Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-30
case of Bennett, near whom respectable per
sops will not even sit in an opera house,

Wide Of thu Msrk.-Our nsighbor Of the
Sentinel, in romarking upon the business Of
tho Pension Office day or % since, sail that
up to that time some six thousand applications
for bounty lands under the law of the last
session, had been filed. This IL mistake !;
q, 1000 such applications had then been re-
esivsd. On the following day-yesterdsy-
$500 moro came to hand So, up to this morn
ing, about "a, 500 have already been duly en-
tered at the Pension bureau. As systematic a.
matters are managed in that bureau through
the arrangements and perspicacity of its head
and Mr. s Cole, that functionary's chief
clerk, We question whether all the cases to be
presented under the Law in question will be
disposed Of in less than three or four years.
The State Department Building -We per.
ceive q paragraph In the Baltimore San, of
this morning, saying that the block Of six
houses on I street, in this city, the property
Of W. W. Corcoran, Esq have been rented to
the Government to serve as State Department
building until the new one shall be erected
The price, according to this statement, is
$40 600 per annum! This We are satisfied is
mistake, $26, 900 would be quite Q handsome
price to pay for these houses for the three
years during which it is thought the new State
Department will be in course Of construction
Our impression is that the archives of the
State Department will not be moved until the
south wing of the new pile Of public build
ings shall have been completed. According
to the original designs, it was intended that
the State Department sh all occupy that wing,
and unless the plan be abandoned, we DO not,
as at present informed, comprehend tho No
cessity for any change in the location of the
State Department, until the south wing in
question shall have been completed.
The Salaries Of United State, Executive
and Judicial O6icerI.-Lesrning that mis-
apprehension exists as to the time when quar-.
ter salaries are payable to such officers, We
take occasion to say that they can, in no case
be paid before the service has been rendered
and tho money is legally due. It seems thai
some of them on the Pacific coast, on learning
| that the Government has adopted the custom
of having all their accounts stated and ready
for settlement on the last day Of each quarter
instead Of as heretofore commencing to stat,
them on the first day Of new quarter ant
taking from one to two weeks time to 20
them ready to be sent out, have got it int.
their heads that the Treasury officers now pa,
such accounts ore quarter in advance, and ar,
accordingly drawing for their compensation il
advance Of the service. OF course, all sucl
drafts are necessarily dishonored.
United States Revenue Marine Officers De
tached and 0rdsred.-C.pt. Sands, u S. R
N has been detached from the command o
the U. S. Revenue Cutter Jas. c. Dobbin, nov
on the Wilmington, N. c station, and awaits
orders; and Capt. Whitehead, U. s. r. N
has been ordered to the command Of the Dob
bin in his stead.
The Current Operations Of tho Treasur,
Department.-On yesterday, the 29:h March
there were Of Treasury Warrants entered OF
| the pooEa OF the Dcpar tment-
For the payment of stock. ........ $5Is 81
For paying other Treasury debts. 30,79l 81
For the Customs. ................ 10.S26 l.
For covering into the Treasury
from miscellaneous sourees.... 80 5l8 s.
For the War Department. ........ 47,509 81
For tho Navy Department. 5000. A. 1856
For the Interior Department 800. SIT 5
For conveying upon the books of
the Treasury an appropriation
| for the Interior OanartInent Sna q