Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-23

for tickets undertaking to get up the ball there
for in handsome style. II SO they must have made
i handsome speculation ont of the AFFAIR, ana tney
4 should have afforded the guests an entersainmen,
1 Of the highest order. Even the music, Perched
away in one corner Of the dining va, va y,
/ and inefficient The dancerss q the upper enc OF
| the hall could scarcely distinguish a ncse IL was
1 an economical arrangement certainly out decent
regard for the obligations thai had been assumed
/ by Those who undertook to get up the aGAr would
| have sent North for Dodswofth's, or some other
/ of the splendid bands whose services are always
| to be had for such an OCCASION
| Now, i'm refutation of these sweeping state
ments, calculated greatly to injure the bust
ness of those enterprising and valuable citi-
zens of Washington, the Messrs. Willard. we
have to- say that the wines used at the ball
| were selected, one and all. by committee,
composed Of Mr.. Hodge, Mr.. Ledyard, Major
Russell, Mr.. W.. w. Corcoran, Mr. Oxle
Tayloe, and Mr. J. c. g. Kennedy. than whom
no other gentlemen in W ashington city are bet
ter known a. eonnoisseurs in such matters. The
public win, of course be able to form their own
opinion whether they or the writer of these
sweeping charges against the manner in which
| the Messrs. Willard performed their Gel :rsct,
were the party not knowing champagne from
Newark cider. ,..-s~
Their directions were, THAI all wines called
| for should be freely given out; and all who at
tended the ball know that at least half dozon
walters were engaged IN opening and giving
out wines from the moment the supper.rOom
was thrown open until it was closed In truth;
the excellent quality of the wines selected by
the committee, and the pEaSasion in which wines
n tIAI Al e
comment at the supper-table; and on the next
morning tie committee took occasion to con-
graduate the Messrs. Willard upon the entire
and satsfac tory of their share of the ar
rsngements.
As for the supper. everything upon the bill
OF fare gas OnAthe table, and in such profusion
a. that ut its conclusion there was sufficient left
to sup quite as many persons rs attended 81
Again, the music was by one of the first CO.
tillon bands in the United States, composed Of
members Of the Marine Band. the very hes. in
this cOuntry-a band with which Dodworth's
cannot compare. Those who attended the bali
we know, will agree with Us in declaring that
there is no foundation whatever for tho asper-
sions on the Messrs. Willard, so evidently de-
signed to injure their business, embraced in
the extract from the Times printed above. F..
LETTING THE WIND OUT OF THE RoORBACKs
The Cincinnati Times took occasion not long
since to say:
''The New York News says that Cincinnati
New York Thursday evening WHY not always
so? And why not New York papers In Cincin.
natl in equally quick time, This was by the reg
9lar mail; at least the News says the papers were
delivered by the mai. agent; ..
eve are confident that little more efficiency
In the management Of every department of the
mail service would produce better and more sys-
tenatical and satisfactory results i'm the matter Of
mail transportation. 1t Is difficult to understand
why mailbag, or half dozen Of them for that
matter cannot he carried from here to New York
with as much expedition and regularity as pas
senger. 1t should take longer tn transfer
mailbag from one train to another than 1t does
passenger The time will be and should bc at
hand when both will be regularly transmitted
with the best practical speed and certainty-the
mail-bags never behind the travelling trunks
To this tho Cincinnati Enguirer made the
following truthful and sensible reply, which
completely exposes not only the falsity of the
insinuatiOns Of the Times, but the utter hum
buggery and groundlessness of large portion
of the stereotyped complaints relative to alleged
mismanagement in the affairs of tie Post Office
Department:
THAT is just the case now The mail bays are
never behind the travelling trunks They are. il
anything, ahead Of them. The mails were never
known To be SO regulation time-or prompt i'm
masission and delivery as under the active and
General Route agents. Of sObriety activity, and
Intelligence, are appointed to acconipany the
malls and they have positive instructions never to
allow the malls under their charge to be behind
the passengers: IL the passengers cars get in at
aII the mail Will get In IL train with the mail
breaks down, the route agent must use all e1er-
tons to have the mail forwarded by the first con
veyance. And such now is the completeness and
ehciency Of the route agent system that the mails
arrive with the regularity Of passengers and their
uph n IL IS Hue That passengers or agents may.
ONCE and deliver the latest newspaper and i'm
that way he ahead of the mails apparently for the
latter have to be taken 10 the Post Ofce for dstr
butlon. But the mails are not behind
PAY OF NAVAL OFFICERs-A Senate resolu
ton recently called for information as to the
pay Of Navy officers. From the answer we
learn the following facts: Captains-actiye list.
81, are paid an aggregate of 1925, 900; reserved
list, ~, Si9,5O0 Commanders-actiy tive list Il6,
Soe3,5OO; reserved list, IL, $2S, 800 Licuten
ants, active list, 1913, s474, 45O; reserved list.
30, S37, 500 Surgeons, 50, SI47, 300; Passed
Assistant Surgeons. Al, 81, O25 Assistant Sur
geons, ~, $3o,1oO Pursers, 81. S137, 800. Chap
lains. "a, $32, 500. Professors of Mathematics
IL, $4,000. Masters in the line of promotion
active list, 20, Sl9,7jO; reserved list, I. 1850
Masters not in the line Of promotion, reserved
list, 10, 50, $50. Passed Midshipmen. reserved
Inst, z, $1,000; Midshipman not graduate of
the Naval Academy, 1, $500; Midsummer
graduates of the Naval Academy, AZ, sIs. 900;
Acting Midshipmen on probation at the Naval
Academy, 1877, $65, 100. Boatswain., 40. s3I..
$50 Gunners, Al, 5000. Carpenters. As.
il,3OO. Saiimakers, Al, S3I, 95O.~. Chief En-
glneers, 81, S37,7Oo; First Assistant Engineers,
81 s32loO; Second Assistant Engineers, %.
200; Third Assistant Engineers, 63, s37. 900.
This gives Us u total of ,437 officers. whose
aggregate salaries amount to s2,4O5,j75. If
TINS sum were distributed equally among them
it would allow to each Sl,674, but in looking
over the list we find there are large number
whose pay exceed 81, 1000, and some even 81 900
and upwards. Thus the large majority are