Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-26
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Intelligencer In "hockelty /" -" In
Italy, for instance, whers there Is q consul at
every sea port. and at many of the in ,erio;r
cities, such As Turin, Roms. Florencs. DO, the
constant call for two dollau for oertif firing each
passport, swslh in the aggregate q q very
Q, 1884.
In looking over file of recent numbers Of
the InteLtgsaeer, We were surprised to sec
that Journal, usually 50 we'll informed, commit
such series of errors as this little scrap of a
sentence contains. Tho editor SAYS that in
Italy there is consul at every sea- port Now,
any person who will run down the map Of
Italy with his sys5 wilksee' the more or less
considerable ssa-ports Of Genoa, Spe..is, Leg.
horn, Piombino, Crbitello. q Ghita vecchia,
Terracina, Gasts, Naples, Reggie, Tarento,
Otfanto, Brindisi, Manfredonia. Pescari, An
coma, Sinigaglis, Rimini, Ravenna, Venice
and Aquillia, to say nothing of numbsrless
others Of less note. Now. in all these sea-
ports Of Italy, as to which our respected neigh.
Dor says there is a consul in every one Of them.
1t stand thus, viz: Genoa, Leghorn, Naples-
three-no more and no less We say nothing
Of the island of Sicily, in which, making the
same comparison, it will be found that for two
consuls, there are twenty ports. 90.
Next, the Intsligence>says that " at MANY
OF the interior cities, such as Turin, Rome,
Florence" &C.; and it is just as much mi.
taken in this respect as in the other. There il
no American CONSUL, nor has there been 10,
years, at Turin or at Rome; and the only in.
terror places which have them are Florence
and CarrarA. u.a. IL. h..s,... -.
Enlistnsnts in the AsmyLWe some time
since took occasion to call our readers atten.
ton to the fact that the law raising the paw o,
tho rank and file Of the army, instantly on it,
passage began to work we'll for the public
interest Below We present statement OF the
enlistments under it for few weeks past, and
tor the corresponding term of the last previous
year, as follows, viz: .....+-.-.+.
Eniistments in the army from September /. to
September 20, 1853. 96
For the corresponding period of 1884. s3l
AT the rate at which tho young men are
coming forward to enter the service, there is
therefore now every reason to hope that the
various corps of the army will. speedily en-.
brace the number of men which each is emit.
tied to have under the law, which has no,
been the case for some years past, owing te
the far too low pay which was offered by the
Government. A considerable increase of the
numbef of corps in the service is still great,
needed for the proper protection of our exten
sive Indian frontier. ..l5u .-...
Kossuth on soule.-In one of Kossuth's re-.
cent letters tfrom London) to the New Yorh
Times, We find the key to much of the We
hemens hostility to Mr.. soule. manifested i'm
mediately after the publication Of that gentle.
mans letter to the dinner OF the Liberal Pres,
In Madrid Z. writes as follows, viz:
Ut ID consolatory to find that Mr.. Soule ut
tered manly declaration. Il is a letter nd
dressed to the press. 1t will not be lost Won
may be sure of this, to exercise lasting inhu.
On: 70 on the popular mind 1t was good tia,
America ct least should say the true word OF
the situation. You will find the letter in he
papers. The French organs of reaction are
70 De sure, raving against it. as we'll AZ tn
Of Mr.. Saunders. But then their injuries are
PRAISES s- .E..... 80. -
Postmaster's Compensation Postmaster.
should remember, in making up their q arter
ly returns for he quarter to end on the 3otl
inst, that their percentage or compensation j.
to be different for that quarter, from what tn, y
received for the last quarter. Thus, they al {
to be hereafter as follows, viz:
On any sum not exceeding one hundred dol
lars, sixty per cent; but any Postmaster y,
whose office the mail is to arrive regularly
between the hours of nine O'Clock at niyht ard
i've O'Clock in the morning, may be allowed
seventy per cent. on the first hundred doll n,
On any sum over and above ono hundred
dollars, and not exceeding four hundred dol.
lars, fifty per cent. -
On any sum over and above four hundred
dollars, but not exceeding twenty ur hundre
dollars. forty per cent
An on all sums over twenty-four hundred
dollars, fifteen per cent
Take Notice, Army utlers 1T should be
known to every sutler toat late changes in
the laws have modified their rights in the set
Element Of their accounts somewhat The
regulations OF ths War Department, (par. 1875
ct seq y edition Of lS4l, gave facilities to the
suffers in the collection of debts due them
from soldiers. But the 1lta section of the act
of March 3, 1s47, abrogates the regulations n
this subject, and since that act a sutler cannot
acquire lien On any part of soldiers pay.
by Furnishing supplies to him; nor has he any
right to demand payment of the debt from the
Paymsster on the soldiers account. The suit.
Ter now stands in these respects on the same
ground as any other citizen.
A Chinese American Citizen.-To-day, there
Was issued at the State Department passport
for Yung Wing Esq. :, who has just graduated
at Yale with the highest honors Mr.. Wing
is young Chinese gentleman of fine talents
and great learning for his age, and has been
eight years among US. He is about returning
to China to see his friends for the first time
The Boston Navy Agency-We have every
reason to believe, from what We have been
able to learn, that the limitations contained
in the following paragraph from the Boston
Courier are correct. -.-Hs '.,tt 49,