Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-05-31

SATURDAY, NAY 81, lS45.
LAID SALES.
4 willbe perceived, from lhe peoclama-
IN y De President pubE.hed on our
third psse, thit Tie lands lying IN tl,is Ter
ribsy which were prociained for sale last
apsins, but The order for which sale was
subsequently, countermanded through the
perSesering e6arts Of our Delegate at
Washington, have again been ordered into
Rasket, with extensive additions. When
the peapes'ement took place-we supposed
d. aelsast yer would elapse before an
othef s.ie would Be thought of-an impress
sien jusliied By The indefinite character Of
the PostPs0enent itself As il now is, it
wead have been much better had the sale
ben put cG to day certain; for in that
event The settlers would have known what
abey hsd 10 depend on, and would have
nsde their preparations seeordingly.
= We suppuse there are many prepared to
ray foS useir l4nis, who are an ious that
th< sale shall take place, but the great body
e the settlers are less f,rtunately circum-
Aanced- In The present great scarcity Of
iscOey, We hook upcn the order as most
uniosti,na { for our people, and think that
no efforts should be spared 10 effect fur
ther pSstps'neneni Of at least a portion Of
The sale, - thai az opportunity may be af-
forded the settlers Of appropriating the
avails q lie presen. ye RS. crop to the
purchase 4 their lands. The inability Of
alssse interested in the lands, and indeed oil
the farming community of at least two
tllrds of the Territory generally, 10 real
ire anything from the sill for the last two
years, in consequence Of unfavorable sea-
sens, pleads struhgly in their behalf, and
properly represented might possibly lead
ssa postponement Of such townships a.
ore least prepared for the sale. AT any
r.te, no harm can result from the trial
The amount Of money At present in circu.
Islson among US is sufficiently limited, God
knows without Withdrawing several hun.
dred thousand dollars from use.
But should ell attempts to effect &C.
coad postPoaement prove unavailing, and
sAs sale 50 on-the result, all things con.
sidered, which it is safest to calculate upon
the settlers, we think, should agree
smong themselves not to make any exorbi.
tanf sacsifces to obtain the wherewith I.
:snfer their homes. Rather than pay tn.
extEav,sant rates Of interest for none,
which many have heretofore paid, the.
had bsttes pass over their lands At the sale
md eater them At the earliest subsequen
day possible. In this we are satisfied the,
would run but little risk; for no lands ar,
4preseni being entered Ly non-residents
while Il home the neighborhood or claim
laws are % well understood and 90 gener
ally acsuiesced in that the slighiest posi-
He Danger i to be apprehended Of any in
ariagsaeqt Of them.
rS'1hs Warrington papers in which W,
frst saw The proclamation for the sales il
mis- Territory also contain proclamation
.See very extensive sales in all the States
- Territories in which public lands arr
siteafed. The aggregate amount Offered
exceeds Eve millions Of acres. The cause
We suppose, which has led to these heav,
sales i the great falling OF in the custom
ssveaues. From present appearances tn,
receipts from that source the current yea,
win a. short Of the estinaies By near eieh
millions Il dollars.
The Washington Union, in reference L
The lands proclaimed for sale in this Ter.
Eitory, says: 49,
!. IN Iscs 7syYiisvy. We discover the lare.
- bedy Of Land now under notice, onsist.
iag of upwards of two milli..n and thirt
afacFes. There are two sak to take plac,
- each Of the land offices in that Territory
Dubuque and Fairfield, in the months Q
.Septenher and Ociub.r. These sales in.
clude (sOiM cos~iiernbie ad.i,tionsl the bo.
dies ef land Of which the s.les were ad
verified y take place in January and Feb
rnary ~, bnt which sales were, in De
esnbes last, ordered 10 be indefinitely post
ponfa.
The .6rst sale. 1t Dubuque comprise
abept S7S,O00 acres Of land situate on tn,
4akoquee2 river and its branches, at a,
average distance Of twenty five miles soutl
of fhe town Of Dahnque, and ex,endin,
west iron the Mississippi river abou
f3ety uuiles- The quality Of the soil is good
with > saascient supply Of ftimber. for farm
i'm. purposes. The second sale embrace
= body Of about 500 OOo. acres of fine land
wei 6mberesl. commencing about twelv,
lniles west Of Iowa City, and extendin,
about eixty miles 10 the north with an av
esaee widthsxeeeding wenty miles. Thes,
lsnas are infersected b.. the Red Cedar
Jtee, and ERsEsk rivers, said to aifor,
abundant waier power.
Too ales 4 r field comprise upward
- million of acres watered By the De,
McSneo. which Il rer,resented ID IL sfreau