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From the London Times of April 7th 1912
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The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-18
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PREVENTION CLAIMANTS

NOI HE ~ lOIN CLAINAN
Every person claiming the right of pre-emption to
land in any of the townships designated in this Pro-
camatoD in virtue of the provisions of the act Of 22d
June, 1885, extended and mo Ied by the act of Isl
June, 1910, of the provisions of the latter act
son of the absence of the pats at the Registers Office
on 22d june 1874 by virtue of the act of the 4tf
September, lS4, each granting certain privileges tic
another and different class of settlers is requested tc
prove the same to the satisfaction of the Register and
Receiver of the proper land office, and make payment
therefor practicable after seeing this notice
and before the day appointed for the commencement
of the public sale of the land as above designated
otherwise such claims will be forfeited.
Where the year, subsequent to the filing OF the
plas shall expire previous to the day fixed for the
commencement Of the sale above mentioned, claims
under the ac:s Of 1893 and 1910, above referred to
will be forfeited, if not proven up and paid for prior
to the expiration of such year.
THO. II. BLAKE,
Commissioner offhe General Land Office.
To-,
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-18
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. STATES

TN pursuance Of law, /, JonN TYLER, President O
i the United States Of America, 10 hereby declare
and make known, that public sale viii be held a
the Land Office at KALAMAZOO, in the State o.
Michigan, commencing on Monday the second day
Of January next for the dsposal OF the unappropria
ted public lads within The limits Of the sections and
Townships hereinafter designated which have hero
tofore been withheld from sale, 1 the NottowasaPe
and Niles Indian reservations, TO wit:
South cfthe base Tine, and West Of the meridian.
Sections eight seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twen-
ty tweny-nine thirty, thirty-one, and thirty-two III
township four OF range nine.
Sections ye SIX, seven, eight, eighteen, Nineteen
and thry-one and the west halves OF sections seven
teen twenty Twenty-Five, and thirty-two, in township
five Of range nine.
Townships four and five of range ten.
Sections one, two eleven, twelve, thirteen, four
teen twenty three twenty -four, twenty-five, twenty
six, thirty-i and thirty SIX in township four OF
range eleven.
Sections one, two, eleven, twelve, thirteen, four
teen, twentythree, twentyfour, twenty-five, twenty
six, thirty-6ve and thirtysix, in township five OF
range eleven.
Fractional townships seven and eight, south of st.
Josephs river, OF range seventeen.
Fractional townships seven and eight, south of st.
Joseph's river, of range eighteen
The small fraction of section twenty-four, in town.
ship eight of range nineteen.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools,
military or other purposes, will be excluded from
sale.
The sale will be kept open for two weeks, unless
the lands sooner disposed of and longer, and
no private entries Of land in the sections and town.
ships offered will be admitted until after the
praton of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington
this twenty-seventh day of September, Ammo
Domini, 1912.
JOHN TYLER.
BY the President:
Tho. II. BLAKE,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-18
NOTICE TO PREVENTION CLAIMANT

NOTICE TO PREVENTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person claiming the right Of presumption to
land in any of the townships designated in this Pro-
camaton virtue of the provisions of the aci OF 22d
June 1885, extended and modified by the act OF LIST
June, 1910, of the provisions of the latter act,
where those laws still apply to such claims, by rea-
son Of the absence of the pas at the Registers office
on 22d June l84l by virtue Of the act of the 4th
September, lS4l each granting certain privileges to
another and different class Of settlers, requested to
prove the to the satisfaction of the Register and
Receiver Of the proper Land Office, and make pay
ment therefor practicable after seeing this
notice, and before the day appointed for the COM
mencement of the public sale Of the land above
designated; otherwise such claims will be forfeited.
Where the year, subsequent TO the filing of the
pats, shall expire previous to the day fixed for the
commencement of the sale above mentioned claims
under the acts Of 1888 and $780, above referred to,
will be forfeited if not proven up and paid for prior
to the expiration of such year.
THO. II. BLAKE.
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
Sept. 29.-1awtds
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PATENT OrrrcE, 10th August isao

sept 30-1awtds
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-06-14

The British, in the formation Of their
Asiatic empire, have hitherto encountered
no race either warllke or patriotic enough
to offer any serious obstacle to their ca
reer. The Hindoos, or aborigines Of Hin
dostan. have been, from the earliest ages
remarkable for their feeble resistance to
invasion, and for their apathetic submis-
sion 10 the yoke of their conque rers.-
They appear to be nearly destitute Of those
high sentiments Of loyalty and patriotism,
which constitute the firmest bulwark Of the
independence Of the nations Of the West.
If their municipal arrangements and reli-
gious customs and prejud:ces are not dis
turbed, they care little who sways the ma
tonal sceptre. So long as they are we'll
paid and well treated, the military caste
fight as devotedIy for the foreigners who
have usurped their country, as for their
own rajahs or kings. The most deter
mined resistance that the British met with
was from tho exotic Mohammedan popu-
lation, led by the Adventures who had
carved kingdoms for themselves out Of the
huge carcass of the Mogul Empire. Hy-
der Ali and his son Tippoo, the greatest Of
these received little sympathy or assistance
from the Hindoos, nor could they even rail-
ly around them the whole of the Mosems
Of India, who, though not very numerous,
and compared with their stern brethren Of
Turkey and Arabia, unwariike and effem-
mate, might, if united under an able lea
der, capable of awaiting himself Of their ia
natic hated of the Christians, have driven
the latter into the sea before their domi-
MON was consolidated.
The Burmese, from whose courage and
enterprise much was apprehended, proved
incapable in the war Of 1926 of coping
even with the Sepoys; the were extremely
deficient in skill and discipline, and very
badly armed, and though these are defects
that can be remedied, the scanty popula-
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-06-14
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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-06-14
patched on a visit to this country, with

patched on visit to this country, with
peaceable instructions, 10 open friendly
intercourse with the Camanchee and Paw
nee tribes dwelling on the Arkansas river,
and to procure the release of the soa of
Judge Martin; but who had been murdered
some time before, according 10 the Indian
custom of avenging the wrongs inflicted by
one white man upon the person of another.
Mr.. Catlin accompanied this squadron, and
has happily lived to tell the tale of an ex-
petition which caused the lives Of more
than six hundred out Of eight hundred sol
diers, including their commander and most
of the officers, who died either on the route
or shortly AFTER, from the effects Of ia
,igue and fever The great characteristic
Of the Camanches is their skill in horse
manship. They live among vast herds of
wild horses, derived originally from The
Spanish breed on the nnighboring plains of
Mexico; and like the Asa,ic Tartars. for
whom also nature keeps ad equally. boun-
tiluI stud, that may be said to pass their
lives on horseback. 80
We should imagine horse-chas8 t6Se
the most exciting sport in the woild, not
only because the quarry is the noblest, but
because the object being TO catch without
injuring, renders the affair much more
complicated than when the matter can be
settled as soon as the game comes within
the range Of rife-shot. What fox-chase,
or stag-hunt can present scene equal to
that of herd Of thousand horses rush
ing along with wild uniettered motions,
their shaggy names streaming in the wind
pursued by party of Camanches as wild
as themselves, with straining nerves and
frantic gestures urging their steeds TO
highest speed, and whirling round their
heads the moose which is presently thrown
with unerrng aim round some overtaken
horse; his captor vaultng at once on his
back, sitting there mistaken by all his fu-
rious plunges, and in an hour more riding
him into the camp efIectually broken in!
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-06-14
From the Edinburg Review of January.
Catlin'S North American Indians.

1t is fortunate that, ere il is too late.
traveller should be found to undertake the
investigation of people, who Will be the
subject of melancholy interest to the future
psychologist; and who has taken so much
interest in that undertaking, as to spend
eight years in intimate intercourse with
one or other of their many tribes. Being
by profession an artist in Philadelphia. Mr..
Cabin witnessed the arrival of q band Of
ten or fifteen Indian warriors, who, for a
few days that they fingered there, before
proceeding on their mission to Washing
ton, were to be seen sin silent and stole
dignity. struting about the city wrapped
in their pictured robes, with their brows
plumed with the quilts Of the war-eagle,
attracting the admiration of all who beheld
them" The artist did more than admire:
he was struck with the grace of their man
ners and the novelty of their appearance;
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-06-14
The following lately appeared in English
Chartis paper published in Leeds, England.
THE BABY SPRINKLING.

A STARVATION ANTHEM, FOR THE ROYAL CHRIsTEN
Bring forth the babe in pomp and lace,
While thousands starve and curse the light
But what of that ION royal face
Shame knows no blush, however slight
Bring forth the babe a nations means
Will ring sweet music in its ear,
For well we know peoples groans
To Royal tears were always dear.
Bring forth the babe-down, courtiers, down!
And bow your lacquey knees in dust,
Before a oh Ids beslobberd gown
(Our children cannot find crust y
When Christ was born no servlle throng
Around the Saviour manger met;
No llaterers raised their fulsome song
But what was Christ to Alired's pet?
God, who hast heard the widows moan,
God, who hast heard the orphans cry;
Thou, too, dost sit upon throne,
But none around thee of famine die
Things like this babe of royal birth,
Who boast their prncely ght divine
Are but thy parodles on earth
Theirs is oppresslon-mercy thine.
Bring forth the babe From foreign lands
Fresh king y vampires, flock to greet
This new one in its nurses hands,
(For royal mothers G i've no teat;)
BRING forth the toy OF princely whlm,
And let your prayers mount ght and day;
For ought we not to pray for him,
Who'll prey on as enough some day.
o who would grudge to squander gold
On such a glorious babe as this
What though oar babes be starved and cold,
They have no claim on earthly bliss.
Ours are no mongrel German breed,
But English born and English bred
Then let them live and die in need
While the plump Coburg thing is fed
Christen the babe Archbishop proud,
Strange servants of the lowy Christ,
Thousands are to your purse allowed
For him the smallest loaf sufficed.
Though holy waters scanty now,
My lord, yon may dismiss your fears:
Take, to baptize the infants brow,
A starving peoples bitter tears.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-06-14

Color OF THE AIR.-W hen we look at
the sky on clear day, it appears like
large light blue arch set over our head,
and seen through the (supposed) invisible
substance called air. But this is not the
case; there is no blue dome above US, and
when the sky is viewed from any elevated
region Of the earth, as the top Of high
mountain, or IN a balloon, and where we
would expect that this supposed blue vault
would be more distinct, and manifest its
blue tint more decidedly, it appears not
more blue, but dark or black. In propo.-
ton as the spectator rises above the sur
face Of the earth, and has less air above
him, and that very rare, the blue tint gra-
duaIly disappears; and if he could attain a
height at which there is no air, the sky
would be perfectly black. there would bo
total darkness all around, excep, in the d.
rection in which the suns rays fall upon
him. This leads TO the inference, that the
air itself is Of blue color. But how does
it happen that we sec this blue color of the
air only when we look at The sky, or at a
distan mt mountain or forest? Why is the
blue color not seen in the air, surrounding
US when we look towards a house or wall,
not so far removed from us, or even in the
air in the room, or in the air contained in
what we call an empty glass vessel! A
very simple experiment will suffice 10 ex
plain the reason Of this apparent anamoly.
If we take any large glass vessel which
contains a liquid Of deep color, and have
several glass tubes Of different diameters,
from an inch to a 10Th or Goth Of an inch,
and fill these tubes with liquid out Of the
large vessel; though we have the same IL
quid in all, and hence, in all, the matter
which caused the color, ii will be seen that
the tint will become gradually more faint
in proportion as the diameter of the tube is
less. until, in the smallest, the liquid is
clear and colorless like water. The in
tensity Of the color is just in proportion 10
the mass at which the spectator looks, and
a very small quantity Of that which, in
large quantities, has strong color, does
not present any color at all, and thus.
though the great body Of air which is OPP
posed to US, when we look at clear sky
or any distant object, transmits a sufficient
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-05-04
THE CALIFORNIA;.

Much importance was attached, and very just
Nv, to rumors brought from Mexico by the Vir-
grinia Antoinette, three or four days ago, that
tho English had purchased from Mexico good
portion of the provinces of California. The
constant accessions made by England to her ter
ritory in North America, of course excite much
attention, and no slight degree of alarm. THIS
California purchase, however, is no new affair.
The facts OF the case are lnese, rs we CLEAN
from correct sources of intelligence.
The debt due from Mexico to English bond
holders has been calculated at about 10000,0OOl
sterling, the interest upon the original debt
having been, for some time, unpaid. In April,
1884, it was proposed to the bond-holders
through Messrs. Lizardi g. Co., the authorized
agent of the Mexican Government, that new
consolidated fund.- at 5 per cent, should De Gre
ated, into which the former debt should, in part,
be invested. Tie more important terms upon
which this vas to lie effected were, that the
bonds issued at 5 per cent should, with the inter-
est due on them, be estimated at par; and those
issued at per cent, with the interest due, at
ll2J for every 100. The new bonds were to
be taken for one half of the existing debt The
other half was to be discharged by land warrants
for lands in the departments of Texas, Chihua-
hua, New Mexico, Sonora and California, at
the rate OF acres for one pound sterling. The
warrants were separately notles than 400acres,
nor for more than 10000 acres of land.
In August, 1897, the English bond holders
accepted this offer, subject to certain modItica-
tons of the terms relating to the portion of the
debt to be discharged through the land warrants.
For this portion of the deDt, it was proposed,
that de.erred bonds should be issued, upon
which interest should commence, to be payable
Cc'obcr l, 1917, which should be receivable i'll
rovment of lands in the departments of Texas,
Ch;huahua, New Mexico, Sonora and California,
at the choice of the purchaser, and that for the
payment of the interest of the whole debt; one
sixth pa; of the custo.nkousc duties of the ports
of Vera Cruz and Iampico should te irrevoca-
bly appropriated. The Mexican government
also proposed to hypothecate l0O,OOO,00O acres
of land in the departments mentioned, for the
payment Of the whole debt. It was on the other
hand asked, that it should in addition, hyrothe
cate 25,0C0,000 of acres in the departments
having the nearest communication with the At
lantic, and which might appear best suited to
r colonization from abroad-:hcse lands to be spe
ciclIy and exclusively held open for Location
through the, deferred bonds. At the same time
. It was agreed by the bond holders to observe
the law Of April 6, 1850, prohibiting foreigner
I to settle on lands adjoining or bounding on thos
States or Territories belonging to the countr,
: of which they are citizens. In June, lS3S
/, Santa Anna, then President ad interim, assent
= ed 70 the modification of The terms originally of
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-05-04

te ,ded to prevent the British steamers from COM
pet:ng with our own in conveying passengers and
carrying Letters, &c. fro-a port to port on the
Atlantic. .Nlr. proiIet and others earnestly op-
pcscd Tie bill as hostile to the spirit and policy OF
he a55o. 1t was, finally, postponed for the pre-
sout.
The a2rortionment bill is likely to be very
troublesome. Some supposed, unwittngly, that
the question was nearly ended on Saturday last,
when the committee, after rejecting some higher
ratios, came down to 60,50O and adopted that
But this proved nothing at all.
The members have been ever since cyphering
out other ratios and almost every man has one
to propose and to advocate. Every individual,
on this subject, is listened to. The speeches are
short and to the point Many numbers were
tried to-day, and failed.
Mr.. Briggs proposed the ratio 50,79l. This
is the ratio which !, after some little observation
and experience here, have long ago made up my
mind to-lor the following reasons:
lst 1t leaves every state number of repre-
ser:atves rot less than its present number;
I'd. 1t is the highest ratio which will effect
this desirable object;
Sd 1t increases the number Of representatives
to 3GG, which is also desirable;
4h it leaves fewer fractions than any other
ratio, or rather it does, OIL the whole, less inlus-
.icc 70 individual states than any other ratio.
The question as now presented and voted up
ON is very mplicated-embracing question of
fractions, which to every state is important, and
aqucsion OF tie number representatives.
1t is still the impression here, that our diff
cultics with England are to be promptly and
satisfactorily settled.