Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-21

THE RESIDENT arrived at Long Branch
at 4 p. m. Saturday, and In the evening drove
along the beach behind q fast trotter, and
was cordially greeted by the promenaders
and riders on the route.
GENIAL JOHN EATON, Commissioner OF
Education, has gone to New Hampshire for
a months vacation. During his absence
DR.. Charles Warren, chief clerk, is acting
Commissioner.
ARMY ORDERS Second Lieut.. l.. Will
helmi, 1st Infantry, is relieved from duty at
Fort Columbus, New York harbor, and or
dered To join his regiment without delay.
First Lieut. George Il. Ford, Sd cavalry, is
ordered TO recruiting duty.
THE COMMISSION TO pave Pennsylvania
avenue have appointed Mr.. John A. Par
fridge, Of this city. general superintendent
Of paving at $50 per month, and Mr.. ID. w.
Bailey, OF bingham, Mass, foreman OF as
phalt work, at 81 per day.
TIE FOUR AND A HALF PER CENTS
The Secretary of the Treasury has not yet
completed the arrangements for disposlng of
the $500 $50 O00 of AZ per cent bonds, but it Is
probable that the question will be settled
by various parties composing a syndicate on
favorable terms both TO themselves and the
government.
PAY INSPECTOR James n. Carpenter, U.
8. NJ, recently on duty at Pensacola, Fla,
and who was tried by court martial and
found guilty Of neglect Of duty, unofficerlike
conduct, &c, was sentenced TO be dismissed
from the service, but his sentence has been
mit1gated ID suspension from rank And duty
and 10 be placed on furlough pay for the
period of i've years from the 18th instant.
ROBBERS DIsAPPoINrED-The chief of
the Bureau Of Statistics received, by this
mornings mail, several returns from the
collector OF customs at Puget Sound, en-
closed in an envelope which bore marks OF
rough usage, aud contained the following
endorsement: "TOrn by robbers on SiskIyan
Mountain. jackson county, Oregon, August
10, 1876, $50 O'Clock p m" The robbers were,
10 doubt, In search OF facts, not figures.
TURKEY AND SERvIA DETERMINED TO
FIGHT IT OUT.-The Turkish minister in
this city is In receipt OF the official declara-
ton of the Turkish government IN which
Servia Is charged with beiug entirely re-
sponsible for the present war and Its attend
ant horrors, and expressing the determine
ton OF the Porte TO push the war to a sue
cessful conclusion. Advices from Belgrade
wSs held on Friday, at which IL was resolved
TO continue the war To the last extremity.
CHANGES IN THE QUARrERM AsrKR's
DEPARTMENT.-Colonel l.. c. Easton, as
sistant quartermaster general, has been
ordered TO relieve Colonel Rufus Ingalls,, as
sistant Quartermaster general, OF his duties
In charge OF the general depot OF the quarter
master department in New York city, and
as a member OF the board or army ambu-
laDees, appointed on the 10th of March, 1875.
Colonel Ingalls,, upon being relieved, will re-
port To the commanding general military d.
vision Of the Pacific for duty as chief quar-
tern aster OF the division, and In charge OF
the qusrtermaster depot at San Francisco.
PROF. LANGs ToN ON THE CURRENCY
snacial dfspatch IN fha Dos
ton Globe says: "Prof. Lapgston, Of Wash
ington, addressed the republicans OF Mont
peller, on the Common, Thursday evening.
But short notice was given, and yet there
sence and common sense 10 listen to bis rs-
marks. Hespoke for an hour and q half arr
held his audience closely till the last mo-
and the audience soon discoyered tbe aS fsct
and applauded him warmly at frequent In
terS ais"
PERsoNAL.-P President yelling, OF Co
lumbar University, accompanied by his
wife and Mrs. Annie King, Of this city, are
at Saratoga; also the Portuguese minister
and his wife, and Mrs. General Blake and
daushters. 80. Watter.on appreciates the
tents himself with two line biographical
sketch In the Congressional Directory. ..''
The H'dre says:-"The most graceful and Gle.
CANT lady TO be seen on the drives OF Cape
May IL Mrs. Aulick, widow OF the son OF
Connie ore Aulick, of Washington, d. G.
She Is tall blonde, with q carriage aud
Taste of dress almost as notable as her beau
ty.o
POLITICAL AssKssMENrs.-The clause In
the legislative, executive and judicial sp-
propriation bill. as agreed upon by the con-
ference committee and passed by Congress
just befort adjournment, which was intend ed
TO prohibit assessments for political pur-
tn Axr.a 49, -,
government, reads as follows:
"That all executive officers or employees of
the United States not appointed by the Pre-.
sident, with the advice and consent of the
Senate, are prohibited from requesting, CIV
ing 10, or receiving from, any other officer
or employe OF the government any money or
prope ty or other thing of value for political
purposes, and any such officer or employee
who shall offend against the provisions of
this section shall be at once discharged
from the service of the United States, and
be shall also be deemed guilty OF INSIDE
meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be
fined In sum not exceeding $500"
1t IL claimed that this provision amounts
to nothing, and that political contributions
can be made as usual, except that they must
now be given TO some member of the cam
patgn committee who Is not an otficer or
employe OF the United States. The law, IL
will be noticed, prohibits only officers and
employees OF the government from request
ing, giving to, or receiving from, any other
officer or emplOye Of the government any
OC.s out OIntf pofbOuS
are not forbidden To make such collections.
In one OF the executive departments the
clerks have already been called upon by one
not In the employment OF the government
for contributions to the extent of two per
cent. Of their salaries, and their attention
has been called to the defect In the law by
which they can make such contributions
without mourning the penalties prescribed"
THE CUTTING DOWN PROCESS IN THE
NAvY.-The naval appropriation bill passed.
at the last session OF Congress provides for
q reduction Of 900 men In the enlisted force
Of the navy, the number now being fixed ct
800, instead Of 8. 500 o. heretofore. In order
TO carry out this reduction IL will be nsces-
sary TO put some Of the larger vessels out of
commission and supply their places with
smaller ones, rs IL Is the desire OF the Score
tlry 10 keep the present number Of vessels
on foreign stations, and not o1eopardize
American interest abroad for the want OF
navel vessels TO project them. TIE drst
change Is pursuance OF this policy viii be In
the flagship OF the European station. Toe
Franklin IL registered at Z, l73 tons and car.
rifs 80 guns, white lb, Trenton u registered
at 2, 800 tons and carries but III guns, and :,
therefore Der complement Of msu will bs
much smaller than that OF the Franklin.
The eight new sloops recently built, viz:
the Trenton, Adams, Enterprise, Essex, Al
lance, Alert, Huron, and Ranger, are eitner