Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-10

dempt1on, $23 ZOO
THE THREE PER CENrs-The total amount of
the three per cent bonds issued to date is
s259, 500 The total saving In annual interest
by the exchange OF the three and a-half per cents
bonds have been received Since the EXCHANGE @ Was
suspended September 90 and they will not he con-
sidered till after November l. and the three per
cent bonds thereafter issued will only bear inter-
est from November 1St.
Division OF the Treasury, will leave this evening
for a few weeks rest and recreation in Minnesota.
Mr.. Coon will act In his absence.
No DUEI.-Mr j. Amber Smith, who was, it was
alleged, to have fought duel near Richmond with
Mr.. Geo. d. Wise, arrived in this city last night
and is still here. The duel has not yet been
fought
THE PRESIDENT was visited at his home In New
York last evening by Congressman Smith and
General Hatton and others To-day he will go to
Boston, but Will not extend his trip to the White
Mountains. as he returns to New York Friday.
SECRETARIES LINCOLN AND CHANDLER left last
night for New York, where they will meet the
President and attend Cabinet meeting to-day.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER Is not expected
to return to the city for several days yet. He has
engagements en-, to speak In the Pennsylvania CAM
paign at PittSburg and Harrisburg.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Commander Geo. B. White, as
member OF the advisory board in relation to the
Improvement of the harbor at Philadelphia; Chief
engineer f. j. Whitaker, to the navy yard at
Portsmouth, NH. Passed Assistant Engineer
Wm. Rowbotham, to duty in the draughtlng room
or the bureau OF steam engineering; Passed AS
ss.ant Engineer S. W. Roa ch to the navy yard,
DC; Capt. Richard L. Laird, placed on waiting
orders; Naval Constructor Webb, to duty at Bos-
ton.
THE GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FUND
Among the contributions received recently by
Treasurer GlfilIan for the Garfield Memorial Hos
pital fund are the following :-P. II. Morgan, U. s.
minister Mexico, S3oS 20: Henry Sterne, q. s.
consul Budapest, Hungary Second contributioH),
ga slSss Rev Emanuel Van otden, Rio de Janeiro.
50; Ashland NJ. f. church, Ashland, Ohio, $780,
Horatio Sprague, U.s. consul Gibraltar. SIS; A.C.
Jones, U. S: consul Nagasakt, sS7 .46; VIM. King,
U. s. consul Birmingham (second contribution,
$3.50; E fgar Stanton, U. S. consul general ST
PefersbugE sS0S0; j. w. Merrman, U. s. consul
lqui4ue, Peru, $4S. 10; O. NJ. Spencer, U. s. consul
Presbyterian church, Washington, S55; E. A. Mer-
rtt, U. s. consel general London. 1915; Theo. S.
Case, postmaster Kansas city, s1S6a5.
HON. RICHARD CROWLEY, OF New York, who has
been mentioned in connection with the Treasury
portfolio, arrived in the city this morning On a
flying visit He is staying at the Arlington and
His business here Is in connection with some cases
before the US Supreme Court.
NAVAL NOTES.-The Navy department is ad-
vised of the arrival at Narragansett Bay OF the
Z. S. 5. Portsmouth, 20 days from Funchal, Ma
deira Since the 1st OF April last. the ship with
the Saratoga, has visited England, France POrtu-
gal, Spain, Italy, Madeira, sailing 10,S63 miles.
The Galena arrived at Rio de JaneirO, Brazil, ON
the 18th OF September
PERsONAL.-BarOn de Faya, the Italian Minister,
and his wife, who since visiting the principal
watering-places have been in New York, will sail
for Europe on the 18th, and expect to return in
March.-EX-President and Mrs. Hayes, who have
been In New York for week past, returned to
their home in Ohio yesterday.-Engineer Mel
VILE is visiting in Baltimore. and Mrs.
Macarthur have returned to the city for the sea-
sOn.-Mrs PaysOn, wife OF the ex-Assistant Sec
retary OF State, is In New York.-Gen. and Mrs.
Grant have with them their son Jesse's wife at
Frederick Grant is visiting friends in Morristown,
n J.-Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Blair Lord will spend
November In New York and return to Washington
just before Congress meets.-Senator Hampton
Is Is, in IT, Philadephia- Crowley.
Col JAS d. Brady, OF Virginia, and Postmaster
Gardner, OF Providence, are at the Arlington
Judge Mott, OF the Court OF Claims, will sail this
week for Europe, to be gone about year.-M.
Roustan, the French Minister here, was registered
In New York last nghL-Representative Ather-
ton, OF Ohio, Is at the MetropOlitan.-A. L. Bar
Der and Capt w. P. s. Sanger, OF this city, were
registered In Philadelphia last night. p.
Wright, who formerly had the street sweeping
contract In this city, is here on brief visit from
Chicago, where his machines are now at work.