Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-25

! de has retained Emory Storrs, OF Chicago,
| TO defend him.
/ OWING TO LACK OF FUNDS caused by
the Ietrenchment policy OF Congress the
Navy department is unable 10 publish the
| usual semi annual Navy Register which
otherwise would nave been issued July LIST.
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Grant, aeon
| panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Sharpe, u. s Grant,
| jr., and General Dent, yesterday visited the
| Centennial exhibition. Before leaving the
\ grounds the President received the Chinese
| students In toe judges ball.
SPEAKER SAYLER, who has been detained
here since the adjournment of the House,
| closing up the Official record, leaves tonight
| for bis home in Cincinnati. His constituents
| have an ovation ready for him, which ia
Cincinnati means a speech or two and seve-
/ raj kegs OF beer for the ovationists.
ARMY ORDERs-Lieut. Charles T. Hut
chils ordered to command the Lehi gh at
Port Royal, s. c., on the 1st OF September;
Lieut.. Commander George II. WadIeigh,
detached from The nautical school ship st.
Mary and placed on waiting orders; Lieut..
George w. De Long, detached from the CON-
Dsnd OF the Lehigh and ordered to the nsu
Lieut. FIed ip ayde dsiasbe a. f NTrt1 abs
OssIpee and placed on waiting orders.
THE TROOPS IN THE soUTH-A general
order just issued from the War department
directs Col. Ruger, upon assuming command
of the department of the south, on or about
september l, to transfer the headquarters of
thedepsrtment To Atlanta, Ga. Toe compa-
| MES OF the I'd infantry now in the depart
ment OF the gulf will be tranferred to the de-
Partment Of the south, and the headquart-
| ers and companies OF the 18TH Infantry now
In that department will be Transferred to the
department OF the gulf.
No GAUGING OF SMALL PACKAGES OF
LIoUoR.-The repeal OF the two sections of
the revised statutes OF the United States
which require packages of spirits of less
than hye gallons to be gagged aud inspec ted
after to-day. The repeal OF these sections
was to reduce the work, and thus decrease
the lumber of gaugers In such cases here
after the dealer viii procure from the eollec,
liquor he proposes TO pat up, which stamp
must be affixed TO the new package and
properly Cancelled.
NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS -Congress-
ional nominations were made yesterday as
follows: By the republicans-Henry NJ. Suf-
Geld, In the list Michigan district; Green
bury l. Fort, in the sth Illinois district, aad
" In. Ward, 10 tbe7tb Pennsylvania district.
By the demOcrats-JOhn h. kilbOurne, in
the 9th Michigan district; Gov. g. c. Walker
by reclamation, in the Sd Virginia; Thomas
y. Hungate, in the 10th Illinois; George A.
jerks, In the 18th Pennsylvania; Franz Il
hnr d., in 4, The 9th oai9; J. n. Glover, Ia
% West Virginia district. The "greenback-
| s. Of the 7fh Iowa district have nominated
Andrew HasIle.
THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
BARBER has just issued a circular to post
masters, calling their attention to the clause
| Of the legislative Appropriation bill provii-
! ing that hereafter the transmission OF inter
| nal revenue stamps TO officers OF the internal
revenue service shall be made through tho
malls, IN registered packages, and directing
pOstrnssters TO receive and register ali such
packages, provided there be attached 10 each
such packgse postage stamps sufficient to
cover the regular pos tage, with the addition
Of ten cents for registration fee. Tue postage
will be computed at the rate of one cent for
each ounce or fractional part thereof. The
postage and registration fee may be paid in
Cfhclal stamps OF the Treasury department,
TIE REDUCTION OF CLERKS In the eepart-
ments promises TO WORK great hsrtships to
| applicants FOR Pensions in 1875. The force of
| the Pension division OF the Surgeon Gener-
| ais Office was some time ago reduced tweu-
i ty-seven, and during the year 5,I65 cases
/ accumulated which could not be attended
to, out of total of 20 1872 cases which were
4 referred from the Pension bureau. In every
i application for Pension the case is referred
| 10 the Surgeon General for medical history
Of the soldier, and II cannot be decided until
this history is returned. In the reduction to
be made under the recent legislation, the
| force 10 further reduced thirty four, and,
consequently, the accumulation OF cases uu.
1 acted upon win be more than dou oied in the
year. This will create delay OF nearly two
/ years IN settling pension applications. The
4 in the year before, and the number win be
1 greater this year.
| THE4X PER CENT. LOAN PLAcED.-At 10
1 O'Clock last night the contract was signed
for the placing OF the AZ per cent. loan.
There were three competing combinations.
The first syndicate was composed of the
l Rothschilds, Drexel, Morgan & Co., the Sc
1 ligDans, J. s. Morgan & Co. and their asso-
| ciates- They bid for 25,0O0000. The second
syndicate was composed of Morton, Bliss Il
| Co, Wtnslow, Lance & Co, Kuhn, Loeb &
4 Co, American Exchange Bank, Third Ma
tonsl Bank, Merchants Bank all OF New
| York. and their associates. They bid for
| 2l,0C0 600. The third syndicate was the First
| National Bank, l.. Won Hoffman & Co, Ra-
pael & Co. and their associates, bidding for
4 10,0OO,0t0. The contract was awarded as fol-
1 lows: 1000 go to be taken outright. and the
4 remaining 260, 0O0, 900 to be taken before the
the ith OF March next at par, less half psr
cent. commission, from which all expenses
| OF negOt attng and printing are 10 be de-
| ductsd. The distribution was made as fol
lsws: To Rothschilds, SO per cent. of the
| ugmans, Is per cent; to the Morton, Bliss &
\ Co. syndicate, Is per cent; 10 the First Ma
tionsl Bank syndicate, 10 per cent. call
will be issued for so bonds In a few days.
The following Is the exact award: The Roths-
chIlds, Sit, 500, 900; Seligman, S6.75Oo00; j. 9.
Morgan and Drexel, $3.50 600; First Ma
Il
change Bank, sl,050, 900: Merchants Bank,
S760,0o0 kuhn. Loeb & CO., 81 ,050, 900; Nor
ton, Rose * Co., 81, lbs 900; Morton, Bliss &
Co, 81 lbs 900; the Third National Bank,
$500 COZ.
| "ANoTHER LUNATIC, PROBABLY" ejacu-
lated Commodore Ammen, the acting Score
tary Of the Navy, this morning upon reading
proposition submitted by an Inventor who
wants TO supply the government with ships
| that won't sink. "We often get such amaz-
ing propositions" said the commodore to q
star reporter. 81 remember once" said he,
"that Capt. Chandler, In behalf OF the In
| yentor, forwarded TO the President An appli-
ance IN the shape OF box, the merits claimed
| for which were that IN case OF shipwreck and
| the I'M probability Of being saved, the officers
| and crew could make memoranda OF who
| they were, place IL into the box and then shut
| themselves up in IL. In time, the Inventor
| claimed, the boxes would be picked up, and
| Ibe remains Of the occupants could be tdeu-
| tined and decently inferred. The President
| referred the matter 70 me, and improved
the Invention by giving 1t vent whereby
lie gases could escape, otherwise an explo-
sion would have been inevitable. told the