Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-02

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nal revenue, s215, SILT, customs, s4ss IA ..
AT THE REGULAR CABINET MEETING
today all the members were present except
| Secretary Thompson, and the session la sted
| about two hours.
SECRETARY EvARTs leaves here this
| evening for New York TO attend a meeting
| of The trustees of the Peabody Institution
| fund, and will return to Washington in a
| few days.
AMONG those who had interviews with the
President to day were Secretary Sherman,
General Crook, and Representatives Harris
OF Va, Leonard OF La, and Freeman of
Philadelphia.
THE SIOUX CHIEFS will leave the CT v to-
morrow. Before they go they will be pro-
vided with an Overcoat apiece and other
warm ratment, and a small sum of money
| VIII De given TO every one The party tO-da
visited he tomb of Washington.
REMOVAL OF THE GEORGETOWN CoLLEC-
tor AND HIS DEPUTY.-Owing to alleged
| irregularities in his office, the collector of
customs and his deputy at Georgetown, ID.
g, have been removed. No appointments
have yet been made to NIL the vacancies.
The PRESIDENT has accepted an invita-
ZION 10 attend the agricultural fair At Fred
erick, Md, on Thursday, the I1ih instant.
He will be accompanied by sc Seral MEM
bers OF the Cabinet, all OF whom have been
Invited.
REVENUE APPOINTMENTS.-J. c. Vlyal
has been appointed revenue gauger for the 2d
district of Georgia; Charles Maitby and y.
IL sawyer for the lst district OF California:
ard X. r. Bury, torekeeper and gauger for
the Zd district of Tennessee.
Tue u. 8. S. FRoLIC left Rio de Janeiro
September g. for Hampton Roads, intending
to touch at Bahia, Brazil, and such other
places az may be convenient to procure coal.
she expects TO reach Hampton Roads about
the LIT of November.
THE UNITED STATES TREASURY has now
sil9, coo Of coin. IL the government did
not owe s3S ,O0O,0O0 on coin certificates, and
S1S0CO,000 interest on called bonds, the de-
probation of greenbacks would be reduced
to the shadow of a shade and nobody hurt.
1t Will, no doubt, all come in good time.
GIN SHERMAN "A dispatch was received
by Gen. Townsend last night from General
W. T. Sherman, dated Portland, Oregon,
October list, saying: "Returned from Puget
Sound, and wilt start overland for San
Francisco Wednesday. All well aud quiet
out here"
NAVAL ORDERS.-Paymaster A. j. Pritch-
ard ordered to the training ship Minnesota
at New York on 18th instant; Lieut.. L. q.
Palmer detached from the Huron and order
jr.. 4 om the Minnesota On 10TH instant and
ordered 10 settle accounts.
TIE PHILADELPHIA CUSTOM HOUSE.
It is understood that the nominal on OF Hen
r, b. Geissinger 10 be deputy naval officer
at Philadelphia, vice Porter resigned, will
rot be acted upon until the Secretary of the
treasury Is prepared To take up the subject
Of the reorganization o. The Phila lei ph "a Gus
tom house.
D,-r
GINA, is here. Sch .ior IN 2ron os N
vada. Il j. STAT ID, will NJ. be able TO T. nd
The special session of Congress on account OF
his Itivate business. Judge SpOfTord
and eX-GUv. Kellogg, Of Louisiana, contest
ants FOR Feat in the u. ). Senate, have ar
rived here
THE COMMISSION to- examine the various
public buildings in Washington as TO their
liability to be destroyed by fire, met to-day
AZ one O'Clock and proceeded TO the War aud
Navy departments To make an inspection OF
those buildings. One OF the members said
to day that the report OF the commissio
would not be forthcoming for the next ten
days at least. ina much as the conn lsS ION
could not make it, Inspections much before
that time. The comm ission visited the Gov
ernment Printing Office yesterday. They
will report In regard TO that building that At
cannot be made hre-p proof, but will recon-
mend precautionary measures 10 protect it.
They visited the White House this afternoon.
THE DIAs PEACE POLICY UNPOPULAR
IN Observation-Disclosures has been received
here confirming the reported resignation of
the Mexican officers who rendered their re-
sign aliOns in consequence OF the order OF
President DiaZ for the eXtraditiOn of certai;
fugitives from Texas. This action on the
part OF these officers is received here as indi-
eating that the people inhabting the Mexi-
can states bordering on the Rio Grande, and
the Mexican troops quartered on that river
aie not at all in sympathy with the peace
n,
Notwithstanding these unfavorable symp-
toms il is believed that DiaZ will ultimately
| succeed IN carrying oct his policy.
AMERICAN TRADE WITH NGLAND.-The
trade circular recently issued from the De-
partment of State and forwarded TO our dip
lomatic and consular officers, is having a
most beneficial effect in arouSing those OFF,
GERS to renewed efforts for the enlargement OF
our trade in the several districts. The Con
sui at Liverpool is of the opinion that, as ia
American beef, so large trade can be eStab-
lIshed by the export of American poultry,
ali c or dead, to England In that country
the wholesale price Of turkeys averages 10
cents per pound, and chickens 10 cents, and
as the American poultry are far superior
TO the English, SO would they sell more
readily in that market. 1t is Contemplated
by the Department of State 10 publish TIE
responses To this trade circular for our d p
lomatic and consular officers.
The WASHINGTON MONUMENT AGAIN
ton of the board Of engineer officers TO ex-
anime the foundation OF the Washington
Monument, made the necessary observa-
tons and on whose report they decided that
ii was not advisable TO add additional weight
To the structure, was here again few days
ago. IL Will be remembered that after the
report had been made, and q review by the
Monument Society published, in which ii
was charged that Lieut.. Kingman had taken
the wrong bench mark-the true bench mark
having been the jefferson meridian stone,
removed in 1S72-that officer returned to
make remeasurements, and, in company
with MIR. +. ID. Stuart, of the Monument
Society, went over the ground, and finding
on the spot the stone masonry which formed
the base of the Jefferson stone, be
acknowledged that he must have made q
mistake Is TO the bench work, and therefore
his work, as we'll as the report thereon went
for naught. Lieut.. Kingman spent some
time here in searching for data, from which
the actual height of the bench work could be
taken, but owing TO the grading which ha
taken place near The grounds and the differ
ence OF opinion as TO the height of the pier
be could not obtain q starting point even APP
proximately correct, and therefore returned
A nost-Wfllaf'S Point las.