Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-27


compass proves that though hard and long
drawn battle 10 that end was fought, the Coun-
ellis determined that what our correspondent
and the Mayor proclaim to be imperfections,
are not imperfections.
5. Our correspondent insinuation of selfish
ness on the part of the Councils is obviously
very gratuitous one, rejecting equally upon
all but the very few members thereof who
q went in for the Mayors Water Board. The
boot, it will strike most readers, we fancy, is
more likely to be upon the other leg.
6. On this point our correspondent assumes
as admitted things that were not only objected
to as erroneous in the Councils but decided to
be so.
Z. The Councils have decided that Regis
trar and PurveyOr are at present only required
for the proper administration of the water sys-
tenn. Our correspondent here again assumes
as admitted things that were rejected as untrue
in the consideration Of the existing law.
Our correspondents argument might be of
some force here, did not the existing law pro-
vide for just such supervision of the operation
of the water system, by committees of the
Councils and Registrar and Purveyor, as he
would secure through Water Board. 1t is fair
to ask, on the other hand, why have a Super
vising School Board to stand between the Mayor
and the existing Board of School Trustees
Also, why have an Aims house Board to stand
between the Mayor and the existing Commits
siOners of the Aims house? On the whole, is it
not clear that the failure to give the Mayor the
selection of three individuals who shall have
power to award the water works contract is at
tho bottom of this movement to compass the
alteration of the present law ere it goes into
operation
MINNESOTA LAND SURvEYs.-Plats of town.
ships Nos 1873, 13I and 135, in range 40 west,
of the fifth principal meridian of Minnesota,
surveyed by T.. ID. Atwater, under contract Of
August 81, 1855, have been received by the
General Land Office. These sections are rep
resented as affOrding great inducements for
| settlement, especially the first, which, besides
being well timbcred and possessing soil excel
lent for agricultural purposes, abounds in
beautiful lakes, in which fish are abundant,
and also has road from Ottertail city running
through it. Plats of townships A north, of
ranges q and IS and As north, of ranges 81,
Is, 90, 80 and 81 west, of the fourth principal
meridian, have also been received. This land
is said to produce heavy underground, and
so much broken as to present few inducements
GENERAL ORDERs.-The following general
orders have been issued by order of the Secre-
| tary of War:
| l. The Board contemplated by General Or
ders' No. II. of the 18th Of October 1851 from the
| War Department, to he convened for the examina-
ton OF non commissioned Officers, recommended
for promotion, will be composed of the Instructor
OF Tactics, the Professor of Mathematics and the
Professor of Ethics, at the Military Academy; and
| will meet at West Point on the first Monday in
| September, annually
| ported under paragraph g26, General Regulations
| to commanding officers as unsuitable to the ser
vice, will be inspected by such commanders in
the manner prescribed in paragraph ~, without
! previous reference To the War Department
| III. Enlisted men, serving with troors will not
! DE allowed communication of ratioDs. Paragraph :
OF ''tIeneral Orders No H. of May II. 1859 from
I the War Department. will be interpreted accord
! ingly.
| UNITED STATES SURVEYS IN UrAH-By the
instructions to the newly-appointed Surveyor
General Of Utah, which have jus. been COM
/ pleted by the Acting Commissioner # the Cen
eral Land Office, he is directed to report to
/ Gov. Cumming Immediately on his arrival in
/ that Territory, and receive from him the
archives of the Utah Surveyor Generals Office
making such representations and taking such
measures as may insure a speedy collection of
such of the archives of the Office ut the time of
the disarmament of the clerks, caused by the
Mormon difficulties, as yet remain in the Terri
! tory.
! OFFICERS DEAD.-The Navy Department
have received official intelligence Of the death
/ OF Lieut. ). ,. Bassett, who died on board the
! l. ,. brig cambridge, at Buenos Ayres, on
/ the 9th of May last; and also of the death of
: Lieut.. Il. X. Lambert, on board the L. S. shin
Cyane, off Erelcgoa, on the 9th of the same
month.
ECONOMY IN THE LIGHT-HOUsE SERVICE
The saving effected in this branch of the public
service by the diseOntinuance of the twenty
+ nine lighthouses regarded by the Board as
useless, amounts to S36, $50 the cost of main
tanning one being Sl.25O.
LIGHT-HOUsE BOARD.-Major J. D. Graham,
Typographical Engineers has been relieved
from lighthouse duty at Chicago, Ill, and LIST
Lieut.. w. F. Smith assigned to duty at that
point, in his stead
he WEArHER.-The following report Of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian institution.
The time Of observation is about o'clock:
JUNE ~, 1859.
New York, N. Y......... clear, warm
Philadelphia Pa........ clear, warm.
Baltimore, Md.............clear. warm
washington, ID. C......... cloudy, wind =
RICHMOND, cloudy, $50.
Petersburg, Va.............clear
Norfolk, Va. clear, 73o wind T..
haielgh, ~ u ............. cloudy, 100.
Wilmington, N. C-.......c clear, 7So
Columbia, :. C............clear, warm
Snaie1on, .. C......'....clear, 76o, wind L.
Augusta Ga. clear pleasant
savannah, ia. clear SIC, wind NE
MACON Ga. clear, warm.
ColumDus, ia. ...........c clear SO2.
mentgcmery, Aia......... clear, pleasant