The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-29

national exist between the United and
By inadvetence omission in
the manuscript Of the crimes covered by treaties with
the States German Bund Those crimes the fol-
lowing namely murder assault with intent to commit
der piracy arson robbery forgery, utterance Of forged
papers fabrication circulation Of counterfeit money
moneys.
TREASURY DEPARrMEsT.
Casfou- Ioa.s Dipison.T The Nels Apprasers' Store
San Franeiseo.By letters from San Francisco Cali
orna that the for the erection Of the
appraisers store be situated the Of Battery
and jackson streets, executed last month, Messrs
Phillips and Lamber being the contractors The building is
of brick three stories high forty feet Battery by
hundred Jackson the exterior covered with masc
corresponding in style with the custom house On its
completion it viii prove Of great benefit the officials in
that important branch Of the enabling them de-
spatch their business promptly and being contiguous
the win be Of greater convenience to the
mercantile community.
Extension Of learn that the duty Of examining
the extensions and computations Of invoices performed
OF the ports by the clerks in the collectors office
will hereafter ports where there appraisers be per-
formed in the appraisers department. which the clerks
employed in the collectors office will be trans
ferred
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
General Ogee.Ir Information from Washington Ter
risoy.By letters received by the Commissioner a the
General Land Office Tin 70 inquiry TO the forward
OF the and organization of the oiee) from the
Office Of the surveyor general Of Wahngon Territory,
tabshed about year ago and just going into effective
ration learn that the organization complete the
veys Of progress that promises entire satsfac
ton and the number of deputy in the field is quite
sufficient to meet the demand.
The Office located at Olympia in large story house.
isolated from any others, containing large and four
small rooms. The heated By placed upon
flooring bricks guard against fire. Three of the clerks
and the sleep in the office and no light used ex
cept that sperm candles and have caused all the havng
and debris incident building be collected from
the vicinity and burnt.
The FOR the oceis 500 MONTH which seems extrava
CANT but money it is stated is worth four cent
month, and the custom generally to charge for house-ren
about forty per cent. of the purchase money.
Agricultural Dirision Of The Pafsni 0gee.-Ths Hoha de
HoHgre ogainWe make the following extract Of letter
correspondent Of the Patent Office, dated New York.
inst who speaks vorahy of the growth of this
al received weeks since seeds from the Patent
Hongrie, Pancnm Germenieum, which was sown by my
farmer 1t has grown finely You would oblige me oy IN
Of this seed my DESTROYS Of sowing it for fodder
next spring He thinks he can raise two or three crops from
it, rank and quickly III 1t turns ont as well
it has done think it will be great acquisition to the
grasses of the country particularly for ong purposes"
few days ago we published of letter from
correspondent Of the Patent Office, residing in Virginia,
who reported adversely Of the growth of the Mona de Hon
grie, and at the time gave full description of Its
culture and good qualities The crop is annual one
DEPARTMENT.
Dead Letters IN California, dc.-From an article copied
into paper of yesterday from the San Francisco Times
and Transcript may be inferred general regulation Of
the department expressly precribes that under crcum
postmaster open letter not addressed to him
SELF that letters dropped into the San Francisco Office
without being superscrbed opened Immediately by the
postmaster without due authority. We should have
planned that the particular instance Of the San Francisco
Office law provides that certain class of letters returned
ad may be opened there instead of being sent to the
deadletter office and it is under this authority that the
referred opened Agreeaby the pro-
visions of the act of July 81 1854, all letters becoming
ssd 80 the post offices of Californis and Oregon and
Washington Territories returned to the postmaster
of San Francisco.