The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-22
wisconsin.

| From letter received from correspondent
in this State, called forth by the articles that
recently appeared in the Republic in relation
| to the depredations on the public lands, we ex-
tract few passages of interest. To these We
annex portion of letter from the office of the
United States marshal for the district of Wis
| consin, addressed to the Secretary of the Inte-
ror, which we have been permitted to copy:
MILWAUKEE,, Wisconsin,, April IA, 1851.
admire the manner in which you have, in the
Republic, treated the subject Of the trespasses upon
| the public lands in Wisconsin. / am here attend
| ing term of the United States court, and have
had occasion to converse with some Of those who
stand indicted for cutting timber. They uniformly
| concur with me that the Government is taking the
right course, and that the depredatons ought to be
stopped. The bona ds settlers feel that this should
| be done. All of the hue and cry that raised
against the Government and its officers for doing
their duty has passed by, and those who sought to
make political capital have fallen short of their an
ticipations.
lam for the Union, founded rs it is,
and sustained as it must be, upon and by mutual
concession and compromise. Rebellion against the
Constitution and laws, and agitation which tends
to that end cannot be too severely reprobated. In
Western Wisconsin, particularly in Grant county,
person would be taken for lunatic who would
advance such wild doctrines and sentiments as
have been advanced by some persons in our east
ern cities.
My opinion is that Wisconsin is for the Union,
the Constitu ton, and peace and trust will CONT
to be. The positions taken in your paper upon
this subject meet my hearty approval; and ! in
tend to exert myself to give it more extensive
and general circulation in the western part of our
State This is not designed for publication, nor is
it particularly private.
MILWAUKEE, March 81, 1851.
SIR: see in the Washington Republic that the
Senators from this State have char ed me with sez
ing every log and plank cut for or manufactured
by the settlers for the purpose of their improve
ments and the improvements of the roads, bridges,
&c.
The charge is entirely unfounded and uncalled
for.
For correct statement of the amount of lumber
cut from the Government lands in this State will
refer you to the census returns in your Department
would refer you in particular to the returns of
Thomas II. McDill, of sub division No 30. He re-
| turned over nineteen millions feet Of lumber rs
made in his district Portage and Marathon coun-
ties.) Nineteen-twentiethso of this lumber was made
from timber cut from Government lands.
| Alexander Spaulding, assistant marshal for SUBJ
| division No. IL, (Winncbago county,) returned n
large amount of lumber as being made in his dis
| trict when he made his returns to this Office He
stated that three fourths of the lumber was made
| from pine timber cut from Government lands lie
ia now Register of the Land Office at Green Bay in
| this State.
| would also refer you to the returns of John
| Thomas, Of Subdivision No. 81, and William e.
| McMchael, of sub division No. As Those two dis
tricts comprise the counties of Crawford, and Chip
pewa, and 81. Croix; think they returned some
twenty five or thirty millions feet.
And was informed last October by Mr. Catln
nearly all of IL cut from Govern ment lands; anc
further, that the people would not enter the PINE
lands 90 long as they were allowed to plumber it,
The mill-owners are not residents of our State n,
general thing Some live in the State of Illinois
| some in Missouri. and some in Boston, Massachu.
| sets.
There is not any, or hardly any of the above.
| named lumber used in this State but is run In
RATS into Illinois, Iowa. st. Louis and many times
on TO the lower Mississippi, and it is done as mat.
ter of speculaon it is also carried on for the same
purpose on the Wisconsin river, portage county. }
There are but very few of the mill owners living
at their mills in sub division No. II, (winncbaec
county, They are residents OF different parts Of
our State.
More or less lumber returned by the assist
ant marshals for sub divisions Nos. 26 and "A
Nearly all Of the lumber returned from district A
taken to the State ofIllinois, and over one hall
no doubt wac taken from Government lands.