Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-31
Warrington News.


of some interest is understood to be pending
before the Secretary of the Interior, viz:
whether an applicant who is breveted for gal
lantry, in an action in which he receives the
wound for which he is to be pensioned. is en-
titled to be pensioned at the rank which he
held when wounded or at the brevet rank con-
ferred on him by the President, to date back to
the day Of the action above mentioned There
are many such cases growing out Of the Mex
lean war, the applicants in all of them con-
pension, which would be due under the in
creased rank. 1t strikes us, however, that
there is nothing in the law to justify pension
ing them at higher rank than that in which
they may have actually served when receiving
the wound.
THE Hon. WN H. BIssELL, Charge to Buenos
Ayres, has not notified the State Department,
we apprehend, of his disposition to decline
the diplomatic appointment rendered to him
by the present Executive. We take it for
granted, that the we'll known condition of his
health, caused the Administration thus to place
him, for its restoration, for some time in eli
mate wherein he could be saved for the future
of his country. Yet, as his health is of late
much better, we trust that he will conclude to
remain in Congress, wherein his services must
just now be much more advantageous to his
country than at Buenos Ayres, in the present
state of our relations with that power.
BUSINESS IN THE THIRD AUDITORS OFFICE.
We understand that in the Third Auditors
office, such is now the condition of business,
as that all accounts are completely ''up," ex-
cept those of Quartermasters and Engineers
which are also in such condition, as that the
account of any one of them can be taken up
stated, and settled at moments notice. 1t is
expected that, in all the month of October
these two classes of business will no longer be
behindhand.
VALINDA PISNEY.--The President, we hear
declines to pardon this woman, who was con-
victed at the December term (of 1852 of the
Criminal Court for the District of Columbia
of larceny and receiving stolen goods. She is
now serving out her sentence Of two years
confinement in the Jail of this county. The
papers on which her application for pardon
were based, are understood to have embraced
no point to weaken the justice of her convic-
ton and sentence.
REVENUE MARINE SERVICE RESIGNATION,
ant VIM. 3. Randolph, U. S. R. NJ. S., to be
first Lieutenant vice LIST Lieutenant John
McGowan, resigned. Sd Lieutenant D. G. F.
Gardiner to be I'd Lieutenant vice Randolph.
promoted. John E. Wilson, D. c., (restored)
appointed to be a Sd Lieutenant vice Gardiner,
promoted.
NAVAL ENGINEERS ORDERED TO THE STEAM
Err ALLEGHANY, PREPARING FOR SEA AT Nor
FOLK, VIRGINIA Chief Engineer-B. F. Ish-
erwood; LIST Assistant Engineers-N. P Pat
terson and J. NJ. Maury; I'd Assistant En-
gineers-M. Fletcher and j. NJ. Adams; Sd
Assistant Engineers-C. ". Lee, H. Haines
and Lindsey
PASSED STEAM MIDsHIPMAS ORDERED TO
THE RECEIVING SHIP AT BosroN.-Passed
Midshipman H. C. Blake, detached from the
Observatory, Washington, and ordered as Act
ing Master Of the receiving ship at Boston
NAVAL ENGINEER ORDERED TO STEAMSHIP
HETzEL.-second Assistant Engineer 7. A.
Stephens has been ordered to the Coast SURVEY
steamer "Ietzel.'
The NAVAL SToREKEEpER.-We understand
that T. McNerhany, Esq, will enter upon his
duties rs Naval Storekeeper tomorrow. and
that he has, as yet, made no changes in the
clerical force of his office.
REGISTER OF A LAND OFFICE APPOINTED.
Edmund W. Martin, Register of the Land
Office at Sparta, Alabama, rice Nicholas Stall
worth, deceased.
CHANGES IN THE WASHINGTON CRY Posi-
oFfIcE.-Patrick Byrns and John w. Mead
have been appointed messengers in this Office
cfce John F. King and Samuel Crown. re-
moved
THE AMENDE HONORABLE.-The Balti-
more American Times of this morning has
the following:
1.-The insertion of news in Yesterdays
Times from the Washington Star, with
out credit, was an inadvertence. We are
particular in the matter of credits, es-
pecially when we copy from the Star, to
which we feel under obligations for keep
ing us posted in Washington news"
u The Philadelphia REGISTERS "down"