Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-01

Indians near the Concho river, Texas, on the
18th of February last. The court having sem
sentenced him to be shot, the President has
RENTED that sentence to dismission from the
service, with the forfeiture of all pay and allow
ances that may be due him.
A PROFITABLE GOVERNMENT SPECULATION
1t never happens that Uncle Sam gets the best
OF bargain of any description. So rarely that
the following account from the Albany Knick-
er6ocker) of the result of a recent sale of some
governmentlots in Chelsea, Massachusetts,, will
be received with establishment by those familiar
with the fact that the old gentleman is rarely
compelled to deal in town lots, either as a buyer
or seller, without paying two prices for what he
purchases, (if BUYING or getting half price for
what he disposes, if selling --1.a.
The amount cleared outright by the govern
ment, In the recent auction Of lands in Chelsea
Massachusetts,, probably exceeds any sale of the
kind ever made by the United States The prop
erty consisted of some ten acres of upland, which
the authorities at Washington originally pur-
chased for the small sum of $500 per acre, or
SIS 600 only for the whole. This was all that was
paid for the upland; the fats, consisting of about
one hundred and fourteen thousand feet having
been thrown in or given to the Government when
the conveyance was made Before the late auc-
ton, the property was divided into lots and ap-
praised at S240, Goo, as it's minimum value and
though no credit was allowed the purchasers
the terms being equivalent to cash down-yet
the proceeds, according to one published report
SlS5, OOO according to another This aggregate is
exclusive Of the one hundred and fourteen thou
sand feet Of flats, valued at the minimum of nj nety
cents or one dollar pei foot; and the whole Of
reserved n w hA raNn frnrv he
vendue.
APpoINrED.-We hear that Governor Wise
has rendered to Charles L. Carr, ESQ, of Kama
wha county, Virginia, the post of Lieutenant
Governor of that State made vacant by the re-
signation of Lieut.. Gov. McComas Mr.. Carr
is a native of Charlottesville, though long a
resident of Western Virginia, where he is we'll
known as the President of Bank in Kanawha
He is gentleman of high character, and his Sc
lection is in all respects a good one. There was
an important constitutional law question in
volved in filling this vacancy, which, we pre-
sumo, Governor Wise had settled to his convic-
ton ere making the appointment We have no
idea, at present, that Mr.. Carr will decline
NAVAL Courts OF INQUIRY-In Court No
l, the case of Capt. Nichols was taken up, and
Commodores Shubrick, McCauley, and Laval
lette were examined on the part of defence, and
depOsi lions were being read from western mer-
chants when we left
Court No. was not in session when we called
In Court No 3, the case of Capt Latimer
came up, and Capt. divers deposition was read
on the part Of the defence. Reverdy johnson
q
tain L.
The OHIO FUGITIvE SLAVE CAsE.-We have
satisfied ourselves that no off ,ial account of
affair has yet reached the proper Department
of the Government; but it may be regarded as
equally certain that the United States Marshal
has been-by telegraph-directed to do his duty
in the premises, and informed that the Presi
dent will perform his.
No Truth IN 1--WE took OCCASION day or
two since, to comment on the report by the last
California steamer alleging that Britain had
obtained from New Granada the cession of an
island in the bay of Panama, in settlement of
the famous Mcintosh claim. We are now satis-
fed that no such cession has been made. In
formation on which we rely is in Washington.
that leads us to this conclusion.
THE ARMY MEDICAL BoARp.-Tbe Army
Medical Board recently in session in the city of
New York adjourned on the 9th ultimo. The
following named candidates were found quail.
fed for appointment in the medical staff of the
army:
l.; Roberts Bartholow, of Maryland 3 Joseph
y: Bally. OF Pennsylvania; 3. ]. Cooper Mckee
OF New Iork 4. Kirtly Wand. of Missouri !: s
william A. Carswell, Of South Carolina
NEW ORLEANS AND CAIRO MAIL.-We under
stand that, with view Of improving this
service, about which there has been no little
complaint, (as to the justice of which we are
unadvised,) the Postmaster General has made
satisfactory arrangements with the present con-
tractors for the surrender of their contract.
SECRETARY CAss.-This distinguished gen.
teman left Washington yesterday afternoon for
Detroit, designing we hear, to proceed from
thence to be present at the great railroad iubi-
lee in st. Louis, on the 4th inst.
PRoNorED.-W. V. W. Weaver has been
promoted to second class Clerkship-Sl 400
In the office of the Auditor of the Treasury for
the Post Office Department
APPoISrNENrs.-Henry Croggan has been
appointed Messenger in the Office of the Trea-
surer of the United States, in place of F. C.
Cosby, resigned.
BALTIMORE EXCHANGE PROpERrY.-The con.
tract for the purchase of this property was
closed on Saturday by the President, and the
money paid.
Sanford, Jr., has been appointed an Assistant
Surgeon in the U. S. Navy, rice j. P. Thorn.
The WEArHER.-The following report of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution,
and will be continued daily when the line is in
working order. The time of observation is
about Z o'clock a.. m:
., JUNE l, 1857.
New York, N. DISCRIMINATING
Philadelphia, Pa..........raining warm.
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