Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-11-24

U. STATES PUBLIC LANDS SALES, &c.--The Gen
eral Land Office has done big business during the
past fiscal year. About 9, 800 OG0 acres have been
surveyed, and of these 100000 have been brought
into market, which yielded revenue of nine millions
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in round num-
berS. This shows to what extraordinary extent spec
uatons in lands and real estate generally. have been
carried on the past season, and explains in
the tghtness of the money market in the Western
States, that the dry goods men in the Eastern
cities have nearly the bottom Of their business
During the past fscai year some three and a-half
millions of entered with military lend
warrants, eleven millions of acres were claimed as
swamp-lands by the States and one and a-haif mil
iIOns Ohe residue of former appropriations Sc
lected on donations for roads by the general govern
ment-showing upwards of twenty millions of acres
were, IN all, disposed of during the last fiscal year
The increased revenue on cash sales amount alone
to $6OO0,O 900.
The California land commissioners will REQUIRE a
further extension, which, have no doubt will be re
commended by the Secretary of the Interior The
whole number of claims submitted, is 843 Of these
II have been decided by the old board Of 1851 and
553 by the new board appointed in 1853 leaving near
~ half the number OF cases to be disposed of OF the
cases decided 294, covering of 1856 square lea
CUES of land, have been affirmed, and lO3 cases COW
ering an area of 1888 square leagues have been reec
ted
have already stated that in spite the increased
expenses of the increased usefulness OF the PostOf-
fee Department, such is the rgd economy with
which 1t is being managed that with the increased
revenue from postage it is expected that in about four
years from now provided the economical ad-
mlnlstraon of the department be continued, the re-
venue will cover the expenditure. Since the 4th of
March, 1852, but one single defacation has occurred
I'm the case OF the postmaster at Troy but the sub
treasury act being promptly applied the whole amount
was recovered and no loss therefore was sustained
by the department. Considering that there are about
! N tho Cd Stntoc tha feat &c
certainly highly credtable, both to the adminstra.
ton of the Postofce Department and to the discrmi
nation used IN the appointment of postmasters.
Fourteen treaties-more than concluded
in the space of twelve months-haye been made with
the Indians during the past fiscal year 1t really does
not as if the elections had materially nterfered
with the business of the respective departments of the
government.
| Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
GENTLEMEN.-The London Times is of opinion tha,
the Americans must send gentlemen abroad, if they
would wish to have their ambassadors treated as such
What, in the opinion of the Times constitutes gen
tleman A few years ago, the English considered
LOUIS Napoleon, who 10 now such a gentleman, the
! greatest BLACKBOARD of Europe. His attempt 10 in.
termarry with royal blood the occasion of shouts
of rdcule from end of Great Britain to the 9th er
and when he did marry, it was intmated by more
than of the English letter writers that the lady
no better than she ought TO be.
How often have the British journals asserted thai
Louis Lapoleon when in London, was "a debauched
vagrant, and only known roue and a rowdy.-
The New York Express says that he was looked up
on in the same light in New York that he neye
paid for the bills he incurred in Broadway-nor 70,
the legal counsel, he had for keeping him from 60
ing to the Penitentiary, the Old Brdewel for dis
turbng the peace in places of dubious repute
/ But now, the British press have discovered tina,
Louis Napoleon is the very pink of propriety, and
is greatly incensed that such person as Mr. Soult
should presume to set foot soil governed By sncf
gentleman !-Richmond Dispatch.