Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-29

should be sent in before W Wednesday noon.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-mternal rev.
enue. s621, ,62s.2I customs, s417, 1880.
NAVAL oRDERs.-Assistant Surgeon C. j.
Nourse from the Tallapoosa and ordered to the
naval hospital, Washington. Master Francis
Winslow from the coast survey and placed on
waiting orders.
SECRETARY THOMPSON returned to the city
from Indiana last evening, and was on duty at
the Navy department. to-day.
PosTMAsTER-GENERALK KEY, wife and daughter
spent Saturday in Baltimore, the guests Of Mr..
Samuel NJ. Shoemaker. Gen. Key visited the
custom house and postoflfce. He spent an hour
with Postmaster Tyler, and the postoffice en-
ployeS were severally introduced to him.
GENERAL MEIGs left the city
Saturday, on an inspection tour of all the prin-
cipal military depOts in the west and south.
COMMISSIONER GENERAL MCCORMICK has COM
peted list of all expenditures upon the part
of the United States at the Paris Exposition,
and the same will be sent to Congress by the
Secretary of State. OF the two Congressional
appropriations, amounting together to $780, 900,
tie commissioner general reports an uneX-
pended balance of between $4,000 and 81 900.
ASSISTANT SURGEON B. D. TAYLOR, U. S. A,
has been directed to report in person to the de-
partment of the east for assignment to duty.
THE LITERARY SocIETY.-A brilliant company
met at the residence of Mrs General F. w.
Lander, on Saturday evening, on the occasion
of the second regular meeting of the season of
sThe Literary Society,"" The new executive
committee announced the officers chosen for
Garfield, president; Professor Charles Hoffman,
of the Capitol Law Library, vice president;
Elliott Coues, NJ. D., secretary. The chair an
nounced the election and acceptance Of the fol-
lowing new members of the society, WINS.
Governor Clafiin, MI. s. II. Kaufman. Mr. 7. f.
Dwight. librarian of the State department.: and
Col. W. K. Rogers, private secretary OF the Pres
ident. The first paper of the evening was then
read by Paymaster General Alvord, entitled
First Cables,' which was listened to with
much attention. Mrs. r. Cary Long followed
Walk" 1.-THE Indian Pipe" IA Sonnet" The
first embodied a cheering conceit of sprino in
person, gazing on 1.-The happy autumn fields"
and wondering in grief at the scanty harvest
which had followed her profuse sowing; but, at
last, finding full requital in the generous har-
vest OF beauty yielded by the gorgeous hues Of
the forest leaves. Col Garrick Mallory then
read an able paper upon ''The Gesture Speech
of Mankind This closed the formal session.
Later, the company enjoyed the sweet singing
Of Miss Walter, of Baltimore, followed by
powerful rendition by the hostess of 1.-THE Gray
Sergeant The artist members who contribute
TO each meeting of this society were represent
ed by Mrs. FaSSett, three Of whose works added
to the attractions OF the occasion.
The LOST OFFICE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINS that
the appropriation of 81, 2,OOO, 900 asked for by the
Pest Office Department for the star service, is
not deficiency, as Congress at the special ses-
sion passed two or three post route bills, Gre
ating over two thousand new routes after the
regular appropriation bill for the Post Office De-
partment had passed, thereby directing the
Postmaster General to put service on these new
routes, which it appears was done, and the mo-
ney now asked for is to pay for service already
performed, and to continue the service during
the present fical year, and for such increase as
the great and rapidly improving country de-
mandS.