The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-27


by change of the times, not ony ontsr into oon
petition with the Government, bot 20 sell at price
ess than The minimum OF The Government. Ihep pro.
cecds Of the sales or tbs lot, 81 and 81 quarters n
the year smount TO 81. $50 AGO GA add, including
just Estimate for he balance OF The calendar yer viii
be So ,U55034 l2-making an incsea.e upon tle pro
ceeds OF The preceding year Of 1861 o62 90. Thsiu-
crease would doubtless have been very much snluIa-
ed under The old mode of disposing OF The uble
lands but under the Influence Of the existing ne
emption laws, which justly favor The actual setter
the best lands protuee nolhing more Than ihe mini
mum price OF 81 20 per acre. OF the Whole Of The
lands sold TIE present year, perhaps no, more han
two thousand aerss have been sold at prices above
this minimum. A II Is very natural desire with Il e
citizen 20 have has little promptly consunmaied after
by payment into The treasury, he has complied With
the bargain his part, and any delay n tar.
sheer OF justice is APT 10 pIoduce dis slslacon
conflict TO impair The value oithe property %
the purchaser have been riRor' my requirements
that this branch Of duly should receive every Slten.
ton Since Ito ls day of January last, there have
been issued from this Office and transmitted through
the all to the respective cal land Oces for di,t.
button, upwards of one hundred ,hous nd pltenls--
a grea'er number than issued from II tegre
within the same time, except in 1887, when The mum
Der was l37, 900, and the various employees much
more numerous than at present. This office has 10
longer any patents on hand, enher here with The
Secretary, who has been brought into conneIion
with the Office by his duty 10 sign them, They or.
gone 10 the people to whom they belong.
The above statement must, OF course be taken
with exception, which will always, TO some cx-
tent, exist. There undated and uls. ned
pate ns for new entries, which necessarily occfu.
ing and which prudence, in all cases, requires 'o he
withheld for a short time; and ended patents
for lands cold in the Mineral Point district Wis.
cons n, and which must emain until the question
between the psenites and the Government is settled
respecting the mineral properties of the lands embraced
BY them This matter IL of long standing, and has
occasoned great annoyance 10 this ofcs and doubt
less TO ell the authorities which have been brought
within Us range, and has become one Of so much
difficulty to set at defiance the ordinary means
of adjusting il. Whether The original law shall
be enforced through the administration OF 3
board, acting judcialiy, aud deciding upon the la
blity in each case The lands shall be given up and
the patents issued in other cases, rests with the
Legislative authority 1.-THE object of the Government
be, in Ieserging mineral lands TO obtain price for
them above the ordinary minimum, when Their actual
value shall have been asceuained it should be borne
in mind that this cannot be done without, in many
cases heavy expenditure, which enters into the
price OF HE land, and is the in effect whether
made by the Government or me citizen n the OBJ
ject is 10 retain them permanently that hsr resources
may be developed by the direct operation ofihe Gov
ernment for the general benefit Of the country then
the advantages accrung to the country, by yielding
them TO private enterprise, brought into consdcra
ton along with The adaptation of that tie
spirl Of our citizens and the rigid economy of in
situations II is not for me, however to suggest the
general pol cy that should obtain. have been drawn
the patents either by cancellation or delivery and to
o. en- the district. And regret to add that, II
Congress should be dspas TO with benign
spirit in applying the remedy 10 this particular case
1t will have TO meet with a counteracting influence in
the history of H. which is to be found in the reports
made BY trustworthy individuals sent to The spot 10
collect the facts These reports have been submitted
to Congress aud abound IN disgusting details Of pro-
fligs'e combinations and official deinquencies
There are also some suspended patents f. lands in
GTfensUuTg Stsn Ihe
in his district of older date than in the preceding
and extend back TO The time ben iaen,ed ana
mighty Competent individual administered the dulles
of this office. They have their origin in the errors
Of The surveys, fictitious field notes and of course
false returns in the diagrams and plats Throurh
series OF ears, and under successive administrators
oil the office, efforts have been made so 10 rfcu-
late the district 10 separate The uooI work
from the bad, and disojgo The INCUBUS which
has msnsursby parsiysed the vital ,neresis of that
particular section of country. Still Disappointed and
IN The midst OF uncertainty, the office cal ed uT-
on, ny me act OF Congress Of August 29th 1912, TO
refuud the money on the application The purchaser
In tins ditici, "berevr the patents aud not be is
sued owing t. err rs OF mpenec,ions in the surveyf
or conflicting claims. The plss on file officially re-.
turned IN xion with The registers certificates
are generally taken conclusive IL such Cases and
where they harmonic, the patents are issued and,
tlthou2h Tins evidence did exist 10 the ,xton, Of TIE
applications lr'ferred steps taken in conse-
quen'e OF he bad Character the work had acquitted
TO test the correctness of the 10y svety pf,ci
cable means Con equenty, repro raciions have ben
made by Surveyor General Newcomh not on y ia
these particular cases bot throughout the district anI
by TINS sTduous process, and personsl Iumiua-
tnin IN The field, he has become "a fed that noth
!. 81 ihsn re-fu,,ey OF tho who'll disirct Will cur
the ssils which sf1ct II. pom this evde has I'D o.
ed the rslundIng, as contemplate by the &C. OF Az.
gust, ls42 have not into luce this subject how
ever so much VIII vew Of referring TO that
act, (Which affords only special iea,cJy) ss
TO invie attention TO The generai condition and
ao.ola'e want. OF tue Jstiict. The rr-survy
WI incude not only the public la lds, vi ru
Inerous private land claim; IN fact The nuIbsr
ol tie latter has not been yet nscerained and MANY Il
them are on file at the local land Office totally unact
ed on. The citizens living in he district have been
looking for relief year ,ier year alternately 10 Con-
gross and The General Land Office and q. might
have been expected, they have deep roue HI Il rs
under the hardshps Of having their landsk. so long
unsettled, and their land Offices so long closed Thi.
office cannot act without the mean. and has TO renew
ITS accommodation in their behalf. The informa-
ton now furnished making il necessary to chance
the mode Of afording relief, an estimate has beep
accordingly furnished which, although heavy, Is not
deemed disproport on,d to The service should il b.
granted, have every confidence that, under the
presen, surveyor gener having ehsrg. Of that dis
trioi, the work will be done faiihfu IN. correctIy.
p omptyi siIeDcing the murmur Of the citizen. and
rs.opeping sourc, OF revenue TO the Goyrrprncut
Having some affinity with this subject are the ~.
tries which have been made IN the Chooehuma ard
Ooiu"'ous spo oSuicts IN Ns>issppi, OF lands living
within the limits Of the Chickssaw ce..ion Evil
be reconected that, by the treaties with the Oh cka.
saws Of 1892 and 1884, ale the location Of certain
claims, the balance Of the land ceded was 10 be sod
and The proceeds invested for their benefit Before
the dehnitve establishment Of The boundary line b,-
tween the Chickasaws aud Cnoctsws WIS made lin
1886 line OF demarcaton was adopted, which was
supposed TO he the true one but ascerts med 10 the end
10 be an eDcroaohmen, up-n tho lands on tie former
These entries sales at these land uces were on tbs
WEE itx
line snd the pitents issu. up1n Them uut,l
authorized Ivy legislation and at which time, pr