Evening star., 1877-09-19
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

washington News and GOSSIP.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-D--Y.-lnter-
nal revenue, s29I l25 30: customs, s5ls G6j.i7
THE SIOUX DELEGATION, OF which Gen
eIal 81 otffd Tail is chairman, Is expected to
arrive In Washineto1 ON Monday next.
GEN. SCHURz, Secretary OF the Interior,
arrived in town from Louisville this m )rn-
ing, and was on duty to day. He was bese:
ty multitude OF people.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS for clerk
ships in the Interior department took place
to-day. Similar examinations will be held
to morrow and Friday. There are about
two hundred conn etitOrs for about ten va
cancies.
RIvFNUE APPoINTMENTs.-J. A. Ro1b
has been appointed revenue storekeeper and
gauger for the eth district of Kentucky; W
III. Duff'eld for the 4th district of Illinois, and
owen Hudson for the 22d district OF Penns yl-
vania.
PERsoNAL-Mr. j. NJ. Sarvis has returned
frcm months visit to the mountains of
Pennsylvs MIA. .''.R. F. Boisseau, of the
Associated Press, is back from a hunting
trip in the region of the Pa'uxent river.
.."Lieut. Commander r ID. Evans, or the
Saratoga, is in The city.
SENATOR MoRToN'5 HEALTH-Acting
Postmaster General Brady received dis
patch from Ex-Governor Burbank this after
noon, saying; " 5eu ator Morton is better
This morning. General Tyuer Is here aud
Just received notice OF the death OF his sister
in Illinois"
ARMY ORDERS Leave for eight months,
with permission to go beyond the sea 10 take
effect when his services can ba spared is
granted Captain Fl. b. freeman, 18th in
fantry: leave of 1St Lieut. Jas II 1ckwelI ir
ordnance y
leave of Post Chaplain NJ. j. Kelly IS further
extended four months.
Mr.. w. X. ROGERS, private secretary of
President Hayes, fell from the porch of II g
Surf House at Rehoboth, last Tnursiay
night, and dislocated his elbow. The night
was very dark, and Mr.. Rogers went out On
lhe back porch, and not seeing his way step
ped of the porch and fell. The istance W As
not great; however, hence the comparatively
slight result. He suffered considerable pain,
however. Mr.. Rogers Is expected to return
TO The city next Monday
THE PRESIDENT and the members of the
Cabinet accompanying him spent yesterday
morning visiting the Louisville public
schools, and in the afternoon paid a visit to
Jeffersonville, Indiana, where a crowd OF
ten thousand people had assembled iu honor
OF the occasion. Returning z to Louisville the
city was brilliantly illuminated. The party
visited the exposition, and farewell speeches
were made by the President, Wade II amp
1hOmDS1n.
Evarts and Postmaster General Key.
NAVAL ORDERS Comm ander Edward
Terry, detached from command OF the prac-
tice ship Constellation, and ordered to re-
sumo his regular duties at the naval acaie.
my. Commander VIM. +. SampsOI. from
command of the practice ship Mayfiower,
and ordered to resume his regular duties at
tie naval academy. Lieutenant Command
ers Charles '. GTidley and Chas. W. Kenne.
dy, Lieutenants John f. MeigS, Socrates
Hubbard, A. p. NaZrO and Cnas q. Bow
man, Master VIM. 2. ClasOn. Ensigns T. B.
kepnr, thaarrlain II bert Huds1n and Gun
per Robert Summers. from the Constellation
and ordered to resume duties a. the ma
val academy. Lieutenant +. B. NJ. Mason
and Passed Assistant Engineers Robinson
ard Charles W. Roe, from the Mayhower,
and ordered TO resume their duties 1T the
naval academy. Sailmaker Henry r Sto,k-
er, ordered TO the Hartford, at Norfolk, 25.h
inst,
THE WAsHfSGToN MoNUM ENr-Lieu'.
ktnsman, of the U. $. engineer corps, sent
on during the past fortnight from New York
by the army engineer board detailed to ex-
anime the foundation OF the Washington
Mol ument, to make remeasurem ents q. the
monument, and, If possible, correct the error
OF his original observations, returned to his
POST (WiietL's Point, New York; Sunday
night, after q week of unSuc 1essfui Search
through the archives OF some of the depart.
Ot
jefferson meridian stone mills bench), re.
moved Inadvertently in 1872; the information
being absolutely requisite as a b use to pro
ceed upon In determining correctly as to
settle ment in the monument, If any, and
thereby retrieve the error of the engineers
report. Lieut.. kingman caused an exc4va.
ton TO be made Oh the site where the merid-
ian stone formerly stood, and at the depth of
few feet the foundation of the removed pier
was discovered; thus proving. beyond all
cavn. the position taken by the Monuments So
clely 10 be true. Other than demonstrating
this TACT, the debris was not regarded as
factor TO be considered in the problem of
"remeasuremeGt;" and the Lieutenant was
satisfied he had taken the wrong stone in his
original calculation, and that his labor in
the first nsiance went for nothing, respect
Ing the settlement of the monu Ient. Tue
Cbelisk from which he took his observations
was placed there 10 mark the south end of
The capitol before the erection OF the wings,
In ORDER 10 determine the center OF that build
Ing, known 10 be 35i feet 5k inches long by
measuring nOrthward along the merid an
line one half that distance, at which point
was planted the Jefferson stone. As the p res
ident has so decidedly expressed himself in
favor OF carrying up the monument on the
original plan, and now there is 40 doubt of
the foundations stability, IL is pre- sumei he
Will order work TO he resumed on 10 forth
with, especially as IL will supply what il so
mnch needed in this community, EN- oloy
MELT for the laboring lass.