Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-10

McNeir, 5th district of Pennsylvania; Chas.
S. Wagstan, 4th district of Michigan; Edw'd
Terry, 1stdistrict of Connecticut; VIM. WEIGH,
18th district of New York Arthur r. Yates,
18th district of New York; VIM. G. MeCand
less, 10th district of Pennsylvania; Darius II.
Ingraham, Sd district of Maine; James R.
Hosmer, Sd district of Louisiana; George A.
Sawyer, I'd district of Vermont Walter Bar
ret, oath district of Pennsylvania; Lewis P.
Ward, oath district of New York; Jason r.
orion, 9th district of Ohio; Francis B. Blake,
9th district of Massachusetts,; Francis W.
Bond, LIST district of North Carolina; Fitz-
Henry Wheeler, 1st district of Illinois; Henry
J. Wiseman, Sd district of Pennsylvania.
1t should be understood that Acting Mid
shipmen are appointed only as vacancies &C
cur, and that custom has made it the right Of
the member of Congress to nominate in all cases
to the Secretary to fill the vacancies from his
Congressional district as they occur. Under
these circumstances, these may be said TO be
the appointments of the members representing
the several districts of the several States named
tary himself
NAVAL OFFICERS ORDERED, RESIGNED, DE-
rACBED, &c.--Psssed Midshipman Julian
Myers, detached from Coast Survey and wait
ing orders.
Lieutenant Joseph P. Sanford, Boatswsin
Edward Cavendy and Sd Assistant Engineer
j. NJ. Freeman have resigned
Lieutenant Charles g. Hunter appointed to
command the brig cambridge.
Lieutenant Hays ordered to the cambridge
Passed Midshipman VIM Mitchell as Acting
Master of ditto.
Passed Midshipman W. j. Lowell and VIM
Gwin detached from the Princeton and order
cd to the cambridge.
Purser T. H. LOCKER and Passed Assistant
Surgeon Rudenstein and Mdshipman Bah
cock ordered to the cambridge.
First Assistant Engineer Henry Mason de-
tached from steamer Saranac and First Assist
ant Theodore Zeller ordered to her.
The OVERLAND EMIGRATION TO OREGON
AND CALIFORNIA.--The commanding officer at
Fort kearney reports that the last of the over
land emigration for Oregon and California of
this season passed that fort about the 18th of
August. The total number, during the sea-
son, were as follows 5000 men; 1882 women;
3,05S children; 6,477 horses; 2,l9G mules;
l05, 1872 cattle; 3,70S wagons, and As, 495 sheep
This does not include that part of the cmisra-
ton which passed on the north side of the
Platte river.
| A FORGERY UPoE THE SECRETARY OF THE
TREAsURr.-A week or two ago, IN affair oc-
CURED here which has created some converse
| ton, viz: negro presented at the banking
house of Pairo & Nourse. for discount, note
for $.00, drawn by James Clark. payable to
the Hon. Secretary Guthrie, ut thirty days
endorsed by the Secretary apparently. The
bank sent it over to the Department to have
the endorsement verified, when the forgery
was discovered. At 2P. NJ of the same day.
another negro called for the note, saying tina,
MIR. Clark, presuming that they did not design
accommodating him. desired to have the paper
returned to him Strange to tell, we can hear
of no efforts to arrest the rogue. 1t should
however, be remembered that under our law:
the negroes would be no evidence against the
man. Their story was that he was to them
| perfect stranger, having hired them casually
on the street to carry and go for the forged
paper.
The Hon. JOHN Y. MASON, the: new United
States Minister to France, to-day spent some
time at the State Department. receiving hi
instructions it is presume@