The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-23
FROM WASHINGTON.

Another ourt-AIRrtIal-Captaln Grimes, U. =.
vi. g., Dismissed the service.
Special Despatch to The EUeniIy Telegraph
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The following Gene
raj Order has been issued by the Navy Depart
ment in the case of Captain John ii. Grimes, IT,
s. NJ. Corps , .sr
l. Before Naval General Court Martial, convened
by hear-Admh al L. Turner u. s. N, az the Mare
Island Navy Yard, California, Januafy H. 1870, Of
which Court Commodore D. McDougal, U. S. NJ was
President, was arragned and tried:--
Captain John Ii. Grimes, United States Marine
Corps, on the following charges and specifca-
Charge I-"Scandalous conduct, tending to the
destruction of good morals" ...- ...-
Specification lin this: that the said Captain j.
III. Grimes, United States Marine Corps did, during
the month of july eighteen hundred and sixty
seven, while at the Navy Yard. Mare Island, go or
send to- and procure from, Louis de Silva Ward-room
steward of the United States ship Pensacola the
sum OF two hundred dollars IN United States gold
coin. lie, the SAID Captain j. H. Crimes mas failed
TO pay the sum named although frequently applied
room steward.
Specification 2.-"In this: that the said CAPTAIN ].
il. Grimes, United States Marine Corps, did deposit
and leave with the said Louis de silva, ward-rOom
steward OF the United States ship Pensacola, his
commissions First Lieutenant aud Captain in the
United states Marine Corps, as security for the
before mentioned debt Of two hundred dollars,
which commissions the said Louis lie Silva still
holds.
Specification s.-"In this: that the said Captain j.
H. Grimes, United States Marine Corps, did, on
about the thirteenth day of August, eighteen hum
dred and sixtyseven. address note or cOnlmunica-
ton to the said Louis de Silva waId-room steward
of the United States ship Pensacola in
MARINE BARRACKS August 13 1s67.-Dear
Steward :-Will you be SO kind as to lend me 500,
Tor to oblIge me very much. | will pay you as much
interest as you see fit ask, as it IS great favor.
i wish you TO send the money in q package by the
man that hands you this, as ] have got ~ use the
money by this evening. am officer OF the day, and
VIII send you the note OF bring it right away.
"Yours, in haste, j. III. GRIMES,
Captain Z. S. Nj. G."
Specification 4.-"In this: that the said Captain j.
II. Grimes, United States Marine Corps, did fail u
comply with his written promise given to Commo-
dore William Rogers Taylor, under date OF October
%, 1862 in words as foows:-T further promise
that II that is the debt shall be settled within ten
days from this date"
Charge u.-"Vioatng paragraph thirty-six t36) of
Regulation Circular Number J, dated Navy Depart
ment, August ], 1865
Specification -"In this: that the said Captain j.
II. Grimes, Captain United States Marine Corps did,
during the month of July, eighteen hundred and
sixtyseven, at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Califor
mia, borrow money from Louis de Silva ward-room
steward of the United States ship Pensacola
Rear-Admra Commanding + Paci1c aTeHhe Fleet
L.. S. Flagship Mohican, on Navy Yard, Mare
Island, California, January II, 1870
TO each of these charges and specl ncatlons the
FindiDg-The Court found the said John II.
Crimes Captain in the United States Marine Corps,
"Guilty" of all the charges and specifications pre-
ferred against him.
sentence.-The court, thereupon, sentence the ac-
cused ITO be dismissed from the service OF the
United States"
H. In pursuance of the Act OF Congress for the
better government OF the navy, approved July II,
1862 Section l. Article 49, the sentence in this case
has been submitted TO the President OF the United
States, and he has approved the same.
Ill. Captain John H. Grimes, United States Marine
Corps, accordingly ceases to be an officer OF that
corps from the date of this order.
In revising the proceedings of the court, it was
not deemed needful to consider whether the first
charge is sustained by the specifications under ii,
whether any OF these specifications are defective
in consequence of the omission OF material allega-
tions. The circumstances attending the commits
sion OF the ofense, set forth in the second charge
and its specification, OF character scandaous
as TO render the sentence Of dismissal both just and
imperative as punishment for that ofensc.
GEORGE NJ. robson, Secretary OF the Navy
The Tax on Whisky.
Special Despatch to The EUeninq Telegraph
WASHINGTON, Feb. est has been ascer-
tanned upon application to members of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, learn, that the
question of increasing the tax on whisky to one
dollar has never been considered.
The Mississippi Bill signed.
The President has signed the Mississippi bill.