Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-15

con, i,tinC If r. F. Wilbur. examiner o. in
ter'Crenc, in the Patent Ofic-; y =. III 1--WE,
OF Assistant Attorney General Marbles OF
fee; and J. \. Armstrong. chief OF the pri,
vate land claim divis on Of the Ie lerat Land
Office. met to-day 10 inquire into The truth o
chs rgeS preferred by Mr.. DODllttle, Assistant
CommiS> o. er of Patents, against j. n
Clary Perkins. a patent attorney of tins c..
The charges allege malpractice and trreE'
larity on the part OF Nice. =. When the
boa ri have finished their Investigator they
will report to the s cretary, with their re-
commercial iOuS.
CAPTURE OF MEXICAN REVoLUTIO VISITS.
Lipute ant General 81 eridau forwards To
the War department from Chicago the fol-
lowing from General Ord, giving the official
account of the recent capture of Mexican
revolution isis and rCcaptUre of horses
"SCuOtield, commanding Fort Duncan, teIe-
ET@ phS that he struck "A small camp o. Ne 81
can revolution sis shortly after sunrise on
the morning Of the 9Th inst, and took VIII At
there was in il, viz. forty four m n aud for
~ three horses. He found very few arms.
They were regularly organized companies
under VALDEZ. Only two officers were cap
fured Toe others were absent at l. tr- 10 and
san Antonio deputy United States mar
shall was with me. | hold the prisoners a.
Ire post for him. Lieutenant ButltS sur
rounded notorious thieviug raucp a few
nil : i'm Mexico on the morning OF the ith
inst, where Shafter had notification that
stock recently stolen was SecTctsi. tie 90.
i've American horses, two OF them tak'C
from EraCkettSviIi lie a short time ago N
one was hutt nor II shot iTeU. H reIurnel 10
this side yesterday at noon.'
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO's CLAIM
FOR TRhNSPORTATION.-A special dispatch
To tie Baltimore Gazette from this city says.
Tie truth about the charges for trans
TOTfatiOn OF troops bv the Baltimore aui
Ohio road during the strike is as f0IlOws,-A
bill FOR the transportation OF two hundred
lgCn and eleven officers was sent to Cp.Olel
French, the first commanding offer during
Colonel for
ward eel 10 TO the QuartermaSter Gen aral de-
Clining to - X II, and limiting that in his
q Union such charge was rather immOieSt.
Inc GuartermasteT General sent the bill Ia
the Secretary of War, endorsing the letter OF
Colonel French to the effect that under the
decisions Of Secretary stanton the Baltimore
and ONO road had always been paid for the
transportation of the troops, and that this
bill would, no doubt. have to be paid. The
Secretary of War laid the matter before the
cabinet, after Which ~ came back to the
QuartermaSter General, endorsed that the
claim would be laid aside until IL was seen
II any like claims were sent in, when Just
decision would be made in the case. So the
matter rest~.'
RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL Discoveries
IN GREECE.-A diSpach has been received a
the Department of State from the United
states " mister 10 Greece, concerning recent
important discoveries of Interesting and
valuable ornaments in some ancient tOmbS
near Athens. These tomDS are situated on
sue Oh Sfllall MIL, In the midst OF large
plain, near the village Of Sparta. which is on
the southern side Of Mount H. mettuS, about
TWO hours drive from Athens. Tney are
hewn out of the rock, which, when fresh, can
be cut with "A knife, but which harienS on
exposure 10 the air, and in their arrangement
correspond with the remains OF the ancient
tomts of Strur.e. The appearance and deco
rat 'Ons of more than two thousand objects
thus far recovered, exactly resemble those
scOvered by DR.. Schliemann, at Mycenip,
conclusively proving the antiquity of the
10 for a
near Sparta are some which are pronounced
by N. Dunno. Director OF the french Arch;co-
logical lnstitut" at Athens, a undOubte lily
OF ASSyrian origin. The new discoveries
have evidently been entered in the past and
deSpoiled of their solid gold ornaments.
THE RACES az Saratoga -. Y yes,erlly
resulted IS follows: The thTea-q quarters of n
mile, for maiden two year OldS, eight start
erS war won by Clifton in liz, MCnquiei's
war Dance tilly second. the X tLner stake,
for three year old, two miles, 500 entrance
81 800 added, 500 TO second horse, niue
Barker second: tn" mile aud half race TO
800. al ages, was won easily by Parole in
23Ga NirginiuS second; the sell ny race
mile and an eighth, for 800. was won by
CARDINAL Wolsey in 81, Lady SolverS
second.
IlGHTNING.-Af Paterson, n. j du ing "A
thunder storm Monday afternoon Henry
Fr'ede G"rmau, and a boy and girl, took
refuge under a chestnut tree. The tree was
struck bv lightning and Friede instantly
killed. The others were rendered ulcOn-
scions. but subsequently recovered Erie les
head was turned blue, but otherwise bore no
marks. The boys leg was burned and
turned blue. The lower part of the girls
body is covered with blue spots. Friede
was 80 years of age and leaves a wife aud Six
children.
NON Sticking MINER DRIVEN FROM
hlrland 11,r
party of men, from fifty u one hundred
with biackened faces. went to the house of
Charles Fisher, in Frostburg, and nearly
demolished the house with rocks, e,c.
Fisher and family We're driven away, escap-
Ing uninjured. Fisher fired into the crowd.
with what effect is unknown. Fisher had
been mining at nifty cents while his mine
was on a strike. States Attorney Boyd is
trying 10 apprehend the miscreants.
TELEGRAPH CONSOLIDATION CONFER
ESCK-A conference was held in New York
Yesterday by the joint committees OF the
| Western Union and Atlantic and Pacific
! Telegraph Companies. 1t is understood that
! the object was 10 consolidate both cOmps
| MES, but The meeting was secret, and what
transpfred could not be gathered. Among
| those said TO he present at the meeting We're
| Ex-Governor T.. Il. Morgan, Russell Sage,
W. II. Vanderbilt, VIM. orion, Jay Gould,
| and others.
THE NEW JERSEY GRFENBACK Con-
NENTioN met at Trenton yesterday, with +.
| {. Bliss, Of Essex, president. Resolutions
| were adopted in favor of the repeal OF the
| resumption act. the reconciliation of silver,
government aid TO business men for the en-
| ployment OF labor, denouncing the policy OF
| the government as IuinOus tn labor, &c.
| Gen. Thomas ID. HOxie, of Passaic, was nom
| mated for governor.
| FATAL BOILER ExPLOsION.-A boiler
| used Oh . floating pile driver at Cambridge
Mass, exploded last evening. Mark Clough-
| erty, labOrer, was Instantly killed; William
| Miller engineer, badly scalded and burned
| Peter Smith and Michael Hayden were
Knocked overheard and badly injured; Geo
| Moore standing on the wharf, was knocked
into the canal and badly injured.
RAILROAD AGAINST EMPRESS CoMPA-
| MESA dispatch from Cincinnati an
nounces that on Thursday Ito morrOw) the
| Adams Express company will withdraw It's
| agents and messengers from the Marietta
and Cincinnati railroad. The express bust
ness will be carried on by the railroad com
| pany through its freight department.
| STRIKE OF SILK CONTAMINATION hum
dred and ffty operatives OF the Newark City
| n. j., silk mill struck yesterday against Is
/ r,1on a.