The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-17
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mArE DEPARTMENT.

States consul at London states tat inc Oouit oi
Of the East India Company have given notice that mas
,rs Of shps leaving England any other port bound
for Kurrachee will do well to bear in mind that, during
the months Of June, July, and August, and part of
sntember no ship should arrive OF Kurrachee with
greater dralgh than seventeen feet ships more deeply
laden than that apt to bump in crossing the bar and
do serious injury TO themselves
June July and August at Kurachee are the south
west monsoon months when there often bad weather.
and always troublesome Ships arriving, or expect
ing 10 arrive off Kurrachee during the above months
should not anchor in the Outer Roads, II 1t can possibly
be avoided by keeping OFF and on until the mgh-water
time permits their crossing the bar 4tsg
The depth of water the tail of the bar is always sig
nailed 10 every Ship ON arrival from small flag staff on
Nanora Point little to the right Of the high flagstaff
and II practicable pilot is always sent of to pilot ships
over the bar to the anchorage
Ships arriving off Kunachee from the middle OF Sep
teber to the end of May may draw much as ID or 20
feet. but not more g
There are two channels the bar into the inner
anchorage the eastern, deepwater channel and the
western inner channel The latter can be used with
safety throughout the southwest by vessels not
drawing than Is feet the least water In II being lo
feet at low-water spring tides. ssti.
Vessels from London, or from the westward OF kur-
pchee bound the latter port should not care to make
the coast Of Sind and Hutch any of the contiguous
land whatever previous sighting Kunachee lighthouse
hut should they do So and find they have to beat up 70
Kurmchce they will find the entire coast with one or
two EXCEPTIONS perfectly safe one to approach.
4et 5a TREASURY DEPARTMENT. AZ b ss
Decisions Under The Tarif Of ls57.An appeal was ta-
ken from the decision of the collector of the port OF New
York as to the rate Of duty chageabe under the present
tariff on certain articles composed Of linen and coiored
cotton but alleged to be known in commerce under the
designation of ..linen towels" Not being specially
named in any schedule of the tariff the collector assessed
duty on the articles in question at the rate OF twenty
four per cent But the Secretary of the Treasury has
oyerruled the decision of the collector and decides that
the article is entitled to entry at the duty of nineteen
cent imposed manufactures composed wholly OF cot
ton not otherwise provided for in schedule OF the ta
riff of 1851 esst aalg ea-
The Secretary Of the Treasury has affirmed the decision
of the same collector, who assessed duty OF twenty
four per cent cotton tape and overrued that OF the
collector who assessed duty of twentyfour instead OF
nineteen per cent. on tapes Of cotton and linen. at
The Secretary has affirmed the decision of the collector
of the port Of Philadelphia imposing duty of twenty
four per cent. on spool cotton bleached or dyed.
INFERIOR DEPARTMENT
Hon Thomas A. Hendricks, Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office has returned to this city. Hew re-
sumo the discharge Of his official duties to-day f
Important Dseison-Subjoned is the decision of the Act
ing Commissioner of the General Land Office in relation
to the refusal of surveyor general to approve the survey
of donation claim
t4ga@s GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
st5ssa@eEb@ October Is, 1857.
Sur In your letter of the 22d of July last before
me- You state that the surveyor general has refused to
approve the survey of donation claim made according
to the abstract furnished by your Office on the ground
that lit was not in compact FORM it crossed mean
lctre md ask
the condition Of number of claims which have been per-
mtted by former surveyors general lying on both sides
of rapid streams the disturbance OF which claim would
work great injury to claimants, &c.
This Office has decided against the right of claimant
to 'napgabe stream in order to get the quantity
of land which he may be entitled in virtue of his set
tlement &C., but what you describe as rapid mountain
stream scarcely navigable with canoe, cannot be
sered coming under that head and the location OF
claim both sides of stream Of this character should
not be considered for rejection where the improve
ments lie both Sides and the claim is in compact
FORM though may have been found convenient
necessary in the prosecution Of the public surveys to
ander such stream nor should passage of such
stream through claim render it liable to objection on
the score of compactness of form.
The sixth section of the donation act of 1850 is liberal
in its provisions with regard to the location OF claims
Whilst it provides that claims ''shall be in compact
FORM and where is practicable SO to do the land SO
claimed shall be taken nearly practicable by legal
subdivisions it also, 'swherc that cannot be done,
makes it the duty of the surveyor general o survey and
make each claim with the boundaries claimed ~
As you do not present particular in which this
difficulty exists these general views merely thrown
out for your consideration, and not laid down
rule for your government in particular class Of cases
that will be done when actual case is presented for de-
cision. 8 - BU
desired that the most liberal consistent with
law be pursued towards the settlers especially of that
class to which you REFER who settled early in good faith
and have completed their four years term Of settlement
and occupation and that every facility be afforded them
for the settlement of their claims and quetng their titles
In reply to the closing paragraph Of your letter, in
which you inquire whether it is the duty of this Your
office the surveyor general to decide in what shade
claims may be taken, have to state that it belongs
to the register and receiver under the 9th section of the
amendatoy act of 18th july 1854, to make such dec
sons and to the surveyor general to that the surveys
properly executed in accordance Herewith.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, y
-satta atEsff JOSEPH S. WILSON,
Acting Commissioner.
L. +. MosHER esq, @sM
Register, Winchester, o. T. Il
Preparations for the issuing Of the Blue Book The Gen
era Land Office has completed the list of all employees
in that branch of the public service, whose names com
pensation etc. required for insertion in the next BIZ
ennal Register This list includes not only all the Off
GERS here but the various registers receivers surveyors
general clerks in the several land States and all the
printers employed by the Office during the two end
ing the 3Oth ult.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The Napal Courts Of Suboined is list Of the
applicants whose yet to be investigated before