Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-05

sent and received by them, not weighing over
two ounces, he shall, on conviction thereof,
pay fne Of ten dollars. and it shall be the
espec al duty of postmasters to prosecute for
said offencs y And if any person
having the right to receive his letters free of
postage shall receive enclosed to him any let
ter or packet addressed to person not having
that risht, is shall be his duty to return the
same to the post office, marking thereon the
place from whence it came, that it may be
charged with postage. And if any person
shall counterfeit the handwriting or frank Of
any person, or cause the same to be done, in
order to avoid the payment Of postage, each
person so offending shalt pay for every such
offence five hundred doHafs.'
Now, with view to protect ali persons hav.
ing the franking privilege in the full enjoy
nent Of their legitimate rights in this respect,
and to prevent the commission Of these offences
postmasters, special agents, and all others in
the service of the Department are hereby in
structed to render all proper aid in seeing that
the intentions ct the law are faithfully carried
out. -. JAMES CAMPBELL,
3 esit 7,..,. .. -a-.sf.7. Postmaster General.
The Pay Of Boatswain in Certain Cases.
A case was recently decided at the Treasury
Department, which may be best stated as fol-
lows: The boatswain of a vessel of war having
died while the ship was on a foreign station,
the commander of the squadron gave an acting
appointment to a seaman, who performed the
duty, and whose acting appointment was sub
sequently approved by the Secretary of the
Navy. The act allowing "higher grade" pay
for s higher grade duty was repealed by the
act of June II, 1874; but it was held that he
was lawfully in the grade Of boatswain, not
only by performing the duty, but also by COM
petent appointment, and that the laws forbid
ding extra pay, of March g. 1889, August %
and 26, 1912, and September 80, 1850, were
not applicable to such a case. The proviso to
the act of August 4, 1912, restricting the num-
Der of officers in the Navy was, so far as relates
to warrant officers: repealed by the act Of
March 8, 1s47. u
The usual Music for the Season.-We un.
derstand that according to custom, the Ma
rine band will hereafter practice in the Capt.
toll Grounds on Wednesday afternoons, and in
the grounds adjacent to the Presidents man.
sion on Saturdays commencing an hour be,
fore sunset. The first of these entertainments
will take place tomorrow afternoon
Confirmed by the Senate.-Cade s. Strick.
land, of Louisiana, to be register of the land
Office at Greensburg, La.
Michael Steck, of New Mexico, Indian agent
in New Mexico.
James NJ. Gatewood of Missouri, Indian
agent for the Ottoes, Missourias, Pawnees and
Omahas.
Death Of an Army Officer.-Dr Alexande,
S. Weatherspcon, Assistant Surgeon, U. s. A..
died in this city last night Of pneumonia, We
regret to have to announce He leaves q
widow and three children In his death the
public service has net with great loss indeed
for he ranked very high in his profession.
The Secretary of the Navy, in compap,
with Commodore Morris, went on a visit Of
inspection yesterday afternoon to the Nava
Academy at Annapolis. He will return tt
Washington this afternoon.
Confirmed by the senate.-Thos. S. Hall t,
be Collector of the Customs, Saekett's Har
bor N. Y.
Exchange Newspapers cannot be Remailed
Publishers Of newspapers have not right t,
renal their exchanges free of postage. Suct
is the decision of the Post Ofice Department
The Current Operations o. the Treasur,
Dsoartmsnt.-On yesterday, the 4th of May
there wero of Treasury Warrants entered OF
tho books of tho Department
For the redemption of stocks. .S1O3. 649 0:
For the payment Of other Treasury
debts NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $50 OF
For the Customs. ................ 26,297 Of
cor the War Department. $4,000. 2f.337 81
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