Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-23

PROPOSALS will s ,on b. askei for t1' err C.
ticn Of a new first.order lighthouse. at Cape
Hattercs, an appropr alton OF S7S,Coo having
DG en- made for that purpose. twill be round
tower of brick, on a stone bs 2, aud will be
cased on the inside with iron. A spiral iron
stairway Will be erected on the inside.
SECRETARY Cox is abs ent from bis ofice to-
day attending a conference of surgeons Assem-
bled at his residence in tbis city to rIol n a
surgical operation, for .umor in the fLce, Upon
his son about II years @. a2e. Tne operating
physicians are DIR. Mussey, of Cincinnati, D..
Parker and Sitter, OF this city, with the Sur
gem Gene: al and two OF his assistants.
THE WHITE HoUsR-Tnsre was qute a
large crowd Of vi'.tors at the Exo cut We Man.
sion this morpipg, but the Pre- -ident wrs en-
gagged most of the day " tn dife cent members
of the Cabinet. ard therefore Il csivtd but few
visitors. Among thoge In the aute-ro I'm Were
a number Of familiar faces about the White
House, both male and female, who have an
Ioafing about the ante re )m a'most since the
beginning of the present Admins rat on. but
! their cards being tlT'hsr TO the Pr. -ident, he
invariably refuses 10 see them. During the
absence OF the Pr -ioe 1t tne,r IlccT have ro.
been seen about tde Whit, Hous,, but imme-
| diately upon his T. drr they rea iy TO i'm
perfume hlm with all manner OF claims for ap.
pointments, e.
MEXICAN LAND GRAM; CONFERENCE.-THE
Commissioner OF the General Leud Once has
recently transmitted TO the Surveyor General
Of California for delivery to the parties entitled
thereto, patents for The following private land
claims, under tiles deriv, rom the Mexican
Government prior 10 the acquisition of Cali.
fornia by the United St.'-s:-Rlncho "Teque.
pis," A NJ Wills, confirmee, obtaining 1919
acres, in Santa Barbara county; Rancho "San
Marcos N. A. Dan ct al, cont aiming 35,5731O
acres, in Santa Birbara county; Rar cho San
Benito,' James Watson. coataIuiog 6,67I.(e
acres, in Monterey county Rancho "Nogoqui,"
Raymundo Carrillo, containing L. { \ acres,
in SInta Barbara county; Rancho "Bueca
Vista" Jose Jo .quin Estrada, con trmee, con.
tain ing 7,725.56 rc'es. in Monterey county.
The SABINE Mt TINY HOAx.-Ths following
is copy OF dispatch received at the Navy
Department this morning from Command r
Wa 'ker, of the -rigae S.bine:
u. :. FfIGATE SABINE Lisbon, Portuga'
Sept ., lS,".-SL:-1 have the fopor , report
my arrival at this uoct on the I'd tout, thir-
Zen days from Cnerb )Trg. q tIe z7fr ult
spoke the Norweyisu brig Alvo.n- IweIty-niDe
days rom St Ube', for Errre i, Nor way, in
dr-trcss for provisions, which 1 sappIied nsr.
| have he honor 10 be, yery res pectfally
JG. wA1rsr Csmmarder.
Hon. Geo. NJ. Robpso ) .cre, xry OF he Navy,
Washington, d. q.
II Will b, cen rom TIE above Cispltch that
The story relative a mutny hav ug oc, urrpd
on beard The Sabine WIS a capard, as the d.
patch announcing that .ac, was da. August
2"th, eight days at er the Slbine lea, Cherbour ,
he having left that pert on tie 2ist of Angus
| 1t is evident that Comm 1der Walker had
| hea d nothing OF the rtpnr mutiny,rs the
hocn
| after be ga. CoerbOurg.
| TBy Ntw ATE DEPA BUILDING.
| The ClDnis> ION apo OF % 'lC t a sita for
| a rev State L par IN ut br ldlpg hash g
| e,.l con -ereu sSl cs1tIy. One OF toe sagg s.
| tors which the romTission considered TO
| some time, wss - demolish - buildings now
| occupied by tue War aud Navy Dspir.meu s
| ID TO erect on the 81 9 a building CORES pond
/ ing with the Treasury building, aud II be US d
ny the W ar, Navy aud 5 ats Depivtneu;s oa.
| Jointly. 1t was urg tina: if this WAS doue
| and the plan was carried out OF making the
| White House an executive office aud erectir- a
| new ma osiOn for the res dsuee Of TIE Pre- t.
| dent, Ell the DEPARTMENTS, except the Iu;er.or
| and Post Offiee would be brought near to each
| other.
S3cIeilry Fish oppoEe1 the susgas lou, and
| Insisted that tue State Department should e.
| separate aud apart from the other. The com
mission at Ieng,h ,lo It 4 Ssott Slu r., al d =
| junction OF l aud K stICeGs and 10Th s.rset
s"d Vermont avenue three squsres nor.re, :,
| OF the White House,) eS the propsr place for
tbe building This is no. GoverhmeGt re .er-
| vation proper.
| Mr.. Clark, the architect of the Capitol, was
directed to prepare the plan OF building. He
has done so, and pre- 'eutet a buitding ia the
renaissance style, to be thr stories high, aud
TO contain Sky looms, twenty on elch hc)r,
and to ts capped with ma1card roof. This
building will be large enough, as the number
of CLERKS in the Stals Depar, Is definitely
fixed. Although the undertake. 9 has progres ed
thus I1r, The plan OF tue building, cs WILL p
the site, mayyes bs cIans 4.
| Alexandria ard Vicir'ty.