Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-03

high, of the hands of the Nioaraguan Govern
ment, as its agents, as it were. The United
States Government, however, has more than
once evinced its determination to assure
that route to the free use of our countrymen.
and to protect those Americans established
upon it against molestation from any quarter
whatever.
The Proposed new United States Court
Houses and Post Offices in the Northern
Coast Cities We understand that the United
States officers at Boston, charged with the duty
of receiving tho offers of lots and buildings for
the proposed new United States Court House
and Post Office in that city, have duly for
warded to the Interior Department the bids
made, some six or seven in number. These,
under the law, will be examined and reported
on by the Postmaster General and Secretary
Of the Interior, to the President, who is to
make the final selection, which becomes
binding on the Government only after favor
able action on the part Of Congress.
The similar reports from the United States
officers at Philadelphia and New York, we
hear, have not yet reached Washington.
Arrested for Forging Bounty Land Papers.
The Commissioner of Pensions, after striving
to that end for nearly year, very recently
succeeded in causing the arrest and commit
ment, in Jasper, Hamilton county, Florida, of
Lewis H. Bryan and Joseph A. Ellis, who
have been attempting to perpetrate frauds on
the Pension Office by wholesale forgery of
bounty land papers under the false name of
tyre Mathis" under which they were in the
habit of forwarding such claims to the bureau.
Perhaps greater difficulties were never expe
rienced in discovering and arresting such of.
Tenders; many of the State (minor) officers
having exerted themselves to shield them and
owing to their adroit management, great diff.
Guilty being found in proving their hand writ
ing. They are under bail for trial at the next
term of the U. s. District Court ct Tallahassee
on the first Monday in January next
A Singular Hallucination. The New York
Times calls on the General Government to in
siitute thorough investigation into the cir.
cumstances attending the loss of the Arctic
Now, this suggestion, of course, involves the
idea that the General Government has iuris-
diction or authority in the premises, which is
a mistake. We are surprised to find the con-
ductors of the Times making such blunder.
Marine Corps Promotions and an Appoint.
incentive hear that the following promotions
and appointment have just been made in the
marine corps, viz &: LIST Lieut. Addison Garland
to be Captain, vice A. FL. Gillespie, resigned;
I'd Lieut. Thos. Y. Field, to be LIST Lieuten-
ant, vice Garland, promoted A. J. Dallas, to
be I'd Lieutenant, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the promotion of Field.
Indian Agents Appointed The following
agents have just been appointed for the Indians
in Oregon, viz:
Nathan Olney, vice J. L. Parish, resigned.
George Fl. Ambrose, vice - Culver, re-
moved.
Edwin P. Drew, sub-agent, vice Phillip P.
Thompson, deceased.
The parties are all of Oregon.
&C Dead-Mr. W. S. Boak, of Va a
first class ISL 200 per annum) clerk in the
General Land Office, died at his residence in
this city last night, of dropsy on the chest.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Experimentation yesterday, tho I'd of Nov,
there wore of Treasury Warrants entered on
tho books of the Department
For tho redemption of stock...... 1850 16
Gof inc customs '.,''..'.'...... 2o,l1S IL
Covered into the Treasury from
Customs. ............... 1872 6s
Covered into tho Treasury from
miscellaneous sources. ........ 228 Al
or the war department. 1892 50
For the Navy department.. 55,694 81
Fer the lntor'or Department. -. 139, o2l A
For repaying in the Interior De-
partment NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2lnl 70