Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-16

preached, that motion be not agreed to, all the
nominations in question will have been con-
frmed not so, however, if that motion be
agreed to- 1t Is now said that, having been so
far acted on by the Senate, the expiration to-
day of the time fixed by the joint resolution
Ito which we have so often referred before) for
the expiration Of the vacancies in the service
these nominations were made to fill will not
operate as bar against final favorable action
on them We trust and believe that this con-
struction is acquiesced in by the Senate, for it
is quite time that all this subject matter had
been disposed of.
ARMY ORDERs.-The War Department has
just issued the following general orders:
I. All company officers on the recruiting ser.
vice and who belong to the corps in Utah, or are
in ord ers for that Territory, will be relieved
therefrom. and charged with conducting the
recruits to fill up those corps in time to reach
Fort Leavenworth about the Goth of March next.
H. All officers OF those corps on leave OF alb
sence, whether by virtue of orders or certificates
of disability, will If practicable, report In per-
son at Fort LeavenwOrth by the Goth of March
next, to join their respective regiments and
companies. This order will not bs construed as
extending the leave of absence in any case what
ever.
III. Should any officer be compelled to avail
himself of the provisions Of paragraph $50 OF the
General Regulations, the certificate he may fur
| nish must infinitely set forth the facts Of the
case, and he will be informed whether such
| tificate be accepted or not
| Nv. The following named officers extra or
| special duty are, with the appreciation of the
| Secretary of War, relieved therefrom and will
| report at Fort LeavenwOrth by the Goth of March
next to join their respective reg iments and com
panies:
Major s. Eastman, 5th Infantry, in Quarter
| master Generals office.
| Captain A. Pleasanton, I'd Dragons. Acting
| Assistant Adjutant General to Gen. Harvey
| Captain N. c. Givens, I'd Dragons, Topo-
| graphical duty in Department of Texas.
| Captain II IIeth, 10th Infantry, on special du-
| ty under orders of the Secretary of War.
| First Lieutenant J. c. Kelton, 9th Infantry,
| Military Academy.
From THE IsrHNUs-The Navy Department
have received dispatches from 1t. Commanding
| Craven, of the schooner Var:na, dated Gulf of
Darien, December 5. lie says he arrived there
on the ID, and has base line OF 5 400 feet, and
will be prepared to ascend the river Atrato on
the Sth of December, leaving Acting Master
Bradford to prosecute the survey Of the gulf in
| his absence.
| Advices from Com. Paulding state that the
Wabash had sailed for Key West, where she
was to await instructions relative to the dispo-
stion of Anderson and his men
THE MERRIMAC.-The Navy Department
has advices of the arrival of the United States
| steam frigate Merrimac at Rio in fOrty-three
days from Boston-all well on board The
| Merrimac would leave as soon as the shin
could be prepared for passage around Cape
Horn.
NOMINATED.-We hear on the street that
the nomination of Thomas B. Stevenson, OF
Kentucky, as Associate Justice of New Mexico
vice Brocchus, resigned, has been sent into the
| Senate for confirmation
The WEArHER.-The following report of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution
Tho time of observation is about o'clock q. m. -:
JANUARY l6, less.
| New York N. raininn