Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-15

source to-day were s255s3O.91.
Coz. DE WITT CLINTON, judge advocate q.
5. army, died in st. Paul, Mimi, yesterday.
A DISPATCH from Fort Concho, Texas, states
that Indians have recently stolen about ne
hundred and fifty horses and mules from set
tiers in1hat neighborhood.
SENATOR WINDOW, of Minnesota, is expected
TO return in about ten days, ami will then
range plan of fall work for his select commit
tee Of the Senate on the subject of cheap trans
pOrtatiOn.
PERsONAL.-N. G. Swayne, son of Judge
Swayne, of the Supreme Court, having resigned
his clerkship in the Department of Justice, this
and two other vacancies will be filled by COM
petitiye examination. Lieut.. Fred. W.
GreeUieaf, L. ). A. has returned from an ex-
tended tour though Pennsylvania, and will at
once resume his official duties at the National
Observatory.
A YOUNG MIDsHIPMAS in a balloonatic state
of mind a short time since wrote a letter To the
bureau OF navigation of the Navy department,
asking leave of absence, with permi Ssion to go
out OF the country, stating that he desired to
accompany Prof. Wise on his balloon voyage to
Europe. The chief of the bureau, Com modore
Ammen, in forwarding the letter to the division
of detail, endorsed on the back, "Respectfully
referred; the young man seems to be flighty."
IL may be added no action has yet been taken
on the subject.
THE WEATHER CHRONICLE, just issued by the
chief signal officer of the army for the week
ending yesterday, says "During the past week
an area of low barometer has moved southeast
ward through Canada to Maine and New Bruins
wick; a second depression has developed into a
severe storm on the middle Atlantic coast. The
rainfall for the past week averages about as
follows in the districts mentioned: st. Lawrence
valley and New England, OIL inch; middle At
lantic states, 80; south Atlantic states, 10;
81 fEfn (NVatf az
lower lake region, 0.6; upper lake region, q. 3;
Ohio valley and Tennessee, IL; upper Missis-
sippi valley, 0.02; lower Missouri valley, o.;
Minnesota, 10.
AN NJ. c. PUTS AN EDITOR IN JAIL.-A spe-
cial telegram TO the Chicago Inter Ocean, from
Kansas City, Mo-, August IL, says: "F. A.
Cobb, member of Congress from Wyandotte
Kansas, was attacked by alleged hbelous arti
eles in the Wyandotte Gazette, charging him
with being a back pay lobbyist and a hu nbug
colonel; that he cheated the government out Of
$1,000, and has attempted to bride a witness
IN the Speers suit, in which he was attorney.
X. Ii. Taylor, editor and publisher of the Ga
zette, was arrested on Friday and Law in jail
Saturday and Sunday, but was released on bail
to-day. The affair creates quite a sensation in
political circles, as Cobb is quite prominent.
Cobb publishes card in the morning papers
denying the charges made against him"
THE PROGRAMME for the opens air concert at
| the Presidents grounds by the.Marine Band.
Prof. Fries, leader, to- morrow evening, COM
mencing at a quarter before six O'Clock prom pt,
Is as follows: l. Quickstep, Gilman Line -
warren; 2. Grand POtpourri from the Prophet
Meyerbeer, (arranged by w. Wieprecht, late
general musical director Of Germany. and
played by Saro's band, in Paris, winning the
first prize, and also played by this band at the
Boston Jubilee, arousing great enthusiasm
among the musical critics. The Marine band
have thoroughly rehearsed it,; 8. Autogra oh
lntr. and Waltzes, by Strauss; 1. Rage in Ire
land, seriO comic POtpourri, Boyer; 5. Ballad
81 never forget" Mellon; 6. Galop, Battle OF
lnkerman, Brepsant; Z. Romance, Fleur de
The, Lecocq; s. Finale.
THE WOMEN MURDERED BY INDIANS IN
WHoMTSG.-A dispatch was received at the
War department to-day giving additional
particulars regarding the killing of Mrs Hall
and Mrs. Richards in Wyoming territory, near
Fort Stambaugh, showing that both these ladies
were outraged before their murder, and the
| Indians took occasion to make the descent
| on the settlement when the men were absent
| IN the mountains. Captain James Burns
reports that he had skirmish with a
band OF Apaches near Thyson station, in Ari-
iona, killing one and wounding three others,
he subsequently captured fifty Indians who
were OF their reservations, and marched them
70 prescott after disarming them. Capt. West
Davis reports that he has established a camp
for the protection of the Sabina settlement In
Texas, the Indians having recently committed
several murders in that neighborhood.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRRsIDRNr.-Speaker
Blaine gave reception in Augusta, Me-, last
| night to the President and party. large
| number Of gentlemen, with their ladies' were
present. Among them were Governor Perham
and staff, executive council, and Senators
Hsmlin and Morrill,, Congressman Hale and
| Burleigh and others.
A correspondent, speaking of the re-
| ception by the President of the citizens of Au-
| gusta, Maine, on Wednesday evening, saws:
! general invitation had been given the citi-
| zens to attend the reception, and by eight
| O'Clock the halls, aisles and every ante-room
| were well hlled by persons anxious to see the
/ President Not until nine O'Clock, or an hour
| after the appointed time, were the doors of the
| executive council thrown open, when the eager
| visitors crowded in, saluted the Governor, and
were each in turn as they passed in single file,
1 presented 90 General Grant, who shook them
| blythe hands and greeted each one with a quiet
| smile. When left the room. twenty minutes
! after the commencement of the introductlons,
/ the President had shaken the hands of AS, and
still showed no signs of desire to relax his eff
| forts 10 crafty for once the eager masses who
| swarmed in as earnestly as ever.