Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-01
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Inter-
nal revenue. $3.50 80 %; customs. s561 60 -.

nal revenue, $50, 7iO %; customs, 1857 So 90.
A VICTIM OF YELLOW FEVER The
Treasury department: has just received a
telegram announcing the death at Ferhan-
dina, Fla, from yellow fever, OF Fred. E
Gro mann, collector of Gust Dms at that
0rt.
PROPOSED INCREASE OF THE ARMY
The Secretary of War IN his annual report
to Congress will recommend that authority
be give1 ne Pre- s,dent u inCrea e the nu-
mer cal siren tn of the army al his dIscro
;ion TO naxImdm of -, CO.
AMoEG THOSE WHO CAILtD at the
White House to-day were the Secre lry OF
War, Postmaster General Key, Senator
COnover. RaoreS ent~ live Schlelch"-. Of
Texas, Gov. kellogg, Judge Cox, of Cine n
q it., aud Ir. SpoIord, Congress ,ional Lii
bIarIan.
AN ANCIENT RELlC-Tne Stat Depart
ment has re, e,vsi a plaster cast of a re-
n al kabe I've lly of the Greeks of so B. c..
containing mention of The first political acts
OF Alci5i: les. 1t was dis, OseIed in CIR, zee
in April last, and presenteU by Gen. Mer,-
dith Read.
NAVAL ORDERS. - Commander F. NJ.
Ounce is detached from the torpedo station
at Newport and placed on wa ting orders.
Lieut.. Lambert S. P liner, nom the Huron.
and ordered TO the Swl'arl. Lieut.. ). A.
Livener. from tie Swatar3, ard orde.t 1 ID
the huron. Mast James &. Cresap. rom
the Enter prise, and Oh te"; TO the Hartford.
TIE PATENT OFFICE FIRE INvEJTIGA-
TION.-The commission TO investigate the
cause of the recent Patent Oifite Ire, rod
daily st sioos. 1t has not yeS cloje1 the
'akiDg OF f1SttmOnv, and any attempt TO ~
ticipate its ono customs are merely specula-
tory. The statementS as - the fire having
had an tncendlary origin are unautlorized.
David n. Armstrong, an old citizen o. 90,
Louis, and the .'wheelborse'' of the democ-
racy of Missouri for the past twenty Eve
years, has & en apr ointSJ UnitCt States
SenHo Or by Governor Phelps 10 fill the va
ctdcy Caus by tie delth of Louis V. Bogy.
Col Armstrong is at pre- sent vice pre- 3ident
OF the board of oli'e com ssioner3 OF st.
Louis,
THE FOUNDRY CHURCH yestei lay morn
ing was crowded to OVERLOOKING. The Pres-
dent, Mrs. Hayes and Mr.. Webb Hayes were
early in their seats. Our western visitors,
the 1Ldians, accOmpani~i by Lient. Clark,
DIR. Irwin and lady, aud several interpret aIs,
we've In attendance end occupied the le.. hand
amen conn and appe lred to be very
much interested in the exercises, especially
in the singing by Mrs. DIR. Winter of the solo
Oh for a closer walk with &c ], and a mum
Der of the IN were entirely overc Dme by thu
eloquenCe OF Mr.. Brown, the pastor, and
quietly folded their arms and went TO sleep.
PEEsoNAL.-Col A. A. Shissler, friend
of the clan Cameron, has bean discharged
rom an impor taut Office III the ThIrd Audi
tors bureau OF the Treasury. Mai &. &.
Sn:fien, paymaster u. $. A, will be relievS l
LON duty at the White House Oh the 10th
INST 49, Ex-S Speaker Ran iall is not expect
d to arrive in the city until Thursday next.
49, Ex- Congress smau Caldwell, Candidate Tor
Clerk OF the House of Representatives, il In
the city. ..--Nrill Brown, reading clerk of
the House; Ferris Finch, index CLERK. and
Towles, the printing clerk, are IN Washing
ton.
THE APACHE INDIAN WAR.-The follow
Ing dispatch was received at the Var deparl
ment this morning:
CHICAGO, ILL, Sept. 30.-Gcn. Ed. T6ton-
Scs.d, Washington, u. C.: reformation re-
celvcd By telegraph from 'he department of
The Missouri lea Is - the belief that tie Aps
ches of Arizona, who recently fled from their
reservations will be ObligS IT. surrender be-
fore long. Two A paChe chiefs have already
consented 10 surrender. All the available
troops in New Mexico are operating against
them.
[signed,l P. H. SHERIDAN, 1t. Gen.
THE PATEN- OFFICE FoRGERIEs.-F ed.
A. Goo bridge, On enpioye OF the Interior
department, and detailed for duty In the
finance room of the Patent Office, on Satur-
day, after various attempts to screen his
guilt, confessed that he had forged the names
OF several employees OF the Patent office to
der;d it on fallen woman. To successfully
carry on his Opel atiOns without imm iiafe
detection, GOcd.idge took advantage of the
Practice of the Office, which has been 10 adj
vance during the month a portion OF Their
salary TO such OF the clerks as required it. On
Saturday the cases had become SO numerous
that cOncealment was no longer possible.
The case was referred to Secretary Schurz
who ordered On investigation. 1t is believed
the amount of money embeZzled, while it
may aggregate $1,000, will not exceed that
WA q prda
afternoon.
To day about one O'Clock the cases against
Goodridge were called by U. s. Commissioner
$. &. Mills. There were three cases of VIC
latng Sec. 542 Revised StatuteS-by uttering
.oig orders ~ the names of X. &. Gill,
CbaS. N Able and John n. Clements. Tee
Co nmissiOner said he understood tnat the
party Intended to waive an examination and
give bail. Mr.. f. Miller, representing the
government, suggested that the amount of
bail be %, coo.
Messrs. X. J. Murray and J. w. Clamp
(of ChicagO) urged that the amount named
was excessive The Commissioner said he
would fix 50 900 In the first case, and act on
the other cases as they came up. MI. Miller
said he could present thirteen similar cases.
In the second case the Commissioner fixed
the bail at the same amount, but in the third,
fixed the amount at S2,0Co-S12, OC0 for the
three.
The penalty is not less than one nor more
than ten years imprisonment, and fiae OF
THE PUBLIC DEBr.-The following is the
recapitulation Of the statement of thepublic
debt Of the United States, for the month Of
-eptenber, 1877, just issued:
Debt bearing interest ~ eo.n:
DOHus al w
cent
A>a
Bonds at per l0.G0;OO "
SIZE $50 ,25G 70
Debt bearirg crest Ia latcfui money
Debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity y " d5i25J 20
Debt bearing no interest:
Old demand and legal tender notes.. $3.50 gS 65i 50
Certificates of de osit AZ gl5 200 Oh
Soiu
R6,S72,79S II
Total debt, principal and interest SSI ISIS SIS
Cash in the Treasury: