Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-10-19
DU BUQUE VIsfToR.

u THE great land sale that was to take
place this fall in the Territory of Wis
consin, and which would bring about
a million and half Of dollars into the
treasury, has been, in the most arbitra-
ry manner, deferred By the President,
in order to prevent its coming into the
treasury before the distribution act may
go into operation--thus withholding il
from the States Boston AtI0s. a.
Fhe land sale, it is true, has been
postponed. Leaving the forced con.
struction Of the Atlas, to be classed
with the false accusations, with which
every act OF the administration is as
sailed, there is good reason why the
lpostponcment was required, and the
still more important consideration thai
the postponement will be attended with
good results. 1t is not until quite late.
ly that the surveys have been compile
ted, and time must necessarily inter
vene between the surveys and the no
tice of public sale. 1t is required by
law that three months notice of the
sale be given. This would carry il
| forward to SEASON which would rem:
der access to the point where it will
take place, tedious and difficult for these
who you'd wish to attend from dis
tance.f After the close Of lake naviga-
ton, avisit to the western shore OF Lake
Michigan would not be among the most
pleasant trips that could be named. A
! little after the period of the opening OF
navigation, in the spring, when emil
grafton is thronging westward, would
seem to be a more suspicious period for
the great sale. 1t will favor the actu-
al settler, (the land pirate, or squat
ter, as Mr.. Solitude Ewing, of Ohio,
would call them,) instead of the specu-
lator in the public domain, inasmuch
as it will give them additional time to
getupon the ground, and get possession
of the most desirable lands, which they
intend to improve, and not to retain to
the detriment OF actual settlers, and the
whole country, for the purpose of re-
alizing rise in value; and in favor Of
whom (the actual settler,) we hope to
see the coming Congress pass a judi
cious and discriminating law Of pre-
cmption. The whole policy of the ad.
ministratidn aims at favoring the actu-
al settler, instead ofthe SPECTATOR, and
a better plan, in pursuance of that po-
Icy, could not be devised, than the
postponement Of the public sale, in
Wisconsin, The settler who is there
now, far removed in the wilderness,
enduring the consequent bardships and
privations, upon the spot he has select
ed to spend his days and leave his chill
dren, would have suggested to the ed
ltor OF the Atlas better motive which
might have actuated the President in
The postponement. If the editor had
visited his log cottage, in the dense TO
est or upon the skirt of beautiful
prairie, hissympathies would have been
'xclted, and his views almost uncon-
ciously mingled when his, when he
Protested against the lands of his neigh
'orhood falling into the hands of the
'reedy Spectator, depriving him Of
'elghbors, schools, the means ofreli-
'lous associations, roads, and other
blessings of social life. There is not
the territory of Wisconsin, and we
peak with confidence, and not with
ut some knowledge of the subject, an
Intelligent individual, who feels an in
crest in the general prosperity of the
that would not sanction a
leasure which partizan rancor has con-
trued SO uncharitably. Men too, who
ave better motives, and more eleva-
ID views, than those who would first
lnction the humiliating act of sover-
Ign states asking species Of aims at
le door of the national treasury, and
lterwards, cavil at necessary meas
re, which might in small degree, de-
rease the amount that would fall in
ach.-Niag0r0 Democrat.
HARLEM RAIL-RoAp.-Th stupcn-
Gus undertaking, it is expected, will {
completed in about six weeks. The ]
lnnel is already through the noun /
I'M 475 feet on the north side, and so
'et on the south, and about sixty feet !
lore remains to be cut before the work. t
zen meet. This tunnel, when COM h
leted, will be the largest though not z
le longest. in the world, and cut thro'
'ck OF as hard and firm a texture as},
IN any where be found. The openI
ITS on either side of the tunnel are al III,
ost terrific to gaze at from the edreIste
Inc summit. They are through. SOL %
= rock, and that on the north side isl
) feet deem. The wnrL = s