Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-11

l hfTtNel AT the DaNy-yaEu
| this morning, with the Yantic In tow.
THE PRESIDENT left for Frederick this
morning, accompanied by Secretary Nc
Crazy, Attorney General Devens and Mr.. w
| W. Corcoran. They will return tonight.
IL. PARKHUksT, deputy collector of Gus
| toms at Georgetown, has been discharged
| The name of his successor has not been
made public yet.
| SENATOR MoRToN's CONDITION First
| Assistant Postmaster General Tyner to-day
| received the following dispatch from w. r.
| Holloway regarding the condition of Senator
| Morton: There has been but little change; Is
| now very ca y, VIII favorable symptoms
| THE COMMISSION appointed 10 examine
| the public buildings TO see whether they are
sll fire proof or not, expected To finish their
| Investigations this afternoon. They will be-
| gin Immediately the preparation of their re-
| port.
| THE SECRET SERVICE INvESTIGATIoN-
| The committee investigating the workings
| of the secret service division have taken
| three or four hundred pages of testimony,
| but have not yet made their report, nor ba re
they decided what recommendations taey
shall make.
THE President GOING To THE NIR-
GINA FAIR.-Representative Walker, in
behalf OF the committee of arrangements of
the Virginia state fair, 10 he held at Rich
mond on the 30th and 3lst of October and the
1t of November, yesterday formally ex-
nded an invitation to the President To visit
the fair, which he accepted, and will accord
ingly spend one If not Two days there.
ANOTHER TIMBER CASE DECIDED.-The
commissioner of the general land Office to-
day received dispatch from z. A ProtoiS.
special agent of the Interior Department, at
st. Paul, Minnesota stating that the sacond
case tried of timber de al m
sofa has been decided in favor OF the govern
ment and damages assessed at between 500
and $500.
REVENUE APPoINTMENTS.-Hen A.
Lewis has been appointed revenue store
keeper and gauger for the Sd district of
Texas; Charles ID. Smith for the ID district of
Georgia: and Alexander Fortune gauger for
the Sd district of Illinois; VIM. T.. Wheeler
and Is rnhard EsseOyer were TO day appoint
ed storekeepers for the LIST district of Illinois;
david NJ. Glenn stOrekeeper and gauger for
The 1ith district of Pennsy lvania; ami iona
than G. Parker, stOrekeeper and gauger for
the I'd district of Alabama.
Personal---very. c. c. Sniffen, who has
been Oh duty la an important position at the
White House for twelve years, has been re-
lieved from there, and to-day entered upon
his new duties at the Paymaster Generals
OF Mo, j. w. Stone OF Mich, and j. d. Z.
Atkins OF Tenn. are at the Metropolitan.
''' Representatives d. w, Aiken of e C.
David Rea of Mo, A. H Hamilton OF Ind,
and A. w. Cutler OF n j. are at the Ma,
tionsl.
MORE CHARGES AGAINST Col. PORTER.
Postmaster General Key has received a letter
from an ex- United States district attorney In
Michigan charging that Col Porter up to a
recent date assistant postmaster in this city
was lobbyist and cOrruptionist of the wo;st
sort. The writer of the letter offers to prove
Uu6 q for eaIf
fr Lef DIS for at1iGg the passage o T the Portage
canal bill. He offers to prove that Porter
was only The tool of the men who appOiniei
him to office and kept him retained and that
he divided the spOils with one very promi-
nent politician not named. The writer re-
fers 10 Senators Christiancy and David
Davis to vouch for his own character
THE SPEAKERsHIP.-The Speakership
contest presents no new phase to-day. The
situation in q nutshell is this: Sitting all
sources of information and q canvass of the
ground, Randall has about AZ votes pledged
beyond certainty on the first ballot and mas
me even cbance OF more, which will make
IS. The balance of the democratic strength
is diffused respectively between Saylei, Cox
Goode, Morrison and Blackburn. The oppo-
nents of Randall have abandoned any gen
eral combination, but will endeavor to unite
the free trade and antI-resumption element
OF the west aud south against him, and
choose the candidate to be presented to
the caucus either from the west or south
1t is now almost certain that only three
names will be presented to the caucus. These
will be either Randall, Sayler and Cox or
Randall, Goode and Cox.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Commodore p. Crosby
ordered to command the navy yard at
League Island, Pennsylvania, 1st Novem-
Der; Captain Edward Simpson, as captain
of the navy yard, New York, Oh 3ist instant
Captain VIM. r. TruXturn, as captain OF the
ravy yard at Norfolk, LIST November. Lieu
tenant w; w. Mead to the photographic of
Surgeon T. G. HeyI, to the Rio Bravo at
Brownsville, Texas. Captain G. II. Wells
detached from command OF the League Isl
and navy yard, Pennsylvania, LIST Novem-
Der, and placed on waiting orders. Captain
;. X. Franklin, from the navy yard Norfolk,
on 3lst instant, and ordered to duty at the
LIST November. Captain VIM. G. Temple,
from the navy yard, New York, on 31st in.
slant, and placed on waiting orders.
OLD LETTERS FROM MR.. LINCOLN DIS
CovERED,-In the re- arrangement of the files
of official records, rendered necessary by the
late fire, letter dated Springfield, Illinois,
June 22, 1si9, from "a. Lincoln" addressed
TO the Secretary of the Interior, was found
requesting the secretary to transmit to him
the papers on file in the department recon-
mending him (Lincoln) for commissioner of
the general land office, If not Inconsistent
with the rules of the department. Another
letter from Mr.. Lincoln, addressed 10 John
Addison, ESQ.,, and dated Springfield, III,
some papers remaining at the Department OF
the Interior, recommending him for the DO
sitiOn of commissioner of the general land
office, be Withdrawn. The failure of Mr.
Lincoln to obtain the commissiOnership did
not, II seems. act BIS bar to his accession to
the highest office in the gift of the people.
THE PATENT OFFICE RooF.-Considara-
bic criticism has been evoked in relation to
the construction of the temporary roof of the
Patent Office, and the assertion has been
made that many valuable records of the
department were injured or ruined by the
storm of the ith instant, In conseq 1encs of
the absence OF said roof. Reports from the
head of every bureau occupying quarters in
the department, to Secretary Schurz, show
that not a single record was damag ed or was
destroyed by the cylone I'm question. Most
OF the records were in water proof cases and
such as were not were speedily removed be-
you'd the reach of harm. In regard to the
construction of the roof under tue direction
Of Mr.. s. T. q. Morsell, an experienced
builder OF this city, 1t can be safely asserted
mat no work of similar character and ex-
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