The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-06
FROM WASHINGTON
Resignation Of Officers.

Special Despatch to the Ecening Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-The following designations
have been accepted by the Secretary of War
Second Lieutenant William W. Deane, brevet cap
tain U. S. A., with pay to July 80, 1870.
Captain AXel s. Adams, % L. S. Cavalry, U. s. A.,
with pay to October &c, 1859.
First Lieutenant jeremiah G. Wilcox, 9th u. S.
Cavalry U. s. A., with pay to November 80.
First Lieutenant Francis L. Hills, Sd Artillery,
u s. A., with pay to April :, 1870.
An Insane General.
j. S. Pitman, formerly brgad ier-general Of yolun-
teers U. S. Army, has been removed from the But
ter Hosrital, at Providence, r. l., to the Insane
Asylum at Washington, d. c., at the expense Of the
Government.
49, Mississippi Election Officers.
Brevet Lleutenant-Colonel Edmund Rice, q First
Lieutenant u. s. A.; Brevet Captain f. II. Hatha-
way Second Lieutenant U. S. A.. Brevet Captain
William Shields q First Lieutenant U. S. A.; and
First Lieutenant w. G. Fitch, U. s. A., have been
ordered to Mississippi to act election officers at
the approaching election, where Colonel Dent is
running against AlcOrn for Governor. Colonel Dent
still pracses as a claim agent in Washington, and
IS not to be confounded with General j. T. Dent,
who is on duty with the President, who is brother
in-aw to both Dents.
Military COurts-martial.
general court-martial, Of which Major-General
Hunt is President, recOnvenes at Newport on We'd
nesday next to reconsider the case of Major t. P.
McElrath, son of the former partner of Horace
Greeley.
general court-mart'al, OF which Major-General
George A. Custer is President, met at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, on last Monday.
A general court-martal, tf which Colonel r. j.
Dodge is President, will meet next Monday at Fort
Lyon, Colorado.
A general court-nartial, Of which Major William
Sinclair is President, met last Wednesday at Fort
Riley, Kansas.
A general cOurt-martial, OF which Major-General
Nelson A. Miles is President, met at Fort Harker
Kansas on Thursday last.
general court-martial, Of which Lieutenant
Colonel George Gibson is President, met at Fort
Hays, Kansas, on Thursday
A general court-martial, OF which Brgadier-G enc
raj John r. Brooke is President meets on Monday
next, at Fort Dodge, Kansas.
A general court-martial, OF which Major Theodore
Schwann is President met on the 25th ultimo, at
Jefferson, Texas.
general court-martial, of which Lieutenant
Colonel G. p. Critsey is President, will meet next
Tuesday, at Fort Wingate, New Mexico.
A general court-martial, OF which Major-General
Charles r. Weeds is President, will meet on Mon
day. at Fort Wallace, Kansas
general court-martial will meet at Fort Craig,
New Mexico, on November fG. Major-General A. V.
Kautz is President.
Posts Ordered Abandoned.
Camps c. +. Smith, Lyon, and Logan, oregon, have
been ordered abandoned.
Post Ordered Sold.
| Fort StettaCoom, w. IT, has been ordered Sold
Peaceful Times Agnin.
Forts Sumter, Moutrie, Pinckrey (S C) Pickens
| Fla.), Morgan and Ganse (Aa), Caswell (N C),
| Clinch and Marion Qla), are all now, by recent
ORDER left in charge of ordnance sergeants. and the
green sod is fresh the ramparts lately rOdden by
| thousands Of armed men.