Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-11

Saturday night last in Chicago, have not vet
come to hand. So the letter we publish to-day
appears out Of its turn. Whom received. the
missing letters will be duly published and in
the meanwhile we shall conclude the series bv
publishing one daily for perhaps the next fort
night. The journey was undertaken to enable
the writer to present to the patrons of the Star,
solid incarnation concerning the Great West,
wherein So many millions of eastern capital are
now being annually invested, in many eases
upon intentional Misrepresentation and mors
frequently under the influence of the mania for
getting rich in q hurry, which is so peculiarly
q Characteristic Of our country To the person
thinking Of investing g nest eggs, in the West,
his letters, though written in desultory vein.
will prove Of value, as we'll as to those proposing
to travel in the northwest shortly.
POST OFFICE DRPARrMENr.-Neao Offices
ESabi'shed.-New Salem, Bad Axe county,
Wisconsin, VIM. r. Rees, Postmaster; North
Liberty, johnson county, Iowa, Jesse Orem,
Postmaster Alpine City, .Wapella county,
Iowa, M. V. Henkle, Postmaster; Tolona
Champaign county, Illinois, Herman Chaffee
Postmaster; Nenno, Washington county, Wis
consin, George Smith, Postmaster; GAINESVILLE,
Covington county, Mississippi, David W. Nc
lnnis, Postmaster Mars Hill, Drew county,
Arkansas, c. L. Reynolds, Postmaster Pond
Hill, Gibson county, Tennessee, Thomas D.
Locke, Postmaster; Cross Bridges, Maury
county, Tennessee, James Brown, Postmaster ;
Paulineville, Tyler county, Texas, Jesse G.
Sims, Postmaster; Kennekuk, Brown county,
Kansas Territory, VIM. P. Hess, Postmaster !;
Stanton, Lykins county, Kansas Territory,
VIM. p. Dutton, Postmaster; Omadi, Dacotah
county, Nebraska Territory, VIM. S. Back.
water, Postmaster.
The GREAT RAILROAD CELEBRATION DIN
NER.-Our friend of the Union says, this morn
ing:
The EDITOR OF THE EVENING STAR. on the
great railroad excursion, has furnished to that
paper interesting incidents and observations,
"penned by steam;h and has, in this vocation,
exhibited wonderful degree of industry and
tact. Not only has he been writing, but speak
ing, for we perceive, in the account Of the great
dinner at st. Leuis lat which, we presume, he
did his share Of the edtine) that he responded to
the toast, "The President and Directors of the
connecting
Atlantic with the Mississppi.''''
The editor Of the Star, while acknowledging
his penehant for good living''-and he who
cares nought for it is without soul to appreciate
numbcrlesS blessings in ones reach, if one
would live for aught but to hoard wealth-real.
ly cannot remember what toast on that occasion
attracted his tongue from the savory things set
before him. His lack of memory in this partic-
ular is perhaps attributable to a couple of bot
ties of Catawba, by which he was so stoutly
fianked, before he and his companions at either
elbow gathered their contents within their main
defences, by way of being amply prepared to
| stand the siege Of such an occasion His impress
sion is that he was responding to toast to The
Press; but as he came away with somebody 8
shocking bad hat on his head, his recollection of
the toast may be but s'clear as mud"
POINTS DEcIDED.-The question whether,
under the law, the results (articles collected
BY of the U. s. Exploring Expedition must be
transferred to the keeping of the Smithsonian
Institution, having been referred by the Secre-
tary of the Interior to the Attorney General
for his opinion thereon, that functionary has so
decided
So, also, has he ruled that the Superintend-
ent of the Interior Department building is not
entitled, lawfully, to compensation for that SER
vice. 1t seems that intending to accord him
such compensation Congress made a mistake in
wording the law, saying that he should be so
compensated for services rendered from 1895 to
1888; long before the Department existed This
clerical error has been adjudged by the Attor-
l-r. A.
question.
He (the Attorney GeneraD has further ruled
that the money voted to Mary Gay, widow of
an Indian agent killed by the Shawnees.
S2,OOO) must be paid to her from the Treasury,
Notwithstanding the fact that he died in default
to the Government; which, under this ruling,
must continue to look to his sureties to make
good to the Treasury the amount thus its due
The NAVAL Courts OF INQUIRY-To-day
the case of Lieut. Bowers was finally disposed
of before this Court on the testimony of Capt
Kelly and Surgeon Foltz, U. S. N, called by
the Department, upon which testimony Lieut..
B. submitted his case, asking simply to be put
upon the reserved list on leave of absence pay
Before Court No. 2, to-day, the case of 1t.
Gibson being under investigation, the following
witnesses were examined Viz Its Geo. u
Morris and John c. Carter on the part of It.
Gibson, and Passed Asst Surg'n Darlington,
Capt. d. N Ingraham and 1t. PARROT on the
part Of the Government
Before Court No. 8, the case of Capt Lati-
mer still pending, Lieut. Almy and Capt. Hol-
Inns, U. S. N, have been examined to-day in
behalf of the Government.
Hon D. E. SICKELs AND JOHN KELLY.-The
story in the New York Herald of Monday last