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Show fljienerttl Villl:itusoii,.H Explau-utlou Explau-utlou ol tlio Aevitda Riluca (Jo u trovers!. Washington, 13. ComniUsioner Williamson, of the general laud ofiice, has been greatly surprised by the receipt of numerous telegrams, baaed upon an apparent supposition that hid fnrmjil atinn In-rhiT in Ihu matter of the Union Consolidated and Sierra Nevada controversy was some new and importanLdecision. Heeays, on the contrary, thuro is absolutely nothing in thin action which affects tho title to the ground in controversy beyond what was uf looted by his published decision of the 1-lth of lust August, when, addressing the Carson: city local land officers, he wrote as ! follows: "You will request the proper representatives of the patentee to surrender sur-render the patent to you that it may be rclurntd to this office for cancellation. cancella-tion. If this request is refuse-1, shall recommend that the Sierra Nevada company be authorized to institute in-stitute proceedings in the proper United States court, in tho name ol the United SUtes, to test the vulidity of the patent issued to the Union Consolidated Silver Mining company." The register and receiver reported, under date of September 23d, that a demand was made August 22d, and refused September 18th, the attorney of the Union Consolidated company in the meantime attempted to appeal to the secretary of the interior, but that ofiicer decidtd there could be no appeal taken from the commiesionerV letter, becnuue it would not be final evm if not appealed from, being in fact only a request (or putting the mutter into tho courts for ailjustica-tion. ailjustica-tion. Nothing then remained for the committaioner to do but to carry into tlK'ct hij official statement of August 14th, and it wae, therefore, entirely nale to iiesume, as it ha? been assumed in certain quarters, thai he would niuko his promised recommendation on ttny day when the papers, including copy of nis letter of August l'lth, should be I prepur(d for transmittal, This cleri-c.il cleri-c.il lubor being completed hut Mon-jdrty, Mon-jdrty, ttjey were tc-day Bent to Secre ttiry Schurz, with a letter dated the ; 11th, informally reeitiny Jlhc various j proceedings and concluding as fjl ! iowe: I have the honor to trammit i herewith the papers in the case at;d to rt commend that tho eamo be tor-warded tor-warded to lho honorable attorney genera! of the United StutjB, with lho request that tho Sierra NrvuiU be authorized to institute insti-tute proceedings in the proper Unit' d Suites court in the name ol ihe United SiuUs. to lest tho validity ol tne patent issued to ttie Union I Consolidated Silver Mining company. It will be noticed that before Hie ma tereiui be placed in t ie courao of judicial judi-cial determicft'iun through the channel II. us rccoQimei.dr-d, the concurrence ol Uiih Secretary Schurz and A'.toruey Gfi e al Devfit.s must be secured, ami it is. therefore, underslrod (but an argument on the tulject will be heard by bo'h nf them together at an early d-y. |