The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-09

Total TO U42 1854 Go lg9U95 70 O652U G6,.41 4,7732U
The onerous and responsible duties of the chief clerk
IN the superintendent direction of the accounts
&e and the regulation and direction Of the police Of the
olse have been faithfully and eff :ienty discharged
A just and equal division of labor has been carefully
observed, and system gradually introduced by which
the exact dispos ion Of any readily ascertain.
Cd. And, although the duties of each divlou
cmey onerous it IL believed that they be discharged
BY this system without increase rec If each faith
faiy discharges his duties and addtsns thseto
The delivery Of patents has been retarded to con-
sder able extent BY the adjustment Of the swamp
grant in which much difficulty has been experience, d.
owing to its great extent the impefecton Of the Geld
aos of the early surveys the conflicts that
have arisen and tie que involved
These difficulties are being overcome by the reguat ons
prescribed for the adjustment Of that grant the
tude and egJ Of the Governors and other officers Of
several States and the able and efficient ion of the
Surveyors General and District Land officers Taas
the states may obtain all the bene6 plated b.
tese heretofore construed, ihe regulations re
que that such Of the public land at the passage OF the
law, Is shown BY the field notes. proved BY ps
tsDs tstmony, to be Of the character specified the
grant sha be certified TO the states their property
Furthe legislation however viii b. required 70 facilitate
the Hpal ustment OF this grant, and will be
nendec under its appropriate head
The arrangement, OF the swaup sslec ions has also
materially terferei with the fjustmsnt Of the recent
railroad grarts for the that all lands Of the cas
Arst toned being embraced in iav of previous date to
the other had TO be sscrta ned before selections could
b made understs ndngly for the railroads
The graz for the Cen raj Railroad through Msissipp
and Asbe has been closed aud considerable prog
has been made in the tment of those In Mississippi
In ARKANSAS the lands along ,hs supposed route of the
road for which grant was made by the act OF 9th Feb
ruary 1850, withdrawn from mark 4 for ak his
but progress has yet been made In the ad of
the grant, for the that the route road
not yet been determined Application made by the
Governor Of Arkaf to continue tha reservation
December 1854 when the Legislature meet under
placed BY the act OF Congress sbove mentioned. Tnia
however it thought could not be DONE With due
gard the settlement Of the lands and the interests OF
the but to afford oppor unity for the &C
ton Of Congress the subject and st the
facilitate settlements further reservation mnds till
March next with ths condi ion that 1t should inter
Eere with the rights of actual settlers.
The difficulties anticipated In my last report, in the
and satisfaction OF Virginia Revolutionary
land s. been more than realised The act Of
0 of August 1882 directing that the Of the In
ts sshal be satisfied by revision Of the proofs by
additional testimony" that any warrant surrendered
fairly and justly issued in pursuance OF the Ns Of
said Common has construed as re luring
ie-exan nation Of the evidence which such claims
orig nay allowed and the warrants Issued to ssser
tain whether the had been dons in accordance
with the laws OF that Commonwealth "
The rolls and other records Of such services are very
fmpsrfect and there but few now living who
can testify to facts occurring at that early day, from
their own personal knowledge The services for which
these clsims made must have been performed
between 1775 and 1888. TO be cognzant Of such
service the witness should have been at eas ten years
old st the fret OF those dates This added to The time
since elapsed, would make such witness about
sisS years old Very few be found at this
syey but LITTLE Of such services as they we're performed