New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
NAVAL MATTERs-M. SARTIGES.
From Our Own Correspondent.

From Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Monds. Feb. t. 1856.
The Naval Committee Of the Senate has formally
decided to avoid the labor and responsibility involved
thorough investigation of ali the cases referred
TO them BY the action of the late Board An
INQUIRY, such as would be required from the
memorials already presented, would absorb every
other business before and every public duty of that
Committee until the day of adjournment, and even
then il might be imperfectly completed. The
Committee entertain an opinion, too, that this task
is one which properly belongs to the Executive,
who alone should be charged with the direct
responsibility of correcting injustice on the part
of the Board, as all promotions resulting from its
DEGREES are nominated by him, and, it is TO be
presumed with some knowledge of their fitness
and prOpriety
In order, however TO provide some mode of re-
dress for cases OF wrong and hardship, the Com
mittee have now under consideration the sugges-
tons of the Secretary of the Navy, given in reply
to specific call from them. They contemplate laws
increasing the number of officers in each grade,
and as sn alternative proposition, direction to
the President to all the accrulDg vacancies
caused by resignation death or otherwise, for the
benefit of those now on the retired list who may
be Justly entitled TO consideration. In addition TO
these plans the Com nittee have also another,
originating with themselves, Tor the organization
of a RevisOry Board, TO be so constituted that the
most th,rough examination may be made into
every individual case, allowing the fullest time aud
opportunity for accusation and defense, and requr-
ing record to be preserved of all the proceedings.
Tie opinion il entertained that of the two hundred
officers placed on the reserved list, not more than
one fourth OF the number would court rigid in
yestigation. Hence the labOrs of the new Board
would be much lighter than would appear from
casual view of the subject.
These three plans admit in so many words that
the Board did nhict some degree of injustice, for
correction of error is the admitted purpose of each
Nobody denies the fact, while every one admits
that the gel eral reform must increase the efficiency
and character Of the service. No radical remedy
of that sort can be attempted without sight injury
in ts omissions as well as ts cOmmll si0ns The
aggregate good however, ought to be more than
fet of to any individual wrong, which may be
capable of being remedied. The action of the
Committee would seem TO preclude all expectation
of any act reyokiDg the proceedings under the law
OF the sst Congress, as It certainly iorecloses any
means of per'on1l redress
The cOng6 of VI. Sartiges the French Minister
here has expired, and the Legation is still IN the
hands of the first Secretary and the Chancellor.
They report that NJ Sartlges will resume MS mis-
sion in the Spring but the Government has re-
ceiyed no such information from France. VI. Sar-
tiges rendered himself extremely unpopular in
official as well in private intercourse, and II is
hv no means improbable. Mr.. Mason may have
been requested TO inform his Imperial Master that
some other representative OF Partisan manners
would be more acceptable Sartges is French
snob and Count of some kind at that, and like all
other snobs he is despised. since contempt does not
often rise to the dignity Of hate
The authority conferred through the War De.
partment upon the Governor of Florida TO raise
three or more companies OF volunteer troops for
tie suppression of alleged Indian "outrages" is
but the beginning Of the end. That movement
vii be expanded into young war, with its long
catalogue Of consequent claims, and before the
hundred warriors are removed or exterminated,
score Of millions will be registered on the books
OF the Treasury. There is too much reason to
suppose this war s matter of deliberate specu-
ston, and cOntrivsd for no other purpose than to
enrich band of hungry adyenturers who are
willing to sacrifice innocent blood at the shrine OF
mammon.