Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-11

To REINFORCE CRooK.-Orders have been
issued to General Mcdowell, commanding
the military division of the Paci fc, to direct
four companies of the It'll artillery, stationed
near San Francisco, to- proceed TO Cheyenne
ana to report to the commanding officer
there for duty.
THE AVENUE PAVEMENT TIME ExraN-
sIoN.-In the Senate today, Mr.. Spencer,
from the District Committee, reported III. r.
4vo5, repeating all that part of section i've of
an act entitled can act authorizing the re-
pavement of Pennsylvania avenue" which
provides that said pavemest shall be fully
com Dleted and req iy for use December 1, 1876
REPRESENTATIVES, Lynd and Hurd, dem
ocrats, and Lawrence, repub lican, compose
the sub Judiciary Committee, to who n was
referrc by the full committee the testimony
taken by the Committee on Naval Affairs,
aud referred TO the former committee by the
House, touching the official conduct OF Sec
ARMY ORDERs.-The resignation of Sec
d Lieutenant VIM. w. Shipman, 18th in
ftutry, has been accepted by the President,
II take effect August 10, 1876. Leave of ab.
sence for three months for ability is grant
Il ID Lieut.. John McA. Webster, 22d infau-
try; LIST Lieuts- of I'd cavalry James g. Mac
Adams, of Company II. and w. p. Clarke, of
Company E, will exchange places.
NAVAL ORDERS r. b. Peck Or.
~
Mare Island, Cal; Lieut.. A. A. Boyd de-
tached from the Pensacola, and ordered to
proceed home and await orders; Lieut.. Tnos.
s. Phelps from the receiving ship Iudepen-
dence, and ordered To the Pensacola; Mate
VIM. Boyd from the receiving ship New
Hampshire al Norfolk, and placed ON walt
ing orders.
THE STORY telegraphed from st. Louis
that Sherman is to retire as General OF the
army and is 10 be succeeded by President
Grant is ridiculous. General Sherman says
that he has already a good house in st.
Louis, and, even II he was to retire, he does
not need another. Besides the position OF
general" expires with the death OF the pre-
ent incumbent, and there is no provision for
succession to the office.
THE PROGRAMME for the open-air concert
In the Presidents grounds Saturday even
Ing by the Marine band, Prof Schneider,
leader, is as follows: 1. National Air; q
March, Schneider. g. Overture, .mps;
HeIold: 4. Selection, La PerichOli; Ofen-
bach. 5. Fantasia, Centennial; Schneider
waltz, Manola; Lander. Z. Fantasia,
roi Ma,cb
tango; Meyerbeer. TO- National Air.
LIBERAL PAY-The Attorney General has
allowed fees TO the counsel in the ST. Louis
whisky trials as follows: To Gen. Henderson,
$4,000; TO Mr.. Brodhead, who succesdei
Henderson, $4,000; and TO Lucien Eaton,
5000. 1t evidently pays to be government
counsel and assistant counsel. II is safe to
say that either of these persons would have
che erfully accepted one fourth of the sums
they received, respectively, for performing
the same amount and character of services
for private parties.
Mr.. WILLIAM SAUNDERS, OF the Agricul-
tural department, has, at the request OF the
commissioners, consented to act as presi-
dent of the jury on awards In the classes en-
m m "a hl nd
ers; hot houses, graperies, conservatories,
their construction and management; garden
tools, seats, chairs, fountains, statuary,
vases, transplanting machines; heating ap-
paratus for greenhouses, and other garden
structures; landscape gardening designs and
their laying out, treatment OF water, con-
struction OF roads, formation of lawns plant
Ing, fertilizing, and cultivating, &c. This Is
one OF the most extensive displays at the
Exposition. On matters connected with
| artistic landscape improvements and rural
architecture, Mr.. Saunders is an authority
In this country.
BISHOP wHIPPLE ON OUR INDIAN Pol.
ICY.-Bishop Whipple, OF Minnesota, has
sent letter TO the President upon the In
dian question. He believes that the peace
policy has done more for Intian civilization
than all which the government had done be-
fore The difficulty was, that the faults of
men were left living within our own borders
without q vestige OF government or the
sig a protection to person: property or
tribes that they were independent nations.
The violation OF the most solemn treaties is
next referred to, though President Grant is
en- phatically exonerated from any respon-
siblity therefor. Some shocking examples
are given of the miserable outrages prac-
tic d upon these poor creatures. Bishop
| Wblpples conviction Is that the Indiau bu
reau ought TO be an Independent departme nt,
| and the protection of law, personal rights
| aLd property extended TO the Indians. He
Il G "a md In lie
| these men the Indian subjects of her males
| fy," and there they have no Indian wars OF
| massacres. They are amenable to law and
| protected by law. Bishop Wnippie proceeds
| 10 make various recommendations In regard
/ 10 the treatment OF our Indians which the
President VIII doubtless take under consid-
| GRAFTON.
| TIE AVENUE PAvEAENT.-A committee
consisting OF about twenty gentlemen prom
inently interested In real estate and bust
hess on Pennsylvania avenue waited upon
| the Senate Committee on the District of Co.
| lumbia this morning with a view OF pre-
! venting pOstponement of the paving OF
| the street any longer than Is absolutely ne.
cessary, due regard being had 10 the quality
| OF the work. II was the opinion of q major.
| lily of the gentlemen present fhat the time
/ originally named was ample, If proper
energy was 20 be exercised, and in this view
| several OF the Sena tors seemed to concur.
/ They said, however, that as the paving COM
4 mission, which ought to know best, and
i WHICH was rtepO.lhiOle Tor the character OF
| the work, bad requested an extension of
4 time, they did not see how such O reQur II
| could well be refused. 1t was then suggested
/ on the part OF those representing property
| and business interests that an additional
| month would meet all delays caused by bad
1 weather Ard other natural obstacleS,-espe
| cially as all the bidders had expresse1 q
| willingI ess To undertake to finish the work
\ by The first OF December, and that there
| fore the time ought not on any account be
| extendsd beyoLd the first of January. or
| course no positive promise was ms lie, but
| tneIe Is reason 10 be ieve that this view was
| iavorably received by the Senators, and that
| the time for completion. II extended at all,
will not be postponed further than to the
date ameU.
After this interview the citizens commit
| tee pIocs sded TO the Office OF the Paving
Con mission To lay before that body the
views and wishes OF the Taxpayers on the
svsl ne and the community generally rs to
| the n aterfal TO be used and the manner In
| which the WORK shall be done by the street
| railroad company, so far as the pavement
| within and between its tracks IL concerned.
The points heretofore made I'm THE STAR on
! Inc subject were presented with much force,
, In connection with others covering some new
ground, the weight . nd justice of which were
anIly and freely admitted by the com missiou.
| Iney did not formally commit themseiv YES,
\ Duh INC committee came AWAY foolInR a.