Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-21
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

IHK NAVY PAY BILL.-We have received quite
number OF communications criticizng the bill
70 Increase the pay of L. g. naval officers recently
| prepared and introduced into the Senate by Mr.
Mallory, the able chairman of their Naval Affairs
Committee All these papers express the gratitude
OF the service to Mr. NJ for the unfagging friend
ship towards 1t he has always ma infested Yet all
OF them differ in some particular or other from his
conclusions as to what had best be done in the
premises. The point of giving the proposed in
Of pay in proportion to length of sea service
Is most objected to, apparently, because it is we'll
known that the sea service of the officer has ALWAYS
depended quite as much upon the fact whether he
mas " lnnuential friends at COURT upon his
own desire for that description of proft ssonal ser
VICE A Secretary may give sea service to whom
he chooses; and it not unfrequently happens that
the question OF which applying officer shall have
| 1t depends upon how the individual contestant
| stands in the favor of the Chief Clerk, or some
other subordinate in the Department. who is at
hand to drop, at the opportune moment quiet
suggestion into the ear Of the head of the Depart
ment Thus the virtual rights of officers to sea
| service and simple justice have been thousand
times grossly violated. I'm view Of these facts we
respectfully suggest to the Hon. Chairman of the
Sena'es Naval Affairs Committee to make length
OF general service, rather than Of service ONLY
the basis Of his proposed increase Of pay since it
has been found impossible to get an increase
OF rank above that of captain, which, could it be
obtained. would be some compensation for the
greater length OF time tie officer may have served
It's country. In pursuance of this suggestion
would il not be better to give to the Captain of
twenty years date of commission as snch, p per
cent of twenty and fifteen years 20 Der cent
of fifteen and over ten years, 10 per cent and of
ten, per cent. to the pay now allowed by law,
TO Commanders, say, of fifteen years standing
a such, 20 per cent of fifteen and ten years
Is per cent Of ten and over five 10 per cent on
the pay now allowed by law TO Lieutenants
say, of fifteen years. while on service IS De,
cent under fifteen and over ten years 10 per cent
all other Licutenants to receive the paw now al
lowed by law.
Mr.. WISsLow, OF n. C-We take from tn.
Washington correspondence of the New York
Times, of Thursday, the 10Th inst the following
comments upon the position at present occupied
by Mr.. Winslow, of n. c., in the field of Dem
ocratic party politics, and have to add to it the
fact that we know no other gentleman of either
party who is raising more rapidly and more leyiti-
mately in the public estimation. Never was the
value of unvaryins courtesy, ard good temper.
the business of Congress better illustrated than in
the position a Democratic party leader, which
Mr.. Winslow has obtained this session-provipp
the general appre, iaton of his party on the floor
of the fact that there he is emphaticsIly the man
for the times:
Mr.. WinslOws name is also freely eanyassed
in connection with the Vice Presidency. if a
Northern man should receive the higher nomina
ton at Charleston, and the New Eng land dele
of ba,a
ing DR.. Loring and Col. Wright of Mass Cav
Dana, of Me Judge Smaley, of Vt and several
nore-al are believed to be found in favor of thi,
North Carolina candi date. This poss bIity ua kes
WinslOw averse TO be mentioned in cannection
with the SpeakerShip, believing. as he does that
under present circumstances. the ballot for him
could not be anything more than a mere com pli
mentary demonstration. Until some conbination
has been formed on the National side tn. men mt
up as candidates will resemble hogs driven to-
wards Cincinnati 1.-THE pleasant oak forests ana
pfalfles lying behind them; the slaug httr boses,
and sausa gemachines looming up large i'm the
immediate future -
THEY CAN ELECT Al ANY MoMENr.-In the
course OF the debate lin the House hall Oh the
day before yesterday, it was proclaimed from tn.
Democratic party side that 1t was We'll known
to all that the Republicans, if they will sup
port that gentleman can elect MIR. Pemina
ton to the SPeakership at any moment; and
that announcement was not denied by any on
the Republican side. On the contrary the only
response made to it was broad ntimation from
Mr.. ColfaX that the Democrats would be betirr
employed in mnding their own business II An in
advising their opponents whom to support for the
SPeakership.
This interlude is of interest, because II iIlus-
trates the truth of our repeated declaration that
the Republicans will have no other Speaker than
slgner OF the Helper book manifesto, and that
their pretensions to the contrary amount to I'M
blusEing nendaCity, and nothing else Jvt Hsln.
sr art HuiiuS
NOMINATIONS CoNEIRMED-The following an
pointments have been confirmed by the Senate
Sam Smith. of Tennessee COMMISSIONS of
deneral Land. Office; Colonel Stambauuh of
pennsylvania. Surveyor General of Utah; GeorU-
6 6r OF Indiana. Receiver of Public Moneys at
Dakota, Neh.; Daniel Griffin. Receiver of Public
Moneys at Washington, Ark l.. Stiff of Ala.
mama, Receiver at Centre. Ala w Macaboy of
w, Wisconsin Register Of Land Office Of Superior.
w Is * Means, of Iowa, Receiver of Land Of
ice at Iowa City; w. \. Bevens of Arkansas
Receiver of Land Office at Bateville Ark: nj
Rose, of Arkansas. Receiver of Land Office at
Clarkeville, Ark A Setter Register at Can
bridge, Mimi; } b. Culver Register at Portland
mimi; }. j. Clark. Receiver At Fort Scott Kan
H. NJ Magill. Secretary of the Territory of Wash
lngion; VI 4 Simmons, Indian Agent for Indians
at Puget Sound.
NAVAL lNTELLIGESCE.-The officers attached
to the United States steam sloop-o Pensacola
have been detached. and are awaiting orders
Lieut. Alex. F. Marley has been ordered to the
National Observatory at w Washington.
: T. SHuGERT, Esq l., chief clerk of the United
states Patent Office, has left the city on brief
visit TO his home at Bellefonte Pa
Items Photographed from Washington.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2O.-A report has prevailed
ii seFerdl Gays past That Postmaster General Holt
contemplated res!gnng his position. This r.nort
originated in an understood diffrrence between
hin and Other members Of the Cabinet resprctinm
Oh interpretation Of the law relative to the curtaiI
hitht OF TIE mail service, bat il is understood TO-
hi%ht that the conflicting views nave been recon
ciled. " "
Ihe agent of the Niceroy Of Egvpt has RECENTLY
improved firearms f