The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-01

BY the President OF the United states
TN pursuance Of law l. JAMES X POLK, President oil
the United States OF America, 90 hse ~, mod an
make known public sales win be held at the uhaei-
and offices in the State OF LOUISIANA al inc Pc
RODS hereinafter designated, To WIFE ~ afHt ttA
Al the land Office a OPELOUSAS, commencing on
Monday the sixteenth day Of October next Tor the disposal
Of the public lands situated within the undermeh'oheo
townships and parts of townships, vizt
North of the base ns, and cast Of me prtmePa "efd@"
Township one, of range two.
Township one OF range three
South Of the base line and Of the principal rertdta"
Townships twelve, hirteen aud fourteen, Of range Three
Township twelve, OF range four.
Township ten, OF range nine
South of the base line and of the principal meridian
Fractional sections eighteen and nineteen west Of Lake
Calcasiu in township thirteen and the fractions OF sec
eighteen and thirty west OF Calcasiu pass and
sections hirtyseven TO sixty eight inclusive, In fractional
township fourteen, of range nine.
the north half of tweve the south halves of fourteen and
fteen the north halves of twenty twenty-five and
five and sections thyone hirtysix nclusiye) sections
one two twelve thirteen, twenty four twenty-five, twenty
o Numbered seventeen 10 seventy INCLUSIVE in township
thirteen and sections six seyen twelve threen fourteen
Inh' isIanJ and sections twenty-five twenty three
twenty four twenty-five, and thirtysx, In fractional town
Tbe west half of section four and ve six, seven
eight eighteen, nineteen, and thirty, in township twelve,
Township nine sections six inclusive, and sections
nine and ten, in township eleven and sections Twelve
fourteen,
five, In township twelve, Of range twelve
Fractional township Of the Sabine river, and
four twenty fvc twenty-six and thrysix fractional
| township eleven, of range thirteen 10
dnv the day of October next for he disposal
the public lands situated within the following townships
viz: -r ...
North of the base me and of the principal meridian
| Townships seventeen and eighteen OF range ten.
Townships seventeen, eighteen and nineteen, OF range
eleven. tItil
| Co.. L, aofo
nv or other purposes, will be excluded from tho sales.
The offering of the aforementioned lands viii be COM
in Which they are advertised with ali
the whole shall have been offered and the sales thus
weeks and private entry of any the lands win be ad
mi.led until after the expiration of the two weeks
day of July Ammo Domni thousand eight hun
bred and forty eight,
' " JAMES X. POLK.
| Commissioned OF the General Land Office.
| Notice to Pre-cmpton Claimants.
Every person entitled the right of emption any
of the lands within the townships and parts Of townships
above enumerated required to establish the same TO the
satisfaction Of the register and receiver Of the
after seeing this notice. and before the day appointed iof
| feted KlCHAhD M. YOUND,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
| July lS-lawl2w
In Ch.noery In the OF the District OF
| Columbia for Washington county.
Mary A. Van Ness,
Cornelius Van Ne.s Martin H. Hoffman and Gertrude
his wife, Charles w Van Ness and Others hcirs at law
! of John p. Van Ness
HE object of this suit is to procure assignment of he
dover to the complainant in the real estate of John
Van Ness late of said county, deceased.
The bill states that the complainant was lawfully mar
ried the said John p Van Ness Philadelphia, in the
State Of Pennsyyana on the sixth day Of August, in tn,
that the said marriage was not publicly announced
made known because the said John alleging vsron
secret from others than the family OF the complainant
whom he INA. after iaa maJasH IN
her husband, the said John in the city OF washington
%arase to his last Sickness the said John r connu
ally visited the complainant his wife, and corresponds
declarations, towards close of life, that he had mad
his wilbut since his death no will has been Produced ant
fraudueny suppressed destroyed that the said JOIN
p had the strongest for avoiding an ntestacy OF hi
made false representations important subject with
any motive for doing that she cannot prove abso
and relies upon her rights widow and charges that sh
has clear right of dover in all the real estate whereof Tia
h hi0 said adm marriages with complainant that said John
left of his body surviving him. but e four branche
brother of the deceased another branch by Mrs Ger
by dwa Engene
who children of deceased brother of the deceased an
of deceased of the deceased John p all OF whom
made defendants to the bill; that John p Van Mes
died seized and possessed of large and valuable real am
personal situate in the District aforesaid and in Vl
gna and other places that complainant is unable to CIV
particular description thereof because the imminent
and thereof have been taken possession OF
of the defendants and particularly the said Corne'
p who has Illegally caused himself be aPponted admins
traitor of the said John p that the defendants have entere
into and holding possession of the said real estate
the exclusion of the complainant and have received
and receiving the rents and profits thereo except
the house occupied by the complainant. The bill pray
that the defendants do its allegations particularly
and discover Of the said rents and profits am
may the complainant for the third part thereof
and that the defendant Cornelius discover and di.
close true, full and perfect description OF all the said req
estate; and that the dover third part OF so much OF sal
real estate as is within the jurisdiction OF this court may
assigned and laid off the complainant and the defend
ants be decreed admit her into possession OF 80 niue
thereof Of the jurisdiction OF this court and Tor
and process therefore, and that each OF the defend
ordered produce and file all muniments OF title
said real estate general relief The bill states tina
of the defendants nonresdents OF the District
Columbia. to wits Martin H. and Gertrude Hoffman
Charles W. Van Ness, Edward Van Ness Eugene Val
Ness Matilda f. Van Ness, and Peter Van Allen, AM
prays for a order OF publication against them
thereupon this 9th July, SS, adJudged and orderc
by causing OF this order TO d.