Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-06

SILVER DOLIARs.-During the week ended Sat
urday last there were put in circulation 12l ,995
standard silver dollars; the same figures for last
year were S9i, ,999
RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED. The President has
accepted the designations of Captain J. H. Costin,
Sth cavalry: First Lieutenant c. A. POStley, 81 ar
tilery, and Lieutenant Howard.
THREE INDIAN SCOUTS TO BE ExEcuTEp.-The
President has confirmed the sentence OF death i'm
posed by the courtmartial in the of the three
Indian scouts. "Dead Shot," ''Dandy JIM and
"Sktppy," convicted of mutiny at Cibicu, and Or
dered their execution on March Sd next.
ARMY ORDERs-second Lieut.. Lea Febiger. aad
infantry, now In this city. will proceed to Jefferson
barracks, Missouri, and report to the suparinten-
dent mounted recruiting service, to accompany
detachment OF recruits for the 4th cavalry TO Santa
Augustus p. Blocksom, 9th cavalry, is extended
five months. Leave of absence for six months is
granted Capt. Robert G. Heiner, 1st infantrNo The
leave granted Major Alfred A. woodruff, surgeon,
Is extended one month and ten days. The leave
granted Capt. Charles II. Paul, 18th infantry, is
further extended fifteen days.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day were
Senator's Harrison, Miller (Cal), Anthony, Sawyer,
Cameron tPa.). Secretary Lincoln and Representa-
tives Thomas, Farwell, Bowman. Cakns, Pierce,
Strait, Aldrich, Buck. Hill and Van Acrnam, and
William Scraggs, of Georgia; j.. A. Lee. of New
York, and Mr. p j. Lauritzep, OF this city, accom-
panied Dy MI. Ban, OF England.
THE PRESIDENT has accepted an invitation, con-
ditiOnal upon his public engagements. to attend
with Secretary Lincoln, the annu1l dinner OF the
Harvard club, of New York city, which is to be
held at Delmonico's on the 21st of February Mr.
Linco In is a Harvard graduate.
NAVAL ORDERs-Com. Frederick Pearson to
command the Wachussett, relieving Com Henry
Glass. who will be placed on waiting orders. Lieut..
j. j. Brlce to duty in charge of navigation depart
Pen5 15,od OF the Mare Island navy yard Lieut. W ?.
hahdaii, Master G. W. Bartlett and Ensign \. X.
Usher TO examination for promotion.
SMALL PoX STATIsTICs.-The National Board OF
Health has received the following small pox stats
tics: For the week ended February 6th-New
Orleans, deaths; H0yoke, Mass, death For
week ended February 4th-BoSton, death; New
York City, 20 deaths; Ciiattapooga, / death:
Dayton,, 10 cases; East Liverpool. ohio, case;
Louisville, case, and MOntclair. NY. ease
week ended January 2Sth-BrOOklyn Is cases. !
death; PittSb'lrg, 19 cases. % deaths; Terre
Hau te, death. and Omaha, Neb. cases, death.
LIBRARIAN SPoFFoRD on THE PROPOSED NEW Ma
TioNAL LIBRARY.-Mr. Atnsworth r. SpOfford, Lii
brarian Of Congress. in his annual report, says
The question OF most absorbing interest regard
ing the present condition and future care OF this
great collection remains yet unsettled, so far as
final action on the part OF Congress Is concerned
Progress was made at the last session, however by
the passage through the Senate Of bill to provide
additional accommodations for the library by the
erection o. a separate tire-proOf building grounds
contiguous to the Capitol. lying Immediately
east OF the park. fronting that building The
same measure has been again unanimously recon-
mended by the joint select committee on addi-
tonal accommodations for the Congressional
library for the present Congress- and their bill to
carry the plan into effect is now pending Ii is
earnestly hoped that this long-delayed measure
for the protection of the public property and for
the permanent conservation ana orderly arrange
ment OF the Invaluable collections which the Capt.
toi can 30 longer hold will now become a law"
AWARD OF THE NEVADA TRoPHy.-There was an
interesting event in Gen. Sharmln5 Office this
morning. Ii was the formal delivery of the Ne
vada trophy to Capt. Louis Smith, battery X, 81
OF Gen. sherman by Gen. c. {. Bdtterman, 0f Viz
glnia City, Nevada, through Col. ". G. Church.
icf yearly award TO the company or battery max
ing the pest score In TARGET practice. The trophy
was on the 21St o. January awarded to bait ry X.
81 artillery, and Capt Smith was dire tad to come
to Washington FOR The purpose OF receiving it. He
arrived here last saturday. At the formal preSen-
tati0n this morning there were pro sent besides
Gen. Sherman and Capt Smith. all the members
OF Gen. SheTm9nS Stlf and Col BARI Gen. ShCr-
man, in presenting the trophy, read the order
awarding it to battery X, and said it gave him
hoped the battery would be able to hold 1t next
year, uut thought That ii lad hard row t. hoe He
wanted Capt Smith to tell his command that he
had presented the trophy In person and to be
warmly remembered to the officers and men, whom
he said '.he had known before they were born"
ltien sherman used 10 be an officer OF the 3d az
tiiery.l Capt Smith. in appropriate phrase. en-
pressed his thanks to GEN sherman in the bat
tery bat won the trD,hv there are 39 men 81 0f
whom shot in the match. The lowest score out OF
possible hundred Lit II was made Was So Capt
Smith made 9S, his second lieutenant 92, two men
made 100 ana tive men made 81. The trophy is one
OF the handSomeSt ever made.
THE CHANGE IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE REPCB-
LICAN.-Gcn. Thomls j. Brady, ore o. the princ-
pal OWnerS OF the N0tiOadI RpDubijct1 OF this city
has disposed Of his interest in that paper to Mr.
W. A. Patton. of New York city, It is understood
that there win be no change in the editorial and
business departments Of the paper, Mr. Hallett
George c. Gorhlm as edt0r-in-chiaf. The Rpl7tb-
iiCGH to-day says. concern NJ Gen. Brady'S dis
posal OF his interest, and the future policy of the
paper: ''He has done so purely as a business
transaction. believing that the stock owned by
him could be made Of more value If owned by
Others ana that the Republican would be thereby
relieved Of the diSfavOr which has in some quar-
ier5 been excited against it. While he knew in
the transaction only gentleman OF long and sue
cessful experience as a newspaper publisher, there
need now he no hesitation in stating that the pur-
chase has been made by n combination Of gentle
principles, who have private ends to serve, and
none OF whom seek office, but who convinced
that the time. has come when a vigorous effort
should be made to ext md, specially through the
southern states, the circulation OF q republican
journal as an efficient instrument for the promo
ton of liberal national principles. While they
hope and expect to give to the administration OF
President Arthur cordial support, it is not pro-
posed that the RepniHicGn shall become the sub
PERSoNAI--R. NJ. Pulsifer, OF the Boston Herald.
is at the Ebbitt accompanied by his wife.-Sen-
ator Blair and Representatives Randall and Dwight
were registered in New York yesterday.-Con
missioner LOring is to deliver lecture in the cap
itOl at Hartford on Wednesday evening, by invita-
ton or the Connecticut State Board OF Agricul-
ture.-Richard Davenport, OF Washington, was a
passenger by the overland train to arrive at San
Francisco last Monday.-RepreSentati Steph-
ems Will be seventy years old next saturday,
MI Rufus Hatch, the well known New York finan-
cier, is in town.-Judge Porter is going to Flor
ida, soon, to recover from the effects of the Gu-
teau trial.-Henry T. Gillig, manager OF the
American Exchange in London and Paris Is at the
Riggs.
The Jeannette Search.
Nearly hundred officers of the navy have
made application to the Secretary of the Navy
to be detailed to search for the missing
men. OF the Jeannette. This is regarded as
highly creditable to the spirit OF the navy. Lieut.
Giles h. Harber and Master Scheutze, who have
been ordered to assist In the search, sailed from
New York on Saturday.
LIEUT.. DANENHOwER COMING HOME.
Secretary Hunt to-day received dispatch from