Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-07

against him, and to intimate o wish to
be fully informed concerning them If any
should be made. It is not believed here that
the letter In question embraced any charge
against or SANDER upon Mr.. Souls. It fur
Their understood among those Of whose impres.
sions in the premises We are writing, that no
action VII stsver WIS token by the Department
on this osmmpnicaticn, Mr.. Soule refrairipg
from making the allegations the writer ntici-
pated. This Is the so much commented-upon
letter from Mr.. Perry, over which Mr.. Soule 10
understood to have torn passions to rags. We
have seen many a public man "put his foot
in it," and never saw fsirer prospect for
getting both of ones feet in 1t, than in ibis
case-Mr Souls being evidently about to add
| to his squabbles in Madrid an additional
squabble with the Secretary of State, out of
which he cannot fail to be brought up second
| best.
The Few Commissioner a Public Build
| ings.-Dr, John B. Blake, We hear, will not
enter upon the discharge Of the duties Of his
now position until the LIST proximo. In the
meanwhile, from signs around u.s. We judge
| that extensive preparations indeed are being
made to oust all the employees now in place
under the Commissioner, who hold to the pro
priety Of prescribing evcry man who dees not
hold to the patriotism and wisdom Of Know
| Nothingism. These to whom We refer as pre-
pairing to make the knife cut on more than
one edge, are of course persons who fancy the
places alleged to be held by sympsthisers
with Know Nothingism Their name is le-
gion. We arc highly favored, indeed, in the
matter Of the patriotic desire of our country.
nsn to serve the public. Wen wager an
| oyster supper that the clever Doctor will re-
ceive quite one hund led and fifty applications
| for po itions under him within the next week
The Ex-Postmaster Kendall Affair-As We
learn to-day that our friend, Arnold Harris,
Esq, was one of tho sureties of Ex Postmaster
Kendall, on his Official bond, We have to say
that our allusion yesterday to the probability
| that the Journal of Commerce had been
crammed" with views upon the case in
question and upon the Kinney expedition
question by one of Kendall's sureties,
| We had no reference to Mr.. H., always a
staunch opponent Of the Kinney scheme We
| referred to another surety in Now York
However, we are glad to learn fro Major H.
that hat gentlemen, Mr.. Butttsrworth, prob
| ably had nothing whatever to do with the
publications 10 the Journal of Commerce; he
(Major H. believing that the information on
which they were based came from other
friends of Ex.Postmaster Kendall in New
York, whom he knows.
Revolutionary Bones.-It will be recol.
lected By many that years ago the Tammany
Society at New York, at a heavy expense
caused the bones of the American reyolu.
ton prison-ship martyrs to be disinterred
from their resting places, scattered on Long
Island and the Jersey shores, and rein.
tered them temporarily In Brooklyn, de-
signing eventually to procure for' them an
appropriate final resting place, and to crown
it with suitable monument fhe society
| having at length determined if possible TO
place them and the monument in the Brook.
Ign navy-yard, have sent q committee to
| this city, headed by Saohem William D. Ken
nedy, to solicit a place in that establishne nt
for the purpose. 1t is sincerely to be hoped
that the President AID Secretary of the Navy
may feel at liberty to give favorable reply
to this so patriotic request
Lard ofdces Closed.-The Secretary of tho
| Interior has just ordered The land Offices at
Dixon, Chicago, Quincy, Edmundsville and
Palestine, Illinois, to be closed, and tho books
and other documents to be removed to Spring.
field, the seat Of government of that State,
| where the lands formerly for sale at those
ofhccs will hereafter be subject to entry. An
existing law makes it obligatory 10 close all
land offices whereat the quantity Of land for
sale falls belo W 100 900 acres, and to transfer
| the remaining business Of such offices to others
in their vicinity.
The Locations Of Land cfices in Nebraska
and Kansas.-We understand that the Land
Once bureau are collecting information on
which to determine whore to locate the land
| offices to be opened in those territories. At
present We apprshend that Bellvue, in tho
Omaha district, is tho only prominent poi Mt
that appears proper in Nebraska, and that
Leavenworth is, 20 far, the prominent point
thought of for the Kansas territory land of.
nee. Further Investigations, however, NAV
show the propriety of selecting other locations
for these important Offices.
Tbs Current Operations Of the Treasury
Dep armaDt.-On yesterday, The 9th of June,
there were of Treasury Warrants entered on
the books Of the Department.
For the Treasury Department. =. Sl0.047 Al
For the Interior Department 90. 3s s4 81
Eof the cussoms. ................ 42,S4S 70
War warrants received and On.
M, tered ..........."...: ........ 6l,bsl IL
War repay warrants received and
entered mn m