Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-04

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incumbents - such offices should be changed
now and then, as there are many gentlemen in
the Governments service thoroughly qualified
to fill them. We have no idea, however, that
any future appointees to such places will ego
IN" for the qualification of the patent-rights
men generally, or for the use abroad of any other
coal in the Government service, than that which
experience may have made plain to be the best
for the required purpose.
THE RIGHT TO ENTER PUBLIC LANDs-Thc
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Of
fee has recently had occasion Tin replying to
inquiries from newly-appointed Land Ofioers)
to explain their duties and the rights of parties
applying to enter land, as follows. Viz:
1T is the duty of the Register and Receiver to
receive applications for the purchase or location
Of any lands In the district subject to entry at pri
waite sale in the exact order Of the filing of appli-
cations and tender Of the consideration without
restriction as to ranges taking care not to allow
monopoly Of purchase in favor of any one person,
and not permitting each to purchase at any one
time more than the extent of an ordinary entry.
applicant, the party must take his turn according
to the principle here laid down, until from time
to time he may be accommodated with proper
regard to the equal privileges and rights which
Under the above regulations, the practice of
offering lands in the manner proposed (by ranges)
cannot be sanctioned.
Where the number of entries consummated du-
ring any particular period are great as to rem
der ii necessary to close the office portion of the
day, you will be governed by the regulation in
the Circular of the oath January 1856, follows:
d" 1t is, therefore, hereby directed, that i'm fu-
ture when the press of business at any one land
office shall make such proceeding necessary, the
hours for business will be limited from a m,
to ~ m, at which last hour the offices twill be
closed for the day, and the afternoon devoted TO
bringing up the morning work and whenever
it shall be necessary to restrict the hours above
the fact will be Immediately reported to this Of
flee, and the probable time such limited working
hours continued, also communicated. So soon as
the press of business is overcome the hours will
be extended throughout the day; aud in no case
whatever will the unauthorized closing Of land
offices be tolerated.
This new flor such it is) explanatory regula-
ton is capital one to secure the proper and
fair transaction of the business of the land Of
fees, and should be republished by every news
paper where the public are Immediately inter-
ested in the management of these important
branches of the public service.
The VERY LATEST DoDGE-How TO OBTAIN
Observation-Disclosures reader, you find some
body holding a little clerkship in one of the
Departments, or some other little place under
Government, being pulled in many newspapers,
intellectually, politically, oratorically, inluen-
TALLY, &c.,-write him down in your own mind
as seeker after promotion, so far as % de mon
ish" is concerned. In one Of the Departments,
to-day, we saw a clerk as busily engaged in
clipping from newspapers as though he was the
items man on a daily. lie was cutting out
puffs of the remarkable political services of
clerk praying for promotion, which he had filed
as testimonials Of his merits and "claims"
We know enough of the manner in which such
" first rate notices" are obtained from editors.
to be well aware that in nine cases out of ten
they arc accorded either as the shortest way to
get rid ola bore, or to crafty some third party.
Were we the appointing power, we wouldn't ac-
cord to such g notices" the weight of a feather,
against reputation for blatherskiting, &c,
which usually attaches to every person in such
positions who seeks thus to be blown into some
notoriety, if not Importance, through the edito-
rial goose quill
A New NAVAL BoARD.-In the last act
making appropriations for the naval service of
the United States there is the following clause.
Viz:
"SEc. :. Aud be it further enacted, That the
Secretary Of the Navy be and he is hereby di-
rected to have prepared, and to report to Congress
at its next session for its approval, code of
regulations for the government of the Navy,
which shall embrace such general orders and
forms Tor the performance of all the neces-
sary duties incumbent on the officers thereof
both ashore and atioat, including rules for the
government of Courts Martial and Courts Of In
quiry as well as to establish the rank and prece-
dence OF each grade of officers in the line of pro-
motion, and the relative rank and precedence
ashore and afoat, between them and non -comba-
tants and between officers and petty officers of all
grades not in the line of promotion
Under this requirement of law, the Secretary
of the Navy has directed board of naval Off
GERS to assemble in this city on the 10th of this
month to prepare a code of regulations for the
future government of the service. The follow
ing officers are to compose the board Viz:
Commodore VIM. B. Shubrick, Commander
Jas. l.. Lardner, Lieut. VIM. l.. Maury, Sur
geon Chas. ID. Maxwell Purser Jno. De Bree,
LIT. Colonel J ohm Harris Marine Corps)
From THE SIoUx.-The Indian Bureau this
morning received letters from its special agent
not long since despatched from this city to look
after the Indian affairs in Minnesota He
writes from ST. Paul, under date of the 23th ul-
tiIno, and states that a body of 200 Sioux have
gone out after Ink-Pah-du-tah band, now
numbering not more than seventeen warriors
There were about thirty engaged with him in
penetrating the Spirit Lake massacres, thir.
teen of whom were not of his band, and are not
supposed to be with him.
The agent does not write what is the opinion
of well-informed persons there as to the proba-
bility that the pursuing Sioux will succeed in
bringing in the murderers
NAVAL Courts OF INoUIRY.-Before Court
No. /, the case of 1t. Marine is still on trial
DR.. j. M. Minbi, formerly of the Navy, was ex-
amined this morning on his behalf. medical
survey as to his physical capacity was then or
dered, and Drs. C. ID. Maxwell, P. Lansdale
and Engles, all of the service, were directed to
make it. ..- .
Before Court No. 2, to-day, the case of Lieut.
NJ c. Perry, Jr., being still on trial, Capt
Tatnall, Commodore Mayo and 1t. VIM. Glib
son were examined for the annelIant who then