New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-04
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
Report of the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office.

Biz Higher evidence OF the growth and prOSpen-
~ Of Our co airy, and of the unexamped rapi1y OF
The settlement OF the public lands, cannot be desired
than is shown by the fact that since the year 1872,
thirteen new States, commencing with Ohio and end
ing with California, equalhng III number the org nal
States and embracing an area OF more than FIVE hun
dTed and six millions of acres, nave been formed out
Of the public domain and admitted INTO the Unlon.-
There are also vast Territories, stretching from
the northern lakes and the Mississippi 20 the borders
Of California and the shores of the PACING covering
OF eleven hundred and ten millions OF acres
In those States and Territories there now remains
an aggregate of more than fourteen hundred mllllOnS
OF acres OF unsold land Astounding in all the vare-
ties OF mineral wealth, and fruitful in all the produc-
hoDs Of the earth that can minister to the happiness
Or comfort of man.
e While thousands are attracted to the Pacific coast
IN search OF the precious metals an ever increasing
stream OF hardy yeomanry is ,ushing from an quai-
tiers upon the rich agricultural lands OF tue west eS-
tsbshibg themselves as permanent citizens, ana en-
gazing in all the pursuits OF productive labor
Ina ination can scarcely keep pace with me III
cresfe Of the Western country. The great ana Ter
tile valley of the Mississppi, which, a lew years
tmce was the outpost o. civilization, ana the huht-
ing ground of the savage, has no" become tue geo
sysphica and commercial center OF our ocean bound
Republic and contains a population OF ABOUT elsht
millions Villages, towns, anc populous clueS, nave
sprung up as by magic her mighty rivers are navi'
pated by the largest and most numerous steam ma
rine OF any country magnificent canals have been
constructed and gigantic system of railroads now
IN proeress will connect this fertile and productive
region with the Eastern Atlantic cities, by all the
ties of commerce and reciprocal intercourse.
The minimum price of the public land is one dol
lar ard twenty-five cents per acre ana whlie tne
quantity offered is immense that II is placed be-
yopd the reach and power of monopoly, the price is
at the same time small, that every man OF ofdi-
nav industry has the ability to provide himself win
q homestead and so long as Government oners
hundreds of millions OF acres for sale, at the pfce
OF about one days labor for each acre, every man
able TO till the ground will have It In his power to
become a freebooter.
1850. and To 30th June, 1851, amount to l,Si6S7
49-l00 acres and the purchase money to 2,S7o,9i7
45-lC0 dollars.
The amount Of land sold, during the first quarter
81 the nscal year, commencing July l, 1891, was
473,lf0 65.lC0 acres, for which there has been re-
ceved the sum of COL 69l 0llO0 dollars. The amount
OF land sold for the corresponding quarter OF the
last fiscal year was 266s79 G6-l0O acres for which
the sum Of SIC GO 100 dollars was received. The
sales thus appear TO be largely on the increase
The stream of emigration, ever flowing towards
the fruitful fields where labor meets It's suest re-
ward, and the inducements held forth by the con-
struetion Of the great Central Railroad from Chics-
70 TO Mobile, will insure n ready safe for large
bodies Of lands hitherto unattractve. These causes
viii be likely TO augment the sales. The tracts ON
the route Of that road reserved TO the United states
not beng subject TO location by land warrants and
all lanes brought into market since - March, 1871,
being excluded by law from location by such war
rants, are causes which, also, may be expected 10
increase the revenue from the public domain
The following is a comparative table showing the
appropriations OF the public lands by sales ana
military locations for several successive calendar
years
Sales CT. Reefs MY War. Act Or5O. Aggrte.
asl. A; SIS 50 sss s e, Is ssssss Scss
ssSs ISIS SO z sS ,,o 10, 'siSs 70
nav be estimated IN proportion.
The locations by military bounty land warrants
cover an area OF s454,Oo acres. making an aggre-
gate Of cash sales and locations by warrant, during
NAT period Of 4,S0osi7 49lOO acres, which, az the
MINIMUM price, would amount 10 S5,316O59 30. The
saes. however, exceeded the minimum price BY
xossss %. The whole number of land warrantsi IS
seed 10 TIE Is, November 1851, under the Mexican
Souhty Land act OF 18th February, lsi7, is sO,'sl
vi TINS number 66,6ls have been returned to the
Sehefai Land Office as located and OF these located
nha warrants 60 goo have been patented The whole
lomoer OF land warrants issued up 10 the same Pc
s,oe, uncer the General Bounty Land Law OF 2Sth
SsPemoer, $780, Is @2Ol. or this number, S,9"o
sase been returned 10 the General Land Oihcc as
ioes'sd and Of the located land warrants OF this
s'sss, $50 have been patented.
since nv last annual report, there have been ~
uso and transmitted TO their respective destinations,
Spvsrcs OF seventy Eve thousand letters patent for
Paohe land titles Of all descriptions and the iaoors
olne accountants and book keepers have been am.
Shuy prosecuted. The quarterly accounts oil the
AscelFefs Of Public Money, and those OF the Sur
ssyors-General, including California and Oregon,
an sis'hed 10 be able 10 state have all been ad-
ssed At this Office, 20 the 3Oth OF September last
And the accounts OF Deputy surveyors, as far as
NvsNec, are all adjusted 10 dates more recent,
no we exception oftwo suspended cases
Ire quantity of public land proclaimed for market
nSs The date OF r3y las; annual report, amounts 10
s,.siss7 acres, and the estimated quantity availa-
-. ivf market duirg the coming year, VIII not De
suoni.led
La'e N The spring the District Land Office a, De-
snee OHIO was destroyed by FIRE, and its records all
censemsd This Office promptly supplied the Register
.a receiver with lists OF the lands yet remaining
UNFOLD IN that district, and the duties OF that office
'sre shortly afterward resumed
E,ery precauion has been adop,td by official re-
s~'s"oh ana system, to detect and arrest any at