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fnl whether they can ever be answered save by
thoss whose actions rall them forth. II any Of
the young ducSs refer a Ito wish TO rise and
explain, II Is uardiy too much to say that there
ls"' paper in the country that would refuse
them the space necessary for that purpose. will
toey klLdly avail tEeIn>rlve of their chance?
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Serious, Probably Fatal, shooting In
VfrKlnfR-

RICHMOND, Va, November IA special
rom Petersburg to the Dispatch says q man
named Maddera entered the drug store OF W.
r. Spotswood, OF that city, this morning, and
without provocaton shot him three times, in
dieting serious, and possibly fatal, wounds. No
csuse Is assigned for the act other than that
Msddera is supposed 10 be crazy. Madeira was
arrested and sent to jail.
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The weather Favorable for ,Frfsco,s q
Big Race.

SAN FRAHCfsCo, N0vem Der 14-The weather
Is very favorable for the four-mie heat race.
over q coo French pool tickets have been a.
ready cold. Katie Pease Ia still the fayorite Al
big Odds. One of the latest pools sold WAS
Katie Pease, coo; Thad. Stevens, 80; Joe Dam
iels, 1876; the deld, 80.
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In Priest serde,rspu.


T. ID
EURoFE. HTC.
NJ. John W. Gerdemsnn, theeN-prie,t OF S.
Bonnacius' church, PhilsielVhis, who went
sway vi a LADY orgauist anf " a. "a a.riaf in
Jersey CITY 20 her ~ DAYS ago. VA n gslti-
more Yesterday aud visited TIE sun Office lie
publishes = card in defence OF himself else
where. Mr.. GetdeD Run Il accempartcd by his
triee 70 BAlfi more, AMI intends sailing for Ea-
rope IL The Ohio this afternoon. He a a tArse
hne looking man, apparently forty tive years OF
age, siN feet high. Nei CHING A. least one hun-
dred ana ninety T5UuG-. Va ~ gold specta arles
hnd Is evidently cultivated and tut-lltgsnt
man OF much force aud yig1r. his wife u q
mature lady, OF German parsntage. weighing
~ least ore hundred sud sixty pegnaS Mr.
Gerct ctnana = sIpareatiy " German b.rih, the
cbuTch az Which be was the pastor IN Plilalei-
plia, aid which he buNf. being the place OF
wOrsh. = Of a large German CAtLolsc cp1yrsya-
ton. lie says there D. another priest gho wa
With Lina, tut new ia Europe, Who on bis fe-
Inin, INTENDS 10 90 To Calitornia aud marry.
lbe mar. age cert hcGte 81 Mr. GeTdsmann II
dated November 4, lS-l, snd csTtifes that John
". GerdCmAnu, o. ~. Louis, was On that day
6uiy married &c Margaret Wi,trich, ,Ot Reading,
Pa byJ. hOVs Suydam. pastor % the rhird
Reformed church, ,JeIrcv CITY. The NitneSses
slgrlng the certificate are Mrs. ). n. Suydam
ard +. 4. Bernard.
Fir. Gerdemsrn makes q detailed statement
IN his caro-, declares that he has lett the Cath
Ole church, abjuriHg its peculiar tenefs. For
this srd hl> ms'rimonial episode hs disdsins
any cefence, but IN regard 10 hts alleged dis.
honesty be makes a. elaborate statement. he
saws lis intention TO leave PhilAlsluhia yas
AnoWntC many priests, his Rlfe's frieuf- were
aware Of ~. aud they left in open DAYLIGHT
taking then trunks, ana us effort ~ pursuit
Sss made, and no attempt TO arrest. since hi-
departure from Philadelphia ne har travelled
cpen.y, registering In his own name. He first
went with the lady 10 Jersey City. where he
Nss married; thence 70 Chicago, where the
bride and groom remained one day At the Pal
mer House; thence 10 st. Loais, where they
took house, intending 10 reside but for the
heN NsPaFeF publication which reached them.
and called for the card nov printed IN this
paptr. From Baltimore Mr.. Gerdenann and
L.s vile vii sail il tie steam ship Ohio this
Afternoon, Intending 10 remain several mouths
eorcad- His course in publishing the present
Ot.tDce was urged, he savs, by friends convers-
aHt WITH TIE ttass 81 facts presented from his
s.aicTolnt. MT. GeTcemann Saws he u not a.
al AFRAID 10 meet accDseTs, but on the con-
trsry, challenges controversy, especially on the
subject OF matrimoHg. The ouly taiug he seems
10 regret was that he LETT philadelphia se-
cretly, bat IN this be Gays he was eyer-per-
suadod by the priest above alluded To- who j.
going quietly 10 California 20 marry. Mt. Ger
dtlnahn saws he regrets that he did not 90
openly 10 Bishop Wood and tel hIm that De
Intended 20 give up tis vows Of callhary aud
tsEe partner OF ms JOYS ana l0pss.-Bal,J.
San, liit.
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A FHAruRH THAT

AFRAruRs THAT Gould Nor BE SPARrp
"Descon" Bross, who has ever been q part
owner OF the paper, retains his interest and
viii occasionally write one OF his Able essavs
on the propriety OF ofplanting turnipe With the
green tops down, 90 that the surface land NAV
Cor. n. Il. Times.
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-, =. DISASTROUS INUKDATfos has DC
.nte ne = ne village OF MayOri on the island of
49, ~ Sh t wss overho~ed for forty bonrs
Nearly All The houses within its limits wers ss
riOn. anu uesitl
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The Missionary Committee OF the n.
r. Church

NEw YORK, November E-At the session of
tie missionary committee OF the Metho,list
Episcopal church, this morning. " was pro-
ptsed 70 recuce the sppropri alton for the Gem
tfsl German Coz fcTeuce, which had A. a0D lsst
year. 10 20 20 Dr. Cory said, in regard % the
reduction. thst this vas tue olaest raiss,on IN
connection with the society. and he did not ar
Prove CT giving them ten per cent. mnre than
their fnElish-Speskin brethren. KEY Mr.
Rotbwstor said the German church Ia thz, as
trtct bad no n sources outside OF her oan peo-
Yle, and moved thSt this APpFepri Niion be n,ads
$500. Atter considerable discussian, IS 2sD
Nas appropTiattd. Tie appropriation Tor the
East German Conference MAS fNed 81 :. 600.
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Don CARLos GONE CP.-Ths Londan Stand,
nrds , tsIssIsm @ from Paris says the impression
cause Is utterly ruined AMI his stSs.on so1s Is
le<s. 1oPe
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JvDEE POLAND and Mt Ward have baen
tskiT \ testimony st Little 4, ,ck N the Arkansas
case for two days. They close their investiga-
ton to-day arI leave for the North to IaOrroE.
No Its facts have been developed.
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~Duriug the retreat Of the earlists from
Irun nfty or sixty men Of q Biscay battalion
Were frozen to desth In the snow.
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VA young mother says that YOU NAV ai~ays
. psAkiDg OF baby - "it-"
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70 ,ho - - I s.tED LIZ rIoN.-A spec al dispatch
~. sAI GaZstte rom Ierre Hsute Ind saw n a,
Iion. harrison G Rice, late democratic c.nd,.
- IoI congress IN that district, il preps-inp
UD,.Hst U..sst tLe election of the Hon Morton e
n M yaG anu nss secured the services of Hon
W. VOORHEES, and Jadge Carleton, of thst
,.s'1S 70 prosecute the case. Hunters majorit,
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DIR. ToNEE i receiving congratulations on all
hsIcs over biS election &c the presidency Of the
AInericsR Health Association for the ensuir <
year. This honor, following 20 clOSeig on a Sim
hsF CDr conferred by tEe American Medical So
Siety, l. IL the highest &c gree com p n snt 4Ty to
The talents sIi;l FUh.3c spirit o. our tOwn=m4O
but tLOse ' TO iu"g linn best Ieel most ass IrSd
ThaT h -
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PCsTNAf EE G ENEEAL ,IEwr-E IL said to bs
fayoFabiy cLICsed towards reduction Of pest.
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The New YORK Weekly Bank state
Memt

statement 10 ~ follows :-Loans, decrease,
600; specie, increase, - 81, 400; legal ten
dsrs, increase, l3.4oo; deposits, increase,
e3.2so, 30o circulataon, decrease, se5o, 400, re-
save, increase, t3yE6, ,725.
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Iay Ccnkes tr.r,ltor.

PHILApfLFHfA, November ia Tho com
mitlee II creditors of Jsy Ccoke n 60. have
issC6d notice OF n meeting ~ be held ID .cemhsr
1t. ~tcn they VII pro soUt a schedule of the
assets sEc then proceed . declare = q. vide Ba
IN cash. They VIII continue in seesion from
day 10 day I'LL tie l2th OF December. during
which any creditor can be heard rs the com.
mt'tee who may have any suggestions o make
IN the matter Of the estate or accounts or oh
jec lore &c sgbmit 90 claims sEsin-t the rsta.e.
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VICE CoEsTL EEgOG NJ ED.-Ths President
has reco snizef GustaveH Gosslsr as VICE con
sui Of Iirazf n New York
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Il BANK PRESIDENT ON TRIAL.-Mr T T.
Brooks, late president OF the Merchants ma
iOnal bank of Petersburg, Va, is now on tri al
IN the United States circuit. Richmond or An
Indictment IN which the is thirty-seven counts.
IN which he Is charged with embezzling sb-
IT acting, and misapplying moneys and credits
OF theiMerehants' national bank of Petersburg.
making false entries in the record book and
the comptroller, and unlawful assignments OF
property OF the bank. On Thursday a iury was
sworn and the testimony for the prosecution
commenced. Mr.. A. w. Archer, teller of the
eank, was sworn and occupied the stand nearly
t~oi hours. His testimony was principally in
yerihcation of checks, drafts, memOra nda, and
entries In books, and bore entirely upon the
question of embezzlement.
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lHs LATEST CHARGES AGAINST CAPT. TY-
sON.-Mr. Chss. j. Corson OF S69 Pearl street
brooklyn, yesterday applied to Judge Moore
IN tne court OF sessions, for 81 order compelling
capt. Geo. l.. Tyson, OF Polaris fame, to SUP
port his father, who is 81 wears of age Mr.
Corson was sworn. He testified that CAPT Ty-
sons father was helpless, and that his son, who
received i'15 a month on the POlaris expedition
and since had An extra years pay Appropriated
by Congress, had not contributed to his slpport
He asked that the son be ordered to pay - A
week, or take care of his father entirely yne
judge reserved his decision
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IHB LIBEL SUIT oP Mr.. HENRY G. BOWEN
AGAINST TIE BRooKLYN EAeLR.-The $50 N0)
IibeI suit Instituted against the BROOKLYN Daily
Eagie, was up befere Judge Nelson, an the
CITY court chambers, this morning, upon a mo-
oil MT dewitt, the defendants counsel, to
compel Tie plaintiff TO give testimony before
the trlal, stating as a reason that the Defendant
vas really unable 20 frame an answer from
what had been set forth in the complaint. An
he wanted vas to ascertain sufic clent facts 10
eIaoie hlm 70 consirne an answer. Mr.. NOlt
counsel Tor Mr. Bowen, argued that this was an
absurd proposition. It was not their province
TO give the defence facts uPon which 20 base an
answer. III the thing was true, the defendant
must have some grounds for this statement.
The srtcle 20 which Mr.. Barnard takes excep-
ton. set forth that he was one of the principal
stoc ckholders IN q company, which was formed
10 discover the Whereabouts of Captain Kidd's
treasure. Judge Nelson reserved has decision.
" ]. Express, 1871.
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= Thirty-fdur emIloyees Of the Boston ems,
tom house are to be discharged to-day, in nc-
cordance with Collector Simmons' plan OF re-
tre0chWont,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-14

THE National bank notes received fer rede np.
tiSu to-day amounted 20 s45S.i5J.
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Is NEw YORK CENTRAL PARK GOING TO The
BAD.-Rightiy OF wrongly. there iS a decid-.'
Impression ia the public mind that the Park
has OF late been allowed TO deteriorsts. In
ONE parts there Is an appearance OF shsbbi-
LtSS, ana IN others there are traces OF obyiou-
reglect. The landscape architect ssyz that rhe
fGnber OF police is inadequate to protect
against mutilstiOD the characterization OF the
fark sJuctures, 10 prevent the increasing
number OF thetts of plants aud binds eggs or
20 check the frequent exhibitions OF rudeness
nI'h, ana disgusting practices which are everv
year ttcoIDlpg more common. In this way
there is not only an immense impetus given n
tbe natural process Of deterioration, bat the
faI Is less and less used by the invaii1s srhool
children, and ladies WHO once found unailuye4
pleasure In taking exercise there. II TOOK he
city rough some time TO find out Central PsTk
utrOe that he has discovered IL thera Is some
qaIger that, unless summsriiy checked, he NAV
IN TINE make II bis own. We have spent tweI We
Ihhlons TO very little purpose indeed, if IL ia TO
lsad TO no better result tbs the creation Of a
publc park which women 6nd children Will not
care to enteT.-N. Y Times, 7tH.
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iSI EREAL Raw sNUE.-The receipts fro u this
source tO-Gsy we're S}5i 9G.. 81.
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FAlREsrK'S SCALEs.-There Is hardly a vii
1age IN The country which is not practicslly a.-
qna;nted with the MessTs. Fairbanks the great
scale manufacturers, OF ST. Johnsbury Yer
mont The business OF this pOpnlsr irm i nov
larger. probably, than that OF all 9th srs in that
line m the country put together. They make
perfectly reliable article and then Tx price
that dehes competition. On that safe h 1sis they
are steadily increasing their business month hy
month and year by yesr, in good times and In
hafd tlnes. They are constantly making i'm
pfoyements and mean TO keep up Wish the
times.
Their latest combination il their transporta-
ton scale, patented on the 9Th OF June, ls-4 It
unites iourteen feren mt scales IN one era bling
nan at once 10 weigh bulk we. ght, tsrs, cars
etc. Their improved grain scale registers sr
once, on one beam the weight OF any four kinds
CT grain.
They have agencies in all the lead ng cities in
the country, and have recently extended their
Connections to the leland OF Java, from which
far eastern spot they have received a cOmtnis-
SION 20 manufacture large scales with Asiatic
snd Spanish weights - fHdeBendeHf. N1r. u.
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TER sTsTEszsT male and circulated in
New York to-day TO the eject that the Cabinet
At its meeting yesterday hat unier considerg-
lion tue Spanish q5csti0n, and that the Presi-
dent insisted upcn a prrsmPtOTy demand for
Indemnity IN The case OF the NIrginiGs passen-
gers murdered st Santiago De Cuba, Is pro-
HOuIcCd in high authority t. be without tue
slightest found alton.
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- WOMEN AND CHILDREN VICTIMS OF THE
CAkLIsT WAR-A New York Herald special
nom bendaye, November 13, says heavy snow
mas covered the mountains around Trun, The
REPUBLICANS have driven the inhabitants fro m
tbelr homes, which were burned. The sQrrouud-
ing country is covered with homeless women
ahcchi'dren, exposed to the inciemency OF the
weather. Gen. Iona holds the triangle formed
by lrun Hernani and San Sebastian, He msSe
a very energetic fight on the way to Tolosa, and
may turn Esteiia. The Carlists are not dis
couraged. They hold AndOain, a good defen-
s1Ye position, and mean 10 fight again
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TEE HoH. KwcNe III CRIE, ore of the com
nissiOIers appointed by the Chinese govern
NEXT % sUTerintend the education of Chinese
yCUtls ia tbs country, aBG whO has just brOu yht
over thirty young ChInamsn 10 place At H4r-
yarG COii-Ee, called at the Executive manson
Tais morning 10 Fty bis RESPECTS 10 the PTeT-
cent. OF. LORevST, in an Official capatty, but
IIiK ate q ntleHan.
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oifsr to lease y Telegraph Iane.

bCrroN, NoE,nhcr if.-Au oIicr of ~l3 600
yearly ior the lease OF the lines. Sc. OF the
trauklm Telegraph Company have been una,ie
hy the Boston capitalists ~ho are Interested IN
The HEe. Tie ottey i made by then manly an
Consequence OF an effort made recently ia a
A1ckL"ldeTs meeting Ay the Atlantic ani Pa
clhc Telegraph Company, who Oo~n the control
nag interest IN the stock. 70 lease the property
VI ths COMPANY 70 themselves for a.. 40 NesrIr
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IMPORTANCE oY THE TRANSIT or VzNU~
EXPEDIIIoN.-The question may be asked 3 1v
SO much Aim should be taken 10 measure tn
distance OF the sun. and whether az makes any
difference to mankind what orbit Venu- oe-
sCrlbss. Scientific investigators never inquire
OF What use know ledge IL; they leave il pro
teal application TO others. But very Utrl-
consideration will show that astronomy h -. iB
a merely utilitsrian way, paid the world mah-
Hold tor all the labor spent I'm learning II. bsi
IL never occur TO the reader that ~ il 10 api-r
Newton and Their Successors that we owe the
means OF navigating the ocean in ssfery f.
" hen shin is cut Of sight OF land there l. .
way OF determining her posiTiOn except hy ul
sersst ons OF fbe beay. My bodies. Bat b'er
ti"Hs could not nc used tor this purpose uni IS
he laws Of motion of those bodies hat be N
ois cover red and taught hy mathema'icisns ard
a>tTononeTs. A srIkInE example of this j. fresh
tu tie memory OF all. a y,ar and a half 20
the plepdid steamer City Ci Washington Allied
on her usual voyage scrJSs he ocean. bat con-
slant c'oUdy weather prevented observations
TO determine her position. In consequence.
she wss VI cked on the coast OF Nova Scotia
hhd the iosS OF more property than wOuid nav
for all the fNper of observing the transit ,f
Venus paid tue forfeit for failure 70 make the
necessary observations. \ large portion OF the
istoTs OF Astronomers is devoted t. fixing the
positions and motions OF The stars ami plauet-
Nbh continually increasing scCnrscy aud toe
observations We have been describing are one
step in this work-PTgf. Simon NetgcoB.b, IN
H0rper'S -HdCd-t7s for December.
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BCTLEE.-It is probable that he will iiv, in
Warrington city hereafter, as he owns consit
efabie property here, and there i a natural
IA" anu lobby business always floating around
foFefi ment, which will compensate him batter
than Eos on or Lowell practice. HIS new house
on Cafltol ltill, the very next of all dwellings
10 tbe Capltol and Court of CLAIMS, Is nearly
hnished-s granite editice with stone bavs and
stone porch, uniform with two adis;u,ng
hop'es, which be has let - tie United ) s.,tes
coast survey FOR the snug income Of IS Cla a
once there, ana build n practice. ss scores OF
ikuhed public men have done here,-.Tarrv
BACK, Stanton. Robert ]. Walker, Fred stan
Tor, X. M CorSine, Gems. Denver and Critten-
Gen, aud Gov. BARLEY. He ID rich. bnt not
thTitty. His life lacks the simplicity OF aim ana
method which gives discipline and happiness
~ "ork5 IKE an old-style press, too intricate
and loud, and self-shattering for its simnIe Dur,
pose GaM.n - in Chienan 1rib,lns =
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ADRLIEk PATTI, AFTER ACTISG THU HEgo-
IN or "IBR HUGUENOTs.' when she nas
allied out at the end OF the act her drooping
form, shad0wed eyes, and fslteriBg at every
step, caused many in the audience to declare
tbat she was totally exhausted. and tn at her
Strength was unequal to the dem aud made
upon II by the srduOas character. But, "a she
tod an intimate friend a1teTxsrd, this appear
snce OF exhaustion W. but the Carving out of
her part. "had L come forward smiling and
sprlghtly,' she said, CATER the tragic emotion
and the excitement of the greatest scene of the
opera, my enemies would have said, .Sae doss
not enter into her part; she cannot fsei it. She
Is Rosin5, not Valentine, chIRt.us de reuEddes.
rot great artiste.'' Sensible little Patti ina
now wonderfully pretty she is, and bow girlish-
~ youthful in appearance. Fourteen ysar<
have passed since first saw her in her ma We
ana childilhe aHkwardness, her pretty school
giri iheEpeTience, singing in La Sonnambula' >
In New YORK, and looking, in her short dress and
bralGed tresses, like lice little girl about l.
years OF age, though even then A consumrnate
artste. She looks some six years older now,
ana that Is TO say Just Is. Her voice has gstnet
wonderfully in power and volume, and il i n
retains, nnmpsired, ttat marvellous bird Ii ikr
qnality, that laI k-like CleaIness and sweetness.
mat used to drive all opera going New York
WHO so many year ago. She is great artistic.
ifohshly the greatest Of living singers.-L Icg
H. HoofeT, iR Ph iGGslpliI Frsss.
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a bevy Of lady correspondents "want to
know why the nice young ducks who must 60
oEt tor drink between acts don't take back
seats at the theaters-at the National, particu-
isfIy,-instead OF erowdins themselves down to
the lore 'front.' where their goings forth and re-
turnings are continual annoyance to large
part OF the audience? Also, why do thsv Yen
popping mp and turning round in their nlaces
70 stare Decent people ont Of countenance' y
These are questions often asked; but IL h doubt
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BALTiMoRE, Mo, November IL The steam
er slcon Tor Charleston, n. e. ran into Ani
snnk the steamer LOuisisns. frosl Norfolk 20
Baltimore, last night. IL is reported that no
lNes were lost
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EHHIss AND McUNTING INDIAxs.-Ths
Ssc-etsryOf the Interior yesttr rdaY authorized
the purchase Of a good horse, saddle and gun I,
6ach CHI CT the River Cr"~ Indians OF NO--
tsue- The cCSt II estima - a. - COO, 10 he
uefTayed ont Ct the :S|,fJ' appropriated hy
t"HETe-s, under treaty StiIuiationS, for the
purchase o. such e Ots, provisions and other
Articles for this tribe the President NAV
Geter mine.
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NAVAL oADEEs.-LlsItenaut COmmauier
+. 4. Me-TImsn, ordered . the Roanoke
Lieutenant 7. VI. EttInE 10 the receiving sLip
Potomac, At Philadelphia, CHi.f Engineer
6tOTEe X 'ChuYcD 10 special duty a " lining
tor, peiaWere- Lieutenant Commander Henry
r fick-ng. detached from the Roanoke and or
dered 10 eSami' alton fer promotions, Lieuten-
ant j.. X iLger. o., from the .IUUiata EUrOp Al
station and ordered 20 proceed 10 the Asi4tic
station VIA the Sue canal, and upon falling IN
with Rsar Admiral PennOck 70 report f,r duty
on that station; Master Richard u. Davenport, {,
nom the A-istiC station on the receipt OF this
order ard gTs Lted leave Of absence for one wear
with authority 10 Tems,n abroad dGriuz his
leave.
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TIE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS have been
made III the Patent olice; Fist Assistant G. H.
Gilden, Of y. H.. to be the urincipaI examiner.
Sec nj Assistants r l.. Freeman, OF Mas, and
=. " $50. k.ug, o. y. y, to lie trst assist ant
examiners lbir1 ASSISTANT B. ". Pond, Of
BE M J. B- NyUue. il, OF ID. G., to be second
assistant examiners, To rake effect Cu the 18Th
lr>t nj 1less Ir,LlJt.OI.s are made uu Ter tie
Civil Service rules, az q result Oi compel tive
examinations.