Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-16

man. Like good Wing, as he is, he used the
opportunity in the hope of weakening the pc.
sitioa Of the Pierce Administration,
Interesting to Military Disbursins Oihcey
All interested in military disbursements Of
money en- Government account, will be in
serested in the following q general orders.,N
GENERAL oRDERs,1 WAR DEPARTMENT.,
No. A, ADJuyAsT GEsERAL LIS OFrIcE
Washington, Mar. s, 1854
The following regulation has been re-
eeived from the War Department, and is pub
iished tor the Information Of all concerned:
WAR DEPARTMENT, March Z, 1854.
The Treasury Department having provided
by arrangement with the Assistant Treasures
at various points, repositories of security for
funds in the hands Of disbursins officers, all
disburslng officers are directed to avail them
selves, as far es possible, of this arrangement,
by depositing with the Assistant Treasurers
sach funds as are not wanted for immediate
use, and drawing the same in convenient sums
as wanted.
1t is enjoined upon the Heads Of bureaus to
endeavor by careful attention to the condition
OF disbursing officers accounts, and by timely
femittances to obylate the necessity of any
purchases on credit. These remittanees can be
made either to the disbursing officer himself,
sistant Treasurer, to be held subject to the
discussing officers checks or drafts; and as
there are Assistant Treasurers in the principal
commercial cities upon whom the disbursing
officers can draw, if provision be made as here
IN stated, all officers are prohibited from max
ing drafts upon any officer or other person ex-
cept the Assistant Treasurer.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, Sec,y of War;
1.-THE decision of the War Department of
May %, 1850, against the eligibility of non
commissioned staff officers to the appointment
Of ordnance sergeant, has been annulled by
instructions dated February 1, 1854 The re-
gimental nonrcommissioned staff will hereafter
be considered " of the line of the army" with
in the meaning of the act of April 5, 1852, and
as such, entitled to the benefits provided for
other sergeants of the line by the I'd section
of said act.
III.-The military post near Ell Paso, will
be hereafter known as Fort Bliss, and that re-
Gently established at Santa Barbara, New
Mexico, as Fort Thorn.
By order of the Secretary of War:
S. COOPER, Adj't. General.
Conhrmations.-The Senate has confirmed
the following appointments
VIM. j. McCulloh, of Louisiana, to be Sur
veyor General of the United States for the Dis
trict of Louisiana, vice ]. W. Boyd, removed
Paul Mccormick, of Florida, to be Register
of the Land Office at Newnansville, Florida,
vice Lemuel Wilson, removed.
Selim W. Myers of Florida, to be Register
of the Land OSce at Tallahassee, Florida, vice
Theodore W. Brerard, resigned
Thomas Thornley,, of the District of Colum-
bia, to be Warden of the Penitentiary of the
United States for the District ef Columbus, vice
Jonas B. Ellis, removed.
The Roman Catholic Clorgy.-We have a
letter from "a Catholic" calling our attention
TO the fact that the name of no Catholic clergy
man or Bishop is to be found among those $500
New England clergymen and students of diyiui-
ty, who, intimating in their memorial that G Oh
Almighty has especially devoIved on them the
duty Of regulating American public affairs in
such cases. assume 10 pronounce his vengeance
asse%.nss those in Congress supporting the Ne
braska- Kansas bill.
Requisites in the Settlement Of Retired
Army cfRcers Accounts.-When an officer OF
the Army is retired from the service, by resig-
nation or otherwise, he must take and sub
scribe the oath required by the Army Regula-
ions (that hiz account is just, that he kept the
servant and horses charged for, that he is not
indebted to the United States, &c., before any
arrearages of pay and emoluments can be paid
to him.
The Result Of Years Labor Of CT divant
Public Man Of Distinction.-Itt turns out tina,
the sum total of the years labor of calumni-
alton, maligni,y, and falsehood-of Mr.. Ed
mund Burke, Of Newport, New Hampshire
against his former political friends, has been
the triumph of two abolition members Of the
New Hampshire Legislature, in his own town
instead of two Democrats, as heretofore. So
they go!
The Mexican Questions in Issue-There
is evidently growing disposition among the
Senators to accomplish the settlement of all
outstanding questions with Mexico and those
involved in the Gadsden and Conklin treaties
with as little delay as possible. The threaten
ing present appearance of our Spanish rela
| lations may fairly be credited with superin.
ducing much of this condition of senatoria al
sentiment.
The Presidents Black Warrior Steame,
Message was transmitted to the House of Rep
resentatives after we went to press yesterday
and being read from the Clerks desk, was re-
ceived with apparent unanimous appreciation
Its tone and substance are just what we anti
cipated, as explained in the Star of yesterday
The Result in New Kampshire-From in
formation which we have to-day, by telegraph,
from we'll Informed source, We are satisfied
that Bakers majority (Democrat) for Governor
Of New Hampshire, will be very near 5000
The Democrats have certainly elected eigh
out Of the twelve Senators, and they claim t
have elected fair working majority of friend,
IF the national ADMINISTRATION to the House
above all shades of the opposition.
A Reorback.-T he story in Washingto,
correspondence of Northern journals, saying
| that there was a difference Of opinion among
the Cabinet, relative to the propriety of the
course with reference to the Black Warri
case adopted by the President, is manufacturer
of whole cloth. This is notorious to all reaIl,
well-informed persons here.
The Court Martial on DR.. Steiner, q. s. A.
| was called by the commanding general of th,
military department of Texas, General Persi
fer F. Smith, and not by the War Department