Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-11-22

preulcted, has retired from that bureau.
He is an intimate friend of ex-Secretary
Cox. The feeling of the Patent Attor-
neys is rather one of relief than otherwise.
While Fisher made competent officer in
some respects, his acts in certain cases af-
fecting attorneys, gave him the air of
great insincerity. In his annual report
he either misconceived his duty, or viii
fully went far beyond it in commenting in
the strongest language upon the peculiar
terms of the largest and most respectable
class patent agencies. He left practise
as an agent, and he did not hesitate to state
that he could not afford long to remain
Commissioner and that he should return
to his old business when he retired His
dreadful onslaught on the attorneys when
the fact was publicly known, had the APP
pearance of most weak and puerile effort
to demolish others with the hopes of build
ing upon their ruins.
Who shall fill the Patent Commission
ership vacancy? is the question before the
qUdnmcS. 1t seems that Senator Came
ron is not satisfied with dispossessing Gen.
Cox of official dignity and elevating Mr.
Delano to it. but that he is again here ad-
vlsing the appointment of Pennsylvania
an to the Office Of Commissioner Of Pat
ents upon the plea of political economy.
1t Is said that Simon entertains the idea
that there is no law that can be enforced
to prevent repeating in New York city
nor moral persuasion, and that there is
sufficient to elevate the low roughs there
to a standard Of morals which will be sus-
ceptible of being reached by the broad hu-
manitarian principles of the Republican
party and that it is like wasting powder
to do anything for \. Y. with view of the
Presidential contest in -; especially so
if Hoffman, being Governor Of that State,
Is the next Democratic candidate for the
Presidency He feels that the great
States Ohio. Illinois, and nearly all, in
fact, Of the rest of the Great West being
safe for the reelection Of Grant. that the
one, and the only one. needful. Is the
keystone, and that official patronage
should be lavished upon her Hence his
oticious dictation. There are. however.
others here who think differently, and feel
safe in Pennsylvania for -. and that the
present Assistant Commissioner, General
Duncan, who has been long connected with
the Patent Office and Is experienced.
would make the fttest officer The nu-
merou, arrivals in Washington of Con-
gre,smen thu, early in the season. indi-
cate that there Is 10 little interest felt in
the official changes. generally. through
out the Departments.
The General Land Office has Just receiy-
ed returns of additional surveys in West
en Oregon, extending over an area of six
ty-two thousand acres. The lands en-
braced in these survey, lie along the Pa
cife coast, and though rough and noun
famous, are Of the best quality. Along
the streams the soil is remarkably produc-
tive all kinds Of vegetables and grasses
fourishing wherever tried. The timber is
chiefly fir. spruce. alder and hemlock. Va
quina Bay in township H. South range
IL West. i, an excellent and commodious
harbor with twenty feet Of water on the
bank at half tide Also. the Land Office
ha, transmitted to the Surveyor General
of California, for delivery to the parties
entitled to receive the same, a patent for
the rancho san Pedro" in favor OF Fran
cisco Lanches, and confirmed by the judi
ciary. Said tract of land Is situated in
San Watco county. California. san Fran
cisco Bay and the Ocean, and embraces an
area Of s,g26 acres Also, Commissioner
Wilson holds that the regulation of the
General Land Office requiring at least six
months actual residence upon prescription
claims. does not apply to settlements up
on the Usage Indian lands" because the
time fixed for entering these lands will ex-
pire April 10th. 1871; and still more that
all settlers after Oct. 10th, 1870 viii he
required to show their good faith by such
improvement, and civilizations as will
prove their full and actual Identification
with the tract claimed and that the pur-
chase Of the same was not made for spec
ulation.
LIFE