Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-22
The Micasockies are the band which prevent
Bowlegs from making peace.

QUIRY.-0wing to the pressure upon our col
umns yesterday, and The hurry in which u was
obliged to be set up just as We were going 70
press, we were unabls to classify satisfactorily
the list of naval officers as Affected by the ac-
ton of the Courts Of Inquiry. We accordingly
give such classification to-day, and also q list
of those who are left in the same position they
we're placed in by the action Of the Retiring
Board The whole number of officers affected
BY the action Of the retiring board was 20l.
Of these, ITO demanded an investigation by q
court Of inquiry The three courts have dis
posed Of los eases two cases are still pending
viz: Capt. Levy, and Commander LeCompte,
and three remain to be Investigated, viz: Capts.
7. Ap c. Jones and Ramsay, and Commander
W. NJ. Armstrong. The findings of the courts
have been approved by the President, and
all those officers whose positions have been
changed have been nominated to the Senate
for confirmation. Those who go upon the ac.
tive list will take the places in their respec
tive grades which they would have occupied if
they had not been retired.
The following embraces the names of those
who 60 upon the active list together with the
positions they occupied under the action of the
Retiring Board
Captain-Joseph Smith from leave pay
ComnnndsTS-J. r Jarvis, from leave James
Glynn, leave; Robt. Richie leave; G.. Rnggold,
leave; J 5. Sterrett, leave; Robert ID. Thorburn,
leave; Samuel Lockwood, leave; w. ). Ogden,
dropped; John Calhoun, leave; Murray Mason,
furIoughed
Lisnfsnants.--wm. f.. Hunt, furloughed NJ.
+. MauTy, leave James =. Palmer, leave RO-
bert Handy, furloughed Henry w alike. fur
Laughed; Lewis C. Sarto-i, furlough ed: Fabius
Stanley. furloughed A.; J. n. Mafh.t, fu rloug he'd
A. ID. IIarrell. dropped A. Murray, furloughed;
Van X. Morgan, furioughed; Abner Read,
dropped; George A. Stevens, dropped Thos. II.
Stevens. dropped.
Mas,ers-A. Mclaughlin, dropped Nv. w.
Low. leave.
Passed DridshipmrA J. Howard March,
dropI ed Jas. :. Thornton, dropped; Ed. q.
Grafton, furloughed.
The following list embraces the names Of
those who were dropped, and have now been
placed on the reserved list, together with the
class to which they have been assigned:
Lisutanants.-W. A. G.. Faragut, placed
leave II w. Meade, on furlough; Thos. Brown
ELL on furlough. Mast.r-Julius 5. Bohrer, on
leave. Passed MidshipDlaa-N. 7. West, leave.
The following list embraces the names of those
officers on the reserved list whose position has
been changed from furloughed to leave-pay:
Captains Jesse Wilkinson, Thos NJ Newell,
w. X Latimer, John r. Graham, w. Imam
CoprHaHders-Charles T Plat, Henry Bruce,
IL
LIsHfeHHntS-PeteT Turner, g. G. Williamson,
= Il. Bissell, John j. Glasson, Henry A. Steele,
w Chandler, J Nj Gilliss, J.. p Parker. l. Z.
Bowers, Augustus ). Baldwin, w. Il. Whiting,
vi. c. Marin.
lfaNsr-R. C. Jones
Passed NidSh,Pnan Samuel Pearce.
In those cases where the Courts have recon-
mended no change, the action of the President,
whether it be that Of approval or disapproval,
will not vary the result; but leave the parties
in statn quo. This list of those when the SEN
tenee of the Board has been sustained, CON-
prises the following names:
p. r. voorhees, furlough = Paine furiouyh:
c. Boarman, leave William Jameson, leave r
X Gedney, fuTlOugh; !. N. Stone, leave John
; :, Nichols, fuIloughi a ii Long, furlough;
Bullus, leave; T. d. Shaw, leave John Man.
ming, leave; j. NJ. Watson, furlough; w ID.
Porter, furlough; }. c. Carter, furlough; : b.
son, furlou2h George r. GRAY, furlongh Henry
c. fiagg, furlough d. Lynch, furlough; ii. N.
Harrison, furlough; c. Hunter, furlough; J.
Rolando, furlongh; NJ. c. Perry, furlough; F.
A. Parker, furlough; F. Abbott, furIough
VIM b Fitzgerald, furlough; r. Nj. McArann,
fu Tough.
The following are dropped:
II. III Rhodes, l.. Pennington w ii holland
ID F Dulany, J X. Walbach, w. A Bartlett, ;
Barney, A. c. Rhind, Peter Wager. and John
p. Hall.
The WHEEL WITHIN THE WHEEL-Of late.
We have repeatedly had occasion to expose the
sinister character Of the opposition Post Office
war being waged in Philadelphia and as it 10
very certain that those at the bottom of it are
drumming among the members of Congress to
induce that body to reverse its previous deci-
SION on the question, we quote n late number
OF the Pennsyiranian, exposing the sinister
character of their labors to that end, as fol-
lows
Certain land spectators and decayed archi-
tectS III our city are busilv employed in an at
tempt 10 induce the Postmaster GpDeTaI To dis
continue work on the site of the new Post Office
TO be erected in our city, and also to change, if
posi- ole, the position of the same from where IL
has been located to the Custom House on Chest
nut street, above Fourth street The pretext for
this movement is, that the selected site is away
rom The centre Of the city and therefore not sniff
able Tor post office purposes, but the real Object
TO locate the building in the immediate neiyb-
hood OF certain properties belong TO the prime
movers Ia this scheme, and thus enhance their
value.
Eve have before shown that the present size
selected for Post Office, is strictly In the buSj-
mss GENRE OF the city, that II is in close pIox
unity 10 The Merchants Exchange and the Banks:
that all the heavy importing and jobLiny houses
are within few squares; that the agencies of all
the nahnfaetur ing establishments are located
" q
the newspaper Offices are situated east of Fourth
aud south Of Chestnut streets that seven eights
OF the Insurance Companies are within four
squares OF Second and Gold streets: that all the
brokers Crces are within pistol shot, and, in
fact, that the whole evidence points to this nepL
borhood as the place Of all others most convenient
fof the business men of this city. These facts
cannot be oyethrown, nor will il he denied that
this particular point can be reached more readily
than any other point in the city, account of il
being the terminus of the d fereut lines of omni-
buses running TO and fTo within its limits But
apart from this, the Sub Post Office system now
ia operation renders ii a matter Of comparatiye
indifference to the masses of our population where
the central office Is located. Under the present
system, the letters arriving put into the hands
OF those to whom they are directed FIRE times
each day, while each division Of the city has a
sub-ohice which the people can reach in a few
minutes The location of the general office there
lore, Is only important to those who have heavy
ana constant postal communication, and we have
SHOWN that the present site is most admrabl,
adopted for that purpose
Mr.. BIGLEE SPEECH Since penniny the
brief article elsewhere i'm the ,Siay today. con-