Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-22


PEE.EMPrroS CLAIMs.-We transfer {,
our columns the following from the Guard
We have not bad time to examine the poln
raised by The Guard, but when we rcat
The instructions, we understood tho ex
preston I" the same as in other cases." e
mean ne fame as If HE lands had mol bee,
toahheh from entry. From our idea Of The
character OF Judge SHIELDS, we shall be
slow to believe that he would throw any
obstacles in the way of the presumption
claimants, or suffer his subalterns 10 do so.
We suspect the Guard has only found a
mares nest" We shall refer to the sub
jet again.
PRE.EMPTIoN CLATMs--Sale of Lands
on The 25M Of May and sh Of June nezt.
We are not among those who are dIspo.
sed to find fault with the doings of public
iunclionaries, but there is elashing, or
rather something that fails to chime pre-.
cisely, in the letter Of the Hon. J. Thomp.
son, and that Of Mr.. ]. Shields, Commits
sioner, Of the General Land Office, which
We published last week. Mr.. r. says:
"But the pre-emptors must remember
that if they fail to prove up their claims,
and pay for them, before The day OF sales,
they forfeit their rights
Mr. Shields in his letter TO the Register
and Receiver at Grenada, says;
an the meantime you are authorized and
required to permit all presumption claim
ants who have heretofore made proof Of
their presumption rights in due time, TO
make payment and complete the same,
and all others may be permitted to make
the necessary proof and payment, as in
other cases"
"AS in other cases" Why could not Mr.. |
S. have told what those other cases we're
But not so; he leaves that for the pre.emp.
tor 70 find out as best he can, as but few
lawyers even, can tell what this 4" other ca
ses" means. But on enquiry, it seems that
all pre- enpion claims previous to 194l,
expired on the 9Th day of July 84f, up to
which time all the pre-emptors were re.
quired by law TO come forward, tender their
make good and sufficient proof or
their claims were forfeited. Those refer
red to "aS in other cases." must be those
claims held by the act of 1871, which ex-
pres in September next. We are credbly
informed that the Land Office at Columbus
was but Jews days since crowded with
hard listed pre-emptors, who we're proving
up their claims, and that they had two
years 10 pay up in.
We also learn, from various sources, that |
since Mr. Shields has been connected with
the Land office, pre-. emplors have been de.
prived of those extended privileges which
they have enjoyed under other admins.
trations. From the liberal report which
Mr.. S. nude 10 Congress in favor of pre-.
empiion claims, many are disposed 10 be-
lieve that some of the late carnations
from that department have their origin with
chief clerk, DR.. Ffaley. If the Doctor is
disposed to frda pre-emptors out of those
privileges which they have heretofore en-
loyed under all administrations, let some Of
our Representatives or Senators in Con.
yress. trdil DR.. Fraley.
In reference to the time at which the
public lands are to be sold, we will only
remark that the 18th of May and the 9Th of
June is about the time that the Mississippi
covers the lowlands, thus making it very
nconvenient, and frequently impossible for
hose who are most interested, to attend
he sales.
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