Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-21

States toward that or any adjoining indepen-
| dent state
Fort Laramie not in the Hands Of the In.
dams This morning letters reached Wash
iBgton from Forts Laramie and Eearney, that
| were brought into the settlements by the ex
press mail rider who is reported to have
brought news that Fort Laramie had fallen
into the hands of the savages Tho Laramie
letter, therefore, sets that rocrback completely
| at rest. Both are Of great interest just now:
FoRr LARAMIE, N. T., May 8, 1855
!, About tho 10th of April, four men returning
| from trading expedition to tho Crow Indians,
| were met on the he ad waters of Powder river.
about $50 miles from this post, by party Of
Nunnie Coushaws, aud robbed Of what goods
| they had remaining and the clothing Of the
men. The men report that it was only through
the earnest remonstrance Of the Chief that
their lives were spared. They report also
that these Indians had with them tho mules
and horses shortly before stolen from the mail
station at tho DEVILS Gate; and the traders
1t is reported that there arc . good many
Missouri Sioux on or near the Platte, between
| this and the mail station, who have come over
| to steal horses. Seventeen Of the horses re-
| GENTLY stolen by them from the traders near
the station have been taken from them by the
Ogarallahs and returned to their owners.
FoRr KRARNEr, N. T., May q, 1855.
Second Lieut. E G. Marehall, sixth infsn-
try has just returned to this post, after having
escorted the United States mail as far as Chin
Lieut.. Marshall says that Clarke / Brown
6Yivara NJ oottIa fo noIiforpIo Loot vroek of
| thoir horses at o. aliens Bluffs The Indians
| charged and stampsded their cattle, of which
they had some seven hundred, and whilst the
party were engaged in trying to COLLECT them,
the Indians succeeded in robbing them of
their horses.
Small parties Of emigrants, with women and
children-the mon badly armed, and many
not at sll-are scattered between this post and
Ash Hollow; nor can / persuade them that
| there is danger to BIO apprehsnded.
Clarke & Browns cattle train was ths frat
that passed this post. fear that the emf
grants will suffer severely.
The Faval Retiring B,ard-The follow.
ing extracts from the instructions of the Sc
cretary of the Navy to this board, prcmulged
yesterday afternoon, explain ths manner in
which they are expected to discharge the duty
devolved on them:
"You are required to report the names of
officers who should be, in your judgement,
placed on the reserved list and then desig-
pats those or the reserved who, in your opin-
ion, for services rendered and for fidelity in
the discharge of duty, should receive full
leave OF absence pay, and those who should
merely receive turiough or half leave. oil. alb.
sence' pay.
"You arc required to advance step further
In your examination and discrimin alton, and
report the names Of such officers as you
believe have become incompetent from any
cause Implying sufficient blame on the part of
| tho officers to justify your recommending them
to be stric ken altogether from the rolls And
on this point venture 20 suggest the opinion
that an officer Is to blame ii no has become
incompetent from neglect of duty and inatten-
| ton and indifference TO his profession as well
as from dissipation and immoral dulgenoes.'
Nor, gentlemen, do consider that it will
be necessarily degradation or a mark of
governmental displeasure for an officer to b.
placed on furlough, which is half lsave-of- eb-
scnco pay, because he may have become really
incompetent to tho discharge of bis duties,
and yet may not have served so long and faith
fully and with such credit as to entitle him to
| the highest compens alton to the reserved.
According 10 my conceptions of the pirit Of
this law and justice to officers and the Gov.
erpment, tho standard Of merit and services
| should be high to enable an offoer to be placed
on the reserved list with full leave of absence
pay" ~ 4
81. You will therefore, assemble, deliber-
ate and determine, after a careful eXamina.
ton, in pursuance Of the law as to passed
midshipmen, masters, and iieutenants, during
which deliberation the junior lieuten ant will
act as secretary Of the board. Whereupon
| the said Secretary will make q record in the
NATURE u sub report, of "the judgment Of
| the board" az to each gra %, separately, and,
after certifying to It's correctness shall deliver
the same to the senior officer who shah attest
it; and the lieutenants will then retire. but
not consider themselves as detached from duty
90 After the retirement of the lieutenanIs s,
| the captains and commanders will assemble,
deliberate, and determine, alter careful
eXaml alton in pursuance of tho law as to
commanders, during which elaboration the
junior commander will act as secretary
Whereupon the said Secretary will make a
record, in tho nature Of sub-report, of the
Judgment OF said captains and commanders as
to tho grade Of commanders, and, after Ger
tfying to its correctness, will deliver tho same
to the senior c6;er, who shall attest 1t. And
| tho commanders will then retire, but not oon-
| slider themselves as detached from duty.
8. Alter the retirement Of the commanders,
| the captains will assemble, deliberate, and
determine, after careful examio atom in
pursuance of tho law as to captains, during
| which elaboration the junior captain will act
| as secretary. Whereupon the said secretary
| will make record, ia he nature of sub 70.
port, OF the judgment of said captains as to
the grade of captains, and, sfter certifying to
| Its correctness, will deliver the game to the
senior of6cer who shall attest it,
When action sh all thus have. been taken
under tho regulations prescribed in reference
| to all the grades enumerated, tho senior officer
| for and on behalf Of the board, shall make a
general report to the Secretary of the Navy,
smbodying the records and sub reports afors-
| said, and the results OF their elaboration, 40.
| cording to the law under which the board CON
vencd
5: Tbs concurrence Of q majority Of those
entitled to examine and report upon the grade
| under consideration ehall be necessary 10 CON.
] stitute the yots-"ths Judgment Of the board 1"
6. As the deliberations and proceedings of
| the board will be Incomplete until the ap-
p,oval or disapproval Of the President, all in
formation touching the same will b. confined