Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-18
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To pAY.-Inter-
nal revenue, s415 GA 80; customs, S36I,1iS 81.
PERSONAL Mr.. James Young, execu-
tive Gle rk of the q senate, Is 10 town.
MCKEE PARDoNED-Tne President thu i.
morning signed the pardon OF VIM. Nick .ee
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White foua CO
to-day were ex Secretary Delano, g yve-r n :
Denpison, G. w. Hendee, and Wm> A. pile
Caracas, g. A.
GEN. Tom BROW, member OF Congress
elect from the 5th (Holms' I's) Indiana dis
trict, is in the city and Fstsying at the Ma
tonal Hotel. He has b zen CONGRATULATED on
every side, both by Democrats and republi
cans on his triumph o yer the great oojrctor. u
Is 1T THE FRh.NKLIN?-Theo observer a.
Barnegat reports TO the chief signal office as
follows: A large steamer (frigste), with two
smokestacBs, burning soft coal, looks like
the Franklin, is passing north-out OF signal
distance.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Master HenryW. Schet-
fer ordered to the Ranger, at the navy yard,
League Island, Pa; Ensign WinslOw Alder
dice 10 duty at the coost survey; Lieutenant
II G. o. Colby detached from duty connect
ed with the Centenu j al ex position, on the 10Th
instant, and placed on waiting orders.
THE TREASURY now holds 1887 $40, 800 In
bonds TO secure national bank circulation
and SO, 1O3 900 to secure public deposits. u.
s. bonds deposited for circulation for week
ending 10 day S52l 400. u. s. bonds held for
circulation Withdrawn during the week end
latiOn outstanding Currency notes, $780,
Gl2 2s9; gold notes, 2.o99 100.
THE U. s. STEAMER TALLAPoosA will
Len, \,
Port Royal, 3. C, with Admiral Porter,
Vice Admiral Rowan, Rear Admiral Davis,
Chief Engineer King and Naval Construc-
ter Essby, the board appointed to visit the
various naval stations on the Atlantic
closing one or more of them.
THE TwENrY-rHRBE BIDS received at the
War department for brick and stone walls
for enclosing the national cemeteries at
Beaufort. s. c., Florence, ". c., and York
iOwD, Va, range as follows: -Beaufort-
Stone, per foot, 81 90 to Sl2; brick, per foot
~ 50 10 SIS 90 Floreoce-Stone. per foot,
So 80 TO SO; brick. 50 80 to 81. YORKTOWN
Stone, per foot, S4.75 to S795; brick, IS 50 to
$50. No awards have yet been made.
APRIzE CASE DEClDED.-Judge Humph-
reys, in the District Court, made decree
to-day In line case of Admiral Porter and
others, of the North Atlantic squadron
against the rams Texas, Beaufort, and ten
Ofher confederate vessels, In which It was
claimed 81 800 600 were involved. Toe de-
cree fnds that for want of proof the captors
are entitled TO but Ope-half of the proceeds OF
the prizes, and that the value OF the Texas
was SIS $40 and the Beaufort $4,000.
THE WAsHISGToN MONUMENT FOUNDA.
TIoN.-LieuteDant Colonies j. ID. Kurtz, l.
A. Gilmore, and j. G. Duane, OF the engineer
corps of the u. 8. army, are the officers
having the examination OF the foundation OF
Wa hingtOu National MOnu ne1t In charge,
and have made 8 contract for the Dol ing OF
wells at each corner of the structure. Just
south Cf the monument, on the edge OF the
fOundatiOD, a well about q We feet in al meter
mas been sunk and covered over. It has
already reached n depth of twenty one feet,
and when IT Is thirty eight or forty feet dec
"crib" Will be inserted, the top OF the we'll
crvered over, and the boring commercial
ne boring tools were expected to-day, and
everything is expected to be in readiness 70
&C mr. eDce boring Monday. The augers will
re OF various sizes, but those of the eight and
'Curteen- inch size Will be the ones prin cipal-
y used. AT feet deep the clay was so hard
/ at IL was picked with difficulty. 1t has
changed very little since the digging was
commenced; 1T has, b )wever, become q little
ore sandy. The boring will be made several
undred feet deep.