Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-04

The following list exhibits the promotions re-
Gently made in consequence of carrying into
effect the law for retiring portion Of the officers,
and on account Of deaths or other casualties in
the service:
COMMANDERS PROMOTED TO BE CAPTAINS.
G. J. Pendergrast, VIM C. Nicholson, Joseph
Is. Hull, John Kelly, VIM. ii. Gardner, David
u. Farragut, Stephen b. Wilson, l.. Aloysius
Dornin, Robert b. Cunningham, Victor M. Ran
dolPh, Frederick Engle, John Rudd, William w
Mexican, Franklin Buchanan, Samuel Mercer,
Charles Lowndes, l., nj. Goldsborough, George
N. Hollins, Duncan N. ingraham, j ohm Marston,
Henry A. Adams, William S. Walker, George
r. Pearson, Samuel F. Dupont, William L.
Hudson, George A. Magruder, John Pope, Levin
M. Powell, Charles Wilkes, Thomas o. Sci.
fridge, Henry Eagle, G. J. Van Brunt, William
M. Giendy, George S. Blake, Samuel Barron,
Andrew A. Harwood.
LIEuTENANTs PROMOTED TO BE COMMANDERS.
John w. Livingston, Archibald b. Fairfax,
Henry X, Thatcher, James III. Rowan, William
McBlair, John 5. Missroon, Richard l.. Page,
Fred. Chatard, Benjamin J. Totten, Arthur Sin
clair, Robert b. Hitchcock, G. III. A. H. Ken
nedy, Thomas W. Brent, Joseph Lanman, John
n. Mitchell, Thomas Turner, Charles H. Poor,
James Findlay Schenck, Timothy Hunt, Syl-
vanus William Godon, William Radford, Sam
r. Hazard, John M Berren, George A. Prem
tiss, Alfred Taylor, Samuel Phillips Lee, John P.
ellis, Samuel Swartwout, Raphe Semmes,
James p Mckinstry, Oliver s. Gibson, John A.
Dahlgreen, Stephen c. Rowan, Edward r.
Thompson, Guert Gansevort, Charles Green.
Edward L. Handy, Melancton Smith, Cicero
Price, J. X. Goldsborough, Charles S. Boggs,
Theodore T. Green, John r.. Tucker Thomas j.
Page, George Minor, Percival Drayton, Robert
r. Pinkney, Thomas r. Rootes, Edward Nj.
Yard, William S. Young, Joseph +. Green.
John DeCamp. Charles w. Pickering, Overton
Carr, Luther Stoddard, William M Walker,
John A. Winslow, benjamin. More Dove, Thorn
ton A. Jenkins, John Rodgers, John b. March
and, William Rogers Taylor, Henry j. Hart
stene, Benjamin F. Sands, Henry French, Sam
Larkin, Henry S. Stellwagon, James L. Hem
derson, Daniel b. Ridgely, William t. Muse,
Charles Steedman, William Lewis Herndon +,
James Alden, Augustus l.. Case, Roger Perry.
MASTERS PROMOTED TO BE LlEurENANTs
Charles w. Ably, Edward C. Stout.
ssED MIDsHIPMEN PROMOTED TO BE LIEuTEN-
ANTS.
Reuben Harris, James b. McCauley, Thomas
5. Phelps, Alexander F. Marley, Garrit " Dem
niston, Leonard Paulding, Francis S. Conover,
Edward Barrett, Colville Terrett, John w. Ben
nett, Homer c. Blake, Clark II. Wells, S. p
Quackenbush, Earl English, Joseph M Bradford
Reigart T. Lowry, Jonathan Fl. Carter, William
ii. Parker, J. Pembroke Jones, David A. McDer-
mot, William P. Buckney, George E. Morgan,
Richard II. Law, William II. Wilcox, John T.
Barraud, Thomas Rooney, John III. Upshur, John
Van n Philip, Samuel r. Franklin, William d.
Whiting, VIM. l.. Powell, S. Ledward Phelps,
Edward Y. McCauley, Theodore L. Walker,
William Mitchell, Francis A. Roe, Joseph b.
Smith, William FL. Murdaugh, John NJ Brooke,
William Gibson, Edward Renshaw, Joseph d.
Daniels, John L. Walker, ]. C. p. DeKraft,
John Van McCollun, John L. Hart, Oscar G.
Badger, Thomas c. Harris, John Kell, John L.
Davis, Alexander A. Semmes, John b. Stewart,
nj. Patterson Jones, Watson Smith, Alexander
M. DeBree, Joseph E. De Haven, Alexander w.
Habersham, William t. Truxton, John X. Will
son, Grcenleaf Cilley, Horace N. Crabb, Samuel
Mngaw, James H. Rochelle, Robert D. Minor,
William G. West, Mich. III. Van Zandt, Francis
@. Dallas, Simeon S. Bassett, Robert c. Duvall,
David P. McCorkle, George Ii. Hare, William
Sharp, James !. Waddell William Nj Gamble,
Jonathan Young, William X. Mayo, Thomas
Young, James +. Jouett, Il. Scott FIebrown.
Joseph Fry, Leonard III. Lyon, Milton Haxton,
Robert Selden, Albert Allmand, Robert Stuart.
Theodore Lee, George ii. Bier, Pend. G.. Wat
mough, George w. Young, John H. Russell,
Edward +. Stone, Thomas c. Eaton, Dawson
Phenix, Robert F. R. Lewis, Chas. p. McGary,
Hunter Davidson, Andrew w. johnson, Stephen
b. Luce, Dulany A. Forrest, Robert w. Scott,
Walter W. Queen, Robert r. Carter. Edmund
w. Henry, Thomas t. Houston, Ralph Chand-
Ter, John r. Hamilton, James Parker, Philip C.
Johnson, jr., John Waters, X Randolph Breese,
Oscar F. Johnson, Lewis A. Kimberly, Beverly
kennon, 5. Livingston Breese, Geo IT, Morris,
Edwin F. Gray, John c. Spretson, Bancroft
Gherardi, Daniel l.. Braine, John Taylor Wood,
l.. Howard Newman, Chas. L. Thorburn, Rich
ard t. Bowen, Charles w. Flusser, William S.
Lowell, Jonn X. Eggeson, Andrew B. Cummings.
Bayard f. Hand, George L. Belknap, Edward p.
Williams. IaroA p X Mpga.., IT, u. Rainey,
David B. Harmony, William Gwin, John j.
Cornwell, James P. Foster, Henry Wilson, A. F.
h. Benhan, Robert I. Chapman, William p A.
Campbell, Wilson McGunnege, John Irwin, j.
s. Skerrett, James A. Greer, Chas H. Greene,
Francis II. Baker, Isaac w. Hester, T. T. Sped
den, L. X. Owen, William I. Glassell, Aaron
Ward Weaver, Austin Pendergrast Joseph P.
Fyffee, William P. Mccain, j. S. Stillwell, Ju-
Illus G. Heieman, Joseph ID. Blake, Eugene II.
Oakley, James III. Gilliss.
PASSED MIDsHIPMEN PROMOTED TO De MASTERS.
DeGrass Livingston, William f. Fitzhugh,
Trevott Abbott, b P. Loyal, c. II. Cushman,
o. +. Stanton, WIN. III. Cheever, II. A. Adams,
jr., B. b. Taylor, w. H. Ward, J. w. Dunning-
ton, ii. NJ. Garland, Jesse Taylor, IT,, J. G..
Maxwell, Henry Erben, +. f. Shepperd, T. p.
Pelot, F. P. McCrea.