Nov. 16.-Acting Second Assistant Engineers William H. Smith and James H. Plunkett, to the Miantonomah.

Nov. 17.-Acting Second Assistant Engineer Robert J. Middleton, detached from the Wyoming, and ordered to the Ticonderoga.

Nov. 22.-Acting Second Assistant Engineer William A. Leavitt, detached from the Morse, and ordered to the Wyoming. Acting Third Assistant Engineer Raimond F. Roswald, detached from the Grand Gulf, and ordered to the Nereus. Nov. 25.-Acting Second Assistant Engineer Theodore O. Reynolds, ordered to Medical Survey at New York.

Nov. 29.-Acting Second Assistant Engineers Thomas Fitzgerald and F. D. Stuart, detached from the Mobile, and waiting orders.

Appointed Acting Third Assistant Engineers.

Nov. 1.-Jarvis B. Edson, U. S. S. Fah-kee; Frank Rivers, U. S. S. Bat; Charles H. Crawford, U. S. S. Bat; Reuben G. Watson, U. S. S. Nyanza.

Nov. 2.-Charles J. Price, U. S. S. Michigan.

Nov. 3.-Byron W. Worsley, U. S. S. Dictator; Francis Withers, U. S. S. Morse. Nov. 5.-George Hall, U. S. S. State of Georgia.

Nov. 8.-George West, U. S. S. Hibiscus.

Nov. 9.-Solon C. Smith, U. S. S. Hibiscus; Isaac P. Davis, Jr., U. S. S. Galatea. Nov. 11.-Russell Warner, U. S. S. Nereus; Thomas Tilton, U. S. S. Nereus. Nov. 14.-John K. Foster, U. S. S. Nereus; Henry F. Allen, U. S. S. Nereus. Nov. 17.-William H. Walters, U. S. S. Albatross.

Nov. 18.-Jeremiah Barringer, Picket-Boat, No. 6.

Nov. 19.-Reid R. Throckmorton, U. S. S. Nereus.

Nov. 21.-John Slack, U. S. S. Albatross; George W. Hughes, North Atlantic Squadron.

Nov. 22.-John H. Wilson, U. S. S. Saco.

Nov. 23.-Edward Collins, U. S. S. Glaucus; Edward Schwartz, North Atlantic Squadron; Robert A. Inglis, North Atlantic Squadron.

Nov. 26.-James D. Wallin, U. S. S. Saugus; Peter Smith, U. S. S. Michigan; James H. Groves, U. S. S. Michigan.

Nov. 28.-M. J. Wallace, U. S. S. Commodore Read.

Nov. 1.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer James Campbell, ordered to the Bat. Acting Third Assistant Engineer Charles H. Lawrence, ordered to the Bat.

Nov. 2.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer William Baas, detached from the Michigan, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered to the Galatea.

Nov. 3.-Acting third Assistant Engineer James E. Smith, ordered to the Cour de Lion. Acting Third Assistant Engineer Bernard Rice, detached from the Dictator, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered to the Galatea.

Nov. 8.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer James B. German, detached from the Mingoe, and granted sick leave.

Nov. 12.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer John A. Frank, detached from the Ceres, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered to the Don. Acting Third Assistant Engineer Lawrence J. Lyons, detached from the Don, and ordered to the Ceres. Nov. 15.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer George C. Brown, ordered to the Pontoosuc.

Nov. 16.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer William S. Rainier, ordered to the Miantonomah.

Nov. 18.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer Alfred O. Tilden, ordered to the Mohongo. Acting Third Assistant Engineer William C. Woods, detached from the Agamenticus, and ordered to the Albatross. Acting Third Assistant Engineers Russell Wheeler and Reuben W. Burlingame, detached from the Merrimack, and ordered to the Albatross.

Nov. 22.-Acting Third Assistant Engineers John K. Foster and Patrick J. McMahon, detached from the Nereus, and ordered to the Mahaska. Acting Third Assistant Engineer Patrick Burns, detached from the Galena, and ordered to the Morse.

Nov. 25.-Acting Third Assistant Engineers William Noire, Thomas F. Sanborn, and James J. Sullivan, detached from the Niphon, and ordered to the Wando. Acting Third Assistant Engineer George W. Wakefield, detached from the Talla

poosa, and ordered to the Wando. Acting Third Assistant Engineer David Walsh, ordered to Medical Survey at New York.

Nov. 26.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer William Moran, detached from the Michigan, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered to the Grand Gulf. Acting Third Assistant Engineer Robert Reilly, detached from the Michigan, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered to the Grand Gulf.

Nov. 28.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer Thomas M. Jenks, ordered to Medical Survey at Washington, D. C. Acting Third Assistant Engineer William C. Wynn, detached from the O. M. Pettit, and ordered North.

Nov. 29.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer Wesley J. Phillips, detached from the Commodore Read, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered to the O. M. Pettit. Acting Third Assistant Engineers Thomas Campbell and G. W. Kiersted, detached from the Mobile, and waiting orders.

Appointed Acting Gunners, Boatswains, &c.

Nov. 12.-J. H. Baker, U. S. S. Nereus.

Nov. 18.-Albert Baxter, U. S. S. Pontoosuc; John Sullivan, U. S. S. Saranac. Nov. 22.-Robert Knox, U. S. S. Mahaska.

Nov. 18.-Acting Gunner Herman Peters, detached from the Pontoosuc, and ordered to command the Picket-Boat, No. 6.

Promoted for Good Conduct, &c.

Nov. 1.-Acting Ensign John Utter, to Acting Master.

Nov. 4.-Acting Ensign Henry C. Neilds, to Acting Master.

Nov. 5.-Acting Master L. D. D. Voorhees, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant. Acting Ensigns S. R. Luce, Ira Bursley, and David W. Carral, to Acting Masters. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William Budd, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant-Commander.

Nov. 7.-Acting Master L. G. Vassals, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant. Acting Ensigns L. B. King, Joseph B. Wells, and S. B. Davis, to Acting Masters. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Thomas P. Ives, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant-Commander. Nov. 8.-Acting Ensigns Charles A. Pettit and Warren Porter, to Acting Masters. Act

Nov. 9.-Acting Master Felix McCurley, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant. ing Ensigns Henry S. Lambert, F. M. Paine, and J. H. Porter, to Acting Masters. No. 12.-Acting Ensign H. F. Moffat, to Acting Master. Nov. 14-Acting Ensign Julius F. Beyer, to Acting Master. Nov. 19.-Acting Ensign Samuel H. Mead, to Acting Master.

Nov. 21.-Acting Master Frederick D. Stuart, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant. Acting Ensigns Joseph McCart, Robert C. McKenzie, and Ezra L. Robbins, to Acting Masters.

Nov. 25.-Acting Volunteer Lieutenant J. B. Breck, to be Acting Volunteer Lieutenant-Commander.

Nov. 26.-Acting Volunteer Lieutenant T. B. Du Bois, to be Acting Volunteer Lieutenant-Commander.

Nov. 29.-Acting Master Henry J. Cook, to be Acting Volunteer Lieutenant. Nov. 30.-Acting Volunteer Lieutenant W. H. West, to be Acting Volunteer Lieutenant-Commander. Acting Ensign Henry A. Green, to be Acting Master.

Resigned.

Nov. 3.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer William H. White.

Nov. 4.-Acting Assistant Paymaster George F. Barker.

Nov. 5.-Acting Master Robert Spavin; Acting Assistant Surgeon Franklin Nickerson.

Nov. 8.-Acting Ensign James S. Benjamin.

Nov. 9.-Acting Assistant Paymasters William A. Purse, Isaac G. Worden, and C. M. Dunham.

Nov. 11-Acting Assistant Surgeon S. Chester Smith; Acting Assistant Paymaster E. K. Winship.

Nov. 12.-Acting Assistant Paymaster W. R. Sherwood; Acting Assistant Pay

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master F. W. Gardner; Acting Assistant Surgeon J. E. Warner; Acting Third Assistant Engineer Zalmon T. Williams; Acting Ensign William F. Raynolds, Jr. Nov. 14.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer John H. Penn; Acting Assistant Paymaster J. Henry Sellman.

Nov. 15.-Acting Master Samuel B. Gregory.

Nov. 16.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer James B. German.

Nov. 17.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer R. H. Alexander.

Nov. 18.-Acting Assistant Paymaster E. H. Brink.

Nov. 21.-Acting Assistant Surgeon Thomas J. Reed; Acting Master Henry Oakley.

Nov. 23.-Acting Master Charles H. Corsen; Acting Ensign Colin C. Starr; Acting Third Assistant Engineers W. L. McKay and John Thompson, Jr.; Acting Assistant Surgeon Charles A. Manson.

Nov. 26.-Acting Ensign Joshua Simmonds.

Nov. 28.-Acting Assistant Surgeon Francis H. Atkins; Acting Assistant Paymaster Lynford Lardner; Acting Master's Mate G. W. Barnes.

Nov. 30-Acting Ensign Harrison Banks; Acting Third Assistant Engineer Charles E. Black.

Nov. 4.-Acting Master's Mate Joseph R. Delan.
Nov. 8.-Acting Master's Mate James Cummins.
Nov. 9.-Acting Master's Mate Wallace W. Reed.

Nov. 16.-Acting Master's Mate Robert F. Gray; Acting Master's Mate H. B. Eddy.

Revoked.

Nov. 7.-Acting Master John A. Phillips.

Nov. 8.-Acting Ensign A. W. Starbuck; Acting Third Assistant Engineer Thomas G. Farrouts; Acting Third Assistant Engineer E. H. Grover; Acting Third Assistant Engineer Daniel Gorman.

Nov. 11.-Acting Assistant Paymaster Henry Stuyvesant.

Nov. 16.-Acting Master Charles H. Saulisbury.

Nov. 17.-Acting Ensign Edward Balch.

Nov. 19.-Acting Master's Mate Albert R. Arey.

Nov. 21.-Acting Masters Courtland P. Williams and William Richardson (that they might be appointed Acting Masters and Pilots); Acting Master William H. Harrison; Acting Third Assistant Engineer F. C. Taylor.

Nov. 22.-Acting Master Oliver B. Warren.

Nov. 25.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer Charles J. Morgan.

Nov. 26.-Acting First Assistant Engineer Rodney Nichols; Acting First Assistant Engineer Jacob Tucker.

Nov. 30.-Acting Master W. B. Stoddard: Acting Gunner William Mortimer.

Nov. 7.-Acting Master's Mate John Rigg; Acting Master's Mate Charles W. Payne.

Nov. 8.-Acting Master's Mate Ezra C. Colvin.

Nov. 9.-Acting Master's Mate Warren S. Cammett.

Dismissed.

Nov. 5.-Acting Second Assistant Engineer George S. Hall (by sentence of CourtMartial). Acting Second Assistant Engineer J. W. Anderson.

Nov. 7.-Acting Ensign Andrew Stockholm.

Nov. 12.-Acting First Assistant Engineer Francis Henderson; Acting First Assistant Engineer Benjamin F. Morey; Acting Gunner William Lordan.

Nov. 15.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer George Street.

Nov. 16.-Acting First Assistant Engineer Dennison A. Lockwood.

Nov. 17.-Acting Master Newell Graham; Acting Third Assistant Engineer Edward Merritt.

Nov. 21.-Acting Ensign Charles Thomas; Acting Third Assistant Engineer John H. Hopkins.

Nov. 25.-Acting Master Franklin Hopkins, Jr.

Nov. 28.-Acting Ensign William Henderson.

Nov. 11.-Acting Master's Mate D. C. Harrington.
Nov. 18.-Acting Master's Mate, Henry Crosby.

Miscellaneous.

Nov. 12.-Acting Second Assistant Engineer James H. Plunkett, sentence of Court-Martial reducing him one grade, not approved, and he is directed to await orders. Acting Third Assistant Engineer George C. Brown, sentence of CourtMartial dismissing him, not approved, and he is relieved from arrest with a reprimand from the Department.

Nov. 15.-Acting Third Assistant Engineer William Gaul, reduced to First Class Fireman for the term of two years, and to forfeit three months' pay as First Class Fireman, by sentence of Court-Martial.

Mississippi Squadron.

Nov. 21.-Acting Volunteer Lieutenant A. R. Langthorne, detached from the Mississippi Squadron, and ordered to the North Atlantic Squadron.

Nov. 22.-Acting Ensign F. W. Grafton, detached from the Mississippi Squadron, and ordered to the North Atlantic Squadron.

Nov. 7.-Thomas McElroy.

Appointed Acting Master.

Nov. 25.-Acting Masters W. E. H. Fentress and Thomas McElroy, ordered to the Mississippi Squadron. (Returned prisoners.) Acting Ensign Simon Strunk, ordered to Mississippi Squadron. (Returned prisoner.)

Appointed Acting Ensigns.

Nov. 4.-Persifer Frazer, Jr.

Nov. 7.-W. R. Cooper and Charles C. Cushing (for special duty on Acting RearAdmiral Lee's Staff); Zachariah T. Tibbatts.

Nov. 8.-John B. Pratt, Charles L. McClung, C. B. Plattenburg.

Nov. 21.-William H. Collins.

Nov. 23.-John W. Street; L. S. Everson.

Appointed Acting Third Assistant Engineer.

Nov. 8.-Acting Master Peter O'Kell, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant.

Nov. 10.-Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William R. Hoel, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant-Commander.

Resigned.

Nov. 7.-Acting Master's Mate J. L. Cilley.

Nov. 8.-Acting Master's Mate R. M. Hawkins; Acting Carpenter J. O. Baker.

Nov. 15.-Acting First Assistant Engineer John C. Houston.

Nov. 17.-Acting Ensigns Joseph Beauchamp and J. W. Litherbury.

Nov. 23.-Acting Master's Mate Joseph B. Morton; Acting Second Assistant Engineer Michael Norton.

Nov. 25.-Acting Master's Mate J. K. Lull, Jr.

Nov. 29.-Acting Ensign Frank D. Campbell.

Revoked.

Nov. 8.-Acting Master's Mate J. W. Wickwire.

Nov. 9.-Acting Second Assistant Engineer W. L. Tolle.

Dismissed.

Nov. 10.-Acting Second Assistant Engineer Eugene Callagher, to date from the 29th September, 1864.

Nov. 12.-Acting Master E. C. Brennan.

Nov. 15.-Acting Ensign George W. Platt.

Nov. 16.-Acting Ensign Henry S. O'Grady.

Nov. 28.-Acting Master's Mate Edward T. Lincoln.

JUSTICE TO OUR OFFICERS.

[WE give special prominence to the following communication on a most vital subject. Strong as it is, we wish the disgrace which rests upon our Government in this matter were even more emphatically characterized, so that our loyal Congressmen should redeem us at once from its stigma, by neglecting all other business until they had made some show of compensating our gallant and self-sacrificing defenders. While they live, in God's name, supply their necessities—if nothing more; and when they die, let not their wives and families be sacrificed, like the Indian widow, on the same death-pile. We shall harp upon this topic until the tardy justice is done.-ED.]

We sincerely trust the present Congress will not adjourn without passing at least two vitally important measures of bare justice to the brave officers of our Army and Navy. First and foremost, they must have an

INCREASE OF PAY.

It is no longer a question whether they are to live like gentlemen, but whether they are to live at all. We have not now to consider how on earth the married ones shall support their families, but how the single ones are to support themselves. The public at large, ruffling their feathers pleasantly at the idea of "fat offices" and unctuous "pickings," and remembering a few quartermasters and others who have been "on the make" and "made a good thing out of it-"with what not other slang thoughts-forget that the Army is no custom-house. Neither is the Navy a postoffice. Congress knows better. Congress knows that the pay of officers of the Army and Navy is fixed by law, and that they cannot receive one cent more than their lawful allowances, in any event whatever, except, in the Navy, for prize-money,