The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-08

Surveys u the Pslse Lands KassasIhe pAts Of the
survey Of township lines IN Kansas have been returned
70 the General Land Once showing the progress OF the
extension of public lines in the western district consist
Ing OF townships le 20 Inclusive south Of ranges TO
east embracing 2s4 miles OF surveying; and also Of
townships 81 to Is inclusive SOUTH Of ranges 4, s. and
east equal 10 l62 miles Of surveying TINS making in
the aggregate ass miles
The foregoing region Of country will afford sphere for
the snbysional surveys demanded by the settlers there
Rsaaesoa Of Import Day Bdsaa Cbrn Imported INFO
C1S Information has been received from Thomas Saw
age esd yoe-consal general Havana, that ii is an
nounced IN the Official Gazette Of the Goth ult by order
Of the Governor General Superintendent Of the Royal
Exchener Of Cuba that the Queen approved the 4th
Of July his decree of the 18th March last reducing for the
term Of six months the import duty upon foreign Indian
corn its introduction the island one-ird Of
what Is prescribed in the tariff The six months expired
the 30th September.
Illegal Land SIsIn reply 10 a recent inquiry whether
tract Of hand which had been Illegally sold subject
kand 6se rules thst no land 6 pre-einp6s whist
covered by an actual sale and though the sale should
be declared invalid the land Is liable to entry OF any
kind until subsequent the restoration Of 1t 70
ket, after at least thirty days public notice
wAR DEPARTMENT.
Da1a of an Army Officer. Colonel Ichabod b Crane,
st artillery, died at Port Richmond, Staten Island New
York, the 9th instant, OF paralysis
NAVY pEPAKnnsr
C4adsdass Aa,nasd into the yapal Aosdmy. follow
ing candidates have passed the preliminary examinations
for admission into the Naval Academy at Annapolis and
have received appointments as acting midshpnen in the
navy
Msia BOSWELL Esander Morey George Albert Sleeper.
Near HaxapStle. -Odillon Barrett Hobbs
Vermont Frank Augustus Platt, James Edgar Fisk.
Massachusetts, Francis j. Higginson, Cochran Harry
Howard George Parker Ryan, Alfred Titus Smell John
Franklin Churchill, George Henry Conklin, Nathaniel
Winslew Thomas.
Csaascssaa Lyman Peck Hampstead
Nsr York Edgar Clarence Merriman, William Percy
Lee Morgan Lewis Ogden, Douglass Lodge, William
Thomas Sampson Henry Curtis Sallman Thomas Put
nam Harrington Charles Edmund Mckay, William Par
ker Cushing, Lloyd Phoenix
Nsr yassy--Paiton Jones Yorke, Robert Boggs, Chas
Pohemus, Rufus King Duer
PeassgLnaHa -Eugene b. Sturgeon, William Francis
stewart Charles Gordon Foster, John Mcfarland, Chas
j. smyser, John Weidman John Franklin McGlensey,
Henry FAIRY Picking, Samuel Swift, Francis smith, John
Wilson Haverstick James Patterson Robertson.
DsLargr.- Geo Paine Lord
R1ry4nd Frederick Rodgers, Frank Munroe.
Dla5ss Of Clan5sa. Robert l. Meade.
Faylaia.---Albert Galitan Hudgins
yorLa Czrultnu John Kerr Connally, Thomas Long
worth Moore Theodore sturdvant
Sa1Es C1rolin Benjamin Franklin Perry.
tisayia- Thomas Hancock Frierson, Thos- William
Hooper, Richard Fielder Armstrong, Clifford Boone Wal
ker.
Florida Joseph David Wilson
ilaauG Andrew jefferson Clark, Napoleon Jefferson
Smith, Sardine Graham Strong, Crawford Motley Jack
Hssissipyi. -Chas S. Keeney, Thomas Quitman Munee
VIM. Anderson Hicks
Losiis1aa.--Wm. Van Comsiock.
Tsaaess~ Feeney Holden, Charles Dunlap
Cooney.
Katacsy.-James Fullerton Fuller, Henry Withers,
John Henry Rowland Daniel Talbot, jr.
Ohso--Geo- Stdger Lester, Howard Grimes, Adophus
Dexter Tecumseh steece. Emery hian, Thomas Corwin
Bowen, Christopher Henry Ortiz, Robert Lang McKin-
ley.
Hpdsand.-John Nune.
IRinos. VIM. Henry Marsh, Louis Kempf, JAS Dun
Graham
Hrxoari-Hiram Mcveigh.
K1Agaa.- Syiyanus Backus, William Brewster Martin.
Riscnsin Washington Hayward.
Kassas-Horace Edward Mullen
kebraska Bartlett jefferson Cromwell