Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-17
THE EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip,

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTs To-DAY.-Internalrev rev.
enue, SS61, ,99i.55: customs. 1921 1881.
SECRETARY SHERMAN was in New York yes
terday, and visited Gen. Hillhouse at the sub.
treasury, and afterwards. at the custom house.
received calls from several leading bankers.
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY and party were
shown around Providence, RI, yesterday. and
were entertained at clam bake at Silver
Spring by. the Squantum Club. They visited
ROCKY Point to-day, and leave this afternoon
for Boston.
PERsoNAL.-Col. George B. Corkhlll and faml-
ly left for Cape May to day, and will stay at
Congress Hall. ....G Gen. Grosvenor, of Athens
Ohio, leaves for home tonight. Mr. John
W. Boteler, of this city, sailed for Europe yes
terday in the Inman steamer City OF Chester.
He was accompanied by one of his sons.
THE AMERICAN PATHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, in
session at Newport, R. L., yesterday passed
resolutions Of sorrow at the death of their late
secretary, Prof. Thomas c. Murray of John
Hopkins University. Prof. Humphreys, OF VAN
deIbilt University, read paper on CaeSura,"
and DR.. r. F. leighton, OF Brooklyn, on "Manu-
scripts of Cicero's Letters" Prof. Albert Hark-
ness. OF Brown University, and others discussed
the development of the Latin Subjunctive of the
principal classics. Prof Humphreys also pre-
sented paper on "The influence Of Elision on
EerS1flcat10n.'
THE WACHUsBTT arrived at New Orleans on
the 18th instant from VickSburg.
To BE DISMISSED FOR HAZING.-The Secretary
of War, on the recommendation Of General
Schofeld, commanding at West Point, has Or
dered the dismissal OF six cadets for hazing.
JUDGE S. j. W. TABOR, fourth auditor of the
Treasury. left the city a short time ago for his
home in Iowa, with a view Of entering upon
private business. To-day his resignation was
received, to take effect August 1st next. He
has contemplated this step for some months.
He was fourth auditor sixteen years. His prob
able successor is MIR. w. B. Moore, deputy 4th
auditor.
BIDS WERE OPENED at the War department
on the 18th instant for furnishing furniture for
the various rooms In the new War and Navy de-
partments. There were some ten bidders; and
George Mills, OF Baltimore, being the lowest the
contract will be ewarded to him as soon as he
can execute the necessary bond. Mr.. Mills was
the successful bidder for furnishing the Depart
ment OF State and also the New York post
Office.
QUARTERS FOR THE CENSUS BUREAU-The
Interior department has not yet made any con-
tract for the lease OF the Republican building
for the Census bureau, although negot ationS
now In progress that way may result in lease
OF that building.
CIRCULARS in course of preparation by the
Treasury department, showing the price paid
for skilled labor for the past ten years, and the
cost Of the necessaries Of life each year en-
braced In decade. While 1t will show that a
workman received more for his labor ten years
ago, it will also show that the reduction In the
price Of all comodities will enable him now to
buy for the same money third more than he
could ten years ago.
AT THE WEEKLY OPENING OF OFFERS OF Sill
YER BULLION to the government yesterday
afternoon the rates asked by the bullion mold
ers from the Pacific coast, as well as few from
New York, were slightly above the market rate.
They were declined. In declining the offers
from San Francisco the department offered to
pay what 1t considered the market rate. To.
day notification was received of the acceptance
it is understood, about five hundred thousand
ounces-one OF the largest purchases made fo'
some time.
NAVAL ORDRRs.-Leaves of absence ar,
granted as follows:-Lieut. Commander c.. E,
Clark, two weeks, from the 18th: Lieut.. Com
mander q. C. White, for one MONTH from
August 1st; Lieut.. N. E. Newton, during tn
month Of August; Lieut.. s. F. ClarksOn, on
one month. from the 21st inst; Passed Assistant
Paymaster G. A. Deering, for thirty days; Chap
lain E. K. RawSOn, for one month, from the 18th
inst; Chaplain G. A. Crawford, during the
month OF August; Passed Assistant Engineer
a: Kiroy, one month, from the 25th inst; Med
tcal Director s. F. Coues, two weeks, from the
August; Chaplain W. n. stewart, thirty days:
from August I'd; Assistant Paymaster c. nj
Ray, one month, from August 4th; Chief Engi-
Paymaster c. P. Thompson, during the month
OF August; Chief Engineer Phillip Inch, one
month, from the 23d; Chief Engineer Fl. 81,
Stewart, twenty-five days, from the 25th inst