Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-13


81 200, under a law Of the State Of Wisconsin,
for obeying the requirements Of writ from
the U. S, District Judge Of Wisconsin, under
which it became his duty to arrest Benz Bag
nall, who was under indictment in Michigan
for depredations upon United States timber.
Under this writ the Marshal, ]. V. r. Able
man, Esq. returned his prisoner to the United
States authorities in Michigan. in defiance of
an order for his discharge under q writ Of
ha5eas corpus from H. n. Wells, Judge of the
County Court of Milwaukee The suit for the
penalty is brought on account Of the Marshal's
disregard of the authority Of Wells in the
premises. ssA&E 'ks- ssP 4.
A n-commissiousd Officers extra pay
under Certain Circumstances.-A non-com-
missioned officer, who served through the
| Mexican War, but at the time of his discharge
had been reduced to the ranks of a private,
was paid his months extra pay as a non com
missioned officer, under the rules adopted by
the Pay Department, by the authority of the
joint resolution of July %, 1s4s. This. settle
ment of this classes of claims was transferred
from the Pay Department to the accounting
officer, by the joint resolution of July 20,
| 1850, and on the 18th of October, 1850, the
| Second Comptroller decided that the officer or
soldier must be paid his months extra pay,
according to the grade he filled at the time of
| his discharge from the service but the Pay.
master, who made the foregoing payment hay-
| ing been so situated that he could not have
known at the time of the change of rule, it
was held that he was entitled to credit the
whole payment. 4,
Mistakes.-Our friend " Ion,; the Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore San, usu-
ally so well informed, is in error, we have
every reason to believe, in his representations
concerning the character of the amendments
to the Garay treaty recommended by the Pres
idcnt in sending it in to the Senate They
are few, as he represents but not, as he insists,
unimportant. On the contrary, our impress
sion, obtained from what we conceive to be a
well informed source indeed, is that they are
most important. He is also in error in writing
that the President proposes no amendment to
the article appropriating five millions for the
Garay and other American claimants on Mex
| ico
Contracts-lt may be we'll that the business
community should know that, by the 9th sec.
ton of the act of March 5. 1909, such supplies
as arc to be furnished the United States at q
future day, must BE contracted for by previ
ously advertising for proposals, except wher
the cxigencies of the public service require the
immediate delivery of the articles, when they
may be obtained by open purchase, on proper
proof of the exigency.
BY the act of May /, 1920, no contract car
be made except under a law authorizing the
same, or under an appropriation adequate tc
its fuiflment; and by the same law, no land
can be purchased on account of the United
States, except under a law authorizing such
purchase. ..- :t..tE4
The act of April Fl, 1908, provides that nc
member Of Congress shall directly, or indirect
ly q undertake, execute, holi or enjoy in the
whole, or in part, any contract to be made with
any officer of the United States in their be-
half. Under this last law case was not long
| since decided, in which the hire of slaves EN-.
ployed on a certain public work by parol
agy cement with their owner, who was mem
Der of Congress, was declared to be illegal, and
the agreement void.
Combinations by tho senate.-The Senate
has confirmed the following:
Francis Huebschmann, of Missouri. to b,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the North
ern SUPPLEMENTARY, vice E. Murray, removed
Alfred Cumming, of Missouri to be Super
intendent of Indian Affairs in the Contra
SUPPLEMENTARY; vice D. D. MITCHELL re
moved.
Edward A. Bedell, of Illinois, to be agen
for the Indians in Utah, vice Jacob H. Hole
man, removed.
David B. Herman, of Indiana, to be Agen
for the Chippewas, vice John S. Watrons, re-
moved.
Henry c. Gilbert, of Michigan, to be Agen
for the Indians in Michigan, vice William
Sprague, removed. -.-E
Edmund A. Graves to be Agent for the In
dians in New Mexico, vice Michael Steck. re-
moved.
Andrew j. Dorm, of Missouri to be agent fol
the Osages, senecas, Quapaws, and Senecas and
Shawnees, vice VIM. J. J. Morrow. removed.
Samuel II. Culver, of Oregon, to be agent 70,
the Indians in Oregon. vice A. A. Skinner, re-
| moved
| John W. Whitfield, of Tennessee, to be agent
for The Pottowatomies and Kanzas, vice Fran.
els W. Lea, resigned.
Daniel Vanderslice, of Kentucky, to be agen
for the kiekapoos, Iowas. Sacs and Foxes. !,
Missouri, vice William p Richardson, re-
moved.
Alfred j. Vaughan. of Missouri, to be agen
for the Indians on the Upper Missouri. vice
Robert B. Lambdin, removed.
Robert R. Thompson, of Oregon, to be agen,
for the Indians in Oregon, vice E. A. Startling
removed.
Benjamin f. Robinson, of Missouri, to be
Agent for the Shawnees Munscs. Stockbridges
and others, vice Thomas Mosely, Jr., removed
Eli Moore, of New Jersey, to be Agent fol
the Wcas, Piankcshaws, Kaskaskias. and
other. Indians, vice Asbury ". Coffee, removed
Richard G. Murphy, of Illinois, to be Agent
E,,r he