Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-24

to- day.
THE PRESIDENT and Attorney General
Devens returned to the city last evening from
Ohio. Gen. Sherman, who accompanied them
west, has not yet returned.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTs.-TheP Presi-
dent to day made the following appointments:
Jos. A. severns to be chief engineer in the
revenue service of the United States; H. G.
moneys, at Reed city, Michigan; and u. s.
Reynolds honorary commissioner to the Paris
exhibition for Kentucky.
SENATOR KELLOGG has recently become a
strong convert to the administration, and
talks of forming an administration party in
Louisiana, where he claims there is plenty of
material for the purpose.
IT Is Not EXPECTED that Secretary Sher-
man will return to Washington this week.
He will probably testify before the Potter
committee before he comes back to Washing
ton.
POPULARITY OF THE FOUR PER CENTs-The
subscriptions to the new four per cent. bonds
are on the increase rather than the decrease,
and the Treasury is not able to deliver the
bonds for the current ORDERS but are more
than week behind.
SENATOR THURMAN will leave here in a day
or two to sound the key note of the forthcOm.
ing campaign in the Buckeye state The Sen
signed this gracious task by the state central
committee.
THE EARLY BIRD.-A portion of the forth
coming report of the Secretary of War, SO
much as pertains to the operations of the Sig
nal Service, has already been placed in the
hands OF the Public Printer.
SFRGEANT-AT-ARMs THOMPSON is expected
here in a day or two to open up and keep in
motion the democratic congressional cam
palgn committee
PERsONAL.-General Garfield reached Wash
ingtOn last evening, on his way to Atlantic
City, where he expects to be interviewed by
announces the arrival of the party of Euro
pean tourists under charge of Professor
LOomiS at Venice on Saturday evening, after
the hsdepg pass an 3 Gafe hs Maggor AgS Ta
.'' w. w: Burdette and family have gone to
Jordan White Sulphur Springs '''' Mr. JAS
ment, afterWard consul at Funchal, and now
U. S. commercial agent at Nottingham is in
the city visiting friends.
THE PRESIDENT had quite an ovation at
Cumberland yesterday, on his return from
Ohio His approach to the city was announced
by the firing of cannon, band of music
greeted him on his arrival, and an immense
tiOn and received him with cheers. The de-
monstratiOn eliminated by the Mayor and
city authorities formally welcoming him and
the party travelling with him to the hospitality
of the city, and afterwards many of the lead
ing citizens of the place called to pay their
personal respects. After dining, the President,
In response to numerous calls made a few
remarks to the crowd present, and subse-
quently introduced General Garfield and At
tOrney General Devens, each of whom made
shOlt addresses, which were we'll received
At many other points on the route marks of
respect We're shown, but nowhere was the
demonstration SO large and enthusiastic as at
Cumberland, which seemed to turn out aim lst
en- n1dSSe to extend to the President an old
fashioned Maryland welcome.
MEXICAN DOLLARS AT A DIsCOUNT-Infor.
nation has been received at the Treasury de-
partment that the Mexican silver dollar is
causing good deal of trouble to certain sec
tlons of Kansas. Until recently that coin was re-
celved as dollar Now number of merchants
more than from 90 TO SO cents, the Mexican
dollar has fallen in value throughout the state
and number of banks and. parties who hold
considerable quantities of it have lost CORE
spOndingly.
RULES to govern in the execution of for.
FIXTURES OF pay adjudged by sentences of
courts martial, have been promulgated in
general orders No. 53 from the War depart
ment. When the sentence is silent as to the
date OF the commencement of the forfeiture,
it will begin at the date of the PRONUNCIATION
OF the sentence in orders. Pay which has &C
crued previous to that date cannot be affected
by such sentence. This will hold good whether
the sentence imposes forfeiture of a speci-
fled sum or a forfeiture of certain amount
per month. Two or more fOrfeitures of pay
by different sentences overlapping will apply
together as far as possible, taking precedence
(when necessary in order of their dates until
all are satisfied, &c.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieutenant VIM T. Swim
burne is ordered to the Swatara, at Boston,
Mass; Passed Assistant Paymaster w. w.
Barry, to temporary duty at the navy yard,
Boston; Lieutenant H. T. Mona an is d.
tached from the Swatara and ordered to duty
on the coast survey; Lieutenant j. n. Hemp
HILL from the Swatara and granted leave of
absence for three months.
THE ARMY MILITARY COMMISSION met at
the Greenbrier White Sulphur Spring gs yester-
day. There were present Senator Burnside,
tiyes Banning, Harry White, Dibrell and
Strait. The absentees were Senator Plumb
and Representative Bragg. Immediately after
tlOn that Its sessions should be held in secret
for the present and nothing be divulged of its
proceedings to outside inquirers. The men,
open pressure would be brought to bear on
them to change their action as they progressed
in their work. They also desire to keep mem.
bers OF Congress from being pledged to oppose
this or that measure. and that all may deliber-
ate unshackled by local prejudices when a
subject is submitted to Congress for action.
alarms French, of the Senate, and a Clerk.
Some OF the members have their families with
them.
WAGES AND LABOR IN IRELAND-The
United States consul at Dublin has for Warded
to the Department of State very full and in
teresting report on the rate of wages paid the
labOr1ng classes in his district, number and
classification of holidays in each province of
Ireland, the annual average of amount of cir
culatlon OF the six banks OF issue in Ireland,
returns Of Joint stock banks doing business in
ireland. post office savings banks, returns of
distillerieS, &c. From this report it appears
that the skilled mechanic gets per day IS. Sd,
and the unskilled mechanic receives l7S:6
per week. Agricultural laborers are paid per
day from Is. I'd. to Is. 3D., permanent, and
from g. cd. to IS. Cd. in the busy season. the
rate OF wages varying very much according to
locality and season Near large towns tn
rate is much higher than in the country dis.
trlcts; also in spring and harvest the rate is
higher than at other seasons. The price of
wheat per ll2 lbs, taking the average of six
principal markets, in 1851 was S. Cd and thu
price obtained in the same manner for 1877
was los. SD. Oats have varied during thu
same period from IS. SID. to Is. 9}1d. pota
2s. 2!2d. to f3 las. 3D., in each case the guan
nty from which this average is taken being
III lbs. The amount of the note circulation of
the six banks of issue in Ireland in the yeac