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Show t lishiugtoii Kotet. Washington, 27. The secretary ol the treasury, to-day, received an anonymous- communication from Boston, enclosing $1,500, to he placed to the credit of tho conscience fund. general ol. Lxame.u, in response to a telegram from some gentleman in this city interested in tbe matter,Benda tbe following as his construction oi the homestead law: Persons entering a homestead after they have ceased to be soldiers get a patent after one year's reoideuce. Persona actual soldiers at the date ot entry, or who become ao afterwards, il they have served five years, require no residence. The commissioner's decision is right. I did not frame the Uw, but concur with Judge Lawrence, who did. Among the embarrassments grow ing out of the posse comttatas clause in the army appropriation bill, Jia-cussed Jia-cussed in the cabinet yesterday, in dditioii to the Pacific railroad mat ter, we;e cases which have recently re-cently oocurred, one in Arkansas and tho other in Texas. In Arkansas the United States marshal appealed to the commanding officer at Port Concho for a military escort to protect pro-tect him in the arrest of an alleged muiderer who had taken reluge in tbe Indian territory. The request was referred to Gen. Ord, who de dined to luruish the troops, and in turu referred tho request to Washington (nr une.rihV. inutriiriir.na The other case was tho applicatiou ol the United Slates marshal of Texas to Col. Shatter for troops to assist him in arresting parties charged with the orcaniziliou ol an expedition tn invade in-vade Mexico. This request was also declined and referred to W. ahiniton The CA3ts were also mentioned in which tae authorities might be uu-ahlo uu-ahlo to enlorce tho neutrality laws. The aul ject waa not finally disposed of but it ia probable that instructions wdl be issued to the military commanders, com-manders, authorizing them to act without previous authority from Washington, and upon their own responsibility, when tbey may be in possession of evidence that the neutrality neu-trality laws are to be violated. |