Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-22
Washington News and Gossip.

washington News and Gossip.
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Internal reve-
nue., s26s. O692i; customs, $685., a,59219.
THE NATIONAL BANK NOTES received for redemp-
tion to-day amount to 1924 900.
SECRETARY CHANDLER paid his first official visit
tothe Brooklyn navy yar1 yesterday, and was re-
ceived with the uSuai hOnors.
SECRETARY LINCOLN has returned from New York
and was at the War department this morning.
OUT OF CoMMIssIoN.-The Navy department is
informed that the torpedo boat Alarm was put out
of commission at Norfolk yesterday.
THE MARQUIS OF LoRNE.-The State department
is informed that the Marquis OF Lorne, governor
general of Canada, Will pass through this country
next month en- route TO British Columbia.
NAVAL ORDERs-Master Alfred Reynolds has
been ordered to the Enterprise. Lieut.. Henry t.
Monahou has been detached from the Enterprise
and placed on waiting orders
THF FOLLOWING PosTMAsTERs were commits
stoned to-day: JAS. g. Kirkwood Ellicott City,
Nd, and Jud5on /. Stevens, Utica, NY.
COMMISSIONS to the following presidential post
offices were issued to-day: Henry S. Lawrence,
Newport, Vt; Henry s. Sanderson, Clarkesvflle
Texas; a. s. Galbreath, National Military home,
Ohio.
ENACTED UPON BY THE SENATE-A commission
was issued to-day to Joshua B. Hammond as post
master at Patchogue, n. Y. This nomination was
one OF those unacted upon by the Senate.
THE WASHINGTON MoNUMENT-The laying of
stone on the Washington monument will be re-
sumed September 5th, and it is expected that the
work Will go right along to December 18th before
1t Will close in for the winter and that by that
date about forty feet more will be added TO the
shaft, increasing the height to $50 feet-21 feet
above nj op fha
Capitol
THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, after the meet
Ing in New York yesterday, denied that changes
In the heads OF departments had been discussed
The session was more Of social character than
otherwise although it was held Tor the purpose OF
1nQUirlng whether anything in any OF the depart
mentS needed consideration by the President and
his advisers All the members OF the Cabinet were
present, except Secretary Teller and the Post
master General.
SECRETARY FoLGER visited Wall street yester-
day before the Cabinet meeting in New York. At
the sub-treasury he called upon Mr.. Acton and
Cashier st. john, OF the Mercantile bank, and
other bank men called upon him to discuss the per
cents Some steamship men were also there, and
the new Inspection act was discussed. At the
cuStom-hOuse the Secretary visited Judge Robert
son, and Surveyor Graham, whose term of office Is
ABOUT TO expire called upon him. From the Gus
tOIn-house he drove to the Presidents house In
Lexington avenue.
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and Secretary Chandler on Thursday. On Thurs
day President Arthur Will attend receptions given
by Mrs Mary L. Bruen. OF Boston. Charles III. Rus
sell, and Mrs. III. T. Dickey, of New York. He has
accepted invitations to West Island as the guest
OF the fishing club at that place, to receptions by
Mrs j. W. Ellis and Ex-Governor Morgan, to din
by John jacob Astor and Cornelius Vanderbilt
and Mrs. Commodore Baldwin'S ball. Gen. Han
cock will arrive with three of his staff, tomorrow
At least fifty Invitations have been sent to the
President inviting him TO dinner parties recep-
ttons, &c. Over 900 invitations have been issued
TO Governor Morgan's reception In honor of the
President.
RE-OPENIsG OF THE CoRcoRAN GALLERY OF ART
The main room OF the COrcoran Gallery, which has
been closed for some time past for the purpose of
cleaning. vanishing and re-arranging some OF
the paintings therein. Will be thrown open to the
public tomorrow The general appearance of the
room mas been greatly improved by what has
been done, and the change wrought in some OF the
pictures Is really quite remarkable. All the work
OF Curator Macleod and Assistant Curator Barba-
rim, who deserve much credit for the creditable
manner In which the delicate and difficult task
has been accomplished The despatch with which
the work has been prosecuted Is also to be COM
nended; and this point Will be especially apprec-
ated by visitors 10 the city, who are now coming
here in great numbers, with the advent of cooler
weather, and by all or whom the Gallery is Justly
considered one OF the principal attractions OF the
National Capital.
INDIANS ARRESTED AND DIsARMED.--Gen. Nc
Doweli telegraphs to the War department. from
"PresidiO OF San Francisco Cal, August q, 1884,
as follows: "Gen. WILCOX telegraphs that Co |.
Brackett reports he caused one buck ana nine
SfiuaWS TO be arrested near SOlOIlOnSville, and
ter reports them To be White Mountain Apaches,
from Mexico; that commanding officer Apache
sent scout company 10 assist Indian police to
arrest Indians who had run away from SUBJ
agency; that Lieut. DO1d, commanding the COM
pany, arrested five bucks and lot OF SluaWS and
children, m ana , commandin2 officer Apache dis
Informed on condition OF affIirs on San Carlos
reservation; Notwithstanding agent was ordered
every twenty days condition or the Indi ans under
bis charge, but one regular report has been re-
ceiyed-June 2ath-an1 that lie has advised the
accordingly"
A NAVAL BOARD has been appointed to consider
the subject and report to the department the
number of officers OF the navy and marine corps,
whose employment on shore duty after the first of
October next will be required by the public inter-
eStS, as provided IN section OF the naval appro-
priation act and as TO the duties and localities to
which they ought to be assigned. The board Will |
be composed OF the following oflicers:-Rear Ad- |
miral i. I. Nichols, Chief OF the bureau OF yards
chief OF tho bureru OF equipment and recruiting; |
Commodore John G. Walker, chief of the bureau |
Of navisation: Capt. Montgomery Scard, chief OF |
the bureau OF ordnance; Surgeon General Philip s. |
Wales. chief OF the bureau OF medicine and sur |
gery; Paymaster General Joseph A. Smith, chief OF
the bureau OF provisions and clothing; Engineer
in-Ch;ef WIn. ii. Shock, chief OF the bureau OF |
steam engineering, and Col VIM. B. Remey, Judge |
advocate general
PERSoNAI--L1te adyiceS from the Greenbrier |
Springs report Mr.. Corcoran as constantly gain. |
ing In strength, and already SO much improved as |
to be able to walk considerable distances-Rep-
resentativc Belmont starts in a few days for the
Yellowstone region where he Will stay until well |
into the autumn.-Captain Harrison Gray Otis |
form crly prominently connected with the public
printing Office here. has become OF the editors
or the Los Angeles {Cal) Daily yTinleS-Ex-ReD-
Roots, OF Arkansas, is at the Metro
Gallaudet has gone to the |
Virginia Warm Springs-The wife OF Lieutenant /
keeler, c. S. N, who has been at Cambridgeport |
for some time past, is now at Narragansett Pier
,,- Dr: Ralph Walsh win spend some time among |
the mountains OF Maryland, in the vicinity OF |
Frostburg:-Dr NJ. +. Thompson. Miss NJ. E. and |
Miss a. C. Thompson, OF Washington; were pas |
oengers by the Halifax and Liverpool steamer |
austria !, S sailing from Baltimore to-day.-Rev. J.
T. Newman, formerly OF this city, is recuperating
Ia the Adirondack wilderness.-Latest fnrOrma- :
ton rom Vevay, where he has been staying, rep
reSents Surgeon Woodward, OF the U. s. Medical |
Museum, as hsying lost rather than gained in
health oy his European trip, ana as being In con-
aiton far from hopeful.-General Schenck and |
s "a ossusntcrs, who have been spending the summer |
DO ScIningt0N. Vt. have POnC to Bpfh1ehpm NJ |