Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-06

lars, for which there is a large demand.
CHAs. II. UPTON, consul at Genoa and
acting charge d'afaires in Switzerland died
18th of June, aged IS years, of heart disease.
SECRETARY SCHURZ leaves for New Jer-
sey to morrow night TO visit his daughters,
who are temporarily residing there. He will
return on Monday.
EX- DISTRICT COMMISSIONER GEN J. H.
kETCHAM Left on the Q: - train this morning
for bis home in New York, and will return
TO this city in about ten days.
PERsONAL.-Mr. Fitzhugh Coyle, presi-
dent of the National Bank of the Republic of
This city, is at Healing Springs, Va, Sc
riously sick.
AMONG those who had interviews with
the President this morning were Represent
alive Harris, of Va; Gen. q. y. Sheridan,
of New Orleans y. NJ. Green, and Andrew
Gleason, Of this city.
THE RECEIPTS from the tax on tobacco
for the eleven months ending May 3lst last
show an increase of one aud a quarter mlI-
lion GOllars over The corresponding period Of
the year precious. The receipts from cigars
show decrease of over S13O, 900.
ARMY ORDERs-CoI. VIM. II. French. All
artillery, recently promoted from lieutenant
colonel, I'd artillery will proceed to join his
Leave for six months granted p Lieut.. d. G.
Pearson, 2d cavalry.
SECRETARY SHERMAN visited New York
yesterday in the course of his trip of inSpec-
uOn OF light houses, life saving stations,
ETC.. He met the members of the syndicate
in the afternoon and sailed on the revenue
cutter Grant for Newport in the evening.
THE INDIAN BUREAU INvEsTIG ALTON
The commission appointed 10 Investigate
charges against the Indian Bureau will to
morrow adjourn for ten days to arrange AMI
classify the evidence thus far taken and
dett rhine as TO the scope of the inyestiga-
ton.
BURCHARD HAYES, the Presidents eldest
son, who graduated from Harvard this year.
is spending the summer at the Soldiers
Home. He is at the White House frequently
during the day. Webb Hayes accompanied
Secretary Sherman on his inspecting tour
on board the Grant.
OUR COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH
SIAM.-Mr. Siekels, L. s. consul at Baukax
Siam, writes to the Department of State
that ii is to be regretted that our com merciaI
relations with that country are not of mOIe
intimate character. There is no one Ameri-
can house doing business in Baukak.
lids were opened by the Secretary of the
Treasury to-day for supplying the labor of
the appraisers Office in New York city for
three years. There were fourteen bidders
The bids ranged from S37 600 10 $50 900. The
lowest bidder was II. c. Brown, of New York
city, at 50 900. The next lowest was William
McPyneheon, of this city, who bid at So ,,7j.
TIME LOCKS The COMMISSIONS of Pat
ents has just rendered an important decision
In an Interference trial, involving The title
to automatic unlocking devices in tine
locks to prevent accidental lock ont The
decision confirms the title tn This valuable
feature Of time locks in the Yale Lock Com
par Y, as embodied in the Yale TIM
IOCks,'
MURDERS IN NEVADA. - Indian Agen'
Barnes telegraphs the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs from Wads worth. Nevada, 5th
instant, say ing that Benz. Holland, a farmer
al the reservation i'll southern Nevada and
W IL Garter, formerly blacksmith there,
Wer. shot and killed by four white men, last
Ss uriay night. Indians and whites are I'm
pursuit OF the murderers.
ARMY ORDERS.-COlOnel Thomas c. De-
win, I'd cavalry, promoted from lieutenant
colonel, Sth cavalry,) is ordered TO tine de-
pan tment OF the Platte. Lieutenant Nelson
h. SweetZer, Sth cavalry, (promOted from
major, ID cavalry to department of Texas.
Leave for seven months j. granted to First
Lieutenant Charles a. Coolidge, It'll iufan-
try. Leave for one month for disability is
granted Second Lieutenant Robt. 81. Yonng'
with permission 10 leave the department OF
the Platte.
THE BRONZE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF
Gen. George IL. Thomas, to be erected In
this city by the Society OF the Army of the
Cumberland, is in the hands of the sculptor
Mr.. j. q. A. Ward, OF New York, but will
probably not be finished until next summer
when ceremonies similar TO those OF the
unveilIng OF the Mcpherson statue will take
place Bids for furnishing the granite pe1es-
TAI have been opened, but the contract has
not yet been awarded. 1t is intended TO
erect the pedestal some time during the
coming November. This statue of General
lhomas gives promise of being very fine
one, and will add 10 the many attractions of
our beautiful city. II Will be placed in The
1ith-street circle.
How TO MANAGETHE ORIFICE-SEEKERS
1t seems 10 be for very good reasons that the
appointment room of the Treasury depart
ment is always filled with applicants for
ONCE. The head Of the bureau is an Ohio
gentleman named Smith. .'How do you
manage this crOwd?'' queried visiting
friend. OOH" says he, Z" come down in the
morning and read the papers a long while
new faces, have kind word 10 say to them
and let the old ones wait When II O'Clock
comes round go out and drink a quart of
buttermilk, which makes me sleepy, and
then am In good condition to do business
III makes me doZe. tell the Office-seekers
TO talk away, and nod in my chair until
they get through
NAVAL ORDERs.-Master Martin E. Hall,
ordered to the Essex; Clief Engineer John
s. Albert, to the Lackawanna at the Mare
Island navy yard, Cal; Lieutenant VAIN
right Kellogg, detached from the Essex; Pay
Inspector r. c. Crosby, from the Washing
ton navy yard on 18th instant, and ordered
to report for special duty at Washington;
Paymaster Charles =. Thompson, ordered to
duty in the bureau of provisions and cloth
ing; Lieutenant II. e.. Neilds, detached from
the training ship Constitution, on the re-
porting of his relief, and placed on waiting
orders; Lieutenant Charles A. Schetky, from
the receiving ship Independence, and ordered
10 the training ship Constitution; Medical
Inspector A. & GOryas. from the naval acad-
envy, and ordered to the Hartford as fleet
surgeon OF the South Att Antic station, 18th
inst.
THE PRESIDENT on THE WOODSTOCK
SPKECHEs.-Hon. Gustave Schleicher of
Texas, the Representative referred to By
Ser ator Blaine I'm his Woodstock speech,
had an interview yesterday with the Presi-
dent and says any suppOsition that the
President favors q Mexican annexation
scheme is "rather Wild" During a con-
versation yesterday between the President
ard Western Senator Incidental allusion
was made by the latter TO the speeches de-
nvered by Messrs Chamberlain and Blaine.
The President said his personal relations
with them were friendly. While he els Imed