The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-05


MY u4aa
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
In pursuance Of law, 4, lMILLARD' FILL
MORE, President Of the United States Of Amer
lea do hereby declare and make known, that a
public sale will be held at the Land Office at
SALTWATER, in the Territory Of Minnesota
commencing on Monday. the eighteenth day Of
August next, for the disposal Of the public lands
within the following named townships and frar-
tional townships, to wit Id, ,-.E sa8s
| North of the base line and ,cest Of the fourth
principal meridian.
Fractional township thirty-four, on the right
bank of the ST. Croix river, Of range 49,
Fractional townships 33, 81, IS and SO, on the
right bank Of the st. Croix river, of runge 10.
Fractional townships &c, p and %, on the right
bank Of the Lake St. Croix; townships 80, "a,
and 50, and fractional township SO, on the RICH,
bank Of the st. Croix river, Of range twenty.
4 Townships 80, 81, IS, and SO, Of range Al.
| Fractional Townships 81 and 3d. on the left
bank If the Mississippi river, of range rs.
Fractional townships 80 and 80, on the left bank
Of the Mississippi river, of range 26 'tA
Fractionalrownshps 80 and S3, on the left bank
Of the Mississippi river, Of range n. asI9
Fractional townships 80 and 33, on the left bank
of the Mississippi river, of range %. f,.f
Fractional townships 33 and 81, on the left bank
Of the Mississippi river Of range 90.
fractional townships "a and So, on the left bank
Of the Mississippi river, of runge 80. ~ a ~
fractional townships S5, So and 81 on the left
bank Of the Mississippi river, of range 81
Land appropriated by law for the use Of schools,
military and other purposes. will be excluded from
the sales, and no locations for land bounties here
tofore granted by any law Of Congress, for mill
tary services rendered to The United States, will
be permitted on any of the aforementioned
lands, as provided by the act entitled s.An &C,
making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic
expenses of Government SC, approved, 3D.
March, 1851. ,,,-..,s 400 =, ,...,t..
The offering Of the aforementioned lands will
be commenced on the day appointed, and vii
proceed in the order in which they are advertised
with all convenient despatch, until the whaIe
shall have been offered, and the sale thus closed
but the sale shall not be kept open longer thar
two weeks, and no private entry of any Of the
lands will be admitted until after the expiration Of
the two weeks. oua a6Ho ~ lliaf io
/ Given under my hand this sixth day of May
Ammo Domini, one thousand eight hundred and
ffty-one. ..g
WILLARD FILLMORE.
, By the President: .A ~
! I1eyg J. BUrrERFIELD, 3.e9o 3 tga8s
M .s Commissioner Gen. Land Office
The Dubuque Herald contains accounts
Of many disasters by the feshet in Iowa.
The Herald says: afhG5t y - ~ 1920
"The FIGURING Mill of Thomas j. Chew
/ Esq, at Cascade, in this county, has beer
carried away by the recent flood, as also the
Saw Mill Of Lyman Dillon, situated upor
The same stream short distance above. Ii
is also reported that the fine bridge over the
Maqaoketa at Cascade is washed away. II
this be SO, il is probable that the bridge or
the Military road, over tie South Fork, !.
I also gone. Ii will be long time before we
shall be able to gather all the items Of the
doings Of this destructive food. Ii is much
more extensive than was at first anticipated
We have not yet heard word from Tnr.
key river, or from the .Maquoke,a below
Cascade. " DA@ t
In addition to the extensive destruction Of
mill property, by the late ruins, we hear Of
much damage TO farms by washing and the
Judgement of drift. In almost every valley
| the soil has been more or less swept fro,r
its bed, aud on the hill sides, the ploughed
fields have been badly washed. Il is ir,
possible to form even an approximate esti
mate Of the damage done in vario,,s ways &c
the property Of this county. ! We think The
figures put down by us on Tuesday, too
low" ..t itl ~ .i3ys dil1 aH1 lD ar,1j f,
"a s.r,sse,.a. - - D
~ SECESSION PesTPoNEp.--The Secession
lists met recently in Convention. Then
speeches, as usual, breathcd hot treason
with or Without the cooperation of sistel
States. But, after reiterating themselves il
regard to their imaginary griefs, any one o.
which was sufficient ground for Secession,
and together, are quite uncomfortable, the,
compressed all into half a dozen resolution,
b--paper resolutions-ands adjourned withou
! fixing any day for the .burst up = 4.,s,,
! In this sthe chiyalry' were wiser. thar
Father Miller who had . taking plat
\ FORM and was building up a church rapid
ily. But his success intoxicated him, and il
his deIirium he fixed on a day That wa.
blunder, for the world would not mine
him and come to an end, any more than ,hs
American States will indulge South Carroll
ma in her scheme of disnnion. Alban,
Evening Journal. ~, =,
Important from the Sandwich Islands