The New York Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1853, Page 6

THE NATIONAL DOMAIN, @he Report of the General Land Com- Gmrrnat Layp Orriog, Nov. 30, 1853. ‘Sa:—In submitting the annual report of the operations ‘ef this branch of the service, | have deemed it expedient such . ON ‘tly in- InprAwa— te restrict the statements in it tothe close of the third | ment is not responsible, and hence there is no tue willinws of noves in these Torritorier lave been sur | The population of thove Territories is constant ponte oat, oa mDIAR bg «quarter of the current calendar year, except where neses- | course under the law but to reject cases of this class, ua- | veyed, and the returned to this office and it is be- ween, tas se Sans ba gery eneh gf deity of eanean Y- 'y et lark gia sary to exhibit the resulta of certain legislation, by facts | J¢## Congress vhail direct that all these warrants aball be | jjeved that all the zeans at the disposal of the Surveyor ean gta tg renege Onageer sr} hon,” oe ton. eo Pejyate claims 24 I oni aaktel a, satisfied with scrip, except where they were obtained by | General have been judiciously ap to the surveys in | oD! "y 2 pony wp decry ys re tee Bates a4 ‘ Ms nase pares fraud. Notwithatanding these dificulties, the business | that district. A seal was provided and vent to that oft: | T's, Dosseesions, without, which their energies will be Denedt of taxation. ‘The Inds donated | I1z:xo1— During that period 9,819,411 acres wore surveyed, prin- | of this branch has been prosecuted with the most com: | oer, as required by the act of 34 March last; and full in- wel pany nn ae ot tanetie AL ERO @ipally in Missouri, Louisiana, Michigan, Florida, lowa, mestiie veul and diligence by the gentlemen employed | yiructions, under the act of 14th Feb: Tas juere ole vented, ed f that proper dis--| thus entered, must of necessity De cultivated, to enable Deduct pr ‘Wiesensin and Minnesota and of these and others pre-| "rye preemption business, and that connected with | Tamnitied The modifications made by tnt co cannot | ticte be established, and Commissioner jnstivted to taxes; and from ‘Wiously surveyed, 10;343,891 acres were brought into mar- | the selection and ment of the School and Semi | fai) to have a beneficial effect in the settlement of that sane, and paar < A we Bene, Cement) Hoa ven ce 85,996,600 fot under the President's Proclamation, exslusive of the | DAF lands, all of whieh belong to one division, have | Territory. The extensicn of time to Int December, 1856, | the Utlel therein. , That & Surmayor Reteees be ate Sie ae eee dial reopeven 1" pts been pressed forward earnestly and diligently, and the | in which persone emigrating to and settling in those Ter ee ath at the alaiees he try, and, with in fee, and lands to be sold for their Jands heretofore reserved on account of railroad grants, | wany questions connected with these subjects, often dif: | ritories shall be entitled to donation, will no doubt in- ner pone Re ae ee ere mare the | these tneronnedl tnalittion foe ppt ber aniete ‘and which have been offered for sale subject to the double | ficult, have been promptly and satisfactorily settled. duce many to seek homes in that regicn. especially in | *hsl! one " Nae KS eee eee een''|) market wall sabune tae — : motaimem. 1 beg leave {0 invite special attontion to the able re | view of che glov ing accounts we have of the richness of weuch plan as shail appear bert adapted te the topo’ | the whcle community. They will also’ reduoe the ee orts of the Surveyors herewith communicated | the soil, the salubrity and mildness of the climate, | °F0% Norio antey, to seapproved of, however, by the | of transportation for the manufactures Ha the neal your ending the 30th Jane ear ances, | Nil be peroeived that each has faithfolly disenarged | and ‘the valuable timber and minerals found there. | EPI. ‘OF Ne talcrior before aroption, “The nature | the seabord, and 20 reduce the price of Lomnted with Miiiary’ warrant @1142.300 00 "ss" | YBe important and onerous duties committed to his oare, | No sales have yet boon reported as having been | SOT tu. or the tenures by which tue Pueblo er civil: | the settler, and proportionately increase 4 a 9 a aes oh ee Sere eRe ewe Hp aE COCY | made: 1 Wiad fied {indiana of New Mexico hold their lands seem to be | used, and, cf ceurse, the profit to the map © other certiicates: 9,426 66 ‘a total thus dieposed of..... - 7,285,281 81 acres. In adcition to \hesw there were reported under swamp land great.. cesses. 16,084,258 26 acres, ‘And for interval improvements, rail- eee 1 427,457 67 moads, &e.......+ Making an aggregate of........... 25,346,992 81 acres. For the quarter ending 0th September, 1853, there wore sole for cAEH.... 2... 2... eee. ++ 1,296,185 36 acres, Loeated with bounty land warrants,, 1,14828000 Making s total of...... 2,443,465 86 acres, under swamp land gran’ , 627,695 20 acres. grants, 70,117 00 Making an aggregate of. 5 041,276 56 acres. ‘This shows an increase fo: last Sisoal year, compared with the preceding, in wales anc loca: ‘tions of 2,385,215 acres. 818 acres. current calan er the correspopaing quacter of the ++ 867,66 And ipel ‘The dar ye year, ui sales end locations, is,..... And inelucing swamp land selections, 14... 910,023 acres These tater ents bave reference only to th» Janis east ef the Rocky Mc uataips; for although land districts have Been establi-bed in Celifornia and Oregon, aad exteasive surveys have beea made there whic have adJed materia ly to the curre: pondence of the office, no lands have yet been reported as disposed cf in those cistriets This great increase (n the disposal of the pablic domain, the cause of which will be explained in sursequent part cf This r¢ port, bas produred « corresponding incraa-e in the duties of ail the civisions of this office, Some idea may be entertaized of the amount of labor performed daring She past yeas, from the fact thet there hare beeu issued— 78,414 Patents of every description, including cash sales, bounty lard 1852 ‘for swamp lands, rese vations ‘usder Ia- dian treaties, and private land claims, derived from former governments, and confirmed by Con: gress and the courts, ome of which oseapy many lio pages of cloeely written manuseript. For the same period 25,305 Cestificates for cash sales. 6,181 Declaratory statements, and 70751 Warraats were posted; and ),618 Selections for internal improvements, rail-road grants, and swamp and overflowed lands, were antered in the trast books. Desides 361 Receivers? accounts were adjusted. 292 ace unts of disbursing agents. 406 of Surveyors general and deputy surveyors. 263 of publishers of newepa) 16 for locating la’ d warrant 802 refunding accounts were settled. 1,657 pisces of scrip for Virginia revolutionary claims Vere issued, embraciag 129,659 acres; and 208 of those claims were examined. There were 19,717 letters recor: ed, occupying 12,000 folio pages, equal to 44 vols, 3,861 letters registered, occupying 8,294 pages, equal to six large vols. 185 mavurcr pt paten’s, ocoupying 901 pagas. 1,610 aecounts recoded, “1.505 pages—over three large vols. Jn addition to these, about 10,000 packazes of monthly and quarterly returas, leiters lists, abstracts, Ke., have been received, and 12,100 packages of patents, ‘blank forms and circulars bave been packed, sealed, directed and transmitted from this office during the past fiscal ot the official seal has been aflized to upwards of | 0 patents and exemplifications. ‘Nea: ly a 1 this, as you are aware, may be considered as merely manual labor, and is exclusive of the complicated and difficult duties incident to our general operations, and which require a great deal of time, and a thorough kmowlecge of the land legislation of Congress, of foreiga and Indian treaties, the decisions of the courts, the pre- eedents established, and the laws, usages and customs f the foreign governments, which preceded us in sove- anise with the subject it is gratifying to state, ‘that notwithstanding the extensive rsimitications of our land system, andof the large amor ted ead disbursed under it by receiv Surveyors General, no lies has accrued to the Treasury for is evy apprehended. Ail accounts of receivers of veral capacities, have been ad- jJusted up to and incl ent calendar year, and the sales, locations and selections Bave generally been posted to the same period The scoounts of the Surveyors General deputy Survey ‘ in like manner been adjusted to The latest The surveys have been pressed forward in the several distric's with the utmost energy, so thet the set- as of those districts may be promoted and the lands wok. ‘The Recorder's division has been actirely and zealously employed in the preparation of patents, exemplifications, &s., and the same may be raid cf the several bounty land divisions. The following statement exhibits the number ef war- rents issued under tne several laws granting bounty lands, the number located, and the number outstanding, with the aumber of acres i: each clase:— act oF 1847. e3 -. fF F z § mF EG 5: aa : ¥ &. z a eas g eee a cee a :3 : iB bo: 28 : me : er # 200 acres... 78,795 12,007,200 72 SM 781440 a" ... 662 272,000 f 57,000 Total... 85,597 12,879,240 7 838,520 acT oF 185 wm 25,040 4006 400 19.110 3,057,600 5.990 948,93") a" 53131 4, 480 35.5 060 17 569 1,405,520 o« 93.356. 3, 40 31,535 1,251,400 Total, ... 171,507 11,02 320 116, act oF 1552. 5 F 573 92,480 TL 60330 10349) 4,23 170,520 189,160 5,002 $23,880 under acta of 1812, 1847, 1850, and a8 practicable the business ef their offices. Many of the imp»rtant questions presented by the Sar- veyor General of Iinois aud Missouri involve such heavy interests, and are surrounded with so many difficulties, ‘that it is Ceemed expedient to make them the subdject o! a future report, after they have been fully considered and appropriate remevies devieed. fhe ga Tepresenta- ticns My the Surveyors General of Florids, Michigan, Wisecnsin and Iowa, of the soil and productions of cer: tain portions of their districts, are pecaliarly interesting, especially to persons who wish to settle in those regions. The simple, yet certain and admirable system of surveys, originated at a very early period of our confederacy, with the other branches of the land sys- tem, has now been extended nearly from the Atlantic to the'fPacific and from the lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Fixed and certain in every particular, its marks and mo pumenta can readily be traced, where existing, and when obliterated by time or accident, easily re-tored. The geographical position of every object ever which it has been extenced, can be ascertained with the greatest faeility; aud considerable eesuracy, and the distances of given pointe, and their relative positions to each other cam readily be de‘e mined, To the gentleman now in charge of chis division of this office we are indebted for the hirmony snd uniformity which has existed in it for more thana quarter ofa century, and his efforts now are as well directed and untiring as ever to carry on to fina! consumation the work so well begun, ‘The indian reservations and private land claims belong to one « ivison of ois office. Of the former, every case presentes bas been dirpesed of, or put in the way of finsl fettlement. There are still, however, a large number where parties boldieg deeca from the Indiaas heve mot presented them for patenting. ©: the Creek eases 1,170 are of this character, and there are numerous other reservations under treaties with the Winnebagees, Pottawatamies, Choctawa, Xe., which the office ix prepared to tispove of on presentation Abont 160,000 acres of the lents in the Chickasaw ceesion of 1852 remain uosold, which, however, are being rapilly entered, and with the ‘ Land office section,”’ will in due time be disposed of under the treaty and existing Jaws. ‘The impolicy of making reservations in fee, in the Incian treaties, has long since been a‘certained, and to # gruat extent abandoned. It is highly important that the out standing cases should be disposed of at an every year’s delay has a tendedcy to increase the d ties, angi that surround them, and may Snally | much harrassing litigation. To obviate dificuities, to close up this business as far as the government is con- cerned, I would suggest that provision be mad: by law, for patents to issue, in all cases, in the names of thi servees, vith the proviso that the title, with the s of the President, should enure to their heirs or asi leaviig to the courts to determine the validity of tested titles, Numerous and complicated questions are constantly arising in the private land claim burean 0” thi with reference to the rights of parties and the correst location of their claims, Tbe records in aay cases ar so voluminous as to require days, and even weeks, sinply toreadthem. To select and array the facts from sach records, and to apply them to the acts of Congress with reference also to the laws and usages of the governments with whom they originated, require round judgment, gteut care, and a thorough knowlege of every matter conuected with the business, These cases mre daily be- coming more important from the great increase in the value of the property affected by them. The natural tendency of this increase of value is to cause the claim- | ents to look more clorely to the location, extent, and boundaries of their claims, and to strive to obtain all the land to which they may conceive themselves entitled under them. ‘At the early period, when many of those claims were first surveyed and located, che land was compa atively valueless, and hence but little care and caution was then exercised in these particulars. Nemerous efforts have been made by the present ho!- ers of private jand grants to alter or amend the original rorveye, but in view of the unsettling of titles, ani tho confasion and litigation that would thereby be induced, such siterations have not been sanctioned by this office, except in the clearest cases of error or illegality. The acquiescence by the proprietors in old original loca- tions, and their failure to object thereto for years, waile the surrounding lands were purchased end passed from han to hand, in good faith, in ‘my opinion estopped claimants from seeking change of lozality, and their heirs or vencees can bave no higher right. Hence, such appli i been refused, and [ am happy to say this eived your sanction, Ta? necessity for » specific imitation, in tases of this kind, is daily increas ing and as legisiative ioterporition would s:ttle the mat ter, 0 far as Execa'ire action is concerned, it ceems ox pedient it should be bad; and if ary valid confirma claics exist which have not been, or cannot be, located. because of the vagueness of the calls, or that the ‘and bas been previously disposed of, ‘pro vision could be made for locating eliewhere a bke quantity of public land, subject t» private entry, in satia- faction thereof. Unceasing application and diligence hes enabled the gentleman in charge ef this branch of the office to keep the business of it nearly up to date, not- withrtanding the complexity of the qu:stions involved and the onerous character of the duties. When the action of this office will be required on the claims iu Califonia, Oregon, New Mexioo, Utah, and the Territory of Washington, &c., the business of this bureau will be much more oneroug consequent on its great in- crease, The report of 1st July last, from the California Commissioners, accompanied by a statement of the 27th June last, from their Secretary, shows that there were st that time before the board for decision, as per docket.......++ sescseseceeenee BL2 GRses, The number then led, and all confirmed.. 72 ‘“ The number not then decided....... +. 740 The number on which the evidence was then closed and ready for hearing........ aa Tae The number in whith no evidence was taken, up to that date, Wat... ..cesecees ies The numer in which evidence waa taken bat not closed as per register of witnesses,.., 452 and that in no case which was then decided was the re- cord perfected. ‘That in four cases the transcrip‘s required by law were furnished to the Attorney General; and in one case such tranreript had been filed with the Clerk of the District Court for the Northern District of California. The 14th section of the Act of Congress of 34 March, 1851 to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of California, declares that a9 provisions of region, owing most probably to the fact that the former Surveyor General did not enter into bond as receiver till shor before his successor was appointed. The law, as you are aware, limite the sales to actual settlers, who wish to secure fee simple title 10 their homes, before the completion of the four years con- tinued occupancy required to estitle them to the land setiled upon asa donation. This provision is judicious, as in virtue of it all settlement claims will be adj in process of adjustment, before the lands are thrown open to gazeral entry, and conflicts will be avoided. Fur- ther legislation would seem to be required in relation to the second proviso to the first section of the act of 14th August 1848, ‘to establish the territorial government of on.” t proviso cireets: “ That the title to the land not exceeding ix hundred and forty acres, now oo- cupied as missionary stations among the Indian tribes in said territory, together with the improvements thereon, to be confirmed and established in the several religious societies to which said missionary stations respectively belong.’ This has been construed by this office se donating to each wissionary station six hundred aud forty acres; but no provision is made for irtuing paten'a, nor any designa- tion of the percon or persons 10 whom ‘the title shall en- ave, where ibe societies have not been incorpora’ ed. The ojers tions of this office have been materially facili tated, and great relief es tended to purchasers and locators of thé public lands by the acts of ta@ last reasion of Con- grese, authorizing certain scliiers of the late war with Great Rritsip to surrencer the bounty ands érawn by them, and to locate others in lien thareof, extending the pre-emj tion privilege in certain cases, authoriz ng the correction of errors of lvcation of bounty land warrants, and to revive and continue for a limited time the provi- vions of the act respecting suspended entries of public land. Fullinstructious have been prepare: and isued under there Inws axd I have no doubt. the files of Con- grees will thereby be relieved ‘rom mumerous individual app ications for relief. Further legislation is required, however, successfully and properly the provisions of ing laws, By the act of 27th July, 1842, (statutes at large, vol. 5, page 497.) the time for the issue and location of warrants ‘for military services in the late war with Great Britaia,’? was limited to five years from and after the passage of that act. That time was further extended for five years, by the act of 26th of June, 1618, (statutes at large, vol. 9% page 240) This time expires on the 26th June last, and corsequently sines that period warrants of this cha racter cannot be located, though many are outstanding; nor can spy be issued, though meritorious claims of this character exist, No ‘possioie reason can ba urged, why thie class of claims shoulc be p!aced upon the same basis with those uncer tre act of 1850, and it is recommenied thatthe provisions of that law and of the act of 22d March, 1853, “to make land warrants assignable,” &e., should be extended to them, In connection wich this eudject, Ire vew the recommendation made in my last report, that all varrarts for military services, and all patents thereon, be issued in the name of the person who rendered the servic; and that the title enure to the benefit of the heirs, assignees, or devisees, as the case may be. Such a measure would relieve a great meny cases, whers the claimant died before warrants is-ued, leaving neither widow nor minor children, to whom alone under the law, warrants conld issue in sueh cases, For the reasons given in my former report it is again recommended that ail persous who rendered military ser- vice in any war in which the United States have baen engaged since 1790, without reference to length of ser- vice, be allowed an amount of land, which with that previously granted, would be equal to the quantity of a quarter of @ section, or one hundred and sixty acres. Nothing could be more jast to many who have rendered valuable services to their country, and cheerfully and bravely perilled their lives in its defenc \d nothing would probanly extend more timely and wide spread relief to a most meritorious class of our citizens. @ titles to the lots in the town of Sault Ste Mare have not yet been finally acted upon. The businers of ‘that land district was 0 confused and involved that it was found indiapensably necessary to send a special agent, with all the returns of sales and locations, to revise its records and put them in order. He was also directed to examine into the condition of the titles to the town, for which instructions had been iseued long previous, and in relation to which nothing had then been heard. He dis- charged those duties promptly and efficiently, and in a mueh shorter space of time than was expected; an¢ find- irg complaints that full notice had not been given to all concerned of the action on the town lots, he recommended that the eviderce relative thereto be returaud tor that purpose, which was done. The whole subject, it is ex- pected, will be closed next summer It is apscially re commended that a fireproof building be autnorizsd for tae protection of the archives of this district. Numerous illegal eubdivisions have been cade by some of the land cfiicers in the Northweet, and the lauds heve been sold in accordance with them. It would be much easier to confirm these sales and subiiririons than to unsettle the titles by declaring them void, Legislation to that effect is therefore suggested. Some of the relief laws authorized the closing and patenting of ali entries below epecified prices, where a certain amount has bern paid, Many cases inconsistent with thes» laws, and not provided for by them, were closed and patented under them; and for similar reasons to the foregoing the same course is recommended. There iss subject to which I would specially and ear- nestly call the attention of Congress. It is the Leg of an act similar in its provisions to that now existiog relaticn to the clerks and others in this office, and ex- presely interoicting any Register, Receiver, Surreyor Ge- neral, Deputy-Survey or, or any other officer, who may, im any manner, be connected with the di:posal or surv of the public lands, from making bs purchase thereof, directly or indirectly, under the penalty, upon conviction, of dismissal from office, and fine. The reservations for naval timber have not heretofore been profitable to the government, for the reason that the laws require selections to be made by the President. It is recommended that an act be passed, ipso faco reserv- ing all lands upon which such timber is found growing; and that collectors of ports be probibited, under proper penalties, from granting clearances to vessels having car- goet of such timber, except on ratiefactory evidence of the locality from whence it was cut, and that the land was private property. The munimenta of titles under the credit system, that existed prior to 1820, are fast going to decay, and are constantly subject toloss or destruction, These should to carry out several oxist- 2 but little understood; and hence legi ‘lation on the subject without sufficient information, might lead to confusion and conflict, of an eniless and harrassing nature. In these regions, as well as in all of our Pacific ions, itis recommended that the mineral lands be t! to the enterprise and industry of all our citizens, and those who have declared their intention to become suck, upon the payment of a per centage or seigniorage for coining the precious metals, From the Seneoing statements, it must be apparent that the business of this office has increased to a great extent, pores not less than thirty percent, The re- anization in July last, nominally increased, but really reduced its force, while the railroad, awamps, and pre emption granta, ‘the Virginie revolutionary claims, and the establishment of land offices in Oregon and Califerni: have materially added to its current duties. To meet these increased responsibilities with « reduced force, has required great and unceasing efforts and unwearied dili- gence. Most of the gentlemen in theoffice, with a spirit of emulation entitled to the highest commenda ion, have labored indefatigably to perform all the labcr devolved on them by this state of things, and that, too, under the Giscouragement of reduced salaries and ‘the want of suitable and sufficient accommodations. The crowded and uncemfortable condition of our rooms, and tho impcssibility of laboring in some of them, in cloudy weather, without artificial light, has already been brought to your attention, and the proper remedy will be applied as soon as you can make arrangements for that purpese, An advance of salaries, however, requires the interposition of the Legislature. In consequence of the great influx of the precious metals. their conrequent reduction in value, and the cor- responding increase in the price of every article of do- mertic conrumption, the cost of living has materially ad- vanced. In every other branch of industry tae compen- sation has kept pace with thia advance, while the salaries of many of the employes of the governmeat have bean materially reduced, especially those st low salaries, who are employed on the simpler duties ef the office. Some of these have been reducad from twelve hundred to nine hunéred dollars per annum, while others, who received still leas, have had the twenty per cent previously allowed stricken from their salaries, The principal clerks of this office, by the act of 1836, are required to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of theSenate. Their compen: ration, however, has vever been commensurate with the ifficult and onerous duties performed by them, nor sufii cient for the talents and ability required to’ discharge those duties. They have not, at any tims, had the bene- fits of the per centage extended to others, nor aay in crease of salary from 1836, whea the law was passed organizing those divisions, to the present time, though their dutis have become much more onerous and coin plicated; nor bas any provision been made since that time for the labor and trouble of settling the five per cea: accounts of the several S:ates, for which an allowance had always been Previously mada, The impolicy of inadequate er insufficient compensa- tion in any employment must be apparent. A classifica- tion that might do justice to other offices would not suit this, for the reason, as heretofore repor'ed, that the duties are more civer'ified, and many of thet require a high and pesuliar order of talent. it is therefore tfully recommen ied that the ea! ries of the cle arranged with re.erence to their duties, and that such increase be made in their compenra- tion as will do justice to all, and that s proportionate increase be extended to the messengers, assistant mes- sengers, packers, watchmen and laborers. The industry, integrity and intelligence, indispensably necessary to an efficient discharge of the cuties of these subordinate offi cera, have not been fully appreciated; it is earnestly hoped, however, that s liberal provision will be made for them also. I beg leave to advert toa recommendation here‘ofore made, of a grant of land for educational purpores in this Cistrict. Here, under the fostering care of the govern. ment, model schools could be founded for tirseed in- struction in literature, mechanics, snd agriculture; and civil institutions established on the plan of the military and naval academies, in which improvements in every branch of arts could be tested, and brought success fully into use; and where, in fact, youths from all paris of the country could be prepared to act as instructors in these useful and important branches, and thus dissemi. eae throughout the land the henefits of scientific edu- cation, A thorough knowle’ge of agricultural chemistry, espe- cially when ccmbined with geology, mineralogy, and me- tallurgy, would enable the farmers and planters of our country to develope the whole wealth of their respective region*—frequently at inconsiderable expense, causing barren lands to produce abundant crops, and withdrawing from their secret recess+s in the vosom of the earth the mineral treasores deposited therein. The citizens of the District look to Congress for that assistance in these particulars which others raceive from the Legislatures of the States; and the means of dissemi nating science and useful information, thus este blished here, would advance the best interests of the country at e, and materially aid in perpetuating the blessings of civil and religious liverty. ‘The great increase in sales and locations of land for the last Gscal year, and in the third quarter of the cur: rent calencar year, mentioned in a former part of this report, has occurred in those States where have been prejected and grants made for them, or where such works are in contemplation, or by the proposed construs- tien of the Sault Marie Canal, As evidence of this fact, 1 would state that the lands withdrawn from sale in Mlinois, to ble that State to select those granted to her by the act of 20th September, 1850, wer into market in July, At and Septem! ducting of course 2 606, 53.14 acres under that grant. During ‘the fircal June last, in that State there were acres; located with land warrants, 2,609,120 acres; total, 2,807,981 acres; being about cneanda quarter million more than all the is sold (excluding the locations of warran‘s), during the prece¢ing fiscal year in all the land States and territory. This increase would no doubt have been greater if the main body of these lands had been in market in the beginning of the last fiscal year, which was not the fact. The following etatement of the amount of sales for cash along the route of this road, in the several districts in Illinois, from the time these lands were thus brought into market in 1852, to the 30th September, 1853, more strong- ly evinces the effect that has had upon the sale of face. porter, The mail facilities furnished by these Deduct Indian reserves in fer interoommunication will be of great government and the entire community; and, in ¢ war, if hostilities were brought to our iT them for transporting men military stores, are almost inappreciable. very great benefit derived from these improvem the amount of capital and labor carried into the of the several States by their construction, Hundreds of thousands of laborers can fied constant em them, and each, bya very small amount of labor, can the blessings of a ‘‘ bomest degraded by having it conferred on even if it were constitutional thus to benefits few a the expense of the many, or compatible with the pledges heretofore given in relation to the public lands. ‘at this time to discuss the princi. my views on that in a commanication the Chairman of the Committee of Public Lands, of the Senate, in answer to a call from him; but it must be obvious that the friends of that weasure can, in this way, accomplish all that is desizga ed by it, without any of its obj To grants of this character. for railroads, canals, &c., not ore tangible or substantial objection can be present- ed. The increased value given to the lands en government to get double price and a ready sale for those the grant costs them nothing. difficulty in relation to the ledge given, by the United States, at the cession of these lands, that they should be coasidered » common fund for the use and benefit of all the States, and renders them more available towar’s meeting the obli, posed on them by the act of 28th January, 1847, that the ‘oceeds #houle be act apart for the psyment of the pub- ic debi: created by that act. Let these railroads and cansis be ocmpleted, and the husbendman will no longer have reason to complain that his grain remains ungarnered, from year to year, becsuse there isno mode of sendin; cought after, and, i ‘Whole suri epeeee Deduct private claims.. ”? without feeling im as a gratuit; irface... Deduct private claims w lands, and pri subject having been fully present of the }8th June, 1862. to Deduct Indian re saw lands, and private clalmts..... 2765765 40 14 15 Whole surface. .... Deduct private ciaims. lonable features. Whole surface, ...s.eeeeeeee eevee ee 58,120,000 TENNESSEE ... 45 see retained and hen fame reason removes al Total number of act Cor Amovat paid to France Louisiana, in stook and money... .. ‘lorid: it on atock given to Spain. ‘gia in arms and moi issippi, north of 31 de Amount paid for Yazoo ciaims under Georgi Alabama and Misoir sippi, it to Tarkats it will all be ith his surplus stock. will be road over the land, to feed theusands of his leas fortunate fellow beings, while he will thus be made to rejoice in the prosperity secured by§his honest toil and industry, saying nothing of the advantages to the buai- ness and finance of the country. Moreover, thesé means of intercommunitation, like iron bands, will unite the whole country together by a community of interest and ferling, and like the arteries of the human system, will disseminate to every part the benefits of home production, and of the Eastern, Pacific and Atlantic trade, woen the great California railroad shall have been completed. The recommendation heretofere made, is, therefore, renewed, that liberal grants for all such objects be made, uncer suitable restrictions. From the annexed statement E which exhibits the yFresent condition of the puolic lands it will be seen that f acres are now subject to entr; senting to the settle: given in lands bavi o ascertaining the areas of the States,) to Jan. Total .. sate ea Interest raid oa ot eli a’ £44" chi Avorsge ocut on this basis of 144i ce: ‘The whole amount of lands surveye {to L 1849, per answer to Corwin 298,092 351.25 norte surveyed from 1st January 1849, to Ist January, 180. variety of roil and cl rich in inexhaustible fertility, and the valuable tim’ Dears, and, in many sectioas, containing mines of the precious metals, and of copper, iron and coal. Asa matter that may be interesting, I have appended ith great care, and 16 cost of the public and of survey- ith the average Making the aver ‘The cost of selling main, per previous The cost of selling and mancging from 1845, to 1st January, 1850 ¢ cons cf surveying atable marked F, d managing the public do- from the mort reliable data, giving . domsin—of extinguishing the Indian title and mansgiog the lands, actual cost of each. Respectfully sub repared in 1860, ted by your obedient servant, JOHN WILSON, Commissioner. Hox Ronert McCreriayp, Seeretary Department of the f i Ec wer to Corwin’s call, 100,209, (56.46 sores was, siete Deduct amount roneously included ations, requiring to be od by this office, (or os oy doou- Ment). ...........4. Add alse amount sold and dis) 1849, fourth quarterly estim: ‘Total sold and ma: ‘in, + $9,227,054.48 ate jount received from January, 1849, per an T19‘te 168 869 “sy , a8 those lands ats relative to OFF 19P'9z ‘ sIMy pun 7 ‘MBL 40 SVAUV SHL ONLMOHS LNIRALVIS ‘FB 0%S % 089" Deduct also cost of purchasing the t also cost of sur ha BAZINE....-ereeeeee 2KS dn O9L‘Le¥'16 § OvL‘Lg0'1ZP 6088s F86‘0LL'9T 096'919'942 "8% OS sung “g9.‘O2 zune 698'019 5% 096'F89'zE Tor‘980'ES, = 2 fy = FE = ‘© ro i} = 689'0sr'Iy 089'sz9' ese'sor'ge © 68e Z9P‘os zor‘zes tz Add amount of purchase mone} 1849, (fourth quarter partly est a te actu: finds over and a Ii to thia be added the value, at $1 25 et di) itwould be vel Tt receipt from public cost. - . a $00,331,213 7$ in 0F8‘L¥6'0ZT t19'Fes'68 6F¢'08T (fou th quarter, —11,814,425.83 acros, at $1 25 per acre....... 14,763,032 2 It would make the a; ate reoel: ded oct ‘918'8t sc0'ois'bT $19 Gor‘e19'z6 SOs se 1s Shr TOL‘Te2‘6t B01‘019's nd dividvale syd com, seats of government and salines—21,! 3 » + « «$102,438,638 19 Mi Tt will thus be 424,103,750 sores. 307,488,027" Leaving unsurveyed on that day the quan- tity o! oes ees 116,615,123 acres. ‘whole amount of public lands aber sucspouog 09 L19'LGL‘OL IL TL6 tre sep'oTr'sh oe eoe‘Ler‘sor pos‘siz'ote gea'ero Loz‘ Lee‘con‘oee GIe'RST ZI9'L @g0'6I9'E""*"""*** 236 12,040,700 6.311 | $38,590 | that act ‘shall not extend to any town lot, farm lo all be recor ded in books, to be provided for the purpose, | these lands :— AverageNo.of wars 339 119.538 "6.78 fm) 80,04 3,618"73) | pasture lot, belé under a grant from say corporation or | ®# the want of them might, and probably would, lead to a Te eae came ee 4,04 3.356 ‘ind. 160 5,002 323'5%) | Eowm to which lads may have been granted tor the es. | eDdless litigation, and to the loss, by many individuals, were in market, at “ Eee tana ¢ 288,715,718 aerete Total, ... 366,088 35,854,640 190,008 20,606 hp | tablishment of town by the Spanish or Mexican govern. | Of their lands. They are, in fact, the landed history of & minimum of the $1 HeeimaMesiebatoniittt ttt tt |» 2865082 25,534,640 190,00 : AT 477310 | etna the lawful auchorition’ thereof, nor to agy city, | Past generation, which could not be replaced by memory No. of acres sold 26 per acre, from rae ee ‘The onerous and responsible duties of the chief clerk, | or town or village lot, which city, town or village existed | OT tradition consequently, should be placed where the above the ordina. the time originally te of surveyed lands im the superintendence ané direction of the accounts, | on tne seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and forty- | Would be imperishable. ‘It is, therefore, recommended | District. No. cf acres ry minimum, & offered, to 1850, printed . u fe. and the regulation and direction of the police of the | six: but the claim for the same shall be presented by tie | that this office be authorized to do so, whenever the pres- sold “at the above and below when were maining w Offiee, have been faithfully and efiisieatly dissharged corporate authorities of the said town, or whare the land | *¥re of other duties will permit. double mint the doublemini- withdrawn rom i aoe as chtees Tee tales A just and equal division of labor bas been carefully | on whieh the said city, town or village was originally | The attention of Congress is invited to the imperfect mum, mum. markete , anda system gradually introdaced, by which | granted to an individual, the e'aim shall be presented by | CORCition of some of the recordin this oifice, of Virginia | 28,400 2,000 13 ‘the exact disposi sion of any case can readilybe ascertain: | 5- in the name of such individual, and the fact of the ex. | Miltary patents, issued prior to 1824, ‘or lands in Ohio; 21,480 160 9) e4. And, although the duties of each division are ex. | fstence of the ail city, town oF village on the vii | #00 the mode of remedying the evil, keretofore proposed, 125,240 40,200 i9| 3 tremely onerous, itis believed that they can be dissha'ged | seventh July, eighteen handred and forty six, being duly | i# again suggested. 69,620 820 23) 5 m without an increase 0! fc roe, if eack faith- | Proved, shall be prima facie evidence of s grant to such | Alo, tothe propriety of “prescribing, by legislation, | Palestine 7,920 20 3) 5 ges his duties, and no additions thereto are | corporation, or to the individual under whom the said suitable measures for ascertaining and settling laims | Shawneetown 3,680 200 34 at f Making the total eost to governmont for survey- lotholders claim; and where any city, town or village, | im Oregon and Washington territories, unier the treaty | Karkaskia ... 27,840 | 34} = ing the unsold lavds., The delivery of patents bas been retarded toacon- | shai be in exis ence at the time of passing this aot, tne | With Great Britain of 16th August, 1846. The settle- | Springfield. mo 4,560 20 msold 1 inownting, ab sbove stated, siderable extent by the adjustment of the swamp land | cisim for the land embraced within the limits of the | mente in these territories rapidly extending, and, in egeoad — 715,718 acres, at $12 + ++ + $304,644,641 25 grast, in which much difienlty hae been experienced, | fame may be mace by the corporate authority of the raid | Ti donations made to the settlers taerein, it is | Totals..... 284 080 48,920 2 oe owing to Ite great ae the “imperfection of the deld | City, town, or rlage.” indlapenrably necessary that the claims under that treaty 48,920 % Making the net profit to tho mote flict tha 4 ; shou is ave arisen, and the complexity of the questions involved. | __Under this provision eleven claims have been filed—to | gnq harassing igen adancinaabers. Ageregate..332 400 be Seber ices ” 60,931,213 79 ‘Thece difficulties are being overcome vy the regulat ons ew No. 688— 860 ‘The numerous and in some ctses extensive rese- vations, In Missouri the lands along the supposed routes of | t re ee ¥ ft nd sod greseribed for the adjustment of that grant, the prompt. | No. fl opel 2 NO ed ramento, which are no longer required for the purposes for which | the several railroads for which grants were made by the | ~~ 2 And it will make an aggrogate not profit from ‘and erergy of the Governors and other officers of the 2#0—San Francisso, ¢80—Bonora, they were orig'nally made, materially affect the se: act of 10th June, 1862, were withdrawn from market on | = 3 ¢ the lands ot, + ans +» $397,518,246 06 govedl Siutes and the able and efficient action of the 266—San Jone, onterey, ment and sale of the public Ianca in several localities, | the following day. As those roads had not then been lo. | “c »< Tetoth is ee pe roan aes per Burveyors General and District Land officers. That 422—Los Angelo, 738—an Louis Obi6p0, | ‘there ig n> provision of law for the dix posal of lands cov. | cated, these reservations ware made more extensive than | Z|. . . 8,8 — 4 the States may obtain all the benedis contemplated by 645—Senta Barbara, 795—Sacra mento, ered by such reservations, except the act of 1419, whica | the Ia‘erai lines mentioned in the act, to enable the race | a |‘ * * ae And t H sisopsee there acs a8 heretofore construad, ihe regulations ro §59—San Diego, suthorizes the Sec etary of Wer to sell abanduned mili- | to select the best route for each. The excess, outside | ~ eng and donatd muire thet such of the cublic land at the passace of the | This last report dots not furnish data by which te aasor | tary reservations. The reconmendation i, therefore, re | the fifteen mile limits, assertained after the survey o' the NOL NO 40 GESOdSIGND UNV GTOSND INQORY SAL GN ‘SSI 8RHLO GNV AIVS AM AO GASOdSIG GNVI JO LNOOKY AHL ‘SaWOUMWEL CNV SALVIS NVI TVEdAGS w, as is shown by the field notes, or provad by compe | tain thenggrevate area of land covered by the claims oon: | rewed, that this office ba authorized to bring such leads | roads, was zentored to market on the 6:h of Jaly, 1863 ef B Ht will make the aggregate of... 4... $4 tent textimony, to be of the character specified in the | firmed anc those rejected into market, where not improved, under the laws now | and heace coulc heght Bemag the rales for the third quar- pd A ite 1 e We Sis petlle lands, if tle tooth one. . shail be certified to the States as their property In view of the great amount of business before these | regulating the sale of the pwlic lards, and to dispose ot | ter of that year. The following statement shows the #2 & ten nperpermneds en ne erent oye ther legisiation, however, will be required to facilitate | Commissioners, and the mars of clerical labor required to | those on which imp ovements bave %en made, under | amount of land sold during that quarter, and in the cor | ., the final a*justment of this grant, snd will be recom | bring the records down to let July last, and to koep pace | euch regulations as shali be approved by the President. tesponding quarter of the three preceding years, in each | {2 a? am Superior mended cx ler its appropriate hend, with the future disposition of the cases, thoi Com nis The Inbor and difficulties experienced in adjasting | district 1860, 1881. 1852. 1958. | & BE «8 SSpe8ex3 Betore Hon. Jucge Emmet, and a Jury, The arrangemen’ of the swap salections bas also | sioners, with your approbation, were authorized to era | «wainp land grant, specially where lanis of that cha Third Qrtr, Third Qrtr. Third Qtr, Third Qrtr. | =, oS, @ saccaen Dre, 8.— Charles Houston, vs. the’ Mayor, Aldermen, an soaterially 1 terfers\ with the a¢justment of the recent | ploy the necessary extra temporary force for chat pur | racter have been dixposed of wines the pawage of the ast + 4,068.68 38,042.64 1,905.78 #4130807 | EE]. Se. 8. 2ZARSesFs Commonalty of the city of New York.—Tnis ‘was an action railroac grarts, for the reason that all landa of tha class | pose, tre work to be done on the most ec nomical .erms, | of 18th September, 1860 induced me to renrw the recom 6 465,28 17,672.89 "709. 34, 109.6 | pie pam @ egaeaaataw brought by the piaiutiff agsinst the corporation of the} ‘rat mer tioned being embraced in a law of previous date to | e:ther by the piace or otherwise ° mendation heretofore made, that authority be given 8,786.09 9178.04 89.52 28.765 76 | see @ £6eera ss city :f New York, for injuries sustaised by the former, om the other, had to be ascertained be selections could The surveys have been prosecuted {a this State as rapid such lands have beem purchased for cash, to pa. 10,740.20 811.04 = 10162795 | o the 14th day of March, 1863 under the following cited be made understandingly for the railroads ly as the condition of the private land clams, &e., wei’ | over the purchase money to the State, ona re inguisn . 16,858 62 | “¢ p2arey stances :— he plaintil was ¢riving a grocer ‘a wi on The grax t for the Cen'ral Railrond through Micsiseippi | permit, ag will appear from the able end loci report of | mert by the Governor, or other officer appointed by the ieg- 63891.43 | & BSSS. through Tenth street, near First avenue, fr thts cit “ton gad Alabema has deen closed, and considerable progeess | the Surv jeneral. t officer suggrrts the prooriet: | islature for the purpose, of all the right of the State ia and 3750. 15.086 23 | ry Bele the ttreet in that vicinity being in a vory bad eoaditi has been mate i justment of thove in Missiasippi. | of having ims located as fast aa they are approy | to such lands; and where those lands have been locate! by 8,576.47 8,882.14 2050.39 42388816] S1.... ¢ bey 2 883 es At that fime, the plaintif's wagon was upset by going in In Arkansss the lands along tha supposed route of the | ed by the commmlssioners, that the land claimed as priva’ warrants or scrip te permit the State to select @ like in August, 1863, there being no register. ai * nines 5 ssee? ? neveral coon holes and the Infatilt himself (Ae . ti oad for which & grant was made, by ths act of 9th progerty may be revered from the public domaia, and the | amount elsewhere, and that in either case the title to the ‘0 seles in July, 1853 "9 bh and as was alleged by Mesere, Wm. A, Browne aad Jas, i ruary, 1850, were withdrawn (rom mark t,for six mon‘ba, | Intter be rarveyed and prepared for market This cour ¢ | original parchaser or locater pass by the United Staiex | Here. although tbe lands cold were fifteen miles or | Whiting, the horse and wagon passed over the pisinti ‘but no has yet been made in the adjastment of | beretofore determined upoa ts most judicious, brcacse . | patent. In connection with this subject I would aleo | more from the route of the road, the increase has been | © =} Besse +? thereby ’ bruising his body and head, and breaks hi the grant, for the revson that the route of tat road has of the claims thus locat+d shall hereafter be declared | suggest that provision be made that the forma) certifi. | very great; and I have no doubt when the alternate sec: | = E Basesor Bess fy. left thigh, by means of which he was confined t hie mot yet been determined. Application was made by the | invalid, the cost of extending the lines of the public aur | cates of this cffice under its seal to the States, that luis | tions within aix miles and those between the six and ff | © 4 Sx S28SS25 iE for ten days, and then removed to the hospital, wh yernor of Arkarsas to continue thu reservation veyn throagh them will be trifling, while the contrary | of lands relected under act of 4th September, 1841 the | te brought into market, the incroase | ~ it 5 oe Se Ese; was put Sa to an inclined plane, and th Ay or December, 1864, when the Iagislatare would meet, ander | policy would haves tendency to incuce exponse, litiga | sbove mentioned swamp land act, or for schools, semina of Mlinois mE S SERSResszs seven wecks more; subsequently he an, Qudeee ‘whose direction the survey of the route of that road waa | {ion, anc celay. ries, &e., have been approved by the Exesutive, shal | _ In Mississippi the sales bave been very limited for neve- | x =z pers * as cured, but uzaole to walk, except with oratohes by the ast of Congress sbore mentioned. Tria, ‘The cffice of the Surveyor General of California haa baen | convey the fee to those States respectively, surject to On the 20th of September, 1860, the lands in | £ on ease 3. and the broken Imb being somewhat shorter it was thought could not be dona, with due ve- | fully organized under the act of 8d March last. All the ne | any valid interfering rights. Such has been the uaiform gu) 1d Colum bus ¢istricts, along the proposed route | <2 H 22 or BNE 3 H than original Since his * atcha th g i to the settlement of the lands and the interests of | cessary instructions, with the seri of office having been | construction of this office, but as doubta have been aug | of the Central Railroad from Chicago, in Illinois, to Mobile, | $2 Bz BS ae gas which we aight then, is now curved, a we ae government. but to afford an oppor unity for the ac- prepared and transmitted, some ineongruities were fount | gested on the subject, it is deemed expedient and neces. | in Alabama, were withdrawn from macket, and were not g Vise 2senaurhege an by an examivetion made in court by Dr. A rae, tion of Congress on the saject, andet the sare tims to exist between the provisions of this act aud the general | rary to have such legislative action as shall place that ‘ain thrown open to entry until the 26th of September, te | Be55E8sSee55" eon of the hospital. It was ae Tleged. by ind facilitate settlements, a further reservation was made till | appropriation law of the same date, in relation to the priee | question at rost. 1883, for the Augusta district, and 19th of September, | = 1° * Sectauarese _ iff's counsel that he was bp tte cad 1 March next, with the condi ion that it shouki mot inter | per mile for certain surveys, These were reconciled as far The extension of the act of 34 March last, of the 1853, for the Columbus district. In the former distriot bai wins cident, and that the defe daeate wine thee LAL fere with the rights of actuel settlers as porrible, the two laws on this subject being regarded an | emption privilege to the alternate reverved sections along | there were but five day left im that month for rales to | © co we S | partion against whom an actio pera) ie hades tk The difficulties anticipated in my last report, in the | in pari maieria, and #0 construed. ore rates areallcoa | the lines cf railroads, and to lands previously reserveion | be made, and in the latter, twelve days. The September | © @ z of 7 For the d tthe gh ae examioation and satisfaction of Virginia Revolutionary | sidered ty the surveyor General as too low in view of tue | account of clsims under French, Spanish, ot other grants, | return being the last received from those districts, [nave | =]... - 4 weet were the not liable, but tte Co land warran‘s, have been more than realived. The act of | high price of living, ‘and the dificultien in exeeuting ths | which have heer, o heceatter shall be Gwolaced (avalid | caused a comparison to be made betwoen rales for that 1 a 3° BBS A Supplies, who wal elected. b: Pine poopie to kovp. Bist of August, 1462, direoting that theSeoretary of the In- | work, on account of the psculiar topo;raphicel features | by the Supreme Court of the United States, ras eandled | month in 1863, and for the same month in the four pre ° bey streeta in good repair, was th propee econ, tebe hed terior Be satistied, by a revision of the proofs, or by | of the country, and the delay and ancertainty incident to | many of the settlers on such lands to secure the coding years, ard the reralt is as follows, to wit :— y 33, jth As ha abla a id dl coal additional testimony,’ that any warrant surrondered | the location of the Spanish and Mexican titles. Under th« | An amendment thould be made to this act however, to | Augusta, September, 1949. 424.95 acres & RF ‘the Court cha: th i? “was fairly and jnstly iseued, in pursuance of the laws of | Sth section of the above mentioned act, authorizing the | exclude from its j rcvisions all such lands as way be avad “ “ 1860, aes «| £] BRo: Se | Qlseeted Chun te tele eens eee an ie, on said Commonwenith,” has been construed as requiring « | division of the State into two or three land district, it | od for public uses. A further extension, however, of (he 0 i 1861, 4005 « 1 S eed im to bring in 0 sealed verdist is the morning ye-exarination of the evidence on which such elaims | was deemed indispensably necessary to establish two at | general pre-em:tion law would seem to be necessary to 4 My 1652. 248 4 > | * Fag 3 / ‘were originally allowed, and the warrants ixsued, toascer | Jenst, in view of the extent of the settlements from north | rencer ¢venbanded justice to all. A 1853. $210,530.47 z SS8. A Maw Botuep ro Drati.—A P hs man, a tain whether the ¢ ‘ia aecordance was done, the boundary between theat | By the sixth seetion of the act of Sd Marc's last, the un. | These 10 590 sor + | oe é Irishman, aged about twenty, named Philip Clark, cami with the laws of : nearent Furveyed parallel to the hirty-rixth d-- | surveyed Jancs in California, with certain exosption» and | _ amount to, ; g gSh 2% | to his death ine horriblemanner at the brewery of Ri The rolls snd other recorda of such services are very | gree of north Iatitude. The office for the northera | ow specified conditions, were wads rubject to pre-emption, | But the actual received was. 34'066 78 | — & Brothers, in this city, om Saturday afternoon las imperfect, and there are but few persons now living who | cistrict was located at Benicia, ana that for the | There is no reason of policy or propriety wny thin pro. | Making v4 increase over the ordinary mini: ———— | @ Includes reserves under deeés of cession. under the following cireumstances:—It seems he was lef| ean tentify to facts, occurring at that early day, from | southern ot Los engelos; and in view of the facts tha’ | vision, with similar imitations and conditions, should not | mum of.....,,.. ares ze $9,643 69 |b Exclusive of Chickasaw cession. in the charge of what brewe-s call the nOoRpet” a0 in their own personel knowledge, The services for which | the ueual sllowauces of fees, &e., to those offivers were | be extented to all the land States, Too much eanvot Se | In the Columbus district this comparison is aa follows, | * Not nally elosed wnenee canidros, houdieg. seats three huadred barre there claims are mace niust have been performed | probibited by that law excopt in ‘p-s-emtion cases, anu | ald of the energy and enterprize of this clasn of our poo. | to wit Warrents J notes Peas the contents of which were in a boiling state, On the between 1775 nd 1753. To be cognizant of auch | that the rent of their offices would sbrorb about the | \Jw. They are the ploneera of civilization aad Chr | Located, Toad 1 Includes the estimated quantity of 660,00) asrea of | Sure of the men from Gianer, Clark was missed, and sal service, the witness should have bovn at leas: ten years | whole amount of thelr compensation it was found tails. | ‘bey lave pressed forward from the alleghanies to io acres,” Acra, | {he Des Moine river grant, situated in this Siat , between | meunently bis cap was four d by the side of the cop old nt the firet ot these dates, This, wAded to the time | pensably necesrary to allow thera the mum they siivald | ‘noite, opening roads, bridging the stream, fellidyr the | September, 184 636.65 2,869.23 | the Raccoon fork and the rource of »a'¢ river. This led to the that he hed accidentally. {aller ince elapted, would make such witness now sbont | actually pay for ofice rent, in addition to thelr ralaries | forest, and cultwvating the'prairies, ‘Before therm se’ w.i “3860 369.81 "267'00 | _t In the estimated quantity of 340,000 acres of the old | jay” er ona Rememaren, Proved to be the ease, Th sity three are old. Very few can be found at this | upon the procu:ticn of evidenem that each amouat war | Lea/tt ofthe forest have awed away, and like « bulwark | “ 632.60 «1,244.60 | Des Moine grant, situate in this Territory as above, ACs ortunete man was rescued ater ho Situs of that advanced age, and those can know compara- | reasonable and in acco; dance with the ordinary cha-gor | ‘hey bave ttood in front of thel? lees daring and wivestn “ 2,816.61 8161.95 Reported by the “1 ‘ . pee she, Polling liquid for some two hours. grely but little of sugh services, ay they were performed | fur rent Ja the towns in which their offices are loca‘ed, } rr fellow-citizens who bare followed oa abd peopled the | " 6640.69 © 22 004,7 } pod | aang — ¥y or Onene f b inguest oa ‘the body Tr m i = D104 Wi,