Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-10

...>r;<v. bshiuA fsstiasuttsBs Rivsssi r
against St. Jorjcs, q consequent repulse, and
retreat that was within an ace Of being cut of,
which succeeded only by a streak of good luck,
under ciyumstances wherein heroism was re-
CURED on the part of his men almost unexam-
pied. In this rstreat his loss was heavy, whiisi
that q H sneay was very great indeed Hid
fore vas reduced by that unfortunate move
met e some $50 fighting men at most, WIN
were dad toget back under the protection of tt
fortifcati6ne q MAS though when last head |
from the enemy were bivouacked in an irn-l
pregnable position within one hundred yards \
His announcement to his men that he was !
certain of being relieved by q thousand recruits.
in a week, which, all we'll informed persons in
the States know isimpossibie, shows that despe
rate shifts on his partwas Necessary to keep his
doomed companions together. These recruits
have not started from either side, nor is there
any prospect that, if starting, they can possibly
reach him The /" victory - story was evidently
concocted in the hope Of inducing recruits to
make the effort As for Lockridge, the history Of
his exploits to this time shows that he fights
only after the fashion Of that never to be for
gotten g King Of France, y who with fifty thou
sand men marched up the hill, and then march
ed down again" He is interminably announc-
ing the fall of strong hold Of the enemy, after
strong hold yet never manages to progress an
inch towards the completion of his task of open
ing the communication between San Juan dsl
Norte and Walkers main forces penned up in
Rivas. Is - ..u....
SEVEN LEAGUE Doors The amiable New
York Herald having been obliged to expose its
own roorback against ex-Secretary Davis, con-
cocted for it by ex-Gov. Geary, in the same is
sue seeks 10 get revenge on Gen. D. by coming
new ones against him. Though we know that
| the Hsraid's roorbacks travel in seven league
boots, it is genuine sport to us to shoot them
on the wing, as they rise. To that end, we
| pluck the following from its Washington cor
Yespondence in the same issue: ....f
| ssJef Davis has got the Union to republsh
! from his official organ-the Vicksburg Sentinel
| a denial that the New Orleans Delta has spoken
for him in its " Quixotc enterprise OF building
! up great Southern party" This is all well for
! Col Davis now but il was well understood In
| New Orleans that when Major Heiss sold the
Delta, two years since; IT was purchased by Col.
Davis's personal friends for the express purpose
| Of urging his merits and claims for the Vice
Presidency and in that region 1t has always been
considered that Col Davis asPired to the position
! of leader of that I" great Southern party" which
| the Delta thought to build up"
Mark how plain tale will put all this " stuff
down Viz Gen. Davis had nothing whatever
to do with the Uuion's republication Of the
article from the Vicksburg Sentinel. I'd. The
New Orleans Delta is neither Democratic
party paper nor had Gen. Davis lot or part,
directly or indirectly, with its purchase. He
knows but one Of its proprietors, and has not
spoken or written to him for years before he
went into the Delta, nor since. Sd. He has
never been candidate for the Vice Presidency.
On the contrary, when some of his constituents
/ Gin Mississippi took the liberty Of suggesting
his name for the position, he peremptorily de-
clined permitting it to be used in that connec.
ton While he is, probably, as grateful as
other public men would be for the good wishes
Of the conductors of newspapers, he has no
more connection with the Delta and the Senn-
mel, than he has control over the New York
Herald itself How much that If, may be
Judged from the blackguardism and abuse which
Bennett has heaped on him daily for years past.
APPOINTMENT Union contains the OFF,
cial announcement of the following appoint
ments not heretofore mentioned in the Star:
T Jno. 7. Hammond, Collector, Annapolis, Nd
J vice John Sands whose commission has expired.
Geo. g. Patterson, Collector, Sandusky, Ohio,
Woe James A. Jones' whose commission has ex-
PRED
Henry B. Smith, Collector, Champlain, n z,
} reappointed. ..-.
Pliny NJ. Bromley, Collector, Genesee, n. T.,
} vice James C. Campbell resigned. r
: Dennis Coghlin, Collector, Miami Ohio, vice
| Josiah Riley, whose commission has expired
} Theophilus Peugnet, Collector, Cape Vincent,
, N. Y, vice Alfred Fox, whose commission ha
expired
VIM. II. Brown, Surveyor, Llewellenburg
Md, reappointed.
Samuel Ridenour, Postmaster at Hagerstown
Md, reappointed.
VIM. j. Morton, Postmaster at Mount Yer.
non, Ohio, in place of F. j. Zimmerman, whose
commission has expired as
Andrew W. Mccormick, Postmaster at Mari
eta, Ohio, in place Of Nathaniel Bishop, Whose
commission has expired
Phineas Allen, Jr, Postmaster at Pittsfeld
} Mass, reappointed. . ..-
The ALEXANDRIA Coll EcroRsH cir
the following from the last issue of the War.
renton Flag of'9S:
"RoTATIoN.-We regret very much to learn
that an effort is being made to remove Mr. Houyh
the Collector Of the port of Alexandria. from fhe
post which he now occupies. Mr.. II. Is an effi-
cient otncer and popular man. In addition to
the TACT that there Is no ,sity for his removal
on account of his political sentiments (for he is
strong and uncompromising Democrat,) the PEG.
pie among whom he lives would regard such a
step as an act Of harshness, inasnuch as Mr. ii
has sustained an injury by his gallant conduct a.
destructive fre In Alexandria, and is unable to
engage In the more active occupations Of life
we sincerely hope that the present Administers
ton, In whose popularity we are so warmly in
peoples affections by cruel an exercise of the
rotation principle"
The injury to which the Flag refers, which
has placed Mr.. Hough on crutches for life, re-
suited from his real heroism in the discharge of
his duties as public officer. Secretary Guth.
RE had deposited with him, at the request Of