Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-03
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, S432, ,13O; customs, $641 1881.

an envelope postmarked Boston.
| ACTING AS SEcRETARY.-Mr. John Tweedale
chief clerk of the War department. is acting
| Secretary of War during the absence of Secre-
| tary Endicott.
Mr.. E. ]. PHELPS qualified at the State de-
partment yesterday minister to England
| and Mr. Anthony NJ. Kelley qualified to-day as
minister to Italy.
MAJOR WIN. J.VoLKMAR, the newly-appointed
| assistant adjutant general, has been assigned to
duty In the adjutant generals office War de.
partment. Major Volkmar's appointment pro-
| notes First Lieut.. E. D. Thomas to be captain,
ana Second Lieut. FL. J.Foster to be first lieuten-
ant.
AVAILABLE ASSETS OF THE GOVERNMENT
| A statement prepared at the Treasury depart
| ment based on the latest returns shows the
excess of available assets over the demand
liabilities of the government to be $16,41s, ,O92.
According to this statement the net cash is
S2o6, 1858 664, and the net liabilities $1s9,-
new form from which the fractional silver coin
Is omitted asset, and the 500. 600, 600 re-
serve is treated as liability.
ACoUNTERFE1TER ARREsrFD.-The Treasury
department is informed that an agent of the
secret service division arrested VIM H. Osgood
at Grafton, n; H., yesterday, for manufacturing
SWINGING THE TARRED RoPE.-One Of the
nation yesterday afternoon that his services
would be dispensed with after the 18th inst.
This morning his announcement of his i'll luck
70 MS associates was as follows "Look out boys,
the secretary is swingin' his tarred rope
around. He lassoed me yesterday evening and
ne IL ketch some o you pretty soon."
THE. GOVERNMENT WILL NOT LOSE ANY
THING.-The controller of the currency said to-
day that while the failure Of the Exchange Ma
tional bank, of Norfolk, is most serious one
tn the government is amply protected and will
suffer no loss in consequence.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE OFF1cERs.-It is
understood that the President has sent to the
Attorney General for an opinion as to the effect
OF the tenure of office act upon his power Of re-
moving internal revenue officers The Presi-
dent himself is of the opinion that he has the
right to make such removals.
ASSISTANT SURGEONS APPo1NTED.-The
Secretary of the Treasury has appointed W. d,
Bratton, of North Carolina, and R. B. Watkins
OF Connecticut assistant surgeons in the ma
| rine hospital service.
QUARANTINE SrAr1oNs-Orders have been
issued by the Treasury department to have the
south Atlantic quarantine station at Sapelo
sound and the Gulf quarantine station at Ship
Island placed in readiness for the summer
season.
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION FUND-The
director general ofthe New Orleans Exposition
has not yet received the amount appropriated
BY Congress for the benefit of the exposition.
Inc accounting officers of the Treasury depart
ment have met with some obstacles in settling
the matter, which have been referred to the
Attorney General to be adjusted. Director
General Burke is in hopes that the difficulties
may All be settled in a short time and the ap-
proprlatlon made available, as the creditors of
the exposition are becoming very anxious for
their money.
A LoNG-DELAYED EXAMINATION. Lieut..
Commander Andrew ]. Iverson, who recently
arrived here with dispatches from the Corean
government, has been ordered before the naval
examining board for examination for promo
tlon. His examination has been due two years
and half, but was delayed because it could not
be held on the Asiatic station. Naval officers
are anxious that the regulations of the navy
snail be changed SO as to permit of examina-
ton on stations, as several instances have oc-
Cured lately where the examination Of men
when it finally occurred the officers in question
Ialied TO pass physically, although they would
have passed and received their promotion had
they been examined at the proper time.
NAVAL oRDERs-w. T. Truxtun, ordered to
command the navy yard Norfolk, 10th instant,
and also to discharge the duties connected with
the Norfolk harbor; Commodore William K.
Mayo, detached from command of the Norfolk
navy yard, 10th instant, and placed on waiting
the commanding officer of the force to be sent
TO Aspinwall; Surgeon George A. Bright, Or
dered to special duty at New York; Assistant
duty on board the ST. Louis, and ordered to
duty with a detachment of marines for Aspin-
wall; Lieut.. T. b. NJ. Mason, detached from duty
In charge of the office of naval intelligence and
ordered to command the field battery to be or
ganlzed at New York for service on the isthmus
of Panama; Lieut.. r. 2. Rodgers, detached from
duty in the bureau of navigation, and ordered
to duty in charge of the Office Of naval intelli-
gence.
PERsoNALs.-Dr. Robert H. Power, of Vir-
ginia, is visiting his son, Rev. F. D. Power, of
the Garfield Memorial church-Gen. A. C.
Garlington father of Lieut. Ernest A. Garling-
ton, U.S.N and Arctic explorer, died at New.
bury, 5. c., Monday, aged 62-The venerable
Simon Cameron has returned from Old Point
Comfort, Va, where he has been sojourning, to
his home at Harrisburg.-Commodor Trux-
ton, uS.N., is at the Ebbitt.-Mrs. S. ]. Fried
south as soprano singer, is at the Metropoli-
tan:--Senor Romero the Mexican minister,