Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-05

ma revenue, s3iO,7S277; customs, 1886 ,O2S.S2.
SECRETARY scHURz and Judge Lawrence
(of the Sitting Bull commission) held con-
sultation with Secretary McCrary at the
War department to-day.
A GENERAL COURT MART1AL has been
ordered TO meet at the Norfolk navy yard on
Tuesday, the 18th instant, for the trial OF
George X. Martin, paymaster In the navy
&C.
THE Westminster Reriet0 and London Quar-
terry for July, and the Bldck1coofs Mdgazire
for August, (ScOtt Publishing Company's
Son, afford some excellent and seasonabla
reading.
ANOTHER INVITATION FOR THE PREsI-
DENT.-H. L. GOsling, Of Tennessee, called
! on President Bayes yesterday, In company
with Postmaster General Key, and presented
resolutions from the mayor and aldermen Of
ShelbyvilIe, inviting the President and
members of his Cabinet to visit that locality
during the southern tour. The President in
reply said If II were possible he would avail
himself OF the opportunity.
THE EXPERIMENT. at the Naval observa-
| tory Of admitting the public to look at the
stars, a might have been expected, does not
| ia practice work satisfactory. On one even
I Ing as many as one hundT / people can view
! the Heavens. Generally the crowd is greater
than can be accommodated, besides which
| injury 10 the appliances, which are neees-
saT1ly very delicate, has been done. For
| this reason, in future only those who have
| permits will be admitted.
MEXICAN RAILROADs.-The L. s. Minis
| ter 10 Mexico has transmitted a report to the
| Department OF State on the railroads of that
country, from which it appears that there is
| out one railroad of any extent in the coun-
| try-that which runs from Vera Cruz to the
| Clly OF Mexico, connecting the latter place
with Pueblo, distant 292 miles, and other
| branch running from Vera Cruz to Jalapa,
| Il miles. All the other railroads in the val
ley OF Mexico aggregate less than 80 miles.
| The total earnings of the road during 1876 ex-
| ceeded =, 100000, while the working expenses
for the same time was only fraction over
| s1,SOo0OO.
SENATOR MoRTON's CoNDITIoE-Dr. d.
| ". Bliss, OF this city, who has been profess
sionally attending Senator Morton at Rich
mond Ind, for several weeks, and Mr.. Ed
ward Bangs, returned home last evening.
| They left the Senator on Monday better than
| he had been any day for over a week past,
and improving daily. He suffers from weak
ness, but is steadily gaining in strength, and
daily sees friends who call upon him. He
sits In an arm chair or rests upon a lounge,
and when DR.. Bliss left was suffering no
pain. He is at times somewhat depressed,
but as a rule is cheerful. His speech is I'M
impaired. He cannot use his left arm vet
but his physicians think he may regain its
use when he gets more strength.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Brady received telegram today from Col.
W. X. Holloway, saying that Senator Nor
yet returned, but there are no signs Of I'M
favorable symptoms.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE
GovERNHENT-The following is a state
| ment OF the receipts and expenditures OF the
government for the last fiscal year, as COM
pared with the preceding year;oReceipts,
expenditures, 1871, S23s go 0OS; expenditures,
| 1e76, s25s, 459, 7G. comparison OF the totals
given shows that while the aggregate reve-
nues of last year fall SIS, OOO, 600 below those
for 1876, the net surplus for 1877 was but
- coo 600 below the surplus for 1876. This is
penditures made last year, the difference in
favor OF lo1I being nearly S20,OO9 900. Ia
le,6, with so 600 900 of revenue, the surplus
was S35, GEO. while in 1877 with $3.50 600 OO1
OF revenue, the surplus was $50, 800 OO0 The
| public debt shows permanent reduction in
interest for the year OF over IS 100000.
ARMY ORpERs.-2d Lieut.. Willard Young,
| corps OF engineers, is relieved from duty
with battalion OF engineers, and will repor,
by letter without delay to LIST Lieut.. Geo. NJ.
| Wheeler, corps OF engineers in charge of
| explorations and surveys west of Tooth me-
ridian, Ogden, Utah, for assignment to duty
absence' Leave of Id Lent Willard Is Yonn o.
corps of engineers, is extended forty DAYS.
Major Thomas +. Barr, judge advocate, is
relieved from temporary duty in the ofice OF
| the Judge Advocate General, and viii rejoin
his proper station. Surgeon Charles r.
Greenleaf is relieved from duty in the de-
partment OF the Gulf, and will report to the
commanding general, military division of
| the Atlantic, for instructions, with view to
| accompanying the Sd infantry TO the west.
| Assistant Surgeon j. II. Kinsman from the
department OF the Gulf, and upon the expira-
| ton of his present leave will report In person
| without delay to the commanding general,
military division OF the Atlantic, for assign
ment TO duty. Leave OF I'd Lieut.. e. ID.
CowleS, 23d infantry, from headquarters de-
| Partment OF Missouri, is extended one month.
THE SITTING BULL MIssIoN-Instruc,ion
| 10 the Commission General Terry, who left
| here on Saturday for st. Paul, the headquar-
| ters Of the department OF Dakota, which he
| commands IN addition to his formal instruc-
| lions as member of the Sitting Bull COM
mission, was directed by the Secretary of
| War Immediately upon arrival to forward
O-ceTs 10 the commanders at the posts in the
| regions which might be the scene OF further
4 aggressive movements on the part of Sitting
4 Bull to make thorough Reconnaissance OF
| the country northward towards the border in
| order 10 ascertain whether Sitting Bull or
/ any portion of bis force have re-entered the
| territory Of the United States. As IL will be
| several weeks before the commissioners can
1 reag Fort Benton, IT is anticipated that de-
4 uhlte information respecting the where
| abOuts OF the hostile Sioux will have been
| obtained, which will determine the wisdom
4 or necessity OF the commissioners proceed
\ Ing on their journey. The instruct ions, after
| stating the route of the commission, desig-
nate as the ultimatum of permitting Sitting
| Bull and his warriors 10 return to their
4 ancient hunting grounds the surrender of
| their arms and ponies. As a plains saw
| age values bis war pony first and his
| kquaW second, the probabilities of his ac-
| cedlng 10 the demand is exceedingly mea-
| gre. IL IS possible that the advances OF win.
| ter, and the threatening prospect OF being
| frozen up IL those high latitudes, with the
buffalo and other migratory game ranging
away upon their distant winter haunts on
the Yellowstone and the upper Missouri, will
bring the willy savage 20 his senses.
The SHIsHKINS AT CAPE MAY.-The
correspondent OF the Chicago Tunes gives the
| following sketch or the Russian Minister and
his wife at Cape May:
4" In the morning Nine. Shishkin made her
appearance at breakfast in plain walking
dress OF nsvyblue, with no trimming and
no oyersRIrt; basque was loosely fitted TO
her stout but well-propOrttonel form. Her
features are heavy, but with a good, amiable
expires sion, her eyes dark and beautiful, her
! hSIT black, pasted in a wide scollOp on her
chez Ks, pushed behind her ears, and confined
| Ia a black SIX net. She looks like an Eng
/ liSl country woman IS sc. She sat