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Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26
BY the President or tho o. States.

J. l-.szf.i axis 14DSS&J
IN pursuance Of ls1 !. JAMES x. POLK
President of the United States OF Amer.
ca. do hereby declare and make known ilias
public sales will be held II the underlined.
toned Land Offices. in the Territory Of Wis
constn, Al the periods hereinafter designated,
TO wit:
Al the Land Office a, MINERAL POINT,
commencing on Monday, the Seventeenth,
day Of January next, for the disposal OF III.
public lands within the unJ.rmen,ion",!
townships and parts OF townships. viz:
Worth oftde base l,ne, and rest Of he fol,M
principal nseridian.
Townships fourteen, fifteen and s,xsesr,
Of range three a.......-.. ....... ss., sst'
Townships feu cen, fifteen and s.x.,-,.
OF range four, . ~. a.s r.#
Townships foulie-n, i.,esn.. .;s;Ssn. ss~
enteen and eighteen, OF range iivs, a. .al
Townships fourteen. li,vrn, stA,.sn nat
seventeen, Of range six. #,a
Sections four, i've, six, seven. eight. nine;
seventeen, eighteen and twenty, west OF
I" Coon Slough" of township thirteen. frac-
tional townships fourteen, fifteen and six
Teen on the Mississippi river, and township
sevensee cen. OF range seven. a... =.
Fractional townships fourteen, sixteen &.
seventeen on the Mississippi River, Of range
eight. .a e5 s.-.ss. =. sag .gss,;
Fractional township seventeen on the
Mississippi River, Of range nine.
Al the Land Office, al GREEN BAY,
commenting on Monday the Thirty iiis, day
Of January nsxi. for the disposal Of he pub.
lie lands within the aforementioned Town.
ships and part Of q township. VIZ: ~;
North Of the base line and east Of The fourth
principal meridian. "
Fractional section one, in township nine
teen. Situated northeast Of LAKE sPwAw-
GUM Of range fourteen.
Fox RIvER.' snd townships thirty two aud
thirty thtee, Of range n neteen
Townships thirty two. thirty three and
thirty four. Of range twenty. ....- 49,.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of
schools, military or other purposes, VIII be
excluded from the sales.
The Offering of the lands will be com
me ICED on the days appointed, and proceed
10 the same order in which they are adver-
Used, with all convenient dispatch. until the
whole shall have been offered, and the sales
thus closed. But no sale shall he ept open
longer than two weeks. and no private en-
I try of any of the lands will be admitted un-
til aittt the expiration Of the two weeks.
Given under my hand al the Ci,y OF Wash.
| inglon, this ninth day OF October, Ammo
Dom,ni one thousand eight hundred and lors
lty seven.
BY the President. h.
JAMES X. POLK.
RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26
JAMES K. POLK.
RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
Commissioner Of the Gen'l Land Office
NOTICE TO PRE- E.NPTIOJr CL.4E
... -n. -r E.t. 1yAN"T'S Er.." .'

Every person entitled to the right Of pre-.
emplion to any lands within The townships
an paris OF townships above enumerated, Is
required 10 establish the same to the salts
faction Of the Register and Receiver Of the
proper Land Office, and make p1ymen,
therefor as soon as practicable after seeing
this notice. and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale Of the
lands, embracing the ,racI claimed, ether
wise such claim will be forfeited.
RICHARD NJ YOUNG,
Commissioner OF tie Gen'l Land Office
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26

disgrace ourselves by sending Mr.. Loco
toco Sergent again. Capt. Morgan in
formed rs that the locos axpectsd Kins
mans seat to be declared vacant, and iha
thenthe two houses would go INTO join
ballot, and when 50 assembled, Mr.. Kins
man would vote, and the Senators woult
go on and let their seats in Congress b,
contested. May BE- 90; don't believe tn.
moon is made Of green cheese yet. hops
you viii adjourn soon, as ! fear greatly
some one ofihe wings will be taken sick
or some other fatality will befall them
Haint no such fear about1he locos. Z
As far as we (and / mean the wing,
here are concerned, ~ ii matters moi
whether single law is passed, or any law
amended;-LO the great desire and univer.
sal feeling is, to defeat the Dodge party.
We have nothing Of interest here, except
We have thirty seven soldiers enlisted for
the war with Mexico, to be shipped in
the morning, E5sand out of that number,
thirty are locos. God grant they may
make up their minds TO SETTLE ID
mexico.=EE !.
Stand 10 them, Soils, and don't let the
beauties get the advantage Of our party ,and
veil try them again next August. II
Dodge should by any accident be elected,
we shall have to leave this town, the loco.
will crow so; and such bon fires! GIve
my regards 10 all of out did friends Rath.
bun, Nc, Wheeler, Sc.
DO, for God sake, adjourn - Boon .,
possible. In haste, yours,
]. r. FAYRWEATHER.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26
Look Here Won't You.

j purchased OF NJ. Murray, some time since,
are many of them still unsettled, and 1S4s is
here, and most Of the Pork in the county has
been sold. Il therefore cannot wait any longer
than the 18th inst, after which time Twill com
mence collecting "AccoRDING TO LAW" So
call and let me know what you intend doing, and
oblige c. C. CATLETT.
Ian a. 184S-3t
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26
Administrators Notice.

INHE Undersigned administrator Of The
estate Of William Henry, late Of the
County OF johnson, State Of Iowa. deceas.
ed, will present = petition 10 the honorable
Probate Judge Of said county al his office in
Iowa City IN SAID county, on the 7th day Of
February, lS48, for leave 10 sell the real es-
'sie belonging 10 said estate 10 / ay the debts
thereof - &. FOLSOM, admir-
Dec. IS, 1915 81
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26

-
clared that session ought to be called, and tina,
they regarded II as their swoRH duty to elect
those officers. But he relied upon no such as.
surances. While hesitating as 70 his duty in ex.
ercising the high prorogative reposed in him by
the constitation,, to convene the Legislative in
extraordinary session, this WRITTEN pledge
from Clifton was forwarded to him by mail,
postnarked at Burlington. As. Mr.. Clifton
was professor Of religion and pretended to be .
preacher the gospel, His Exceellency ], the Gov
ernor, did not think It possible that he could FER
1uhc himself by so palpablc violation Of SOL
emn pledge made in writing over his own-sign
manual; and concluding, therefore, that an extra
session must certainly result in giving US rep
resentation in the United States Senate, as we'll
as an effective Common School system, he con-
sidered it clearly his duty to convene the Leg
islature. 4s.s.,,-~ s .y,,,.-5.4 5sss
Below VIC give copy of that pledge. OBJ
serve carefully the wording-the positive
and unconditional assurance given, that sUNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES" the writer would vote for
going into an election. The originals on hand,
subject to the inspection Of any who may ques-
ton its. authenticity: =
To His Er'cy, COP. Briggs Having
been told that reports have gone forth, to
the effect that, in the event Of called
session, ! would vote with the wings to
prevent going into convention: This, !
will assure your Excsllsncy, I,ciA not do,
under any circumstances; for believe now,
as ! ever have, that the members Of tho
Legislature, BY their oaths, are bound 10
meet in convention aud elect Senators and
Judges. -.s a-
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF IOWA


We, tho undersigned democratic mem:
bers ofthe General Assembly Of said State,
apprehensive that Democratic State Con-
ven,ion, for the purpose Of nominating a
candidate for the Office Of Superintendent
Of Public Instruction, prior to the FIRST
Monday in april next, would be impracti.
cable; therefore, respectfully recommend
our friend Col. Thomas H. BENTON, oil
Dubuque, as a suitable person TO be sup
ported by the democracy Of Iowa. From
personal acquaintance with Mr.. Benton,
We take great pleasure in saying that lis
ability, industrious business hsbits, and
good moral character, render him eminent
ly qualified for that station, and entitle
him to the undivided support 81 the de-
mocracy Of this State. -..,~E
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26

" four aed thirty Eve, 10 township seventy
eight, Of range three. .
AT the Land Office a, FAIRFIELD com
mencing on Monday the seventeenth day oil
January next, for the disposal Of the public
lands within the aforementioned townships
md parts Of townships, to wit:
North Of Tie base line and ,rest Of The fifth
principal meridian.
Townships seventy, seventy one, seventy
two, seventy three, seventy four, and sec
lions iwo, four, the ives! half Of the south
west quarter, and the southeast quarter oil
the soulhwes quarter o. section five, sec.
lions six, seven, eight, the west half Of the
southwest quarter, The southeast quarter OF
The southwest quarter, aud the southwest
quatter {: the southeast quarter Of section
nine; sections ten, Twelve, fourteen; the
south half. the ives, half Of the roriEwes,
quarter. the southeas, quarter Of the north.
west quarter, aud the southwest quarter Of
The northeas! quarter Of section fifteen; sec
nons seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty
.2l, twenty two, twenty thee, Except The
northeast quarter of the northeast quarler,)
twenty four; the west half. the sou,hwes,
quarter OF the northeast quarter. the west
half Of the southeast quarter, and the south.
cas-, quarter Of the southeast quarter Of sec
ton twenty five, and sections twenty six,
twenty seven, twenty eight twenty nine.
thirty, thirty one, thirty two, thirty three.
,hir four; thirty i've, and ,hirty-six, in
township seventy Eve. Of range nineteen.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of
schools, military. or other purposes, will BE-
excluded from the sales.
The offering Of the lands will be con-
menced on the days appointed, and proceed
in the same order in which they are adver
,ised, with all convenient dispatch. until the
whole shall haye been offered and the sales
thus closed. But no sale shall be kept open
longer than two weeks, and no private en-
Try Of any Of the lands will be admitted un
I'll after the expiration oflhe TWO weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city Of Wash
ing,on. this ninth day Of October. Anro1
Domni one thousand eight hundred for
ty-seven.
BY the President
i'll ....- JAMES X. POLK.
RICHARD M YOUNG, .s. So
p COmmisr Of the Gen'l Land Office 4
NOTICE TO PRE- EMPTICN CLAIM
.-.-. ANTS. ;rs -z..T s@ETg
Every person entitled to the RICH, Of pre-
smf,ion 10 any lands within the limit. OF the
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10
jefferson, Taylor, and Cass.

The Hon. Mr.. Tompkins, a represen-
tative in Congress from Mississippi, in adj
dressing a Wing, meeting, a few days
ago, said:
1t is a matter of boast with the friends
of Gen. Cass, and a fact he proclaims ev-
cry time he writes or speaks of late, that
he was first appointed 20 Office by Mr..
Jefferson, the great apostle of Democra-
cy! Well, in that he has no great ad-
vantage over Gen. Taylor: he, too, was
appointed to office, about the same time,
by the same apostle of Democracy.
In these appointments, continued the
orator, we have Mr.. Jefferson's opinion of
the two men. Taylor he appointed to an
office in the United States army Cass to
the office of marshal in the territory north
west ofthe Ohio-an Office corresponding
to that of sheriff. In bestowing these
commissions, Mr.. Jefferson in effect said
"Here Zachary Taylor, the nations sword
is to be drawn amid the thunder and the
shock of battle (! The nations flag is 10 be
borne by hands which will never trail it
in the dust-never surrender it t an enc
my. These functions you are eminentIy
fitted to discharge! Take this commits
sion +; you will never disgrace it,"
"Here, Lewis Cass, when a poor de-
vii of a debter is to be run down and serv-
ed with a writ, when the last cow that
supplies his furnishing children with milk,
and the last bed which supports the ema-
ciated frame of his sick wife, are to be
seized and sold under execution, and
when seizures and sales cannot wiring
another cent from the poor bankrupt, and
he is to be thrust into and locked up in a
dungeon, you, sir are eminently fitted for
such service /; take this commission 4
am sure you will never disgrace II, and if
any one is to be hung, WHOSE well fitted
to be the executioner ~
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10
MIR. Fillmore and Abolition.

We invite particular attention to the
following article from the New York lri-
bune of the 2lst July. The Tribune is
violent in its anti-sIayery prejudices-so
violent that although its editor is a Wing,
he has thus far refused 10 support Gen.
Taylor. His testimony may, therefore,
be received as that Of an impartial wit
ness, with respect to Mr.. Fillmore. We
may say that no man in the country is
more conversant with his opinions and
sentiments than the editor of the Tribune :
If there be one Wing Statesman of
the North whom the South has 30 reason
to denounce and prescribe, that man is
Willard Fillmore. We do not say this to
commend him, nor yet deprecate South
ern hostility. If the s~laveholding interest
shall see fit, deliberately, to put its brand
ON Mr.. Fillmore, it could do nothing that
would please us bet er. All that we de-
sire is that the facts shall be fairly set
forth, so that there shall be no room for a
plea, that the act was done under a mis-
apprehension of Mr.. F;IImore's real posi-
ton. Assure US ofthat, and nothing would
suit US better than to see the South put
him under its ban. We should hail his
defeat through such a feeling, as no in
jury to him and a glorious thing for the
country, in constraining the North to
stand on the defensive.
Mr.. Fillmore is not and never pretend
ed to be "a Northern man with Southern
principles He thinks and feels as a
Northern freeman, but he never did nor
said a thing, which the South can reason
ably object to. He was so adverse t o any
action in Congress which would provoke
sectional animosities that the CAronotype,
IAN abolition paper published in Boston,
in announcing his nomination, stigmatiz-
ed him as one of those cold-blooded, cal
culatlDg Yankees who would sell his
grandmother>s hide for a dollar, and who,
then leader of the House, (XXVIIth
Congress) never had time to allow the
consideration ofany question of Humani-
ty, and it was doubtless true that so
much real and important work devoIved
upon the Congress as to leave little time
for discussing distractions. MI. Fillmore
is eminently conservative in his views
careful, discreet, painstaking, and indis-
posed to give offence to excite commotion.
lfehe South cannot trust him TO preside
the Senate, we shall gladly record
the fact, and act jn view of it,"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10
LETTER TO THE EDITORS.

LETTER TO THE EDITORS.
GREENSBORO, N. c., Jyly II, 1S48.
On the next day after the adj ournment
of the Wing National Contention [ adj
dressed communications to Gen. Taylor
and Hon. Willard Fillmore, appris,ng
them of the nominations made by the
convention.
Having received no reply from either OF
the gentlemen, on the last ofJune lad
dressed them again, and enclosed to each
a copy of my communication of the 10th
of June, forwarded from Philadelphia.
On the I'd inst. | received Mr.. FIJI
more's answer of the 18th June and, as
| have been daily expecting a reply from
Gen. Taylor, l have withheld the publ
cation of MIR. Fillmorc's letter until this
time, with the hope that [ might be able
to lay the answers of both these gentle
men before the public at the same time.
I see, from a New Orleans paper, that
up to the LIST inst. Gen. Taylor had re-
ceived no communication from me, and
having received none from him up to this
time, l did not feel myself at liberty long
er to withhold the publication of Mr.. Fill
more's letter. / therefore enclose copies
of our correspondence.
have the honor to be, with very high regard,
your obedient servant, J. M. MOREHEAD.
Psi this day addressed three other
communications to Gen. Taylor, contain
ing copies of my letters of the 10th of
June, from Philadelphia-one directed to
himself, and the other two through
friends. Hoping that some one may
reach him. | shall avail myself of the
earliest opportunity to lay before the pub.
lie any communication / may receive
from him.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10

Gen. Taylor and the Wing Press 81
NeD-5srssy.-The Railway Adooeate, an
earnest advocate for the nomination OF
Mfr. Clay, raises the Wing banner inscrib-
ed with the names of Taylor and Fill.
more. The Jersey Wing press is now
unanimous.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10
MIR. REPLY.

x1LhANKy ' ! - ShhC o. jC1o.
Sri have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter, oftie 10th inst,
by which | am notified that at the late
whig Convention held at Philadelphia,
Gen. Zachary Taylor was nominated for
President and myself for Vice President,
requesting my acceptance of the nomlna-
ton.
The honor of being thus presented by
the distinguished representatives of the
whig party Of the Union for the second
office in the gift of the people-an honor
as unexpected as it was unsolicited
could not fail to awaken in a grateful
heart emotions which, while they cannot
be suppressed, find no appropriate lam
guage for u%tterance.
Fully persuaded that the cause in which
we are enlisted is the cause of our coun-
try; that u chief object is to secure its
peace, preserve its honor, and advance its
prosperity ; and feeling, moreover, con-
fident assurance that, in Gen. Taylor,
(whose name is presented for the first Of
ice,) / shall always find a firm and con-
sistent wing, a safe guide and an honest
man, I cannot hesitate to assume any po-
sition which my friends nav assign me.
Distrusting, as ! well may, my inability
to discharge satisfactorily the duties OK
that high office, but feeling that, in case
ofmy election, l may with safety repose
upon the friendly aid of my fellow wings,
and that efforts guided by honest inten-
tons will always be charitably judged,
accept the nomination so generously ten
dered !; and 1 do so the more clieerfully,
as / am willing, for such a cause and
with such a man, to take my chances OF
success or defeat as the electors, the final
arbiters of our fate, shall, in their wisdom,
Judge best for the interests ofour common
country.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10
LETTER TO MIR. FILLMORE,
PHILADELPHIA, Jun

PHILADELPHiA, June 10. 1e4S.
Dear Su-At a convention of the
wings of the United States, assembled in
this city on the 7th inst, and continued
by adjournment until the 9th, Gen. Zach
airy Taylor, of Louisiana, was nominated
as a candidate for the Presidency, and
you were nominated as a candidate for
the Vice Presidency ofthe United States,
at the next ensuing presidential election.
By a resolution of said convention it
was made my duty to communicate to
you the result of their deliberations, and
to request your acceptance oftlie nomi-
nation.
have the honor to he, dear sir, your most ODE
dent servant, ]. NJ. MOREHEAD.
President of the Wing National Convention.
Hon. Willard Fillmore, Albany, N. Y.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10

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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10
Mr.. Fillmore's Acceptance.

The following correspondence appears
in the National IpteHigeneer of the 25th
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10

""' ' u eHNss oUH WtHtb Ill IcSdlu
to the Wilmot Proyiso. He will not un-
dertake to say positively that a change has
taken place in his 0Un mind: but he ven
lures to express a strong impression that
such a thing has happened. Thus, he is
nor-committal in regard to even what
has taken place in his o:on mind. What a
frank, bold, manly statesman this " great
Michigander" is!
O. The funniest reason we have heard
assigned, says the Bee, to prove that the
charges of embezzlement and peculation
preferred against Gen. Cass arc untrue,
is, that Henry A. Wise, who sgore that
he believed them to be true, is now a De-
mocratic Elector in the State of Virginia.
MIR. Wise once insulted Mr.. Polk most
grossly, but afterwards became a violent
Polk We suppose that upon the
same principle, it is clearly impossible
that Mr.. Wise, could ever have called Mr..
Polk the petty tool OF a tyrant. Unfor-
nately Mr.. Wise's cratic history shows
that he has been guilty of inconsistencies
quite as monstrous as sustaining a politi-
clan whom he ono despised and abused.
His support of Cass' proves his Wise's id
consistencies, but not Cass' innocence.
Gen. Taylor among the Boatmem.-A
gentleman lately returned from the west
ern part of Pennsylvania states, that out
Of forty-eight canal boats which lie saw
on the Pennsylvania Canal, forty-two
had the Taylor flag flying, and the other
six were divided among four candidates.
MICHIGAN IN DANGER.-A prominent
" Democrat" and strong partisan of Gen.
Cass, in a letter written under date of
July 9Th, from Grand Rapids, in Michi-
gan, to a merchant in New York city,
says:
GAS to politics, we hardly know where
are. We have Cass men, and Taylor
men, and Van Buren, men-I hope the
most Cass men bit 1t is not improbable
ne may loose the State"
In giving this, the New York Euening
Post well says that this expression of APP
prehension is full of significance.
When even Michigan, in the opinion
of Mr.. Cass's most judicious friends, is
to abandon him, there can be but
little expectation of his success in other
Western States.
The Detroit Advertiser of the 18th
inst. says:-In this State tie anti Cass
movement is gaining strength every day,
and all hopes are nearly given up now
that Cass car carry his W State.
% Senator Foote, who went to New
York in Gen. Cass's train, entered at
great length, in his speech at the reception
meeting, into the defence of the veto pow
er. The next day, the mayor Of New
York, a good Locofoco, vetoed a bill of
The council for paying the expenses of
train out of the city treasury. So
Foote had to foot his own liquor bills.
70 The Pennsylvania Democrat ac-
knowledges that Mr.. M. r. Suite, a De-
will vote for Taylor. We appre-
bend that a good many other Democrats
will follow Sute.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10

North Western Nuginia.-The Pc
tersburg Intelligencer publishes a letter
from Marion county, which says:
81 am gratiied to haye it in my power
to say, hat his (Gen. Taylor's) vote will
be overwhelming III Northwest Virginia ,
ifthe same feeling pervades other portions
Of the State, that does this, Gen. Taylor
will carry this State by an immense ma
iority."
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-10

u The Pennsylvania denies, with
its characteristic recklessness, that there
have been changes from the Iocofoco
ranks to the support of Gen. Taylor, in
the State of Pennsylvania. The North
american gives the Of
Judge Butcher, Of Harrisburg, formerly
Chairman Of the Locofoco State Com
mittee
Judge Calvin Blythe, repeatedly a can
didate for Governor before Locofoco State
Conventions
Ovid, F. Johnson, formerly Attorney
General under Gov. Porter;
Vm. B. Potts, of S~chuykill county TO-
years a prominent and influential demo
crat
With others of the " same sort left I"