Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-12
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

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Washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-lnternal
revenue, s6I9,S77.69; customs, s5o9,l45SO.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent. loan to
day, amounted to sl,eG0,O00.
THE MARQUIS DE MANTILLA, Spanish
minister to the United States. will leave Wash
ngton shortly for Spain on two months leave
OF absence. He has pre5ented to the Secretary
Of state bis first secretary OF legation, Count
Brunett;, who will act as charge d'affareS
during bis abserce.
JUSTICE HARLAN. of the T. S. Supreme
left the city today for Newport, where he will
sit to hear arguments in a railway case of
importance. Ex-Governor Hendricks Stanley
Matthews, and other western lawyers of note
viii argue before him.
THE TALLAPoosA left at twelve o'clock to-
day for the coast navy-yardS. 1t was rumOred
that she had gone to the assistance of the
Wyoming, which was spoken at sea a day or
two AGO, bound for Washing ION from Havre
short of coal Inquiry at the Navy Depart
Went failed to confirm the rllmOr, it being posi-
lively announced that she had merely left on
one Of her trips along the coast. Ihe Wy
Omiug though She may be shol of coal. is per-
fecty able to proceed Without any difficulty
under sail.
MIR. WEBB c. HAYES, who is now at the
family home in Fremont, Ohio, will not return
TO the city before next winter. if then. Early
in the fall he Will be married to a young lady
of Fremont, and will settle in that place. The
1ady'S name Is not known here outside the
White House The coming groom Is the PreSi-
dents second son; he is about q years of age,
is beardlesS; and wears eye glasses: During
his stay in Washington he made large num-
Der OF friends. At times he has acted as the
Presidents private secretary, and has b an
very popular with all who have had business
to transact through him.
VIEWING THE BATTLE E-FIELD.-Professs
Gardner, recorder of the Fitz John Porter
have returned from their tour of inspection of
Bull Run battlefield. The trip was taken by
Professor Gardner for the purpose OF familiar
izing himself with the topography of the
ground occupied by FitZ John Porter and the
confederate forces opposed to him, in order
that he might intelligently cross examine wit
nesses testifying in relation thereto. 1t is
more than probable that the board of inquiry
into POrter'S case WILL before rendering its
final decision, also visit the place and go care
fully over the whole scene of the engagement.
GENERAL SHErNAN, accompanied by Gen.
eral Alexander McCOOk. left the city last
evening, for a visit to the Navajo Indians in
New Mexico. Some years ago General Sher-
man made treaty with these Indians since
when they have been progressing in civiliZa-
tiOn and been peaceable, and have generally
gotten along veIy well. General Sherman
goes out there to revisit them and see if any
thing further can be done for their good.
UNDER INSTRUCTIONS from this city the
post Office authorities at San Francisco are
makiI preparations to transport $7,00O,0G) in
gold from there to New York as third-class
mail matter
AMONG THE GUESTS at Rock Enon Springs
are: DIR. S,laIt Wells and family, Admiral
Geo. I. Balch and family, Admiral G.. H.
Scott and wife. Professor L: Westcott and
family, of Washington: Rev. S. H. Howe aud
family, Mrs. F. S. Buchanan, Roberdean
Buchanan, MIS- S. S. p )berdean Nils Herr
MIR. Vim. Moore and sister. Mrs. Gen. Thomas,
i.y, Charles B. Bailey and family, r. McAnis-
ter and family, and Horatio Browning
OWING TO THE FAILURE in May last OF the
appropriation to print specifications the Patent
Office has been behind time ever since IN the
sending out of patents. Ordinarily they are
sent Two weeks from date of issue, but within
the period mentioned as much as four or five
weeks have elapsed in some instances before
patent could be lent. This has been an an
nOya nee both to the office and to the inventors
BY extra labor the work has at last been
brought up to date, and the patents OF this
weeks issue will be sent out two weeks from
this time. This is good news to inventors
as well as to every official in the Patent Ofiee.
which has been temporarily neglected, in the
effort to bring the printing of new issues up to
Qale, may now De TAKEN up
WHAT THE NEW NAVAL REGISTER Shows.
The annual register of the officers of United
States Navy has just been issued by the De-
Zine ofiicers. there are ' in n the ' seryies Ai
This numoer IS composed of l admiral
and l -, eeadmiral, II rear-admirals,
2o com sommodores, % captains, 50 com
Ientenants. 100 masters. s. ensigns,
have gone through the Naval Academy, and
are now performing two years service at sea
prior TO final graduation. OF other officers
there are 1l5 in the medical CORPS 126 in the
pay corps, 232 in the engineer corps, "a chap,
lalns, II professors OF mathematics, ii naval
constructors, 9 civil engineers, 53 bOatswains,
59 gunners, 81 carpenters. 10 sailmakers and
G mates. The above includes only the officers
who are on the active list On the retired list
there are in the different corps, named above
a total of 277 officers In the marine corps
there are s. officers on the active and Is on the
unteer navy--one of them an acting ensign-3
acting passed assistant surgeons and 19 act
ing assistant surgeons The total humber OF
oiIcers ONO IN an branches OF the navy and ma
zine corps, active and retired, is 2C57 In ad-
dltlon to this number there are at the Naval
Academy, and who hope to be officers some
day. 251 cadet Y mldshipmen and % cadet engi,
neerS. Since the last register was issued
there have been 50 designations. three OF
which were Of marine officers and s. Of ca let
midshipmen and cadet engineerss the num-
DER OF QlSInlSSilS was lo, IL Oelng cadet mid
shipmen and cadet engineers. OF deaths
there were 50, two being marine officers. On
the death list are the names of Lieutenant
s. A. SimOns, Lieutenant l.. G.. Palmer, Master
j. nj. Wight, Master Walters. French, Ensign
+. w. Danner, Surgeon G. S. Culbreth, and
Chief Engineer +. M. Olson who were lost on
board the Huron.
CIvILIZISG THE ESHOsHONEs.-LeviA A. Gheen,
farmer in charge of the Western Shoshones,
has sent a letter from EIkO, Nevada, to the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, giving de-
tailed report of the recent Indian trouble in
Northern Nevada and Southern Idaho. The
report closes: was highly commended by
the best class OF the white people for my &C.
ton all through the trouble, and particularly
in sending them out among the white people
to work, when it was plainly seen that it was
dangerous to hold 50 many Indians together
when the excitement was SO great: and it
would cost at least $500 per day to support
them all, and il they were not supported trOu-
bic was almost sure to occur, there being no
doubt but that a certain class of white men
who have nothing at stake were anxious to
cause trouble with the ShOshOneS in order
that there might be chance to make money.
The people about the mining towns ard the
farmers were very glad to have the indians
come back because they needed their labor,
which is cheap and good. Many of these