Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-03-09

fourth or last section, must say that It Is very
deep Injustice to the service. The said fourth /
section requires that regular promotions to vacan
cies occurring In the reg imental grades Of COM
miss toned officers Of the United States Army 1
shall be by regiments. instead Of arms of service
as now regulated. The different g arms Of ser |
vice., are, dragons, cavalry, mounted rifemen,
in the Dragon arm; two in the cavalry arm; one |
in the mounted rifemen four In the artillery arm,
and ten Ia the iufantry arm Of our service
will endeavor TO explain the operation in this |
particular of the proposed law. Lieutenant col
onels promoted in 1851 and 1857, majors promoted
In 1s47 and 1857. and captains promoted in 1910
and 1855, are, In each grade, placed upon the
same footing In other words, lieutenant colonies
who entered the army In 1919 and those who en-.
tered In 1892 are placed upon an equal footing
majors who entered in 1873 with those who en-
those who entered in ls45; and in this last men,
toned grade in the infantry arm of the service
the sixty-eighth captain Is on par with first or
senior captain-or, In other words. an officer who
has served nearly Twenty-Five years has the same
chance for promotion as he who has served only
about fifteen years. IL we examine little fur
ther we will find that this same senior captain Of
the infantry Is placed on an equal footing with u
cavalry captain who entered the service in lsI5.
and who has served only thirteen years, or less
than one-half the time RANGER
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PREsIDENr.-The
following are among the appointments recently
confirmed by the Senate:
Collectors Of Cnstoms.-John Thompson
Mason, district Of Baltimore, Md, vice Philip
f. Thomas, whose commission expired John
7. Hammond, district Of Annapolis Md, vice
Jas. Sands, whose commission expired; Henry
c. Matthews, district of Georgetown, D. c.,
vice Robert White, whose commission expired;
George T. Wright, district of Tappahannock,
Va, reappointed; Timothy Rives, district of
Petersburg, Va, vice A. D. Banks, resigned
VIM. +. Colcock, district of Charleston, S. c.,
reappointed; Thaddeus Sanford, district of
Mobile, Ala, reappointed; John Hunter, dis
trict of Natcbez, Miss, vice J. W. Mcdonald.
Surveyors Of the Customs ashington
Finley, at Baltimore, Md, vice John o. Whar-
ton, whose commission expired Andrew J.
DENLY, at Norfolk, Va, vice Dennis Dawley,
deceased; Gordon Forbes, at Yeocomico, Va,
reappointed; Thomas p. Bagwell, at Accomack
H., Va, vice Samuel Melvin, resigned;
Myer Jacobs, at Charleston, S. c., reappointed.
appraisers Of Merchandise.- B. H. Rich
ardson, at Baltimore Md, vice Philip Poult-
ney; David c. Springer, at Baltimore, Md,
vice L. W. Gosnoll; John W. Baughman, Of
Md, as Appraiser General, vice W. P Pouder.
Naval O&cer.-Levi X. Bowen, district of
Baltimore, Md, vice John Kettlewell whose
commission expired.
MAIL FAILUREs.-For three or four days
past the mail line by the Potomac river and
the Fredericksburg and Richmond railroad
have missed connections at this point owing
to the ice in the river and the low stage of the
water at the Aqua Creek landing. Thus, of
course, the mails have also missed, and hun
dreds of passengers have been delayed and
otherwise intoerably vexed. We presume that
the Post Office Department will exact the stip-
ulated forfeitures from the contractors over the
route to the last penny, as they could have
avoided the loss of single mail (failure) by
transferring the mails for the time being to the
through railroad via Alexandria and Gordons-
vile, and the Alexandria and Orange and Cen
trail railroads, which have not missed connec-
ton with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, or
the Richmond and Petersburg railroad once
this season. A contract exists under which
the great Southern mails are to be so trans
ferred when the river may be frozen up. The
failure Of the Potomac river and Fredericks-
burg and Richmond companies to comply with
its obligations promptly, besides compelling
their passengers to lose from twelve to twenty
four hours Of travelling time, and also to sub.
init to considerable additional expense, involves
grievous injury to the public interest in the
way of mail failures. The Postmaster General
will doubtless bring the delinquent parties up
with a round turn
The KANSAS STATE BILL.-Yesterday, Mr..
Green gave notice, in the course of the Senates
proceedings, Of the determin alton of the friends
of the immediate admission of Kansas into the
Union as a State, to press that question to a
vote on Monday next, allowing the balance of
the current week and that day for its further
consideration. There can be little doubt of
their ability to dispose of it in that time over
any possible efforts to consume time and delay
final action on the part Of the minority The
subject has been discussed almost daily in the
House, since the first Monday in December
last, upon twenty different propositions So,
if that body devote two or three days to the
con sideration of the particular bill they will
afford ample time for all the yet necessary dis
cussion-if, indeed, any more be really neces-
that the next week will close without the final
disposition of the Kansas question as an issue
before the national legislature.
A CALLED SEssION.-GOvernor Wise he's
acted as wisely as promptly in calling the Vir-
ginia Legislature to meet to-day in a called
session." that they may dispose of the real
public business before them not closed up on
Saturday night last, when their regular session
terminated by Limitation of law. We under
stand that large number of bills, of great
public Importance, then remained to be finally
disposed Of favorably or otherwise, among
them being all the internal improvement bills
of the session. Governor Wise is, doubtless,
determined that the present Legislature shall
act decisively upon everything legitimate that
was before him, and the sentiment of the State
will doubtless sustain him in carrying out that
de ter min ation