarily placed in charge OF Capt Adams
Col Elliot VIII be abs mt about week.
STATIsrICA1--Two hundred and saventy-eight
land patents issued from the Interior depart
ment to-day ....ODe hundred and forty-three
pension certificates were issued from the Interior
department to-day.
THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION, OF which General
G. \. Gilmore Is president, vii, meet in New York
on Monday. When Gen. Gilmore was here few
days ago it WAS intended to hold the meeting In
this city today, but It was afterwards learned
that the members OF the commission would be
unable to reach here In time, so that the meeting
more convenient place.
THE FOLLOWING PosTMAsTERs were commissioned
to-day: Chas. E. Dcaver Lexington, Va; Arnold
Midelburg, Sewell Depot w. Va; Mrs. N. j.
Walker. Gishs, Roanoke county, Va; David a.
SW1teman, StuartS Draft. Augusta county, Va. !;
Jonas \. Haiiu Peters, B,rb0ris county, w. Va. |;
Edgar D. Norton, Humboldt, Nebraska.
THE FOLLOWING ORDER has been issued from
the War department:-"Command officers will,
in every case where is possible to do SO, desig-
nate a commissioned medical officer to accompany
scouting parties and expeditions against hostile
Indians. During the absence OF q commissioned
medical officer from military post on detached
service, as above, the necessary medical attend
ance shall be performed by acting assistant
surgeon, 1f one be present. or, If not and the ne
ces,it1es OF the post demand it, the commanding
officer may. temporarily, employ a private ply
sician to render the required services"
THE TRAINING SHIPS Portsmouth and Saratoga
Commodore Luce commanding, expected to leave
Gibraltar last night for Tangier and Madeira.
After visiting those places the vessels Will proceed
homeward.
VIEWPOINTS HOsPITALITIES TO THE PRESIDENT
Cornelius vanderbilt's dinner last evening at New
port, r. L., in honor OF President Arthur, was an
elaborate affair. Covers were laid for twenty-fOur
guests, among whom were Ex-Governor and Mrs.
Morgan, Secretaries Chandler, Brewster and FIRE.
linghuysen, T. F. Cushing and wife, j. p KernO.
chan and wife. w. W. AStor and wife, Mrs John
Jacob Astor, Miss Kate kernochan and E l.. VIM
throp. A thousand dollars was paid to florists to
decorate the dlning-Toom, front ball and Ycstbule.
NAVAL NorEs.-Assistant Engineer Clarence A.
Carr. U-S-N., has been ordered to special duty as
instructor at the Stevens Institute OF Technology,
Hoboken, Nj Tie Navy department Is inform
ed that the jamestown left CharleStOWn, Mass,
yesterday for Newport RI.
GEN. SHERMAN returned to the city this morning
from st. Louis. where he had gone tn attend
funeral OF his grandchld.
THE WATER WORKS ExTENsIoN.-The engineer
officers in charge OF the extension of the conduit
servoir north OF Washington are now busy making
preliminary arrangements for commencing opera
tions. but have done nothing as yet which It would
interest the public to KNOW. Colonel 7. a. Wash
ingtOn is surveying lines Or the conduit and will
sooD make report. The reservoir viii probably
be located somewhere between the Howard Uni
versity AMI the Soliiers' Home. and will take
about fifty acres OF land to make 1t OF the capacity
required.
THE NEW BRAZILIAN MINIsTER.-Councilior Fe-
lippe Lopes Netto, the new envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary OF Brazil, who ar
rived yesterday in New York, as mentioned in
last nights STAR, IS an experienced dipomatiSt
and Chief OF the liberal party in his country,
where he was for long time member OF the
parliament as representative Of the province Of
Fernambuco. In 1865 he was sent ON a special
mission 10 Bolivia, and made with that country q
treaty in behalf OF tue empire During the inter-
national exhibition at Philadelphia In 1876 he was
the vice president and executive chief OF the Bra
lillian commission. Since his departure from this
country he has been minister Of Brazil at the Uru-
guayan republic.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER commission, which was
to meet i'll this city to-day, will meet, instead, in
New York on Monday next.
No CONTRACTION OF THE GREENBAcK CURRENCY.
The deputy controller OF the currency. acting
controller in the absence OF Mr.. Knox, says there
is no truth in the reports current to-day that the
work OF national bank reorganization and extern
sion is causing any contraction OF the greenback
currency. Under the operation Of the law ap-
proved last July, and known as the bank charter
extension m act, he says such condition OF affairs
charters under 1t have three years In which call
in their legal-tender notes and exchange them for
the new currency the latter being issued as fast as
the Old Is deposited. The report in question, the
truth OF which the acting controller denies, says
that the process is for the banks to deposit an
equivalent In legal tenders for the amount Of new
notes, these new notes not being issued for sixty
days after the deposit Of greenbackS. and large
number OF banks going through this operation at
the same time, the result Is such demand for
greenbacsS that a project is on foot to buy them
up and force theE TO premium. The acting con-
troiler holds that as the banks are not obliged to
tire their Old circulation for three years attempt
TO get up corner in greenbacks would not be
pfoiltaDle But very few banks, he said further,
are In process OF reorganization at the present
time, as the larger number OF charters VIII not
UeSlu W expire until February next He called
attention TO another matter, which, he said, was
glVlnS the department q great deal OF trouble.
ThiS was the incorrect statement In some New
York papers, that under the present law banks
depositing or having on deposit per cent bonds
We're entitled to circulation equivalent to 100 per
cent on the par value OF their bonds. Such q con-
struction OF the law was inaccurate. he said, but
the journals in question having given the false
statement publicity banks In all sections OF the
country had been sending in requests for the iss-
ancc OF the additional 10 per cent Of circulation.
PERSoNAI--Senator and Mrs. Conger, who have
been visiting Mrs Dahlgren at South Mountain,
returned TO the city yesterday, and Will leave for
the west next Monday.-E. A. McIntire and fam
lily, Miss MclOy, the Misses ]. and NJ. Duval e. n
Burt and vile, Mrs. S. p. Brown and family, Miss
Nj. II. Lee and II. Dingman, OF Washington, are
among the late arrivals at Cape May.-SenatOr
and Mrs Logan are on a pleasure trip to New
Mexico, where, it is sad their son-in-iaw rs about
to make his permanent home.-George w. Knox
and wife, w. NJ. New, and Henry Brandes, OF
Washington. were passengers by the steamer sail
Ing from Baltimore for Boston yesterday.-Chief
Justice Okey, OF the supreme court OF Ohio, is in
the city visiting his sOn-in-iaw, Mr. Charles N.
Danenhower, OF the engineer department OF the
District.--Mrs Rounds, wife OF the public printer,
has gone to Chicago for short stay, after which
she will go TO Denver where OF their daughters
resides.-Mr. II. II. Smith, who has been ut Reho-
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