Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-09

ter; Pennington, Taylor county, Va, James W,
| Bartlett Postmaster; Glen Arbor, Lebanon
county, Michigan, George Ray, Postmaster;
Buchanan, HARRISON county, Ga, George r.
Hamilton, Postmaster; Hazelton, Shiawassee
county, Mich, John D. Newell, Postmaster;
Alma, Gratiot county, Mich, Ralph Ely, Post
| master.
Names of Post Offices Changed. duncan,
| Wood county, Va, to Williamstown; Bagdad,
! La Fayette county, Mo-, to Hempland.
| Post Offices Discontinued.-West Bigler,
Clearfeld county, Pa: Industry, Beaver coun.
ty, Pa; East Brook, Lawrence county, Pa.
West Eaton, Wyoming county, Pa; Dawson
vile, Montgomery county, Pa; Lindnerville,
Schuylkll county, Pa.
THE RUMoRED MASSACRE OF q. S. TROOPS.
Our investigation into the truth of the story of
the recent massacre on the plains by the Chey-
ennes (the Indians they started out to chastise)
satisfy us that there can be no truth whatever
in it. Thus, it purports to have been brought
in by emigrants travelling east. They travel
the South Pass route, by forts Laramie and
Kearney; and report that the massacre took
place at a point 200 miles west of Fort Kearney.
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companies Of his own regiment, (the First Cav
alry,) two companies of the Second Dragons,
which joined him at For. Kearney, and three
companies Of the Sixth Infantry that were to
have joined him from Fort Laramie. His route
was by the Valley of the South Platte, and the
point at which he is represented to have been
defeated land all his command slain) is at least
100 miles from the nearest point on the route
travelled by the emigrants who brought the
story into the settlements
The two companies of his own regiment that
left with him for this special service were COM
panies A and B, and of the Second Dragons
companies Z and Ii. 1t is not known in Wash
ington which three companies of the Sixth In
fantry formed the infantry portion of his COM
mand, "a they were to have been furnished by
the commanding officer Of Fort Laramie, who
had, at the time, four companies under his COM
mand-B, C, D, and G.
The q. S. STEAMSHIP NIAGARA.-The COM
mander of this ship. under date of the Oath ult.,
reports that on the 9th, they were to be ready
to give her one ship-load of the cable (marne
telegraph at Birkinhead, when he would COM
mence "coiling in" A second vessel load was
the two vessels to bring off to the ship (the Nj
agara) about seventy-f five miles of the wire.
A subsequent dispatch announces that the
| load Of the first vessel had been taken on, and
that that of the second vessel was to be coied in
the wardroom From the two, they would coil
at the rate of 100 miles per day of "a hours.
The wire is to be coiled in tiers. James Pierce,
a coal HEAVIER of the Niagara, was killed by a
fall at the dock yard, Portsmouth, and was
subsequently buried ashore, with the usual
| ceremonies.
| The NAVAL COURTS OF INQUIRY.-Before
Court No. Lieut.. Rodgers continued his tes-
timony on behalf of Lieut.. Mafit, who subse-
| quently read his own defence, and the case was
| thus concluded. Mr.. Dulaney's case was then
resumed, and as we went to press, documentary
evidence on the Governments side was being
considered.
Before Court No. 2, the case of Capt. Ster-
rett being up, Commodore Perry, and Com
manders Sartori and Middleton were examined,
the first on behalf of the Government, and the
two latter on Capt. SIS behalf
Before Court No. 3, the case of ex-Lieut
Rhind dropped by the late Retired Board,)
was taken up, and their session of to-day was
| devoted to the consideration of documentary
| testimony in it.
THE Pacific WAGON RoADs-The Interior
| Department regard it as certain that the wagon
road to the Pacific by the southern route will be
| so far completed as to be used by the emigration
\ as early as the lst of January next, and that
| the other (mOre nOrthern) roads will be in the
same condition as early, if the season favors the
work upon them. The Indians of the Plains
by the by, predict late fall and an open win
ter There is vast difference between the eli
mates upon the northern and southern routes
designed to be opened under the act of Congress
to that end-a difference of perhaps three months
of working season, we apprehend.
William Browning, of New
London, Connecticut, one of the parties arrest
ed on charge of forging Bounty land claims,
| has just been tried before the United States
Court now in session at Hartford, and by tele-
graph we learn this morning that he has been
| convicted.
The Hon. j. B. BOwLIN, United States Min
lister to New Grenada has arrived in Washing
ton city, and has apartments at Willards' Hotel
He appears in fine health, notwithstanding his
long sojourn in Central America
| APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT-S H Par
ker, to be Postmaster at Geneva, N. Y, vice j.
S. Lewis
H. F. Feeney, to be Postmaster at Wheeling,
Va, vice Il. A. Cacraft.
The Arabia's Mails.
| The details of foreign news received by the
| Arabia are Of interest.