Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-09-17

sTounsANxaT IN MosgaoAznY CousTY
MD.--Arnoon to-day, q tournament took place
IN Montgonery county, Mda about sssen
isis s norsn Of Che ely On TIE grounds Of Mr.
sttended by quite a brilliant but small as
semhiage from the surrounding ,ceaEsry and
from the cities. The tourney was, gotten up
onder the direc ton Of stheyoung men Of that
section as an adjunct to the festival for the
benefit OF the church ~ 81 fE ssH7 5t.E
| The following were the knights VINO took
part n the soD lest - Knight otthe Lost Cause,
Eagle. j. H. Anderson; Labyrinth. CT. H.
Thompson; GleGfose, 9tnos. rGissell; BELMONT,
ID Brown all Of Montgomery county, aud
L. M,s me posr indian' MT W. r. Young, of
The following were the Judges 20. HI. Wat
k,ns, DIR. j. Harding. Raymond W. Burch. b.
| Swart, F;P Blair, yr., RUT. Wilson. s. B..
Anderson, Heralds-Messrs. Smith, Tnomp-
| SON, and John q. Wilson. Marshals-Spencer
Watkins and W. NJ. Caaby. f'a =.
Before engaging in the contest to decide who
OF Love and Beauty, the knights were formed
| In front Of the judges stand, where they were
addressed by mir. j. Z. Norris, OF this city, on
| their duties as knights.
! the starting point, and q trial of speed was
| made and the time was fixed at eight seconds
| TO m axe the distance, less than leo yards,
| hardly far enough to get speed e
| AT 1915 the bugle sounded the charge for the
Knight OF the Lost Cause, dressed IN red, who
| took the ring in six seconds: Mortimer fol-
lowed, missing it; Golden Eagle took it In six
seconds; Belmont missed; Poor Indian took
the ring off, but failed to keep 1t.
On second tilt Glenrose alone took the Rug.
AT this juncture terrif1ce storm came up
ana there was general scampering ny the
spectators and knights for shelter, with the
exception OF "Lo, the Poor INDIAN" who tried
to take the ring in the presence OF empty
washed from his face and spelling his wax
beads OF course this ended the tourney.
| f - fir
al report OF the Board OF Regents of the smith
sonian Institution, for the year 1865, has Just
been published from the Government Printing
Office. 1t appears from the statement of Pro-
lessor Henry, the secretary, that by iudicious
In vestments and the sale of coin received from
England, as the residuary legacy of Snithson.
as well as that Of the annual interest from the
United States, not only have the operations of
the institution been maintained, and the re-
cons truction of the building carried on with
out any aid from The Government, but the
finances nave been improved, and are now in
a better condition than at any former period.
II the petition to Congress to permit additions
10 be made to the principal on the same terms
as those on which the original beauest was re-
ceived in the Treasury of the United States be
granted, namely; allowing the regents to in
crease the capital bv savings. donations and
otherwise TO million of Go. lars, then the ex-
ira fund, at the present market value of the
stocks in which it is in vested, will be SUM-
Gent to increase the en- do ment from S5l5,169
to s650,000, and still leave enough to com pIete
the general restoration Of the building, provI.
ded the coast of the restoration be limited to
Sl5t,0I0 -.vs.. NJ e. :
Since the burning Of the upper story Of the
building in which the lecture room was stu.
ated, the public lectures have been discon-
unued The institution, however, continue
Us collections Of papers on various scientific
subjects, some of which are embodied in The
present report of the regents. s-=lH..
The transfer Of the Smithsonian library, the
secretary says, has tended to awaken an inter-
estin the library OF Congress, which cannot
1all, under the energetic superintendent OF
the present librarian n, MIR. Spofford, ia few
years to render 1t worthy Of the national CAPT.
tai. An appropriation Of SlO0,OGU was made
py Congress to the purchase Of the library of
Gen. Peter Fore, cons sting OF books relative
to America. With these additions the library
OF Congress is the largest in the United States.
and the necessity for separate building is
even already for shadowed.
AN ORDER TO THE PoL1cn-Msjor Rich
ardson, Superintendent of the Metropolitan
Police. has ISSUED the following order to the
several Lieutenants of the force:
Department of Metropolitan Police. No. . Penn.
ssylranSa Arenue. Washington, D. c.. Sept 16.
General Orders No. 1ss.
LIEuTEHANT-The following is an extract
at meeting held April 8, 1862:
On motion OF Mr. Gideon
Ordered, That hereafter. whenever patrol.
men are absent from duty without leave, un.
les they furnish the required surgeons GER
tificate. shall have two days pay deducted for
each day so absent. unless otherwise specially
ordered by the Board.
Extract from proceedings of Aug s. 1867:
Ordered, That no member Of the Metropol.
tn police force shall be entitled to or receive
asurgeon's certificate covering the time lost
on account OF sickness or injury unless he
shall have, upon the manifestation of mis- dis
ability, Immediately applied to the surgeon Of
the surgical district in which be resides for
professional treatment.
Ordered, That when any member of the 20.
hce force Is unable to do duty on account of
sickness or injury, it shall be his duty to i'm
mediately notify the lieu ten ant of his precinct
OF his disability, otherwise such mem Der shall
ne reported and paid as being absent without
leave. although his time shall be covered by a
surgeons certificate.
The above is substituted for General Orders
Nos. Is and 1856 You will see tina, these or
ders are conspicuously posted in your station
house. A. @. RICHARDS,
Major and Superin tendent.
The RIVER FRONT, Sept 1.-THE steamer
Wawaset left her wharf this morning, on her
regular trip to Cone river and intermediate
landings, with freight and passengers.
Corter's Wharf.-Arrived-sch Chieftain,
Jones, from Havre- de-Grac with 100 tons of
coal for E: Falconer; Albert Mason. Rose, from
Philadelphia. with 329 tons Of coal for Henry
Jones. Sailed-schr. Majestic, Murphy, down
the river, light.
Riiey's DETERMINATIONS. Peal, Will
liams, Havre- de Grace, 40 tons of coal for H.
Cloy Stewart; Troplc, Banks, Salisbury, with
lumber for Hepburn & Puget.
Fo9ler's Wharf.-Arrived-schoo r. X.
Vaughn, Howe, Boston, ice for the Washing.
ton and GEORGETOWN ice company.
Cr0uch's Wharf.-Arrived-steam Guiding
Star, Miller, Alexandria, lumber for Linville
& Co. Sailed-sehrs. Only Son, Edwards,
down the river, light; Butterfly Dawes, Alex.
andria with lot Of shingles; steamer g uiding
Star, Miller, Georgetown, with wood; schr
VIM. Donnelly, Hunter. GEORGETOWN, to lead
with coal for Philadelphia. -