gist of January. Only about fifty will be re tained. ■

N.WAI. OBDF.K.

The Secretary of the Navy has issued an order forbidding officers of the" navy from com ins Into the District of Columbia, unless they j-fMtie within It, without permission from tbe Department. The residence of an officer: l« considered to be the State of which he is a citizen.

tiENI.KAL LAND OFFICE. |

Over five thousand five hundred acres of land