Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-11

HE NAVAL Courts OF lNoUIRY.-In Court
No 1, to-day, Commander Rowan was exam
ined on the part Of Passed Midshipman Graf
ton. No written or oral argument was offered
in his case The Court then made up its judg-
ment In Mr.. G.'s case, which was transmitted
to the Navy Department. Afterwards the case
of Exit, Bartlett dropped by the late Retir-
ing Board) was taken up before this Court, and
Captain l.. N. Powell and Commodore Laval
lette were examined on his behalf ere the Star
went to press Messrs. Blount Phillips, and
Rodgers are counsel in behalf of Mr. B.; the
first named is conducting his defence to-day
Court No. were not in session to-day The
defence (argumenD of Lieut.. Chandler not yet
being ready to be delivered
In Court No. 3, to-day, the case of CAPTAIN
Phillip f. Voorhees, is still under consideration,
and Its session up to the hour at which the Star
went to press was devoted to the reading of
Capt. VS. defence by Mr.. Phillips, his counsel
VERY NARROW EscAPK-We learn from
passenger that when the train that left Phila-
| delphia at III o'clock on Saturday night last
reached point within twenty.one miles from
Baltimore, the driving wheel of the engine broke
and being on straight line of road the engine
driver managed to stop the train without dis
aster. Most Of the passengers then proceeded
on foot to the Magnolia station Baltimore and
Philadelphia railroad,) where the telegraph CD
| orator was awakened and piled the wires for
three hours without obtaining a response from
him who should have replied from the telegraph
station in the Baltimore depot. In the mean.
while messenger was sent on foot to Baltimore
-lo mlies-for assistance, and actually per
| formed the whole distance before relief engine
| left there for the disabled train When an an
swer was extracted from Baltimore DER tele
graph, 1t was that everybody was away from
the depot whose business it was to get the de-
sired engine in motion. At the end of six and
a half hours after the breaking of the wheel the
relief arrived, and the train was duly brought
into Baltimore.
When the accident occurred they are said TO
have been running at the rate of As miles Der
hour, being somewhat behind time. Had the
accident occurred on a curve, or to force wheel
of the engine on a straight piece of road, noupht
could have prevented a smash-up that might
have killed and wounded perhaps fifty persons.
who (the latter would have stood fair chance
of bleeding to death, it might have been, ere.
under such management as this passenger de-
scribes, relief could have been expected from
the Baltimore end of the line.
The FARIBAULT LAND OFFIcE-The Com
missioner Of the General Land Office having re-
ceived information that the settlers in the Wi
mona land district, Minnesota Territory, express
great anxiety to have the Office for the district,
which is at Faribault re opened, has instructed
the newiy-appointed Register to execute his of.
hclai bond and repair to his post as soon as
practicable, to give such attention to the inter-
ests of the settlers as may be demanded.
This office has been closed since Janu.rv los,
owing to vacancy in the Registers Office and
will now be re-opened as soon as the new Office,
qualities.
The BUSINESS OF THE Posr OFFICE Drp.pr
NESr.-The employees Of the Bureau of the
Sixth Auditor Of the Treasury examined and
audited during the three weeks ending on Sat
urday last 6, 1888 quarterly accounts of postmas-
tiers, including those of all the commercial cities
of the Union-prompt and efficient work that |
truly. The same bureau, by the by, has also |
reported to the Postmaster General for pay
ment, since the LIST inst, the accounts of 1850