The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-05-07

LAND sALEs-POsTP0 NEMENT.
From proclamation Of the President
we perceive that a portion Of the Lands
advertised to be soh the 4th and 18th inst,
has been postponed. Those landsin the Du
Buque District, the sale Of which is post
poned till July, are as follows
The public sale of Townships eighty,
eighty-one, eighty seven, of range one.
Of Townships numbered seventy-nine,
and eighty, of range two; of townships
seventy nine, and eighty, of range three !;
Of fraction township seventy eight, and
townships eighty, eighty-one, and eighty
five, of range four, OF fractional township
eighty, and townships eighty-one, eighty
two and eighty-six, of range five: of town
ship eighty-two, of range six !; and of
fractional township eight-two, of range
seven, all north of the base line, aud east
Of the 9Th principal meridian, advertised
on the 22d Of January last TO be held at
the Land Office Dubuque, on the fourth
day Of May next, is postponed until and
will commence on Monday, the sixth day
Of July next. @
Those in the same district, the sale of
which is postponed till August, are as fol-
lows. e
The public sale Of townships eighty,
eighty-one, Of range one; Of township
lightweight, Of range two; townships
eighty three, lightweight, ninety-one,
Of range three I; of township, lightweight
of range four; Of townships sevenly-nine,
eighty-four and eighty-6ve, of range FIVE;
and Of township seventy-nine, with the
exception Of sections two, three, four, mine,
ten, eleven, fourteen, and fifteen, as here
tofore designated,) Of range six; all north
of the base line and west Of the 9Th prin-
cipal meridian, advertised on the 22d of
January last to be held at the Land Office
at Dubuque, on the 18th Of May next, is
postponed until and will commence on
Monday, the third day Of August.
Partial postponement has also been
made Of the sales at Galena, Chicago and
Detroit. # &
Correspondence of the N. Y Jour Of Commerce
Washington, Tuesday, April ID.
The Senate was scene of interest for
an hour and half in the morning. Mr..
Buchanan from the committee on Foreign
Relations, made his report on the Mes
sage Of the President, containing the Off
cial correspondence in relation to the dis
puted boundary, and the resolutions of
the Legislature of Maine nregard thereto.
This report on the whole, was quite pa
cifcatory--il breathed a hope that all our
difficulties might be amicably settled, and
that it was the duty of the country to wait
patiently the uitinsatuzn from England,
which could not fail to reach Us in all the
present Or coming month. The docu-
ment breathes this wholesome spirit, that
$50 far as the committee ca1 exercise a1,y
influence ouer the subject, they are re-
solued that if war should be the result,
which they confidently hope may not be
the case, the war should be rendered in
evitable by the conduct ofthe British Gov
eminent. They have believed that this
is the surest mode of uniting every Amer
lean heart and every American arm in de-
fence of the just rights of the country"
After the paper was read, Mr. Wright
moved the printing of 10000 extra copies.
The ground taken by Mr.. Wright for this
motion was, the excited state of the pub
lie feeling on the American frontier, at
the preparations making by the British,
(fears he thought not warranted from the
facts and such paper emanating from
the Senate would do more to quiet and
allay those apprehensions, than if the re.
port were sent in the newspapers of the
day. as
Mr.. Ruggles thought the report not
sufficiently decisive in its character.
There was great anxiety on the part of
Maine to bring: this matter to close re-
CARELESS of all consequences. There was
one thing Maine feared more than war,
and this was the violation of her right and
the loss of national honor. If their shonld
at last be a necessity for energetic meas
ures, he thought the report rather calcu.
lated to repress ardor than excite it.
Here conversation ensued between
Mr.. Allen and Mr.. Rnggles, the former
asking the latter if he desired a report in
favor of war, and the latter answering thai
he did not now, nor never could believe
in its necessity, and that opinion was
founded on the fact that Great Britait
had nothing ojustify her in the eyes o.
the world, if she placed herselfin a hos
tile attitude towards this country.
Mr.. Clay then rose and entranced the
Senate by his eloquence-the manly, dig
nifed, and statesmanlike views which he
took on the question. He said if there
was any party ready to advocate a wal
before we had received the ultimatun
from Britain, that party was crin,ina
party. As to the question of right, it was
with US. that was not to be denied. Blu