Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-02
Assigned to Shere DUTY
Assfgned 10 SHofe DUtY.
ORDERS MADE TO-DAY AT THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
ASSIGNMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REPORT OF
THE NAVAL BOARD.

ORDERS MADE TO-DAY AT THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
ASSIGNMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REPORT OF
THE NAVAL BOARD.
The following orders have been issued from the
Navy department, to take effect October 1st In ac
cordance with the report or the naval board which
recently determined what class OF naval of1icers
should be assigned to shore duty: Pay Director
James Fulton to perform the duties of paymaster
OF the navy yard Mare Island. in addition to his
present duties, relieving Paymaster Ii. G. Colby: /:
Paymaster r. w. Allen as paymaster OF the naval
academy annapolis, relieving Pay Director j. D.
master OF the League Island navy yard,
relieving Paymaster C. D. Mansfield; Paymaster
George Lyon, to perform the duties OF Inspector
of provisions and clothing at the Washington
navy yard, relieving Pay Inspector F. C. Cosby;
Passed Assistant Paymaster Stephen Rand, tr to
take charge OF the public funds, accounts, &c of
the naval station, New London, Conn., In addition
to his present duties at Newport, r. l. relieving
Passed Assistant Paymaster C. L Lewis; Capt.
I. S. Fillebrown, Commander II. d. Fl. Manley
Lieuts. Thomas H. Stevens and J. W. Danen.
hover, and Master Samuel Seabury, detached
Lieut.. Commanders Geo. F. F. Wilde and chas. a.
Rockwell, Lieuts. j. E. JONES' Chas. Seymour and
Geo: W. F. Holman, Master Henri McRea, Passed
master E. b. Rogers, Assistant Naval Constructor
john II. Hanscom, from the Boston navy yard and
placed ON waiting orders: Commander Thomas H.
f. j. Whitaker, from the Portsmouth, n H. navy
yard to waiting orders; CHIEF Engineer o. If.
L9ckey, Civil Engineer r. D. Peary, from the
Washington navy yard to waiting orders; Passed
Assistant Engineer VIM. ROwbotham, Chaplain d.
NJ. McLaren, from League Island, Pa, to wait
ing orders; Passed Assistant Surgeon N II. Drake,
Passed Assistant Engineer A. B. Bates, from
the navy yard, New York, to waiting orders;
Lieut.. John b. Collins Chief Engineer Elijah Laws
yard, Pensacola, and placed on waiting orders;
surgeon Andrew NJ. Moore, Civil Engineer T. c.
McCallum and Boatswaln Alex Mack, from the
naval station, New London, and placed on waiting
orders; Assistant Engineer George w. Snyder
Assistant Naval Constructor George +. Mallett
Boatswains Peter johnson and George P. Cush-
Louis j. Allen, Surgeon Edward KershneSr and and
special duty at New York, and placed on waiting
orders; Medical Director p ]. HorwItz, Passed
Assistant Engineer John L. Harmon and Assist
at Philadelphia, and placed on waiting orders;
Passed Assistant Surgeons Clement Biddle and
pacea NASH xan from the naval academy ana
tor j.: S. DUNCAN, from special duty at
San Francisco and placed on waiting orders;
orders; Passed Assistant Surgeon L. G. Henne.
berger from the naval hospital, Washington. and
from receiving ship Wabash, and placed on waiting
orders; Assistant Paymaster wills b. Wilcox from
the receiving ship Colorado, to waiting orders;
orders; Passed Assistant Engineer Stacy Potts
Waiting Orders rdnss Pnssa shp
b. Hine, from special duty on the examining board
to waiting Orders Passed Assistant Engineer
To Wany oraers IN ene oursau OF
Engineer E. 7. Warburton, from special duty,
Chester, Pa, to waiting orders; Naval Constructor
Ing orders; Assistant Naval Constructor JOS Feas-
ter, from Mare Island navy yard to waiting orders;
Pay Director Jas. H. Watmough, from duty as
general inspector to waiting orders; Pay Director
JAS ID. Murray, from duty at naval academy to
waiting orders, on expiration Of period allowed to
duty as inspector Of provisions and ciot6ing o at
the Washington navy yard, and On expiration Of
period allowed to settle accounts to waiting or
spector or flour, etc, New York. to settle accounts
and wait orders; Paymaster c. ID. Mansfield, from
League Island navy yard to settle accounts and
walt orders; Paymaster H. E. Colby, from Mare
Island navy yard to settle accounts and wait
orders; Passed Assistant Paymaster c. 1. Lewis.
from the naval station, New LOLdOn to settle &C.
counts and wait orders.
The Supreme Court.
THE APPROACHING TERN-JusTICEs WHO ARE IN
THE CITY.
The fall session of the U.S. Supreme Court be-
gins On Monday next, being the second Monday in
October. Heretofore the court has met on the
hrst Monday in December, and under an erroneous
impression that the change in the time of meeting
had been fixed for the first Monday in October,
number OF lawyers were at the rooms of the court
OF the court but few are now In the city. The
chief justice was here a day or two ago house
hunting, it being his intention to move from his
Biatchford is in the city, looking for a place to
locate. Justice Matthews is also here superin-
tending the moving into his new house. Justice
Miller is also here. Justice Field Is to leave San
next.
At next Mondays session no business will be
proceeded with save such as can be transacted
without argument. The first day is one usually
availed OF by those desiring admissions practice
Defore the court on motion. The docket will not
De called until Tuesdays seSSi on. 1t is the usual
custom OF the court to pay its respects to the Pres
1ae2t upon n the DAY OF the assembling, but the
PreNdent being absent, this Will, OF course, be In
for tbs call.
lawyers to be an excellent judicial body, all its
members being In robust health and active intel
OF the retired members Justice Swayne is living
with his daughter in New York city:
FOUND IN MINE.-A few days ago while party
OF miners were at work getting out one of their
comrades who had fallen down the shaft OF the
Climax mine at Leadylle, Col, they found coat
last May very suddenly and mysteriously. sick
ening OdOr arose from the water In the bottom OF
is lying. search viii be made. which NAV re-
suit IN solving the mystery attending Gen. Wards
:, AN ALLEGED IMPosToR.-A somewhat singular
life insurance case has been in progress in the
United States court in ST. Louis for several days,
ana reached It's climax Saturday. The case is
mat tIl OF Mrs Walburga Wackerle, widow of VIM.
Wackerle, against the mutual Life Insurance COM
pany OF New York, for 81 600 on a policy taken out
Dy ner husband several years ago. Wackerle went
10 IcXas. and on Christmas day, 1872, he was re-
ported 10 nave been run over by a railroad train
ana Killed. His widow went south, where she
gathered proofs of her husbands death. and had
the body exhumed, and Identified it as that of
WI MN: a Wackerle Meanwhile. man claiming to be
Wackerie has appeared, and the insurance COM
pan1es are contestfng the policies. The resur-
rected Wackerle was put on the stand Saturday.
he sW0re directly to being the husband OF the
plalntlH In the case, but on crosS-examlnatinn he
could not tell how many children they had, when
or Where they were born, or how many were living
or dead. He could not even tell the names Of all
OF them.
The LANCASTER R1oT.-Private information re-
ceved OF Richmond is to the effect that the politi
cal rl0t at Lancaster, S. c., on Thursday much
more serious than was repres anted In the meagre
dlspatcn published next day. That stated the num-
Der killed was and few wounded. 1t now turns
OUT tnat there were persons killed anil 21
wounded. Col Cash, who was to address, the
meeting had to lock himself up to escape the fury
OF the whites 1t Is stated somewhat in justiflca-
tion OF the massacre that the negroes had
threatened to burn the town and murder the
white people.