Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-22
Washington News and Gossip.


THE LANDS OCCUPIED BY THE Hungarian
ExILEs WHO SETTLED AT NEW BUpA, Iowa
1t will be remembered that about two years
since Gov. UJhazy and his compatriots, by the
considerate action of President Fillmore. set
tied on an unsurveyed tract in Iowa with the
permission to occupy it until the pleasure of
Congress as to the terms which it should
become theirs, should be known. To that end
he directed the Commissioner of the General
Land Office to withhold it from survey until
the end of the last session of the National Leg
isIature. Congress, however, according to
their usual dilatory manner of doing business,
took no final action on their petition failing
either to donate to them the lands, or to ae-
cord them time in paying for them In the
meantime, these poor people have gone on i'm
proving, and turn out to be in all respects.
most valuable citizens, being an industrious,
skillful and inoffensive community. Their lit
tie means have been expended. with their la
Dor, So far. in making their homes comfortable
and competent to return them rich rewards
for future labor. But the regulations of the
land office bureau strictly carried out. render
it necessary at this time to bring their lands
into market, Congress, as before remarked,
having failed to act on their prayer They
have therefore asked for still further respite
until Congress may act in their case, and
the Department of the Interior has just granted
| it, the Commissioner of the General Land Of
fee having directed that their homes shall not
be sold over their heads. They ask Congress to
give them the lands which they have thus i'm
proved. If not, then to give them time to make
sufficient from their cultivation with which to
pay the Government for them. We have not
the slightest doubt that the last mentio led re-
| quest will be granted and we would rejoice to
| find the same principle applied to all who will
settle and improve small tracts of the public
domain.
THE FISHING GRoUNDS SQUApRoN.-The YES
| sells of this expedition have gone into the har-
Dor of Portsmouth, n. H., in view of the ter
minaton of the fishing season, which now may
be said to be over for the most part. Their
| place there however, is being taken by the
| home squadron, who have been ordered to re-
pair to that quarter. remarked some days
| ago.
THE COLLECTOR OF THE PORT OF BoSroN. it
seems, has made larger number of appoint
ments than have been made in any other Gus
tom house in the country in proportion to the
! number of persons employed therein. They
have been drawn for the most part, from
The Harmonious OF the interior of New
England.
DEATH OF L. S. NAVAL ENGINEERS. -Infor-
nation has reached the Navy Department of
the recent death of ID Assistant Engineer
Washington II. Nones, and 3D. Assistant En-
gneer George E. Schock, in the vicinity of
| Pensacola. of yellow fever. Mr.. n. is son
of Captain Nones of the L. S. revenue marine
The PROGRESS or THE REDEMPTION OF
UNITED STATES STOCKS We understand that
yesterday Sll9 600 in United States Stocks
were received at the Treasury Department for
redemption, and that S65, 900 were received
by this mornings mail
FEMALE LIGHT HOUSE kEErER.-Mrs
Sarah Levy has been appointed keeper of the
Light House at Havre de Grace, Nd. in place
of her deceased husband
The RECORDER OF THE GENERAL LAND Or
F1CE, Gen Granger, of n Y, who has been
dangerously i'll for some time past, at the resi-
deIce Of his brother-in-llw Senator Douglas,
in this city, is now recovering.
A CLERK APPOINTED IN THE PENSION BIT
REAU.-A. Siegmuld bernstein. of St Louis,
Mo, has been appointed to n temporary clerk
ship in the Pen.on Office Compensation
81. SO per diem.
The RECRUITISG DEPOT for mounted service
in the Army of the United States) has been
transferred from Carlisle Barracks, Pa to JEFF
fersOn Barracks Mo
The New U. S. COMMISSIONER TO THE
SANDWICH ISLANDS The Hon. ID. S. Gregg.
Of Illinois, leaves this country for his pest in
week or ten days He is going out via the
lsthmus of Panama
The DUBLIN CONSULATE has not yet been
filled, all Washington rumors 20 the contrary
Notwithstanding.