Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-10

CADET MIDsHIPMES Horace W. Harrison
and Frank X. Heath have been detached
from the Swatara and placed on waiting
orders.
CONTRACT AwARDEp.-Riley & Bro, o
this city, have received the contract for fur
nishipg the Navy department with 200 tons
of coal at s3.4I per ton.
GOING WEsT-Gen. John Eaton, Commits
sioner of Education; Mr.. j. .. Wilson, super
intendent Of public schools, and Mr.. Il. Rich
ards will attend the seventeenth annuai
meeting OF the National Education Asso-
citation, TO be held in Louisville next week.
DEATH OF EX-PREsIDEST DoMINGUsz
Dispatches received at the Department of
State from Hayti contain information of the
death of ex- President DomingueZ, and of the
serious illness of President Canal. Do
minguez died in exile at Kingston, Jamaica,
June 2Ith last, aged II.
DAILY REPORT BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
AND Observation-Disclosures August 8, 1877:
To the Comptroller of the Currency-Na-
tional currency notes, s126 600. Loan Divi-
sion-Four per cent. coupon consOls, $50, 0Oe
miscellaneous, s1O,3lO. Total s2l6,31O.
Balance on hand at close OF days work
SlS4 ,3c6,1I0
PRESIDENT GARRETT THANKED-Post-
master General Key has addressed letter to
President Garrett, OF the Baltimore Il Ohio
| railroad, thanking him for the 'energy, ac-
tiviiy and promptness, under the circum-
| stances, with which the mails We're trans
| ported" over his railway lines during the
| late stri Ike and riots.
THE LATEST REPORTS FROM THE RIO
GRANDE border are TO the effect that the
United States troops are being used very
vigorously TO prevent hostile incursions by
LerdOists from Texas into Mexico. Gen. Ord
Is also making efforts TO arrange the border
securing pYtrQHfftnn nft 10
Lipan Indians. Negotiations looking to this
end are now in progress, with good prospects
OF their success.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VEssELs.-The
Huron and Swatara have been ordered from
Washington 10 Hampton Roads. The Huron
will go from Hampton Roads TO New York.
The Plymouth will remain off Alexandria
several days yet. Dispatches have been re-
celved from the Frolic dated Rio de Janeiro,
July IA. The Adams expected 10 leave on
the nth of July for Bahia, and would return
about the list of September. Health of OFF,
GERS and crews OF both ships reported good.
SENATOR Combines RETURNING
James Sargent, OF time-lock notoriety, in
| forms US that there is no truth in the report
| lately published in the newspapers, that the
| sudden return home OF Senator Conkling is
| due To a call made for his aid in q matter
argued before the Secretary of the Interior
and Assistant Attorney General Marble to-
day; as neither he, nor any one on his behalf,
| subject. He does not believe that Senator
COnkliDg has ever heard OF the existence OF
the controversy referred 10.
| THAMES TO THE NAVAL BRIGADE-The
| Secretary OF the Navy, in a letter to Captain
| Edward Barrett, commanding the U. 8.
naval brigade, under instructions OF Presi-
dent Hayes, tenders the officers and men of
the command his thanks for the gratIfica-
ton afforded him on the occasion OF the dis
| Ilay and review Of the brigade on Wednes-
day aftt moon at the navy yard. He not, -
| The precision OF movement and drill gen ar
| ally, and the readiness with which il can he
| converted into a land force OF powerful AMI
efficient regular soldiers, ''ZealOus, faith ful
4 ard reliable
| NIGHT INSPECTION OF THE SIGNALSEa-
| vICE.-The President and the Secretary OF
War on Wednesday night from a station in
the open road near Soldiers Home inspec' q I
| the hight practice OF the signal service. Nil
| iIaTy orders were given by torch, rocket aud
| n CItar signals, and executed at posts miles
/ away with absolute correctness, and "A gen
eIal report of stations was ordered at ONE ~
| n ght signals and by wire from all he vicn n
| lily OF Washington ana The neighb1 ri ~
states and coasts. The service was highly
| complimented upon the thOroughness of its
discipline, practice and efficiency.
THE GERMANS AND THE POLICE BOARD.
| Messrs. George Juenemann, GEORGE X Baier,
| Charles Croft, and Joseph p. Shillenn, a
| committee of the Centennial club, waited
| upon the President to day for the purpose of
| asking a representation OF the German
| American citizens on the Board of Metro
| politan Police Commiss toner's. They pre-.
| stnied memorial setting forth their claims
| 10 such representation. The President read
| the papers, and told the comm ttee that their
request should have due consideration. The
| following names were presented to the PreSi
| dent for his consideration: Capt. Julius We
| scr, Mr.. Charles Walter, Mr.. Julius Georgi,
/ Mr.. Louis Schade.
| n STOLEN DoCUMENT.-Since the suit
! against Mckee, of st. Louis whisky fame.
has been instituted by the govern ment to re-
cover over 500 coo, IL has been discovered
| tba. an important document IS missing from
| Tie files IN the department of justice. Mckee
intends making his pardon and the papers
| used in obtaining the same, the chief line OF
| his defence in the new suit. One of these
| papers was an affidavit made by Con
| Nesrue, who was one of the principal wit
| rCsseS against Mckee in the criminal trial
/ The affidavit or paper which is missing, was
| OF nature TO discredit Megrue's own testi-
| Dony I'm the trial, and hence would be Of i'm
| poriance 10 Mckee in the civil suit Megrue
| declares that be is not responsible for It's dis
| appearance. Pardon clerk Gray, who has
| ire papers in charge, says that no one with
| drew The papers, and that ii must have been
| stolen.
TIE ENLISTED CLERKS IN THE WAR
| DEPARTMENT are no, a little exercised 10
know how they are going to get their pay. In
the absence OF any appropriation for the pay
ment of their salaries, they receive from the
quartermasters' and commissary depart
| ments a certificate account of the amounts
due them monthly on account of the COM
mutation allowance for quarters, fuel and
| subsistence. For the month Just past the
| allowance for cOmmissary communication u
fprivate aggregates thirty one dollars. A
cay or two ago each enlisted employee re-
ceived q certificate setting forth that the
| United States is Indebted TO the holder In the
sum OF S3i, and the certifying officer OF the
subsistence department adds that he would
pay the account IL he had the funds avail.
able wherewith To do It. Now, the trouble is
| ting TO the iLdefiniteness OF the voucher
that is, having no fixed time of maturity the
| banks Will not take the certificates and ne
gCtiate them. The bank officers say that II
is risk; that soldier is prohibited by Law
from a. assigning his pay, and even IL he did
II would not be valid II he chose to revok4
the assignment. With an army officer 4,
sdiftrrent, for he is not barred by the law
and the usage has always been with a ma.
| lorhy of them TO anticipate their salaries
There is good deal Of reliance, too, on ar
| omcer's tonor. and hence he finds no diffi
/ Guilty In making a negotiation with thu
| DreXel * Co. banking firm. The outcome o
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