The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-16

AY. APRIL 16. 1857.
THE NAvY AND THE CouRTs OF ISauIRr.-
appointed to act under the law of the 10th of jan
uary last, enacted for the purpose of afording re-
dress to those officers who are sggrieved by the
sction OF the late retiring board. That board has
oeen accused OF Advancing their own professional
interest py removing those above them. 1t would,
therefore, be proper and Just to appoint these
courts OF revisions from those officers ho are least
Iiaoie to similar imputation of interested action
oucn omcers are eniy to be found among the Sc.
nlor cepsains on the active list By reference TO
.y tne navy register of 1851 we find unemployed the
fohowing senior captain, viz Commodores Kear.
ney, Gregory. Aulick, Mayo; Captains Conover,
mcintosh, Tatnall, Montgomery, who, together
wtn Commodore Lavaliette and Captain Nc
Ciung, original members of the first court of in
9ury, comprise eleven senior captains, nine of
wnom suffice for the three courts These are all
men OF honor and reputation, were not on the re-
nring board nor promoted by its action.
among the six members now appointed to sit
upon Two OF these courts of revision, we fiud, of
sne ABOVE names, only those of Lavalette and
mccung the other four consist of Captains II A
Adams, McKeau, Pope and Van Brunt These
Tour last named were all promoted to their pre-
sent grade by the action of the retiring board and
o, course, interested in preventing the resto-
ration TO active service of those who may come
oeIore them. It will prevent complaint hereafter,
choice be made from the senior and disinte-
rested captains. We trust that these facts will
aItract the attention and remedial action of the
Navy Department
The courts of inquiry ordered, will convene at
washington on Monday. the 18th instant. for the
purpose OF affording redress to those officers who
ar are aegrieved by the action of the last retiring
board Of ifteenr
First Court of Irouirv-Cants rov,,,o..o NJ
Clung, and Fl A Adams
Brunt. "f'' ane' ANU 'an
., Third Court-Capts Pope, Mercer, and Pierson
f""d fennSylranian, April 10
CLERICAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN
TT THE L. o. DEPARTMENT james Orr. of Alaha.
oama. promoted to 81 600 clerkship vice AZ.
MAS Worden resigned. W. J Cranaaa oS ia
nessee. appointed to 81 400 clerksbin Woo g n
nan, resigned w. T. Duval appointed tn
" 200 cierkship, vice Reuben Cieary. RESIGNED -
X, aeuosn Spencer of Michigan, appointed to
j. q PEBBLES. of Alabama, appointed To a a 400
cierSsh!p, vice Daniel Brunuer, resigned. Mesars
calvin + sage, of Alabama, A E Saunders of
virginia, and W burlington, have been designs
tea by the Secretary of the Treasury for exsmiua.
fion for ST. 200 per aunum clerkship in the Sxtb
Auditors office. 'A'A
The following gentlemen have been designated
for examination for promotion in the Office of the
Sixth Auditor Of the Treasury, viz Frederick T,
Grammar, Md; Henry Srsith, ID c. sY Mason n.
Kerrick, Mo; and j Ingold schermehorn,V Va these
designations are for promotion from first to second
class (Sl,400 per annum) clerkships.
They are the result of the resignation of Geo
X d Tearsdale, of Illinois, the death of the late
DR. Saunders, of Virginia; and the act of Congress-
authorizing the employment of five additional
clerks in the Office -Washington Star.
LATER NEWS FROM MEXICO The fact tha,
our Government has rejected the Forsyth treaty
reached the city of Mexico previous to the 20.h
ult., and created much regret The various heads
OF departments swore allegiance to the new con,
stitution on the 18th. The constitution had beer
openly denounced in some of the churches Pre-
sident Comonfort had issued an address on the
foreign and domestic relations of the republic in
which he reviews at length the new treaties nego
tiated by Mr. Forsyth, and the pending difficulties
with Spain, but no new facts elected The
misunderstanding with England he thinks will be
amicabiy settled. With the rest of the world the
republic is at peace.
DEsERTION OF SEAMEN yRoM THE MERRIMAc
The sailors on board of the steam frigate Merri.
mac are deserting from the vessel in large num-
bers. Saturday evening sixteen of them secured
one OF the quarter boats, and cutting the painter
made good their escape. A boat was put out in
pursuit, but the men refused to do duty. report
IL current among the men on board the ship tina.
they are to be transferred to the steamship Roa-
noke, and hence their dissatisfaction. The Merri-
mac lies in the stream between the city and Eas,
Boston, where she first cast anchor.-Beston Her.
aid.
MASSACHUSETTS RAILROADS.&C. appears by q
tabular statement in the Boston Advertiser OF
eight OF the principal railroads of Massachusetts
terminating at Boston, that the aggregate annual
gross Income has increased from SIS OS5 800 in
1851, to 81 330275 in 1885, at the rate of A Der
cent; while the working expenses have increased
in the same period from So GIL ,l64 in 1851 to
81 3271 1T, in 1885, or st the rate OF IS per cent
-, =.
9e2,972, in 1856, or 10 per ceut. only.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR AGAINST MExIco.-
The last advices from Cuba a'say Gen Concha was
making great preparations to lodge the 10 600 men
who were expected from Spain for the prosecution
of the war against Mexico. News had been brouph,
to Havana by the Spanish war steamer Colon
that the measures adopted by Gen. Concha had
been approved at home, and that 600 men were
being embarked at Cadiz on board the ship of-the
line Isabel Segenda, frgste Baiyn, sloop Villa de
Bilbao brig Pelayo, and steamer Francisco de Asis
UNivERsITY.-Among the bills which kave
passed the New York Legislature is one appro-
pristing $25. 900 to the ST. Lawrence Universaiist
University, at Canton in that State, of which The
Rev. T. j. Sawyer, D. D., of New York city, hal
been elected president
CELEBRATIoN-Mondayb being the day of cele.
bration for the anniversary of the birth of Henry
Clay, the American flags on the City Hail. New
York, and also from the roofs OF Lovejoy's, Tam
many, Delmonicos, Astor, French and Barnumi
we're given to the breeze The vicinity of the
City Hall Park was gay with streamers The
white national banner, bearing the coat of arm,
of the State alec displayed on the roof of the
Hail. The Clay Association had fine entertain
ment at the Lafarge Hotel in the evening.
CAMPHENE ACCIDENT.-Mrs Mccormick, ant
two of her little children aged two aud four years
were severely burned bv the ignition of the fluic
while filing lamp. at their residence in Francis
street, Phiiadelphia, On Saturday night The
older promising little fellow of four years diet
from the effects on Sunday evening The moshe,
and the other child will probably recover.
GOING HoME.-Mr. Boxer (whose daughte
Mary Ann was claudestinely married to the coach
man Dean) is about to sell off his property in th
country and return to Germany, his native land -
This step is taken solely on account of his demes
tic trouble, caused by the unhappy conduct of hi
daughter.
REMARKABLE Casa few weeks since, Lit
tie boy about ten years of age, son of Mr.. Boone
of Baltimore, accidentally swallowed a shirt stud
which lodged in one Of his lungs. He suffered
greatly from 1t, and the services of several emf
nent ply sicians were procured none of whom
however, from the nature of the case could bene
fit the patient. 1t was thought that be must die
and his family had made up their minds for th
mournful event, when, to their grea. delight, dn
ring fit of coughing, the stud was elected fror
bis throat. Although still by no means out G
danger, 1t is thought that the probabilities are de
cidedly In favor of the recovery of the little suf