The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-08
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, august 7, 1878
The Case OF Captain Jack and the Other
MoAOce.

WASHINGTON, august 7, 1878.
The Case OF Captain Jack and the Other
ModOcs.
The inquiries at the War. Department for the
courtmartial papers in the; case OF Captain Jack
and other Moaocs become SO frequent that the
Secretary Of War to-day addressed letter to
Judge Advocate General Holt asking him II he had
received them. The reply was promptly made,
"The papers in this case are not In possession Of
this onicenor have they yet reached here" What
occasions the delay is not known.
American War Vessels to Sail for Span.
fsh Ports.
Rear Admiral Case, commanding the European
neet, to-day telegraphed the Navy Department that
he would leave Corfu at once for Cartagena in his
fagship the Wabash. The Congress and Wachuset
would also rendezvous In Spanish ports until the
troubles were over. Their presence Will be simply
TO protect American interests. At the Navy De-
partment it is regretted by naval officials that the
number OF vessels afOat Is limited on account OF
Congress restricting the force Of to $500.
steam Boiler Experiments.
The United States Steam Boiler Experimental
Committee is daily in receipt OF numerous letters
from all sections OF the country, indicating the
great interest taken in the experiments about to
take place. The sub c0mmlttee In session at Pitts
burg has agreed upon the plan OF experiments to
be made under IT'S direction and the leading boiler
makers OF the West have been invited to CO.
operate.
increase Of Pay I'm the Navy.
The following executive order was issued by the
Navy Department to-day
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August T. 1879
From the LIST day OF October, 1873, the pay Of
master Of arms, also of ships yeomen in the navy,
will be increased as follOws:-
First rate ships to $50 per month; second rate
ships $50 per month; third rate, 500 per month;
and fourth rate, $50 per month 10 receiving ships
4 mai Tnnn n
Philadelphia SIS per month, and In other receiv-
Ing ships TO 500 per month. u. s. GRANT.
Destructive Earthquake I'm Italy.
An official letter. dated Beluno, Italy, July Q.
says:-'On the evening OF June 20 a terrible earth
quake occurred here, carrying death to many and
CONSERVATION to all. The dead are counted by
tens, the material injury done by millions. or the
buildings Of the city, every fourth NTH Is rem
dered uninhabtable. The principal monuments
are overthrow or seriously injured. Everywhere
a cry Of anguish is raised, and seeks for prompt
and efrectual relief.
Proposals for the Construction OF n
Steam Sloop-Of-War.
Proposals were opened at the Bureau OF Con-
struction and Repairs at the Navy Department to-
day Tor the construction, including all materials
except live oak timber OF o steam sloop- war Of
$40 TONS complete for sea service. The bids were
as s:-Nathaniel Mckay, OF New York,
Donald Mckay, of Boston, $16s, 900; Robert +.
Jackson, of Boston, $16s.95O; John W. Lynn, of
Philadelphia, $1s3,oO0 $500 additional II delivered
at New York and 81 900 additional II delivered at
Boston; william w. Bales, of Chicago, $3.50, 600;
John Engis Son, OF New York. $4,000 John W.
Grifths, OF Boston, $4,000. The contract will not
be awarded for several days.
The Same Postage for Monthly Maga-
zines for Newspapers.
The following circular was to-day issued from the
Post ONCE Department.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT
OFFICE FOREIGN MAILS
WARRINGTON, ID. c., AUGUST I, 1873.
The attention OF this Department having been
called to the circumstance that under the regua-
tons OF the British Post ONCE, British periodicals.
issued AZ intervals OF not more than 81 days and
printed on sheets stitched together are classed as
newspapers, when forwarded in the mails to this
country, and charged with postage accordingly,
and it being desirable that the regulations for the
exchange OF oil classes or correspondence shall be,
as nearly as practicable the same In each country,
calls issued at Intervals more than tnirtyone
days, and printed sheets stitched together pub
lished In the United states and addressed to Great
Britain shall hereafter be treated newspapers
and charged with postage accordingly-that is to
say two cents on each copy II not exceeding four
fraction thereof.
JOSEPH H. BLACKFAN, superintendent
Dead Letters.
The whole number Of dead letters received and
di ,posed OF at the Post ONCE Department during
the month OF July was s2l,s79, larger number
than for some time past. or this number 1901
were returned from foreign countries and 1850
were returned to foreign ofnces.
BaltimOrean Stabbed by o Phila.
delphian.
At the festival Of the Washington Schuetzen
verein late last night Michael Hussey, Q Balti
morean was dangerously, II not fatally stabbed
by q young Philadelphian named Slater, in the
employ Of Filbut Co. The difficulty originated in
sportive remark by Hussey, at which Slater took
offence. -