The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1847, Page 3

dried wer ed abons teeta 80 box EAD —Sales of 1000 mark. few Orlesas, for immediate here was ngthing Of consequence do- SToRRs—Spirits turpeutioe was steady, at 373¢c, at was held at $2 25, and In rosin there was no a je last sales were made. ine at $2.78, per 280 Ibs. @ 10 prices, and lish and elt preaseds in bak o tales of moment were reported, and prices remained abo same. Ou Caxe—Sales of 50 tons thin oblong were made, at $30 w mess, deliverable i old were made, at fo were made. at t—Sales of 124° fils ek. Bali asks OMe: There was some demand for good qui bs oe tauouce: mies Gau—No rales cf moment wer Tavtow—Sales cf 6000 a 7000 W HaLetone—Xales of 10 | were made et 83¢c, ds North West were Wursxey—Smoll sales State Prison were made at 26c. and at27e; 500 barrels New Orleans were sold ou terms pu 14 4T#—20.000 bushels of com in bulk were reported en- 14 for Liverpool om private terma—9d it was said was offer- cotton was worth 3-164 in in bulk 7d, and in sacks 634: id pool = The renin in bull ta Marri In this city, Deo. 15th, Mr. Eowarv B Newburyport, to Miss Avavara J , dau, Henry Shaw, formerly of Lanesboro’, on the 12th instant, in St. P: r. Kip, Mr. Gronos. W. Pauw: \f ‘ork, to Miss Janxy M. Van Buren, of the former lace. On the 15th inst., bythe Rev. Dr. Wm. R. Williams, Ir. G. W, Gairvitn to Many Ann, Geughter of Daniel D. Jones, Eeq , all of this city. i of the Hon (ass. Died. of Dysentary, August 28th’ Cnanies M. Tucker, Orderly Sergeant, Com New York Reg., volunteers, in the 38th year of His loss will long be mourned by his afflicted family, ® largo circle of friends and acquaintances, who knew him but te love him. At Port au Prince, St. Domingo, Grover Craruam, rm of Grosheim & Clapham, New York. js remains having arrived in this city, the friends of artner, are invited to attend his fu- neral, trom the residence of his father-in-law, Charles G. Ferris, £eq., 716 Broadway, on Saturday; the 18th inst., stil o’clock, A. M. On tho 16th instant, Sanan L, daughter of J. N. Parker, in the third year of his age. The friends of the famil: funeral, this afternoon, at 3: 506 Pearl street the family and his are requested to attend her o’olock, from the residence sburgh, on the 16th instant, at 12 o'clock, Davip R. Laxe, son of Richard and Hannah, M. ag-d 3 years ani The 'riends of the family are respectfully invited to attend bis funeral, on Friday the 17th, at 3 o'clock, from his residenoe, Water street. On the 16th instant, Henay 8. Brownnr, im the 33d ‘year of bis age. Hiejfriends and acquaintances, and those of the family, are respectfully invited to attend th afi half pest 1 o'clock, from his late 63 Ronee ages witnout further invitation. His re- German and French Fancy id China Toys, Cosmetic B18." PLA Plsted Candlestieks, 66 500 dozen" Watch an Py Steel Purses, Mounts, Canes, 100 dozen Ti pets, 50 Soa tts, in Rosewood Cases, Desks, lognes. Ox Marrow. Canes, Sexar Tul seen Posh Fee Chains, dowel Basket mau id in lots for smal ‘oys, cases French rt Mache and Japaned 4 Silver consi ingle and double rtsmen's 0,50 Cikee Vines, Gor loalers, ang « larg ail Do ays, in sets. of Lepine, Anchor Diamonds, Gold doubl sailed to the trade Gold Jewelry, t Wo'clock. Garaiognen ct the Auetion Room, Terms ca-h. Es a7 Reve Balo—this collection of unredeem: Dress Coats, Pants, recelets. Also, & atest kN. SEMADs ON. Auctioncer.—Sales | Foley wid Brootlen.—Great and attractive sale at ; y morning at 10 o’elec! logue, without reserve valuable selection o| lack Waluut Cabinet furniture; rich 0! dhe are tULTLE, Auctioneer.—nik it an geny, sod Black Walnut at Aucti o'clock, at the ab i having been made under his own qirectio1 ) e id Italinn Marble tops Dressing Bureaus, Rose- lahogany Washstands, Bedsteac t ra ales Parlor, TARD—At an election held in t Becember 4 Avenue. on ‘Thursday, the recommendati General Committee. an ticket for the 0 elected by similar it gontlemen elected tot i ; Jahn Biya, John th wr Lexy. it jackson, Patrick Boy vsplite Whitahend, Georg leMullin, Edward Coon ick Bri Signed and ordered to JANIGAN, HIRAM HOR’ 25 O82 I 1d th ble on Monday, December 20th, at thi dway ‘Labernarle. The names attached to 0 call will appear her W —Ou Thursday, the 90h November, an old fashioned Gold Watch, wrth the chain attached. The Ws ie mueh prized by the owner warded by returning it to 62 we printe table. the Speight. ward J.B. Wi Cincinnati, Deo. 16 interrupted by $4 75 to $5. report. H made at $6 50; livery. Whis! falling, and we in the channel. Rye was dull at $1. ‘reighte--No change. Bartimone, Dec. 16—Flour—The market was dull to- small sales of Howard street were making at Wheat—Sales of 3,000 b land reds at 130 « 132, ana white, at 1400. Corn—Sales were made, including Maryland white and mixed, at 620., and yellow do. at 60. Provisions— No change. The weather was again turning colder, with a storm threatening. Shipping Intelligence. Fulton Darton, Malagn, ard Alexandria, from Hi of New Orleans mora, of New York for Cadiz, to load for Kio Nov 4—Bark Altorf, Prime, (from Mi wulla, Harkness, for ld 18th. perk Leonora, of No ov 11—-barks Brenda, Davis, for New York, tler, for Palermo next dav, to load for New hod emmm ip, 8th, ship Minerva, B 6th, ‘bark Areth ‘Bria Joun Cuirvonn. Stap! rates. and day. $6 18% a 625. made, including Ma Maryland and Surque! of 7,000 bushels Boston, I ed Gibraltar fea ae sli it ees a Grande GipRactal for New York, York, 10; brig Deshon dodo; diz. te load for M. morning of she 18th have been Ianded—c charged as soon as possi Ce End which pap ries now constituting port lous of the American confede- situated in Michigan, Wiscon- |. Arkansas. Mississippi, ‘and Florida. Those of minor size iret four; others = = er in varying ims Freneb Bett ‘THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Annual a = of the Commissioner of the VIMEE_ SEATON. Genena Lanv Orrice, Nov. 30, 1847, ly 10 communicate ofthe land rystem, rst, second, and charge the act of 1819, above mentioned, when longer needed by the War Department; an continus reserved, in many o ses, after th utility of the reservation ceases mstances, it is respectfull, be authorized to sell and ay no longer be needed for public purposes, dinary mode or under such special regu: lations as may be required by the interests of the gov- Such a modification would enable this office to sell such portion of those lands as have not been improved | under the general regulations for the sale of the public domain; and of the balance to require, at least, that the the improvements shall be pai the price of the lands where those improvements en- hance the value of lands. RESERVED LANDS IN WISCONSIN, Numerous applications have been made to this office during the past season in behalf of settlers, to bring into market, at the usual minimum, under the act of the 3d Marob, 1847, the land within five miles of each side of the route of the Milwaukie and Rock River canal, here- tofore reserved to the United States, by the act of 18th nting @ guaranty of land to the territory het canal; and by which the lands was fixed at $2 50 per acre. Trose applications having been refused, because Congtess, in asseating, by the act of 3d March, 1847, to sin, Indiana, itm im, Tn Alabama, Louisiane are situated in the fi the last six mentioned from town lots of « few hunut rights of a few buadred arpens, to grants of arpens, and even reaching to upwards of a million. Of inchoate or nascent rights, abitation and cultivation, re- tes, permits, orders of survey, actual sarve: former governments, and others of such as titles inform, amd perfect tived from the Frenob, British and Changes of @ Mmited area of finally adjudicated and confirmed by boards of commis- sioners acting under plenary powers to confirm.* Uj other class commissioners have made reports which have been confirmed by Congress. jiz«d by decrees of courts of inferior jurisdiction, others finally confirmed by decrees of the Bu- preme Court of the United Sta: Wasninarox, Deo. 16, 1847. Senator Benaien appeared in his scat to-da; Presented the report of the War Department in reply to the resolutions offered by Mr. Pearce. The report contains a reconnoissance of the or road to California, Kc. &o. It wad ordered Me domain, for the year 1546, and the third quarters of the year 1317. ORYEYS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS, he former having 8n area of of 23 411,431 aores,) the The Vice Parsipent In Ohio and Indians, 26 361,693 acres, and thi whole of the public lancashi ts returned to this, and to the res | offices. The same may be said of ing 35,235,200 acres, ex: They consist principal) upon Vie ‘The Vice Paxsienr presented also a report from the order of the Senate, of the expenditures from the contingent fund; also, the late war meeting held in Philadel Seoretary, by or comy titles de- Spanish suthorities. a few detached tracts, which | circumstances will permit. to Mississippi, having an area of 30,163,054 acres, with the exception of some retracing re. quired to complete the location of private claims, and the field notes of the adjacent public lands; and also of Alabama, the entire surface cf which is 32,499,872 acres, except about 24,000 acres, the survey of which has beei heretofore prevented by the private claims that remain | unlocated within its limits. i , having on area of 39,426 294 acres, the | 1s have been executed, and plate returned of 1906 acrer, and.of thy residue, 300,000 acres are now under contract and in process of being surveyed. Of the'43,! 69,028 acres, com; of Missouri, 39 838,171 ao: 650,000 are under contract and the surveys Tn Wisconsin, the area of whi 12 455.825 acres have been surveyed, and contracts have been made, and ere now in progress of execution, for the survey of 1,500, 00 . Laid on the Mr Foote announced the death of the late Speigdt, of Mississipp upon the public and private cha: and personal integrity of decease Srepueions were adopted, and the Gee's House of we el tatives. reakER announced es the special port of the committee on rules, hagirenpar On motion of Mr. C. until to-morrow. suthorising id in addition to = pronounced a high eulogium caring political honesty, Some have been re- The custo: Senate adjou J. Inaensout, it was postponed has necessarily to ee of them. Land Office o} plats of survey and of the patent or con! cates of the local officers. On the return here of the i cipient docaments which the confirmation laws requii to be produced as the busis of grants, this office is pre- pared, on demand of claimants, to issue patents in all cases clear of difficulty. In former annual reports from the department, allu- sion has been made to the delay and diffloulty which have occurred in locating private land olaims in “owing to the vague and imperfect calls, the part of claimants to indicate their boundaries.” As ® remedy for this, | concur in the reoommendation here- tofore submitted, that “ provision be made by law, au- thorising the location ot such claims according to the lines of the public surveys, audso as to embrace the an- cient improvements, where the c! fail to identify the calls of their | also respectfully suggest, that the law be made gene- y analogous cases which may ex- vision to this effect, it is believed, lepartment to c! the survey of many of such claims. The number of claims gneral acte of confirmation, a reports submitted to Congress, and papers, has been augmented at di the subsequent rendi- )d leave to introduce a joint resolution directing the Postmaster General to re- new the epgagements with the Fredericksb tomac Railroad and Steamboat Com; portation of the great Northern and Southern mail be- ington and Richmond, at the prices hereto- fore paid, and now offered by the compan’ ising the Postmaster General to allow under the recent srrangemen's such equivalent as in his judgment may be fair and equitable for the discontinu- ae Of mail transportation on the routes thus dispensed Objection made to the reception of thia resolution. — ‘The Speaker said it required the unanimous consent of the House to suspend the rules for its rece} President’s special Message, received yeater next businers in ord: Mr Perri, of Indiana, then addressed the House in op- President’s consiruction of the Constitu- but before concluding, a message was received from ite announcing the death of the late Senator Mr. Tuomrson, of Mississippi, addressed the House on the character and public services of the deceased, avd | the customary resolutions having been adopted, as a tes- timony of respect to his memory, the House adjourned. The Malis, &e. Pererssurcn, Deo, 16, 1847. id no Pony Express. e whole surface nm Sactesed, f<. minimum price ing. is 47,170,292 sores, tween Washi: ital condition of 1) dino ‘Wisconsin into the Union, that the constitution adopted je 16th December, 1546, should be as- sented to by the qualified electors in the manner, and at the times presoribed in the ninth section of the twen- tieth article of said constitution. That constitution havin, electors, Wisconsin coul and conditions h is 16,913,972 acres, 12,803,851 asrep are under contrac: at Madison, on and failures on y the present able and efficient Surveyor General tat to order the mass of confusion he fraudulent practices and inefficient course of his predecessor in office. has been accomplished, 0: ig the area of that State, 19,906,897 acres have been survey: d, anc 325,000 acres are under contract, and iB. acres comprising the whole surface of @ acres have been surveyed, 1,200,000 rovess of survey, leaving placed uader, contract. ya have been extending as rapidly nature of the country and the diffoulties caused location of private claims would permit. Of the ing 34,423,055 sores, 13,106,045 ed, and there are now under con- been rejected b; not be admitted; end, of ified in the acts ofadmission, approved 3d March, 1847, embracing that which authorised the reduction of th lands, and throwing them open to pre-emption, became Justice to the settlers, however, price of these lands sho arene after notice, price of these ion to th Tal, #0 as to embrace an: Te heme ist in other Staten. Arkansas, 31,565.90 are under contract, and in only about 3 0,000 acre i Florida the sur requires that the 1 be reduced to the ordinar: minimum,as they are not more valuable than those he project of opening this canal, it is under- wing been abandoned It is, therefore, recommended that an act be passed to et, subject to the ordinary ion of the pre-emption laws. which have been confirmed by bring these lands into mi jum, and to the o} it times, at suc- epecial acts in behalf of individuals, ions to the national legislature, jiapose of unconfirmed claims, resting upon ‘approved the 17th the courts for their jon. This act, which revives the law of 1824, 80 far as it relates to Missouri, in force for five years, and no longer, and ex- tended it to the States of Louisiana and Arsansas, and to so much of the States of Mississippi and Alabama as is included in the district of country south of the 3ist degree of the latitude, and between the Mississippi Under this act, about 140 suits have been instituted the United States, for the confirmation of titles, ing, among others, the title to the Bastrop claim, jane, for upwards of @ million of arpens; the three Winter claims, in Arkansas, together for s mi anda half of arpeos; the De Valliere claim, in Arkan- sas and Missouri, supposed to contain mcre than a mil- (this claim it js believed has been dis- thers of conriderable extent, such as thi in Missouri and Arkan: the two Douterioes, in Louisiana to contain about 450,000 acres; megas, together tor near 300,000 acres; Rouge, for upwards of 200,000 arpens; and four leagues square, in Arkansas, of the Louriston, grandson and heir to John Law, under a Fre ch grant, in 1819, to said Law, formerly director general of the company of the Indies, & The final decision of these claims by the courts, will relieve the general government and the States in which the claims are situated from much emberrassment. In any case of judicial affirmance of the title, theland will be severed by survey from the acres have been surv. ceasive session! a nd in process No mail South of Wilmington, More of the Freshet. Cineinnatt, Deo. 16—P. M. The river remains at a great height. The freshet has been @ tremendous one, eausing immense distress to a great number of the inhabitants, with an unprecedented A retrograde,movement, how- sold, amounting first, second and third quarte: 9,024 acres have been sold, producing $1,366 3: ed of which are shown by the accompanying ex- diMoult to conjeoturs with any degree of certainty, eli 1846 or the first three quarters of the year 1847, what amount of revenue ma; the public lands, for $2,904 637 ; and in the ps pan report of the Surveyor General of Florida, of the Continuation of the H that State, have been Jad the act of Con, ded tothe surveys of former yesrs, a8 delineated on the maps prepared by the B \ jineers, in part from data furni has been published by order of the Senate; and it the plate of said map can be used by this office, to continue the successi thereon, as they are completed, saving much labor and expense. It will be observed that the gurv. rida has suggested that special legislative provision be e everglades, the lands at the southern extremity of the Peninsula, and of the islands aud keys adjacent thereto. The pubMc lands referred to cannot, trom their peculiar situation, be surveyed under th» present mode of surveying, by townships and sub-divisions, aud the contracting therefor by the mile inapplicable to them; nor will the ordinary mm be at all adequate for the making such much less to estimate, er from the returns of destruction of property. ever, is about commenc.ng. ted from the sales ot ie residue of the fiscal year of probable, however, that the receipts of is source of our income, will, from the following causes, be considerably diminished for several years to come, unless very lar; should be frequently brought ting the surveys as capidly as possible. By the act of August 23d, 1812, entitled ‘‘ An act to provide for the satisfaction of claims arising under the 14th and 19th articles of the treaty of “ Dancing Rabbit tember, one thousand eight joctaw floating certificates,” are now receivable in payment for the publio lands ur of the States, to wit: Mississippi. ma and Arkansas. stoner of Indian Affairs, dated September 2, 1847, shows ursuant to the provision of the said act, 3,515 cer- ates have been issued and claimants calling for 696,640 acr to the latest returns, 1,329 certit Stree, appear to have boon deliy - SA dR iil it will be the means of ‘The Departure of the Britannia. Boston, Deo 16, 1847, The steamer Britannia left this afternoon for Halifax and Liverpool. She takes out $255.448 in speole, more than $100.000 of which fs from Canada The expresses woich left Kingston and Montreal on Saturday, with letters, packages. and specie, te be for- yy the steamer, were seized at Burlington, Vt, for violation of the post or General of Flo- made for the surveys of ¢ portions of fresh lands ate market, by expedi- by the custem house officers, office and revenue laws. The following are the passengers in the Britannia : For Liverpool—Meesrs. Henry J. Ibbotson, J. G. Sloat, Thos. E. Robbins, Carl Teblits,—- Myers, D Harris, kie, E. Rapp, Daniel White, and ‘k. Messrs Wm. McDonald and ; W. Waterman, of Philadelphia; and C. Howland, of New Orleans; Robert Muir and J.R Chamberlain, of Montreal; D. Le Bontil- Thomas Wilson, of i rs. Maitland, of Quebec; Capt. lowell, 20th Regiment B. A.; Creek,” concluded in hundred and thirty, y' It is, therefore, suggested that specisl authority be given by law, to contract for the survey of the lands re- terred t¢, in such eligible mode as may be deemed most advisable, and that a special appropriation be made for John Wilson, R. Mrs. Harris, of servant, of New Jerse; ‘allace from the Commis. t for delivery to the of which, accordin, tes Calling for 238,321 In view of the resent condition of the surveys, as above presented, it obvious that the neceasit, continuance of the office of Surveyor Gen ef the Staves, has already ceased, and will terminate in several others within a very rhort period. Already the maps, plats, fleld notes, kc., hio, been transferred to the authorities of thi under the actsof the 12th of June, 1840, and 3d 1846, and under the provisions of the same acta, the like evidence of the public surveys in Indiana, will bave to be transferred {to that State at an early day. Under the first named act, the offices of the Surveyor General of Arkansas, Migsissi, have to be closed, and at no Operations of that act, so far as Ohio is co! been found to interfere materially with the promp efficient discharge of the public business in this office, & modification of it is deemed im; vate convenience, as for the public interest. numb.r of certificates, about 3,000 acres not finally disposed of, and six claims by heads of families calling for 10,560 yet to be adjudicated by the Secretary of War, under the joint reselutions of ( Of the amount thus issued an: sere. John Shaw, C. F. C. Dalles, and Mrs. Patton, of Gisegow; L. ir, Switzerland. Shaw, of Cani Layeraft, of Newfoun of Nova Scotia; W. Frazer and taining to the ublic domain, and osses where they , the lands will at estored to the mass of public lands, and opened ress of August. 1846 livered, certificates calling for 185,968 acres have, according to the latest returns to this cffice, been absorbed in the purchase or location of lands in those four States, leaving 510,672 acres yet to be located. The amount already received, if reduced to cash at be equal to $232,469 ; and the Dupney, of Halifa: W. Kent and R. J. W. Logan, of Piotor., Arson in Nortn Branford, Ct. New Haven, Deo 16, 1847. About 10 o’olock last night six Irishmen broke inte the house of Anson Baldwin, in North Branford, about robbed it of $75 in money, id woman, to the are finally rejected it. d with * private land claims,” because assim- e with thet class of tities than any other, and laced under that general head in this office, are individual. 3—rNDIAN RES Under treaties with various Indian tribes. Thegreat- lowed under the treaty Alabama, Le also at $1 25 per acre, would residue would amount to $6: Besides these ‘‘ Choctaw certificates,’ which enter ly into the disposition and sale of the public lands four States mentioned, where the: eight miles trom this city, then tied the inmates, an old bed-poat, and set fire to the house in several places. tant, ag well for pri- f these have been ‘ge to have been negleated the prove ne thy them; nena nA hag ie computed there are now bounty lands of this cless, amounting to mot less than from three to four thousand; but that it was ble, estimating from present experience, whether half of that number would, if permitted by law, be sented and substantiated by proper evidence in the next | twenty years to come. acres selected and located by each, and approved by the Seoretary of the Treasury, up to Nov. 30,1647; the number selected and located, but not finally acted upon, for the want of township plots, and other causes; the residue not as yet ted and finally loésted, to which each of the States Is entitled, respeotively:— 0. of acres No. of acres lecaedand No. ofacres Residue to which apprard by = selected of acres to each the Secretry and ich each of the +e Ei = 101,905.75, 408,009.95 81,901.72 05 2,316,628.95 246,571 1 492,556 45 ty sgar ate amount to'which sald tates the ‘qanatity alteady’ selected, Loasted, nud ape acres; the quant an proved by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, 2,316 028 86 ‘acres; the quantity selected,but the locationseuspended, for various causes, 426,578.20 acres; and the quantity still remaining to be located on the 30th of November, 1847, 1,492,556 55 acres, exclusive of such portions of the cuspended quantities as may be Rosilyenpeoret. hit may not be Inspeoper to remark in connection with this subject, that thisoffice has experienced much difl- Stepdettion of portions ‘of the pebllo'inads tn come isposition of ions Of 10 quence of renebied ati ta made by some of the State nd locate the lands it section of the act of September, 1841, to induce persons entitled to the emption, and whose claims are prot: cted b; against such locations, to relinquish 4 permit the lands covered rane ina) ; an agreement, that they are still to remain in Lrerrew and after- wards to purchase the Sneeeey of land to which they would be entitled by virtue of such pre-emption, from such State, instead of the general government, in viola- pai) (ed acts of ronerene aeg bert subject. Fa 8) es Of arrangement, L) clreulars and repeated letters from this and ah locations (read rejected, as ia vi Jaws in relation OE ey rights, and calculated in its effeots to divert from the national treasury large sums of money, which would otherwise continue to flow e to time from that numerous class of rovided this interference can be ited, les are permitted to Rrogress, as fore, in the manner contemplated in the pre-emption laws. 8—su, Oe ahs ee i By the janeage of the Bot of agus , great re- et bas boon afforded to this office, as well as much nefit to the holders of equitable titles to public land, founded upon entries made at the different land offices, either by pre-emption or private sale; relief to the effiee in the abatement of the correspondenee arising from the suspended character of said entries, and benefit to ori- ginal purchasers or their venders im the Heats << pe- tents forthe land embraced in such entries, w! wes reviously impracticable, from the al oe of @ strict Pegat compliance with prior laws in the original pur- ehase. ‘The operations of this office under ssid act have not yet been entirely completed,although the large ty of the casts which will be embraced by it have. ly been adjudicated, and will be fi acted om prior to the expiration of the lawon the 34 of it mext; after van L! report thereon required by law will be repared for Congress x There has been Gee! eg ee (oo the Score’ of the Treasury, ey 1» Gotantlenceer, the following number of entries in the different States and Territories, to In Mississippi. .242 pre: embracing 43 private en In Louisiana. , .5%5 pre-emption en’s,dodo. 29 private entries, do do. Frets i ¥ Two of the rascals were arrested and lodged in jail ; the others are yet at large. ‘The Markets. ‘Business has been somewhat 'y on produced by the great flood in the river. Flour—The market was dull. of 1006 bbis eountry and city, good brands, were made at ave nothing ‘ot moment to jogs—A small sale cf 700 head of prime qualit ‘were made at $2.75. Old pork and old lard were bot dull. Whiskey was steady at 17%, with moderate sales Pitrssuron, Dec, 16,—Flour—Small sales were st $5. Rye— Sales were at of a few hundred sacks were made at 240300, Corn—No change. New Orleans sugar—Srmall Z at 5% for prime. Sales of 100 bbis. pork, old mess, was ; new was held at $9 37: t Dancing Rabbit Creek, in 1830, with the treaty of 1832, with the Creeks, and the treaties of 1832 and 1834, with the Chickasawa. On the transmission from It is, therefore, recommended that the surveying dis- attached to that of Illinois and Mis- souri, to which it formerly belonged, and that those of Miastesippi, Alabama and Florids, be consolidated, and the office of the Surveyor General remo ved to some cen- tral position, as convenient as ‘States. and of ready access to all. When the books, plats, field-notes, so, the surveys in any State, are transferre: rities of such State, I would also suggest that the offloer selected to take charge of them be authorised to furnish ithenticated copies, or extracts that the land celvable by law, “bounty land warrants)” which have been for months past, and ar i soldiers and volunteers of the Mexican war, will soon large quantities in the land location upon the rivate entry” inall the ion, may be expected to take trict of Arkansas be being, issued tothe the Indian Department to the General Land Office, of abstracts of approved loca- tions, or of conveyances, it is the business of this office either to the Indian or'to the en, in the latter case the sale t; and under the States; and being land subject to and Territories tise place of moneys, to « ver: Andes alarge number ble to each of thore | 16 carry them into urchaser under e is we he ive been ve e Creek treaty of 1832, the General Lend Office is further , of July Sth, 1838, to issue jgnee, “ whatever may be the these warrants have and ourse of speculation, fall into the hands of rous only of reconverting them into money ices, by selling to those who wish to pur- ‘ohase for settlement, it may reasonably be expected that the greatest falling off in our future receipts will occur at the land offices to which we have heretofore looked for the largest amounts of money, and speculators in this species of investment, will understand, through their in ‘these districts they will greatest demand and most ready market for thi required, by an act of patents to the latest number of intermediate transfers or sas! the sale approved by the President, to therefrom, under # until eyetem be fully closed fr ‘sc! State or States, authority be granted to this office ii lation to the ordering of any sur id necessary ip such Stat sequent examination and approval of the similar to that now conferred upon the Suryeyor|Gene- ral. By this process ap annual saving will the government of at least $12,000, after allo for additional clerk hire for the new office, an deemed entirely sufficient for such additional or extra aggregate number of reserves which attaoh to specific tracts, under these treaties, is upwards of 9000; je @bout 7500 have been ments tothe Brothertown Indians. pursuant to the act proved 3d March, 1839,for their relief, 389 sales were mak! tented; and for allot- | agents, that it is y—No change. The ver was slowly or three inches of water ‘he weather is again growing colder, Boston, Dec, 16.--Fiour—The market was firmer, and sales of 1000 bbls were made, including Geneeee, 0: Michigan, ko., at $6 3734 8 $6 50. Corn—Sal bushels were made, consisting of Western mi 760. Oate—Sales of 2000 bushels were mad Provisions were quiet at The first Mexican bomnty land warrant issued from the Pension office under the ninth section of the act of February 11th, 1847, for 160 acres of land, is dated the 19th of March, 1847, and was registered in this office March 20th, 1847. ‘The firat warrant for forty acres bears date April 7th, 1847, and was registered April Sth, 1547 Since that time, and up to the 30th rants have been issued for 160 acres of land to the nim- 7, amounting to 1,170.72 a been allowed under the 3d article of the 27th October, 1832, with the Pottawatamies, treaties concluded in 1884 and 1833, with the for a great pcrtion of which patente have been granted f the second article of 1832, with the former tril tions, which are merely us under the Indian title. The boundaries between several of the States, men- tioned in former reports from this office, still remain un- ril last, the efficient and energetic Surveyor at Detroit, under instructions from this office, contracted with one of his most experienced deputies for the act of Ist Aug. 1846,) of ichigan and Wisconsin, but the there are several reserva- ’ Nov.,18: 7, * tuary rights, still resting lov. ,184' the survey (authorised b; the boundery between returns thereof have not yet been received. The question of boundary, heretofore the subject of controversy between Missouri and lowa, was, as you are aware, referred fgr decision to the Supreme Court of the United States by the second section of the act of 4th of Aug. 1846, and will in due time be determined by The boundaries between Missouri and Arkansas, and between Arkansas and Louisiana, are still undetermin- id. is that lines have been surveyed be- tween these States under the direction and supervision of the Commissioners sppointed by the proper authori- articulars from States. As the ofeach of the land dis- important that the new ‘The attention of the proper department is direeted to these and to other isolated cases, similar in principle, be duly considered, with a view tive relief from the present anomalous By the treaty of 1632, with the Chickasawe, the United States agreed to sell, for their benefit, the lands ceded by that treaty. The whole area§of the cession is, acres Area covered by reserves, f warrants..5.445 Total acres. 1,215, number, 95 warrants, embracing 3,520 acres ‘as located for patents, it, a8 | before remarked, it will be very dificult to degree of certainty, what propor- e ons” will in future which may be made for ready money. ‘The proportion will, unquestionably, be very large, so long as these warrants continue to be depreciated, as at present, below their nominal value. warrant for 160 acres of land bein; the seat of government, whereas im money to enter the same quantity of land at the minimum price of $1 26 per acre. portion of the ready money will most proba- bly, a heretofore, be derived from tales by “ pre-emp- tion,” as fresh lands are brought into market, as these wartants can only be located on lands subject to “ pri- vate entry,” after the: sale; except in cases when the volunteer or soldier is entitled to a preemption in his own right, and not by purchase or assignment from another. The amount of treasury notes received in the public lands, during the year 1846, and three quarters of the year 1847, is $37,650. These notes are received and treated as cash in making up and ad- justing the accounts of the office have been return Leaving public lands, if this quantity there were sold uy 30th Sept. last, imclading 8,193 93-11 ‘hocchuma and Columbus, "he current price for = only about $125 at would require $200 Leaving then unsold, acres —of which about 314,607 acres lie in Mississippi, aores in Alabama, and consisting of 127,000 acres, by es- timate, which: graduated to 25 cents per asre, 355,562 acres, by estimate, graduated to 12}¢ cents 5700 acres estimated, as ill unoffered at ing the area found remaining of the lands unoffered at that place, after deducting the sales by the land officers. in the Choctaw cession of certain tracts along the divi- ding line of the two cessions ; which sales, falling im pat in the Chickasaw cession, have been legalized by spec ‘The quantity now unoffered embraces thi local land office reserve, of four old lines constited @ bout ie, bordering ae thom,it ae . ines agreed upon be reeogni ze: ongress, at least s0 far as to erent them asthe boum The boundary lines between the State of Florida and the States of Georgia and Alabama, have not as yet been fally determined and established; in consequence of which, difflculties have been and atill ate experi- enced in closing the publie su: tions of these unsettled bound: les of the adjacent have been offered at for New é for Palermo, to load for New York; mn Wi acaseett, for Matin | ae Ww fied Her ssi iar and box shvol re on Anausett Beach ina a correctly along por- of 1795 with Spain, it was agreed “that ndary line of the United States, which juarters of sections. PPER © of the held at the Astor Hous The treaty makes special provision in of the land office tract, by declaring that “ when it shall cease tobe used for the purposes for which it is set apart for offices, &c., then the same shall be sold, under the di- the President,” &o. The residue of the unoffered are: The quantity of land“ located”’ with Choctaw certifi- cates, during the year 1346, and for the first, second, and third’ quarters of the year 1847, is 197,759 52-100 acres, equal to $247,199 19-100, at $126 the 30th of Jane, 1847, those certificates w and treated as cash, and entered into the count, aso much mont divides their territory from the Spanish oclonies of East and West Florida, shall be designated by a line begin- river Mississippi'at the northeromost part of gree of latitude, north of the Equato shall be drawn due east to the m the river Apalechicols, or Catahouchee; thence along the middle thereof to its junotion with the Flint; thence NADA MINING COMPANY.—A meeting is somes will be lew York shareholders of 1) received in paym OUNTER FOR BALE. ‘white marble toj use a few months on’ at7 It*rre with your approbation, to open to sal (which I think may proper! of the 5th section of t 8d, 1846, (Actes 1946, oh be extended to the Sinoe the 30th of June last, the looal land officers have been instructed to make locations” in their returns; so thi straight to the head of St. Mary’s river, down the middle thereof to the Atlantic.” was appointed on the part of the United states, and Mr file of rable for he ent town, New Jerse A SERGEANT for sale several svler Also, $145,400 to Loan in sums of any amount A SPLENDID COUNTRY SEAT—A Connery Sees for Hor will hereafter be placed to their proper account, not in- corporated into the receipts of money, to which they bear no affinity. In addition to the foregoing, 55,090 acres of land have, within the last two or three with dounty land warrants, under the act of Ma; i 3 dered in the late war with Great Britain, Minor on the part of Spain, tosurvey and establish these ‘commenced. their | days, by the looal land officers to bring isolated or dis- connected tracts or parcels into market, without the ex- nd formality of a proclamation by the President. purchase money which has accrued from the foresaid sales up to the 30th of Sept. last, including boundary lines. These gen' operations on the Mississippi, at the Sist degree of north latitude, and rune part of the line east, with a transit instrument and so far it was correctly done; but, as the Indians became troublesome, the; ndid new House, Barns, . For particulars call oo t Seats on the Hudson River. for services ren Petes AB es Seiad a as M In Atkaneass+ 191 Jonation loea's, do a0: 6400 Fg In Wisconsin, .. 76 pre-emption en's,do do. 7,5 U8 private eatr: do. .10.440 ‘ — 1960 In Illinois......127 pre-emption en 1670" do d ‘ 119 pre-emption do, do do, 13,260 1 private entry, do do. 120 Jn Alabama 58 pre-emption en’s,do do. 87 pre emptiom 4 pre-emption do, 1 pre-emption do, do do. oo |. 332,870 acres. faa AND NUMBER OF PATENTS 188UHD AND TRANSMITTED. The number of certificates of yurchase received from the several district land offices in 1646, is 34,763 Received during the Ist, 24, and 84 quarters The number of certificates carried into patents in 1646, was. .... seseeeeesessees 20,872 Do doin the Ist, 2d. and 8d quarters of 1847... 61,632 The number of patents transmitted to indivi- duais, and to the several district land offices, in the year 1946, seserecereseses cess 16,060 Do do in the Ist, and 3d quarters of 1847 18,022 The number of patents written aud recorded, and now ready for signatures, iwabout....., 40,000 The number of certificates of purchase yet to be patented for sales made prior to the lst of October, 1847, {8 about... . cee eee eee yes 48,248 The number of exemplitications of patents fur- nished in the year 1846, excluding military and special patents, about, 260 Do do during the Ist, 2d, 1647, exclumve of military and special patent is about .... ‘ : 200 “ sooanen Me id carried into a the ordinary way, and os ince the lee of Je 1846, is about...... 6,800 Much attention hhas bee iven to branch of the operations ef this office up to the Practioa- ble date, so that purchasers ors be in of thetr titles as soon as possible their are made, and thus be enabled to make such di ition of their lands as they may think F, unimoumbered by the difficulties caused by the fee simple remaining in the United States. 10—LKAD MINERAL LAND. In relation to the mineral lands im Wisconsin and Iowa, time and experience have conclusively shown that, as ® general system, “ leasing” was of no pec’ ad- vantage to the public treasury; that the old plan led to diMiculty among the miners, and was a serious detriment to the ceuntry, by keeping out of the market for an Indefinite period, large bodies ot land entirely of an cher ig character, under the erroneous ition at they boner tay hyp Bic ety P pene would eventually be of great value vernment, as Ne a A a and their mineral treasures were devel After Wuseroné petitions and remonstrances ffom the eople of regions embracing the lands thus reserved From val he delusion was dis] , and Congress an act, pied July 11th, 1846, sathorising Presi- dent to sell all such reserved lands, sup) to “lead ore,” In the States of Illinois ani 2 the territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, at s jum of $2 50 per Cot se — Ae et A org lead ore, acteall Cove! an the ordin ‘aiaimum of $1 25 per acre for the residue, al $10,320 31, derived from rales at Chocchuma and Colum- Tease 00s and.t rales at Pontatos of Chicasaw bus, and also includiny for which 348 patents were issued from March, 1516, to PUBNISHED ROOMS —Two oF three Farn furnished Rooms, pleasautly situated, suitab! es of single gentemen or a gentleman anc roadway. with an ordinary compass. orphan Jands, amounte to $3,307,742 75 ; of which, for the public lands there was received the sum of $3,152,014, The number of outstanding “ certificates of location” and for orpban lands 156,728 75. jasued upon warrants of this class, under the act of July 27th, 1842, which have not, as Indy. Appl ly. HE ti ate et, been returned for WO HANDSOMELY Rooms, to be revted, on cond floor, at 79 White street, For the sales of public lands In the cession, there have de out 20.946 patents, all duby recorded in sub- stantial Russia bound volumes, and a complete index has | been prepared for reservation records. patente, as havin; {s 142, embracing 21,- | 190 acres of land, ing for 160 acres each. The whole number of “ certificates of location” issued And greon the se | get; and that some of the Alabama and Florid : survey- ors closed the public surve; on the true, and oth —ON WEDNESDAY, i pased to have been lost in one of the City Hall ia fawn colored lenther case, W., 243 Water street, will receiv: Tew rd and the thanks of the owner. a “© SAND.—Lo t, ov Mo dav, 6th inst. rom Rivington at instant, an Opera Gl tarn the same to STOR. 10 LET—A sto Broadway, and well situated to will be let and immediate vossession given. of opening a bookstn do well to make imm 7% Broadway. New York Hotel. under the act of Jul: the random line, thus ru: | Inte war with Great surveys to overleap, and in others leavin; od, and, conse ‘hese ntrips of tent, by an independent 1842, for services during the in, to the 27th July, 1947, is as | Three hundred and eighty-nine certificates or warrants of 160 acres each,...-. The surveys of the cession having been completed and closed, the offiees of the surve nsed with, and the qaant! ng department already of jand remaining un- > id, are oocupied to olass of settlers, who vedi ate of pli ion lication Retnv eves iat ppp it of 320 acres "YO LET—The commodious Brick House, No. 8 Rutg story Brick House, M. Burke, N».524 Broadway, fom 4 to 8 o'clock, P. M. nick street, "4 3t# re acknowledge obedience to the laws of A. rida; end hence, the name of the ene which is applied to it in that commissioners ereoted a moun the head waters of the St. M river boing in the Okefenokee swamp,) but did not sur- \ Ten aeaeien oF warran! Towhich add for certificates issued since 1847, to wit :— Ten certificates of location for 160 acres “neutral ground,” ‘one mile south of oo ry’s; (the head of that et; elso, the thre For terms from 8 to 10 o’clock, A. er im the adjacent Choctaw cession, whose offices ‘are at Columbus—s dis: ance of about 65 or 70 mil (8, ke—For sale, a Pri being nearly new, for printin; ‘Will be sold on favor. divers bet Be yan pr fit of 200 i would not exceed $3 000. known by addressing M, box 781. Poorer —NIBLO'S Saloon, that the latter oMoers be ow required of the Pontatoe officers, ds within the Chickasaw cession. full compensation for t! annum; each{ to cease at such time as the Secretary shall direct, in view of the winding up the consejuent diminution or Pencee olson One certificate of location for 320 acres... Four hundred and ten certificates, embra- cing @ total of......+- . . ym this office, dated rhy weseurabe of @ resolution of the Senate of the United States, passed June 80th, 1840; it appears that there were then on file in the General Land Office, 1,244 land warrants of the late war class, upon which no pa- theline between that head and the junction of the tahor and Flint rivers. That line has been ince, but on neither occasion to the aa Georgia claiming of that fixed Be] bead e north of eitheref those surveyed.” Wolf Island,in the Mississippi river,, od in the reports from this fruit and fancy Ices, Jellies. Charlotte ‘Glazing, Bay wian Creain, &e., e., sent to tisteation of olthner( sont D IN BR December, 14, 1840, of the sales an tion of the service. In this way the present expenses will be reduced in $1900 per annum, besides dispensing with the OADWAY—Gentlemen and th 7 canbe ccommdated with pleasant rooms, froating on Broadway; also, several single rooms for at 532 Broadway, second door fiom the corner Lieder Ing 5,473 19 100 on covered in part by New Madrid loca- OKKREPE® WANTED—To k@eharge of » ook by double entr th amount of ea'ary required, N®OKMATION WANTED OF ANN MeVEY, who ia Sey ber, 1843, from ths ship Es the cennty of Down, Irelen Ifshe would call on the Liverpool, coming ne will hear somet! + D—To adopt and educate, a rentage, She will be sent to the best to. ‘nt of sociery. Address“ DR.” Herald office »pectable Orphan i ®} Ovel or private family. Apply to = +H CHINA —K, Gai jormerly No. 315,) be fast re in, agent, No. 96 Broadway, entire new stork op + for Christmas prese AL AMES, Girandote % w styles, with from one toeleven rackets, for hotels, churches, &e; stained Tea T » 104 Polten street, one door east of Bro KEKMAN HOUSI B LOON, Not se bee ry liberal for the v aralter len koennen alle beehren. —Unse: eroe fr allowance for deposit, be gradually and econom! 4—PROCLAMATIONS OF LAND SALES. Since the last annual re have been proclaimed for 9,138,531 acres. Of this quantity 3,3 been offered at public ano! 95 acres will br offered during the months of Janu ary, February and May, 1848. Tho sales for thy month otMay, consisting exclusively of the *‘ Miami reserva tions,” in the State of Indiana, conteining in the whole and the whole busin All had been issued. The Commissioner of Pensions oon will | temarks in his statement, in alluding to this since that period, to wit : between the 27th of July, 1842, | and the 27th of July, 1647, there had been issued from ratisfaction of these warrants, DINING AND COFFEE 8A- ‘man street—The Pro 8 been soldas government lands. The for their patents, which are refused beoause it is understood that the State of Kentueky also claimed thi and sold the most of it. The rij which Kentucky claims, of the Mississippi, that the porsession of the British and Spanish crowns, and of course the boundary of the Surveyor General of Missouri, repar. much care, afters thorough examination, shows that the channel East of Wolf Island, is broader than that Weat ofit; that it discharges more water,is more generall used, and is in fact the main channel of the river. Suc! being the fact, this ‘th tfully suggerted th inte settlement of lawful proprietors of it m: purchasers have been t from this office, there . exclusive of school lands, | the Pension Office, in part new certificates of right to locate, aa follows :— ‘Two hundred and sixty-eight new certificates upon war- rants for 160 acres each. Five now certifiont 820 acres each. ‘Two new certifi since July 27, 1947 6... 6.065 ‘Two hundred and seventy-five cert! embracing « total of... 275 © new certificates oalled by the Commissioner of Pensions, constitute a por- tion of 410 certificates, as before stated, and were issued under the seoond section of the act of remainder having irsued under the first section of that | act; thus lesving of 1,241 warrants #0 pe fe ii hment still ne ce. mfor oie WIL D ESIT, TEN und Hewes, Anstern, theilen dem pu macht Ia carte zit serviren, stan neha selbige in der hoehern Le Lager von hela more popular with those who wish to with economy. Oysters of the best quality at4 of the day and night, Lodgings, 8 VORTHEILHAFT BEKAN rt 179 Broadway— extended tothe mai ing the dividing Ii m, and the rema upon warrante for Under the fifth seotion of the act of the 3d August, 1846, authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to order certain lands into market witvout the and delay of proclamation by the President, cir- wddressed to the Registers of the differont summer, requiring them to of suob inolated or disconnect- ve districts, os had been casual- erate, weaahalb wir t provision be made this difficulty, in order | 884 offices during the transmit to this office |! od tracte in their ree: ic July 27, 1842—the | stan feu che restvuration wird am 1 t the public sal barrassed P' by which sbould be settled by the government, 60 tents may be issu tn without any farther delay. diction involved in this case, prevents the settlement of it by this offjce, and renders it necessary that the mat- ter should be acted on by Con, Interspersed throughout tl lar system of surveys of the public of numerous bodies of land of anomalous and irregular forms, covered by tities, known as Q—PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS, jer treaty obligations, or Was prepared this office has Derwerh Alabama and, Florida hae been inder the direction of the hese Buates; therefore, so far as that side (0 be closed, C Lali ly omitted to be. OTIC t—Important for. which, after iollowing articles, tad gotae ‘below wha ke Honatom atreet. near Broadway STEAM ENGINE—For Sale—One steam on 2 hare peas hich used It pee a HORS A Suh able Sastoun Apply at 68 20,000 aii’ JOHN a been offered, were tterwards rus. pended from sale, and the cause of susj quently removed, in order that those scattered remnanta of the public domain might be sold, and the entire sales in each land district closed up as rapidly 6 posible. ‘This information having been torthe most part re- celved within a few weeks past, orders have been to bring these lands into market without further delay, which will be pemodlaldy. Cee by givi notice of the time and places of sale, agrees visions of the law referred to; so that a fair opportunity to purchase, will be alike secured to all who may be in- terested, as wellas to others who may be disposed to enter into competition at the sales. In order, however, that the whole of these detached tracts may be brought into market, « modification of the act of 34 of March, i#i0, suthorising the sale of milite- ry veewrvations by the Wax Department, is recom unsatisfied, upon which no patents have yet been grant- dl. ee eee eee Of the late war warrants above mentioned, 43 of the certificates oflocation, issued under the the first seotion be: bought : ys ensrie wd ‘deotch, Highland Whis, 27, 1842, and 99 na of act of Jul; to good as "tay tmpoyied, soak betes Of sald aot, are still ou! et returned for ‘he reason why upon this class of warrants, was, in cot | warrants being to (he military reserva- ‘iimols, Michigan and Arkansas,where- by the terms of the act of July 27, 1842, such looa- tions were permitted in all the States and territories, upon any of the public lands subject to private entry, in quarter sections of 160 atres each. ln a elatecoont made by the Commissioner of Ten | Hows, om the 17th November, 1847, he says that, upon examination, (here were found remaluing on the fies of nding. net having tents.aa having been located certificates ot location issued be United States rectangu- domein, are surveys bly tothe pee: —which our goverment, “POLOAN on Bond and Sovizase. wo line is congerued, i¢ wil excluding, however, from the sale, the lands were held under outstanding leases, until such “Shligavons had expired or become legally ex! Further leasing under this law hes been abandoned. The whole area of the unsold reserved lands, pursuant to the proclamation of the President, has been offered with the following results: In Illinois, at Dixon and Shawneetown— Area offered at the public sales, in April, 1847,. ee secece 279,048 00 Area then soid at ‘the mi of $2 50 per acre,..... + 9,943 90 In lows, at Da Bogue ¢ public sale March, 1848, ! Meso; 285,126 00 on sold at f apeee .. 697 80 fa Wiesel ‘he pablio sale ta Ares offeres 6 public May, 1847). 000s sce cece ces 96,496 26 Of which there were cinssified by the register and receiver, aa “‘oon- taining lead mines,” an area of 3,760 sores, but of these there have been sold at the minimum of $2 60 per acre, only.......- 1,660 14 In Arkansas, at and Fay- etterille— Area proclaimed for public sale in March, 1847)... 05.4 e05 coe 112,769 00 No sales reported at $2 50 peracre. —_- Total aggregate offered, Ko. 778,438 2% Total te srld at $2 50 per ——-—— sare; no oniaevel lands—Aores, 5,221 84 The great ity between the area thus offered and proclaimed, and that sold as mineral lands, is the best commentary thet can be made on the wisdom of open- Sicetly afer outing bos, duty es. Commslapiomer hot ry entering upon duty , our attention was drawn to sales in the Mineral Point, Detroit, in Wisconsin, reachisg back to the year 1634, which were suspended as embracing lead mimes or dig- gings, not liwble to entry at the of sale, but then rensly interdl: , iS uliihaaies amd te sat D mont, as well as to ins H an- weet oom jeation in December, 1843, 1t was referred to by one of my predecessors as a matter of ‘long ;" as having “occasioned great inconvenience Ice, and doubtless to all the suthorities,” whieh been brought within ite ;7 and an having a dealt MAM the sume fiance the ordinary means of ft.’ cam ft vt thority for deter- time he submitted to the Wy SEoeld be Gntereed mination, “ whether the law through the ‘of a board acting judicially rte, Me ait ar cee Se jen “One red and MS atoon of the Mineral Point sus- sales hed been found of each a character as to jus- lend im the several States and Territ A and smtetioty beg Poy aa was finally approved by e board created by that law. ; wh owe Fesidue, being 06, | became er tie ed from representations by memogiais and otherwite, that whilat Chege enicies were suspended under allegations #¢