Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-06
v WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

the Presid emit had made the following Cabinet
noluinations, viz Lewis Cass, CStats) Howell
Cobb, (rrea.,ury,) Jacob Thompson, (inssrior'l
John B Floyd, (warD Isaac Toucsy, (NavyJ
A. v. BroN,n, post Ondos,) and Jeremiah 3.
Black, (ox Penn now Judge Of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania,) Attorney General.
Bv thu time the Star Il published to-day, all
Ties. nomin .tions will probably have been
o0na rmed, for there can be no valid objection
on the part Of any Senator to any gentleman
whose name Is on lbraced in this able and dis.
tinguished list Of American public men.
P. S.-They have all been confirmed.
The Decision.-Mf, Justice Tsuey has been
engaged in reading the opinion Of the Supreme
Court in the bred Scott case for some hours,
and had not concluded when the Star went to
press. From the portion of th il elaborate
paper that We heard read. We d. aw the CON.
clusion-
LIST. That il decides that negro es have no
rights az citizens under the constit ution.
ID. That the Ordinance Of 1857 was bind
ing, insomuch as 1t was the act Of the several
States as sovereigns, in their sovereign apaci.
ty as States, prior 70 the formation o. the Con-
stitution. And
Sd. That the Missouri Compromises il uncon.
stitutional, insomuch as 1t was the act Of the
General Government, exercising a power not
delegated by the soversigus, (States,l of whose
it is.
1t seemed TO be understood around the court
room that dissenting opinions were to be ex.
pected from Measrs. Justices Curtis and Nc.
Lean.
The Visitors still here embrace very large
number Of noted and active Democratic public
men, most Of whom have been in public life
at this point or in connection with states affairs
Among them, Of course, is the usual proper.
tion Of the galv anised-of men who were dead
and buried, as politicians, perhaps a quarter
Of a century ago (such will always be the
case on such occasions)-who are sure to flock
to Washington on the advent of each succeed
ing administration to power, it matters not oe
what party; insomuch as all parties are super
abundantly blessed with members standing
on the presumed public recollection of what
away. Nevertheless, there are really fewer
known Office seekers in Washington just now
by half than We anticipated few weeks ago
So few, comparatively, as to make the fact
subject Of very general comment on tho part
of the knowing ones
The psrlors of all the hotels still continue
to be resplendent with the presence Of large
numbers of gay and brilliant stranger ladies,
who make the scene in each of them equally
as attractive as in those of the hotels at Sara.
togs, the Sulphurs, Newport, and Cape May
at the height of their respective seasons. In
all the leading Washington hotels impromptu
hops, to the music Of the piano, come of
nightly. and are enjoyed amazingly by the
juniors in attend ance.
Very Interesting to the Army The fol-
loving " General Orders dated War Depar
ment, Adjutant Generals Office, W ashingtor,
February %, 1857, have just been promulged:
I The following regulations have been re.
celved from the War Department. and are
published for the inform alton Of all concerned
l court-martial, cannot assign and make
over tho pay of soldier to any other person,
and the receipt of such person will not be q
sufficient voucher for the disbursing officer
Nor can soldier be required to receipt for
money paid without bis consent to another |
person The Law prohibits any receipt or
voucher in accounts Of public money unless
the full amount Of the receipt is paid to the |
party who signs 1t.
2 The uniforms Of hospital stewards shall |
except that the pompon shalt be Of the colors |
prescribed for the Medical Department, and
the epeulettes and chevrons Of buff
The regiments serving on foot, being usu-
ally employed as light troops, will be habitu
ally exercised in the system of tactics for light
infantry and riAemen adopted by the War
Department March 20, 1855
II. The bounds of the Department Of Texas
are extended to include tho limits Of the State
Of Texas
III. The following act Of Congress, in rels. |
tin to the military Establishment, is pub.
lished officially to the Army:
AN ACT to increase the pay Of the officers Of the
Army. |
be 1t enacted, DC, That from and after the |
commencement Of the present fiscal year, the |
pay Of each commissioned officer of the Army,
including military storekeepers, shall be IN.
creased twenty dollars per month, and that |
the Communication price Of officers subsistence
shsll be thirty cents per ration
Sac 2. And be 1t further enacted, That the |
secretary OF Var be authorized, on the recon-
mendation Of the council Of administration, to
extend the additional pay herein provided to
any person serving as chaplain at any post of |
the Army. 1
Approved February 81, 1857
Nv: The post recently established near Tue. |
ION, new Mexico, is announced as a chaplain |
post, in lieu of Fort Defiance.
BY order of the Secretary of War:
COOPER, Adjutant General. |
Grateful and Well Deserved Tribute. -
The following forcible commune alton from
the pen Of substantial citizen of Washing.
ton conveys impressions which we know well
are universally entertained among our Dis
trict of Columbia fellow citizens. Wes arce.
ly need add that the writer eschews politics,
for that is evident throughout the eloquent
letter:
A VISIT TO TIE PREsIDESr-On Friday