Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-14

don-men entirely competent for the proper
discharge of their every duty, and always to
be relied on to perform it; and, at the same
time, to infringe the rights of no citizen under
pretence of its performance
ARMY 0RDERs-The following orders, dated
Headquarters Of the Army, West Point, N. Y,
August 10, 1853, have jast been promulgated
by General Scott:
The General In Chief learning the arrival Of
the troops under Brevet Brigsdier General John
ston at their destination in the salt Lake coun-
try, after their detention in the valley Of Green
river during the last winter takes occasion to
commend them In general oTders-as he has al
ready done through their commander-for their
exemplary conduct under the trying circum-
stances in which they have been placed.
Detained, after a long and wearisome march Of
over thousand miles, by causes over which their
commander had no CONTROL in a most barren and
lnhospltabie region subjectpd-by the rigors Of
the season, which DESTROYED or paraIyzed their
draught animals-to tolls of no ordinary nature I;
and on account of the destruction of part of their
supplies, obliged to labor with Insufficient cloth
Ing indifferent, and often restricted rations Of
food-this fine body of men, instead of giving
way to characterization, Irregularities or muir
murs even, went on improving i'm discipline and
Instruction, aud discharging their accommodating
and, at the order of their commander not show
Ing the Inhabitants of Salt Lake valley, as they
passed through their settlements, either by act,
word, or gesture, that they had recently stood to-
wards them In hostile attitude.
The march, in the depths of winter, OF Lieut..
Colonel (pOw Coonel) L. st. George Cooke. COM
handing the Second Dragons, from Fort Lara
mic, through the South Pass to Green river and,
that OF Capt X. b. Marcy, OF the Fifth Infantry,
from Camp Scott, over the mountains to New
Mexico, deserve, as they have already received,
special commentator.
BTevet Brigadier General Johnston has had the
honor to bc supported by officers Of great inteIl-
gence, zeal and experience. Yet II Is not to be
doubted that to his own high soldery qualities,
untiIing exerticns, tact and sound judgment, the
credit for the condition and hiy tone of his army
Is pre-emineutly due
BY command of Brevet Lieut. Gen. Scott.
IRWIN McDOwRIL,
Assistant Adj utant General.
REDUCTION OF OFFICERS.-It appears that
an agent of the Treasury Department recently
visited the Baltimore Custom House, examined
the forces there employed, and recommended q
reduction The Collector has since received
instructions from the department that, unless
sufficient cause to the contrary be furnished,
VIM. r. Nelson, hospital clerk Chapman b.
Briscoe, coasting clerk; Philip f. Thomas, Jr;
statistical clerk; Brice ii. Hobbs, public store
clerk; John G. Gatchell, Hendcrson's bonded
warehouse clerk, and Thomas S. Austin, as
sistant measurer, be dismissed, and their Offices
abolished. The dismissal of one messenger, ten
night watchmen and two boatmen is also or
dered. The removals will not be made before
the first of next month.
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM New YORK
Correspondence Of the Star
NEw YORK, August ii, 1853.
Large bodies move slowly. The heart Of our
nation Is beating in response to the electric pulses
that come throbbing from another continent-the
success OF the greatest enterprise of modern
time, has been made known through the lenr th
and breadth OF the country; and the people of
every locality from the thriving city to that one
horse river town, whose only Inhabitants Were
Il one-armed man, an unr oofed woodshed aud \
deceased wheelbarrow,r have celebrated the
event with illuminations, bonfres, and the smoke
OF cannon and yet New York, the soul of the
undertaking, the place of its birth, with the ex
ception OF such paltry salute as would be paid
10 success ul "curb stone" ward politician,
has preserved profound silence
There is reason for this cautiousness however
A New Yorker is a description of human Under
wood, and, though easily kindled into enthusi-
asm, he Is surrounded by such an atmos phere of
"humbug' that he is not apt to Weld credrpce To
4 mere statement-no matter from what source Il
may emanate.
In regard to the Atlantic cable, while there is
little skepticisn as TO he fact that 1t is laid and
that the current Is perfect, there Is doubt i'm the
minds Of thinking men whether IL can he mad
to operate practically. Until this is demonstrated
aud President Buchanan has congratulated Her
Majesty upon her removal into our neis hbor hood.
and introduced her To the thirty three families of
which he IL now the ste father and guardian the
city authorities and people will restrain the ex.
preston OF the full spontaneous heartfelt loy
"a lfh nnlKE it, Al
delivering Of the first message Thus fIr the
shout of eXultation which has been raised is an
Offering TO a triumph anticipated, rather than an
unreserved response to a triumph won
The excitement which was at its heiobf on Sat
nrday has, In measure, subsidized Reason has
taken the place OF enthusiasm, and on ,chany,
IN Tue counting room and workshop, in the house
circle, In the omnibuses aud cars, among the
bootba ks, and news boys, everywhere and by
everybody, the merits Of the undertaking, its re-
suits, probabilities. and Influences are discussed
with all the vgor and earneStness peculiar tn the
American nature. AS you may imagine. topmost
on the popular wave is the usual Yankee query,
g will ii pay,''
word or two by way Of reflection, for your
humble correspondent Is not execution TO the
necessity which, in these run about railway and
Geographic days of excitement, requires every
one to have a safety valve ~ some sort
In such a woodworking time 1t fs SOME
what unfdshionahle TO express surprise at any,
thing. Intellect is making such gigantic strides
towards "Hanfest destiny" that our people have
become OI-1dct In their famil w h
undertakings. Adectives and ey
points don't mean as much as thew
used to when the world logged along unassisted
by electricity or steam power. But to- day who
can help elevating his eyebrows at the thought
that civilization, commerce, art, and science
Will soon flash along the boundless bed OF The
deep, over the cold green bones OF men and wo-
men, among the old wrecks that have been rot
ting for ages, aud in moment afterwards rise
again into sunshine, in the midst of another neo
pie AT the thought Of uttering an idea three
thousand miles long, and getting a return before
II Is fairly out OF mind; Of settling Diplomatic
diticulties without the aid Of dinner, nuts or
wine; OF our bachelor President bidding "Good
morning" to Mrs. Victoria and the little ones
when they come down TO breakfast, or. possibly
Of hearing that her prolific Majesty chad another
baby last night and Is well as can be expect
ed this morning." Of bargains made and Goods
sold of whales and Goldfish scratching their bel
lies upon the unbilcal cord of union between
the mother and the daughter, through which are
passing orders for Themselves; Of flashes of
lightning building mp new countries, civiliziny
barbarian soils, developing new resources, bring,
ing nations nearer to each other, and opening
every avenue TO knowledge, usefulness and DOW
er-in word, lnbricating the hinges of the
world with the oil of enterprise and progress.
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