Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-19


source 20 day were 1857 1867 40.
LTBtT. A. y. BOYD, L. 5. ", has hem lie
tached from the Nipsic and placed on sick
leave.
TEE L. s. STEAMER WORCESTER, the Il AZ
ship OF Rear Admiral JOSEPH T. Green, COM
maniine the North Atlantic squadron, arrived
III Hampton Roads yesterday.
THE SCHEDULES tor the payment of the No.
vember interest have all been prepared. ana
Secretary Boutwell, will on Monday or Tuesday
next order the payment OF that interest without
rebate.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDESr.-The
President this morning appointed T.. p. Hatch
collector OF internal revenue Tor the 3 d strict
of Mississippi, vice Howe, resigned, and Fred
erick G. Lord assessor for Nevada, vice N lis,
resigned.
TEE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION yester-
day heard the claims of the estate OF thu late
jas. L. Bowies, of Winchester, Va, for quarter
master aud comnissarv stores. valued at D,775.
aud or John q. Hello and Elisha q. Ciapp, OF
huntsville, Ala.
PROMOTIONS in the Adiutant Generals office,
War department, have been made under the
civil service examinations az follows: s. Mccoy
third to fourth; John Tweedale, third TO fourth;
b. r. Walker, ~ cond 20 third; II. A. KOhr, first
VI,
class clerkshIps.
The COTTON CROP-It appears from the
monthly report of tie statstician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture that the cotton crop covers
An area - per cent greater than last years. The
average yield is not so good as was supposed i'm
Sept, mber, but it is much better than that OF
last year.
Personal. The New York Herald SAYS.
Senator Patterson, of New Hampshire, will not
assume the Presidency of the Ohio Agricultural
College until after the xpiratiou Of his Congress
sional term next spring. THE PnIladelphil
Press says Il is stated :hat Hon. Edward
McPberson. clerk of the House. will not hs
candidate for reelection; and the same paper
says hat DIR. s. j. Filhert, of Philadelphia j. a
candidate for the position OF sergeant n arms
for The next national House of Representative.
CHANGRIN THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WoRKs-
-Rr. Glass Appointed NemJer, rice HtYIet', Re-
signed.-Adoit Cluss, the we'll known architect
OF this city, was yesterday appointed member
OF the board of public works by the President
vice A. Il. Mullett, supervising architect OF the
treasury, resigned. Mr.. Cluss was recomm end
Cd by Governor Cooke, A. X. Shepherd. and A.
Is. N ullett, his predecessor. Mr.. Cluss Is had
tne advantages OF professional training in
Gernany, his native land, where lie served A. 2
falIIoad engineer after graduating at Studt-
CART. he left Germany during the political
agitation Of lSis, and came to this countrv At
hrtt he was engaged as computer and
draughtsmaH in the United States coast sur
yey. then in the navy-yard, and subse nentlr
In The Treasury Department. Mayor Wal
ZACH observed the qualifications OF Mr.. Cluss,
and entrusted him with the design and
supervision Of nearly all public works during
his administration Of our city affairs
The construction OF the Wallach school m arked
a new era for our public school architecture anu
was in due course followed by the erection of
the Franklin, SeatOn, Sumner, and Jefferson
school buildings, st. Matthews Institute on
hni lipu strn
). T., all OF which were designed and erected
under the supervision of Mr.. Cluss, and the sub
Ject OF ventilation in these buildings received
his particular attention. The department OF
Agriculture, Masonic Temple. and the restora-
ton Of the Smithsonian Institute show that he
stands in the front rank OF architects. The
Ordnance Foundry at the navy yard and the
numerous mechanical advantages of that build
ing are also credited to his skill. The Foundry
NJ. +. Church, Calvary Baptist Church, and
st. Stephens church in this city were all de
signed by him, as were the improvements on
Centre Market Square, the new Capitol Hill
market, the new public buildings in Alexan-
dria, the CoDcordia Opera house in Baltimore.
and numerous private residences in al, parts of
the city. The President signed the commission
Of MIR. Cluss to- day.