Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-09
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the State of the Union.
A Navy Medical Board, for the examination |
OF assistant surgeons for promotion, and candi |
dates for admission into the medical corps of
the Navy, will be convened at the Naval |
Asylum, at Philadelphia, on Monday, the 9th
Of March next. This board is to consist Of
Surgeon Thomas billiard. President; and Sur
geons Jos NJ Greene and W. s. W Ruschen-
berger, and Passed Assistant Surgeon A. A.
Henderson, as Recorder.
1t is prescribed by law. that no one shall be
appointed in this branch of the service who
has not been examined, and found qualified.
by Board Of Naval Surgeons, designated by
the Secretary Of the Navy for that purpose.
This designation is made at such times IS the
wants Of the service render necessary; when
selections are made by the Secretafy Of the
number of individuals he may deem ii proper
to have examined. To the persons thus selected
permissiens are given to present themselves to
| the Board for examination. These permissions
| state the time and place of the meeting Of the
Board. The Board rigidly scrutinises the pre-
| tenSlOnS OF edcu cdnutuate takinS lntO con-
sideration his physical qualifications and
| moral habits, as well as his professional
| requirements; and reports favorably upon no
| case admitting of reasonable doubt as the
| health and lives of the officers. seamen and
marines, are objects too important to be COM
! United to ignorant and incompetent persons.
The Board reports the relative merit of the
candidates, as shown by the examination
| Those Of whose qualifications the Board is
satisfied, are appointed Assistant Surgeons, as
| their services are required.
Candidates of whom the Board make n un.
favorable report, are allowed second exam
nation if they desire it when, if they again
fail, their names are dropped from the list of
applicants. $50. -
persons undergoing these examina ii ions: as
they are indispensable prerequisites to ap-
peintment Sc
Applications must be addressed to the Sec.
| rotary OF the Navy; must state the age and
residence of the applicant and must be &C.
companied by respectable testimonials of his
possessing the moral and physical qualifca-
tons requisite for filling creditably the re-
sponsible station, and for performing ably the
arduous and active duties which will be re-
| quired of him.
The application of no one will beconsidered
whose age is under twenty -one or over twenty
eight-years.
Payment Of Money Garnished in IN United
States Officers hands.-An5 officer of the
United States was, not long since, summoned
as ''garnishee for the money in his hands due
the contractors on certain public work. II
was held at the Treasury that the money was
placed In the officers hands as the agent of the
Goyernment-that it was the property of the
Government, and that the officer was not indi.
vldually indebted to the contractors nor would
he be considered individually liable in any
action they might institute against him for the
recovery of the money. If, however, it should
be decided by competent tribunal that tn.
money due the contractors could be attached
by their creditors, in the hands of the officer
he may safely pay the plaintiffs the amount fol
which he may be adjudged liable, not exceed
ing the amount due from the United States Il
the contractors, and copy Of the judgment
setting forth the facts, with the plaintiffs re-
ceipt thereon would be received as vouche,
for the payment in the settlement of the officer.
accounts.
The Stockbridge Indians .-There is a dele.
cation from this tribe now in Washington
These Indians the remnantef the once cele
brated Mohican tribe, number not more thar
one hundred and fifty souls. According to {
tradition among them, New York City wa,
once the site of their chief town. From theme,
they removed to Stockbridge, In Oneida County
New York. Civilization pressing upon then
there, they went West to a new home on tn,
st. Mary's river, in Indiana In 1928. the,
again fed before the face of the white man
seeking refuge in Wisconsin Not long since
they treated with the Government for the ex
change of their lands there for others in Min
nesota. The tribe are now, however. anxiou
to remain In Wisconsin, having in almost al
things, adopted the habits and pursuits of tn,
whites The delegation now here are pego
tlatIng with the Indian Bureau for the annul
ment of the treaty last above mentioned
The U. S. Store Ship Relief now at New
York, is preparing to take out stores to the
Brazil squadron. The following officers have
been ordered to her, viz It. Commanding
Stephen c. Rowan; Acting Master, Samuel P
Coster; Passed Midshipmen, James S. Thornton
Walter Queen, and David B. Harmony; and
Passed Assistant Surgeon James B. Gould.
A New Charge to Venezuela. Charles
Ea3s, late associate editor of the Washington
Union, has been nominated to be Z. S. CHARGE
to Venezuela. His nomination went into the
Senate yesterday.
The Gadsden Treaty.-We have reason to
believe that the Gadsden Treaty has been sent
into the Senate with recommendations for its
very extensive amendment It cannot be that
it will be finally ratified in any shape for a
considerable time yet .
The U. s. Custom House at Pittsburp. Pa
having been finished, is about being occupied
by the Government.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Department.-On yesterday, the sth of Feb.
ruary, there were of Treasury Warrants en-
tered on the books of the Department
For the payment Of Treasury debts s., 500 90
Covered into the Treasury from
miscellaneous sources. ......... 5043S SO
Covered into the Treasury from
| SustOms.. .................... SAT 81
For the Interior Department. 80. 2,2lS 80
N The principal Navy Yards in the
United States, the Ny. journal of Com.
merce remarks, are all very quiet. Forty
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