Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-19

the North West Virginia Branch of this com.
pany's road, will also be opened on Tuesday. Cd
at is proposed to celebrate at the same time
the opening of the branch road of lOi miles in
length; which unites the Baltimore and Ohio line
at Graften, (lO0 miles east of Wheeling with
Parkersburg on the Ohio, (e6 miles below Wheel
ingD and which forms an important link in the
direct line between Baltimore and Cincinnati
and ST. Louis.n
a." The party embraced under this invitation will
ieaVe w ashington at a. m, or Baltimore at 6 IS
a. m, on Monday, June LIST, and reach Cincinnati
on Wednesday morning. On Thursday the Ohio
and Mississippi trains will start at an early hour
Tor st. Louis, going through upon the same day -
The NAVAL Courts OF IyQrIRY-In Court
No. l, the case of ex-L Lieut.. w. A. Bartlett was
before it; and Com. Stoddard was examined on
the part of the Government, and the Court was
cleared to consider some business before it,
In No. 2, the case of Lieut. Sartori was taken
up, and Capt. Blake, Com. Tucker and Com
modore Storer were examined on the part of the
defence. The Court then took recess
The case of Captain Inman was concluded in
No. 3, by examining Commodore Stringham,
Com. ]. P. McKinstry, and Captain Harwood.
Captain Inman submitted the following as his
defence
Believing there is not particle of evidence
| in the record showing or tending to show that |
| am either mentally morally, professionally or
physically unfit, and having every confidence I'm
the intelligence and justice of this Court, SUBJ
init my case without any other defence than such
| as the evidence affords. VIM. INMANn
The Court then adjourned until 10 o'clock to-
morrow, when it is supposed that the case Of
Capt Boarman will be taken up.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMESr.-NtW Offices
| Estabtisked.-Alder Brook, franklin county,
N. Y, A. McKillips, Postmaster; Beach Ridge,
Niagara county, N. Y, VIM. NJ. Beebe, Post
master; Drakestown, Somerset county, Pa, Ami
Selbaugh, Postmaster; Running Spring, Titus
county, Texas, James H. Hayes, Postmaster
Wakarnsa, Douglass county, Kansas Territory.
Offices Discontinued.-Five Mile Creek, JET.
ferson county, Ala; Louisiana, Douglas county,
Kansas Territory
| Name Changed.-Iberville, Iberville parish,
La, changed to St. Gabriel.
| PLAN ADOPTED, AND BUILDING OF REVENUE
CUTTER AwARDED.-The sealed report of the
Board for the Examination of the Models and
Plans for the proposed Steam Revenue Cutter,
| (recently in session in this city, has been
opened by the Secretary of the Treasury, and
the decision of the Board confirmed The plan
of William H. Webb, of New York, has been
adopted, and to that gentleman has been award
ed the contract for building the vessel
| CIRcuLAR.-The Commissioner of Indian
Affairs has issued the following circular
| "With view to uniformity, simplicity and
the despatch Of business, 1t is required that here
after all communications from the superintend-
| ents and agents of this department be written
| upon quarto-post paper whenever it can lie OBJ
| tanned and only one subject can be embraced or
referred to in any one communication every diff
feIent matter being made the subject of separate
| letter.n
THE INDIANS QUIEr.-Information has been
received from the Supervisor of Indian Affairs
of Texas, representing that all is quiet among
| the Indians there.