Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-12

| naI revenue, SSot,tsl OF; customs, s4i $50 10.
| THE CAUCUS Of toe democratic members
elect fol the Forty fifth Congress will be held
| according 10 usage IN the hall of the House of
! Represent al ives to- morrow evening to nomi-
nate cs ndidste for Spea ker and other OIL
| GERS of the House.
| THE CABINET : ssIoN today was taken
| up with the consideration OF the details of The
| recommendations aud reque is 10 De made
| To Congress from the different depar ,mentS.
| The Seer etary OF War will ask for aboI
| r3C 100000 the Secretary of the Navy =, 600,
! 90, ard the Attorney General 800 900.
! NAVAL ORDERS Passed Assistant Engi-
| neer Robert Il. Hine detached from duty In
| the bureau of steam engineering on the 3lSh
instant ard ordered to the Powhatan at
| Hampton Roads. Va. Passed Assistant Eu-
| gineer TheophiluS Cool, from the Powhatan,
LIST November, and placed on waiting orders.
THE SIOUX WILLING TO MOvE.-The
| commissioner OF Indian Affairs has received
| Geographic advices from the Red Cloud
| Agency 10 the effect that the Sioux Indians
| since The return OF their chiefs from WASH
| II gtoD. express for the first time a willing
| ness 10 he removed 10 the new reservation on
| The Missouri river.
| GEN. MCMILLAN, of Louisiana, has been
| rendered and has accepted the appointment
of pension agent for the consolidated agen-
| CT, s OF The south west, with headquarters at
| New Orleans, succeeding JaoaI, co.ored,
| whose bond has been found defective. The
| once Tor the past few days has been in the
bands of special agent OF the Pension Bu-
| reau.
| RECOGNITION OF BRAVEY.-Gens. Sherl-
dan ara Terry aud Col. Miles have been
Officially congratulated by The War depart
| ment over the surrender of Chief Joseph's
| band, which they are reminded is exceed
lngly important, especially in It's effect on
| the Oregon Indians. TIE conduct of the otfi
GERS and men en2Sy pi in The I'll IN, Is y
commended.
| AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-Among the call
ers at the White House this morning were
| Senators McCreery, Hill of Ca, Matthews
| OF Ohio, and Sargent of Cal, Representa-
| nyes Deering OF Iowa, McCnok of n. Y,
| Fla Morse, Upton of H.. Hale of Me-
| Ackley of La, Van Voorhees, of Ohio. Kiefer
OF Ohio, anu delegation Of i've disabled SOL
| diers.
| ODDS AND ENDs.-Congressmen Banning,
| Burd. MacMahon and ex Congressman
| Vance, all of Ohio, arrive last night.
Clerk Adams says he will be elected be-
yond doubt.
j, b. McCullagh, editor of the St Louis
GLOBE De,nocrat, is here. T.. T. Spear, editor
| OF The Cincinnati Enquirer, is at Willards.
Hon. II ester Clymer, OF Pennsylvania, is
| at the Riggs.
| l. l.. PARKHURsT is still on duty at the
| custo m house, at Georgetown, but not as
deputy collector, his position under Collec-
tor English. He remains in the Office simply
as inspector of customs and clerk, until Mr..
Dodge, the new collector, makes nomina
ton to the position of deputy collector. 1t
has not yet been decided whether a new ap-
EOtntment will ne made or whether Mr..
Parkhurst shall be reappotnted 10 his former
| POSITION.
ARMY ORDERs.-A general court marti al
is appointed 10 meet at Columbus barracks,
Ohio, on the 18Th instant, for the trial of such
| prisoners as may be Drought before it. The
| following is the detail OF the court: Major j.
r.; sad, 10th InfantIyi Surgeon E. b. White;
| Firsi Lieuts. L. NJ O'Brien, Eth infantry; III.
| X. BrinkerhOh, 18th infantry, and Daniel
| Robinson, Ith Infantry; Second Lieut. q h
| Spencer, 18Th infantry Capt. ID. NJ. Lee 9th
| Infantry, judge advocate OF the court. Lieut..
| Col. ROgei Jones, assist ant Inspector general
| Is detailed 10 inspect certain clothing at the
| Philadelphia depot quarUermaster's depart
| melt
| PfRsONAL.-It is a matter of satisfaction
to see that veteran and respected journalist
| Mr.. +. klDgman, on the streets again, after
| months of confinement from injuries from a
| fall. .''.MajOr Ben Perley Poore arrived in
| Washington to-day from his famous (" In
| dian Hill, estate in Massachusetts, where he
and literary work during the summer.
| george L.. allin, the bright man Of the n. Y.
te~"ere'at a AdsertiSes Is in town for few
Clarke and Miles Ross. n. j.; Richard Coke,
Texas; 9. g. Debrill, Tenn; b. F. Martin,
W. We; L. c. Ganse, Ark; J. L. Vance, Ohio;
Williams, f. w. Kingsbury aud ]. A. Hub
bell, Mich; b. F. Marsh. III; b. H. Hui and
g, p G Tiliman, Ga J.; M. Bright, Tenn: F;
and l.. =. Metcalf, Mo T. Ryan, Kansas; e.
j. Hinkle, Md. and j. 8. Richardson, s. c..
| are at the National Hotel.
| GALLANT RESCUE OF CREw.-The Z.
y. Consul at Liverpool has transmitted to
the Department of State an account of the
| abandonment at sea of the schooner Louie A.
| SWEET, of Boston, Mass and the rescue of her
| master and crew by the British bark Thomas
Brocklebank, of Liverpool. The SWEET sailed
| from AccTe, on the west coast OF Africa on
| the 1lth of June last, for Boston. Encou nter-
| Ing rough weather she sprung a leak and be-
| came unmanageabie. guals OF distress
| were set on the 10th of August, and the
| BTOcklebank bore down TO her assistance
| The sea was so rough at the time the captain
| OF the Brockiebank did not feel warranted In
ordering any of his crew TO pnt out in the
| lace OF such danger, but five OF them, Chas
| Harvey, bOatswain Anthony Depsey JOS
| Coarum, Patrick Barry and Herbert Tlley,
| volunteered, manned a small boat, and at
| the peril OF their own lives, heroicany res
| cued the master and crew OF the sinking
schooner. The men on board the SWEET had
| tojump Into the sea to be received and saved
by their rescuers, such was the roughness of
the sea at the time. The Rrocklebank ar
| rived In Liverpool on the 18th of September,
with the crew of the American schooner who
i were taken in charge by the U. s. Consul.
COLLISION BETWEEN JUDGE WRIGHT
AND EX-SECRETARY DELANO.-Ex Secre
| tary of the Interior Delano was assaulted bv
Judge j. w. Wright, OF this city, on 18Th
| street, near the Riggs House, to-day, about
quarter OF twelve O'Clock. The whole affair
began and ended SO suddenly that only
those who happened to be ON the spot knew
OF It. The following are the facts as far "a
could be learned by STAR reporter: Ex-
Secretary DelanO was going up 18th street. In
eSo nIy with Mr.. w. H; Smith, formerly
were met in front of the Riggs House by
Judge Wright, who stopped, and with the re-
mark, You DID old falsifier, you wouldn't
be believed under oath; everybody knows N.
dan you know H. You cheated me out OF thirty
thousand dollars" aimed a blow with a
heavy walking stick at the ex-Sscretary
which took effect upon his right shoulder
This blow was followed by second one.
which struck him on the right side OF the
head, just above the temple. and stunned him
some what, but he was saved from falling by
Mr.. Smith, who, together with others. nre-
vented Judge W. from doing any rnnro a -.