Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-04

nal revenue, s199 1854; customs, S632, 735.i3.
Ex-SPEAKER RANDALL writes that he
viii be in Washington about October LIST. 10
remain until after Congress adjourns.
IT Is UNDERSTOOD that Oscar II. LIE
Grange. superinter dent OF the mint at San
Francisco, Cal. =" " o" suspended.
AMONG THE oA....fs at the White House
this morning Were the Secretary OF State,
Chief Justice Waite and Representative
Phillips.
THE PRESIDENT Invited To AUGUSTA,
GA--The city council of Augusta Georgia,
which is entirely democratic. has. paSsei a
series of reSOlutiOns highly complimentary
to p" dent Hayes. ard inviting him To
vi: IL that city during his southern tour.
L. s. COINAGE.-Statemento Of the coinage
executed by the minis of the United States
during the month of August, 1871: Double
eagles $O 10. sGOll 800 eagles, 1872, s33 800;
nall eagles $3.50, 81, 40n; trade dollars, ,S91
O0o >1aSl coo; halt dollars, 65g 300, S529 600
quarter dollars, 1924 400, 1888 too: dimes
l'5tO.cCo' sl56,oOO Toi'l ~ ,552, Ss,oOl.72O.
DAILY REPORI DUhEAU OF ENGRAvING
AND Observation-Disclosures September Sd,
1877: To Comptroller of the Currency-Na-
tiOnal currency notes, S332 600. Secretary Of
Inc Treasury-4 per cent. cOnsOlS. 500 on:
miscellaneous, Sl%5,110. Total, 1255.1lO. Bal
apce ON hand at the close of days worK,
1858 So ,i15.
DOCTORS GODDING AND NICHOLS, the
incoming and outgoing superintendents of
The Government Insane Asylum, called at
the White House just before Cabinet meeting
to-day. the President came out into Tue
hall and chatted pleasantly with them for "A
few moments. DR. Nichols is going directly
TO New York city. where he will take charge
OF the BIOOmingdale asylum.
LATE FROM ALAsKA-The Secretary OF
the Tr, ssury has received report from Cap
tain White, Of the United States revenue ma
rine cutter Thomas COrwin, dated Sitka
Alaska, August y. Everything was a net
with the exception of a few unImportant
Expectations of the natives Individually.
The report made no mention OF the illness of
The son of Senator Morton.
THE SITTING BULL COMMIssIoS-Gen
Terry left here on Saturday and will be join
ed in New York by Judge Lawrence, of r.
L., who will act on behalf of the Interior de-
paItment Col COrbin, the secretary of the
col. mission, will meet the members at Chi
caeo on the 9th inst, where they will be
Joined by Secretary Mills, OF the Canadian
government, and the party will proceed at
once 10 Bismarck en- route 10 Canada.
TIE CABIEET-The regular meeting of
the Cabinet was held to day at nOon and
lasted nearly two hours and a half. All the
members were present except Secretary
Thompson. A long discussion was held
upon the matters pertaining TO the New YORK
Custom house, and particularly TO the case
Cl Mr.. Cornell, with no definite result, how
ever. They also considered the question OF
the public land depredatiOns in California
Out tCok no definite steps on the subject.
CLERGYMAN CONVICTED OF MI RIDER
The Rev. q. p. McMains, recently convicted
{ + murder in the fifth degree in New Mexico,
Is the same man concerning whose indict-
meIt certain persons he re made statements
r'nectlnS upon the character of Gov. Axtell
a. d others prominent in that territory. Mr..
NcMalns was missionary, and was mi x ed
up IN some riOtOuS proceedings at Cimmar-
ron, New Mexico, which resulted in the
lNhching OF several persons suspected of
murder.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA PROSECUTIONS
A Columbia, g c., dispatch says it is au-
thOritatively announced that a noIIe pros
VIII be entered by the states attorney III tie
case OF Woodruff and Jones. the clerks OF
the general assembly, in consdera' ion OF the
surrender by them of large amount of pro-
perty and OF their formal evidence in behalf
OF The state against other parties wheneyar
required. Woodruff holds the vouchers in
evidence of bribery of senator's and other
STATE officials, besides numerous other writ.
Ten evidence of fraudulent transactions.
THE GOVERNMENT THANKED.-Informa n
ton has been received at The Department OF
State that delegation from the Jewish resi-
dents OF Smyrna, headed by their Grand
ter al Turkey, during his recent visit to that
city, and rendered through him, their thanks
10 the government of the United States for
Its sollcitude for the Jewish people in the
OttomOn empire, as evinced In the recent in
structions from the Department of State of
which they seemed 10 be fully informed, and
Tor which they appeared 10 be sincerely CRATE
ful.
PERSONAL Dom Piatt has returned from
bis summer ruralizing in Ohio with an
\ q o xif.u. al
| lie Printer A. NJ. Clapp is back in Washing
! TOP, hale and hearty and has ''cOme TO stay
| he says. ''''Hon. A. G.. Riddle, of this city
| has, according TO the Literary World, COM
pleied a comedy in five acts, based upon
| Society in Washington. That Lass
OIOwries, by Mrs. Burnett of this city. is
10 he dramatlzed and put upon the stage at
arrived in Richmond, Va, from Washington
with her model of the equestrian statue OF
Gen. Robert Z. Lee. Hon. Chas. O'Neill.
War TO DAY. District Comm ssioner S.
l. Phelps, who has been absent at Oakland
Md, for the last ten days, returned TO the
city this morning in excellent health, and
was AT his post OF duty to- day at the MOrri-
son building. .'.Secretary Thompson left
The city This morning for Indiana. Mr..
l.. q Washir gton, OF the Louisville Courier
Journal, arrived in the city yesterday after
noon from Newport. -...Ex- Gov Walker.
VI. Z. OF Virginia, is in the city. ....S. p.
| 7etfe, has returned from New England trip.
| THE STATE, WAR AND NAVY DEPART
| MINT BUILDING-Report Of General Ba6cock.
| Before being relieved from duty In this
| city General o. T.. Babcock submitted his
report Of the operations on the construc-
ton OF the east wing of the building for the
state, War, and Navy departments, COW
erlng from the end Of the fiscal year OF 1876
10 the LIST of March, 1877. A summary of the
reI0rt shows that the walls, bacsing and
| aIches OF the Third story have been COM
Ileted. al cost OF "a 03ih5% the brick walls
cost IS 81 cents per cubic loot, aud for ca IN
thousand brick laid, >24 SO. The walls and
backing and arches of the fourth story ha va
been completed, At a cost of sli, O3I 6. l; the
| brick walls contain 2j,1s0 cubic feet or i3s =
thousand bricks, at a cost of 80 10 % cents per
| cubic feet the backing OF the fourth story
contains s6'o cubic feet, or 1iII thousand
bricks, al a cost OF 80 cents. The cost of the
granite has been rs follows:
balance third story. .S5s,I &,
4 ciOis 6,l{k I5
4 sun 2,St3 III
ON account of courtyard pavilion a3 OF
| The summary of the whole expenditure is
| as follows:
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