Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-01-26
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DAVID GUNNER, THO. CRAWFORD, z. MERIWETHER Jr
 wAsHIFGToN,J Jan. 5 1881.
 G,nts m,iIEnee esd y.n have copy of '.circular Heests and Rec Y.rs or cr dSyst Land ofes ffum ths General Isnd Office, date Dee 1880 The bps a down Tor ths gov' rnn nj of te R gisters and Re'H' ar. d,t ply nis rsiing, think th ti- uz,is Of AabaIna tlrfore hop. you will publish the Circular ehtire.
 In M third paragraph it is dcelard that safer the sst day 1f tt (t prs t month"; CD eeInbtr 85o) all ,ein qashed a'd ctrpt 4se ,ohich prernpton hts shaii r.,raw of3st March, ls5o Sc wi be sjrft 70 recmS
 om r'r'ie grd |, the net of May ze, la5o, any ptr wi guilty tad the the year 1929, and had pos , of on the 29Ih May, Is3o This m,erpr,Aio T M % ilo S' % Pn, it m the po%r M of lase %hS su my aids wn,h had been bought sbecntato, aud ,e-
 hShea ma 0Dandohrd to obt as mash us one quart'r seuol at Sl -3prare, by claiming and proving eut'ya- iion nhd pUss' sson under the Act grant pr mpiion nsh's to settlers on the pubic lands" R'sp ely your
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 CIRCULAR TO REGISTERS AND RECEIVERS OF
 THE CREDIT SYSTEM LAND OFFICES. GENERAL LAND OFFICE Utcem6er 28, 1830 GENTLEMEN: All lands on which further credit had been taken under any cf the laws fer the relief Cf purchasers Of pubic lands, which have since reverted to the U. States and winch have heretofore been offered at pubic sale and made subject to private entry Sn6aeqnGnt 10 onch reUerSion, and Which un- dti"the provlsICns of the Relief law tf the 51st tf March, 1880, shall not, on or pricr to the 4th day cf July, 1881, have been redeemed and pald for under the precmption privilege granted by the hi st scctitn ot that law, w,ll be subject to private entry from and after the said 4tn day If July, 1881.
 All rev CT ted land On winch Scrip shall net have been drawn within the term lf months prescribed by the first section of the relet law tf 3lst March, 1850, abuk c referred to, winch have been hcretctore made SuGject 10 hriOate entry, SubSequC1t 70 Mer reUcrSion, will be again subject to priVate entry from and after the 31st day of December next, and also sub ject to the preemption privilege granted by the Act of 29th May, 1880, to any pcrsCn who cultivated the sane m the year 1899 and had possession thereof OH the S9th May, 1880. Alter the S1st day of the present month all rel.nquished lands, except those to winch pre- empt,on rights shall have been proved and elalmed under the 2d ecton of the llchef law of 21st March 1880, above referred to, will be subject to the preemption privilege grant cd by the Act Of 29th May, 1880, to any per son who cultivated the same in the year 1899 and had possession thereof on the 29th May, 1880. Such ofthose relnquished lands as have heretofote been made subject to private entry subsequent to their relinquithment, will be subject to private entry as heretofore. There will therefore be two classes of lands which have been made Subject 10 firiuate en- try, by proclamation of the President since Mcir reUtrSion or rehnqniShment, and which have been suspended from private entry by virtue cf the operation of the Relief law of 31st March, 1880, which lands will be made again subject to private entry as heretofore, and be at the same time, and until the 29th May, 1881, the object of the preemption law ct 29th May, 1880, viz: The forfeited lands on which Scrip shall have been issued under the Relief law of 51st March, 1880, and the relinquished lands en which the preemption privilege shall not have been proved and claimed under the same act.
 In acting under these instructions you will be govt med by the instructions contained in the Circular letters of 10th June and l4th Sep tenibcr last, issued in relation to your duties under the preempti, law cf 29th May, 1881.
 Natitnai Erttndhures. A document yes- terday transmitted from the Treasury De- partment, ill answer to d Resolution of the House of Representatives passed at the last Sessicn of Congress, presents facts highly nc- e ssary 10 the formation of d proper estimate Of the character and policy of the National Cove rnmtnt. It Is a ''Statement tf the D.s- burscmtn made since the adoption Of the Federal Constitution, under the following heads: Fcrt,fcatons, Light Houses, Pubic Debt, Revolutionary and other Pensions, and Internal lmpr vements; showing, as far as pract cable, the amount disburscd in each year, and i'll each State and Territory. The statement cones up to the close of the year 1899, and exhibits the following aggregates: There has been dlsbursed fer
 Fcrtlfcatt tns, S13, ,420,630 24 Light Houses, 3,34o,716 s Public Debt, 1e0, 0,305,679 31 Pensions, 20,492, ,647 27
 Int, rnal Improvement, 5,310,950 Il
 The latter sun, Of expenditure, beng that to winch exception has been taken on the score of its prcdigalty, embraces "the bu.ld- lhg of piors, preservation cf ports and hal bors, making reads, and removing obstructi'ns in the rvtrs." And of the amt unt here stated, S2,443,420 90 was expended on the Cunber- land koad, leaving fer all other expenditures under the compIeh. nsive head or Internal In provemerts, S2,o67,509 91 only. InhMgencer.
 The Flag of American Silk, presented to the House of Representatives by Mir Du Pen ceau, has been suspe nded ill the splendid Hall of that bt dy ,which,w ht pc, as nati' nal ci,-