Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-02


COMMISSION SIGNED.-Tne President to-
day signed the commission OF Mr.. Huliard
10 be minister 10 Brazil.
How ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN B,n
Wades own county passed resolution in
d'rSinS he PresiGent.-.Sp Hg6eld ReyIJ-
,icGH.
Al HY ORDERs.-Leavc of absence for three
moths, from August ist Is75, is granted
Colonel W. II. French, 18th artillery. Leave
o. M or y. Nedder. TaymaSter, from head
quarters department OF the South, is ex-
tend, two mOathS.
AREFsTFp.-InfO has inst rea rheI
the Office of the chief of the secret service di-
Wis on OF the Treasury department Of the ar
rest ia Baltimore OF the notorious Swindlar
aud confidence man James L. Porter alias
James T. Hun. He is wanted here on "A
C.arge of forgery. and in numerous places
Oh charges Of swindling.
A SUGGESTION General MeigS has sug-
gested that when the old War department
building is torn down the columns Of the
Pennsylvania avenue front be removeI 70
Ariils ID. Va, TO be used IS grand en-
tTsuCe TO the National cemetery. Ills sug-
~ ton has met Wit favor, ani will prob
ably be carried into effect.
PFRsCNAL.-Mr Buwles. of the Spring
field E"I,,'hco,,, is in the city. ...-Sanaror
Morgan, Of Ala, IS in the city. Mrs.
Judge Casey, Mr.. John COrson, and the fam
Iiy of Mr. +. %. Graves left yesterday for
IoCk Enon Springs. ~ Major {. &, Sniffsn,
ofiEe Executive Mansion, eft this morning
for The White mountains, TO be gone five or
six weeks.
COMPETITION -Chief Mcpherson. of the
bureau of printing AMI engraving, has call
Ell for bids for furnishing ink, stationery.
hardware. &C, for that department. Previ-
ou>iy all this business has been given into
the hands of private favorites, who charged
about what they wanted to. the present
plan, by throwing u open TO competition,
Will secure better bargains for the govern
UCnt.
Il PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
Notwithstanding Evarts will leave the
latter part of this week, 10 remain away
I'ariy the entire month of August. Most of
bis recreative time Will be spent on his IA I'm
In NermOnt. The President leaves the latter
part of next week for Vermont, and will il
l. understot 4, be guest for a time of Sacre-
tary EvaTts on his Vermont farm. The
President proposes to be present at the Bat
tie OF Bennington" on the 18th OF August.
To BE PREsERvED-Colonel Casey, the
Commissioner of Public Buildings and
Grounds, has decided to remove most of the
mantelpieces now In the old War DEPART
ment building TO the new building now being
erected. These mantelpieces have been I'm
the present building since its erection. Some
ing histories. The one In the chief clerks
r' ON is "a fine piece OF workmanship, and
can nom Iialy many years ago
ABOUT THOSE FLOwER5.-The published
statement that one of the employees OF the
Waite HOCse presented the handsome bas-
ket Of flowers 10 the Schuetzen Verein last
Monday. and used Mrs. Hayes name with
out authority, is incorrect. Mrs. Hayes did
not pre- ent the flowers, IT is true bat Pres,-
deHl hayes himself wrote the card alta ,hei,
on which Were inscribed the compliments 1
Mrs; HAYES. The basket. Of course, was
handed 70 the Schue.Zan king by one of In.
employees OF tie White House,
CHARGES have been filed with the Com
II issiOner of Internal Revenue against Co.
!tctor Freeland, Of Brooklyn. They are TO
the effect that he is guilty of extortion, I'M
necessary seizures, blackmail iDcOun D.
teECy, &c. III Is also charged that whe an
Inspection was made OF his office he insist
mat lhe revenue stamps on hand should ne
weighed instead OF counted The trouble
seems - be q frst-claSs fight against Ply-
mouth church by Brooklyn men.
The NoMINATION Of Judge West for GU
bernatOrial honors by the Ohio republicans
yesterday, is construed as an endorsement
% The southern policy OF the administration.
Judge West, in recent interview declared
thdt ne was willing TO give the new policy a
trial before cOndemning il, although he a id
rot commit himself To It's endorsement Had
Judge TAFT secured the nomination IL would
have been accepted by the administration a
an evidence that the Ohio republicans were
not yet ready to endorse the new departure.
THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL, MoSr-
MENT SOCIETY held a meeting at tn City
Hall oday, Major Mcdonald presiding, DR..
b. Blake secretary, and Gen. Dunn and
Nessrs. stuart and Hardness present. Plans
were submitted by Geo. Taylor and =
NOyes, The nrst a new and improved method
for proc uring money, and the second for
continuing the structure. A. W. Wigg of
Hun'sville, Ala, submitted a proposition 10
complete the monument by calling on eacn
State. city and county 20 contribute two
SO mes each.
NAVAL ORDERS. - Lieutenant VI. r. s.
SacSI re detached from the Pensacola, at
lie navy yard, Mare Island, and ordered TO
pIoc6 home and await orders; Medical
inspector David kindleberger detached as "a
Il cmber OF the retiring board on the 9TH of
August, and ordered To the MonOngahela
aid on arrival on the Asiatic station to be
registered as fleet surgeon of that station;
surgeon Joseph Hugs from the Mononga-
htla on the 9TH of August and ordered TO the
iaNal hospital, Chelsea, Mass; Surgeon j.
NJ. lint from the Chelsea naval hospital on
reporting of his relief, and placed on waiting
orders; commodore George Ii. Balch deta ched
rom duty AS member of the light nous e
hoard on LIST September next, and ordered a 8
member OF the naval examining and retiring
board, Commander George Dewey from duty
ar llSht- house inspector of the second dis
trict, and ordered as member OF the light
house board, Lieut.. James ID. Adams from
the receiving ship Independence and ordered
10 the Pensacola; Lieut.. Theodore T. Woo
Ifom the command OF the Intrepid, and
ordered 10 the Enterpris"; Lieut.. Charles
Sey from the Enterprise, and ordered
10 temporary command OF the Intrepid.
STORM AND FLOOD SIGNALS EEtoy
Star The present northeast rain storm may
have spread and travelled over a million
So lare miles OF grain harvest In the extreme
northern states and Canada, catching the
| grain out In shock, and large amounts viii,
doubtless be damaged. CAT least tn is Is often
the case with such stOrms.) Could the farm
| ers over this vast region have had a few
hours notice OF the coming storm, the greater
| part Of this grain could have been stack ed or
put into barns. This could have been done
| az II trifiing cost, with my plan OF storm aud
Hood signals, by the telegraph and cannon,
| and IL is but single instance of the advant-
age TO agriculture, mainly in hayinX and
harvest, which would result from the gen.
| eral adoption of my plan; which has b en-
| recently submitted To the Secretary of War,
| ertorStd by the Commissioner OF Agricul-
! tUre Gen. lie Due, and the offer of free tele-
, grsns TO test The plan by President Ortsn