Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-12-17

warrants. 3aOi .3I4 do
Located with other certificates il6,6Ba do
Making total of 4s7o.O6f
10 addition there we're
Reported under swamPIapd
grams t,sIo,Iss
For internal Improvements,
railroads eve, s.0s5 .sao do
~
Making an segregnIe OF l3.li6.l76 DO
Being an increase in the amount OF lands
sold and located uudeT land warrants, OF $50, :.
ego acres over The previous year.
The whole amount thus sold, located under
snd warrants. repOurd under swamp land grants
and selected for internal improvements. exceed.
I'd thar U( The previous yeSE BY } 3I9.572 acres;
and the sales would. wIho I doubt have been
mu"h larger but for The extensive reservations
for railroads 10 Missouri, Mississippi and Aiuba.
ma. B.. .. ....
For the quarter ending SoIh SePIomber 1859,
there we're sold. 9I3,955 acres.
Located wiIb bounty land
warrants. I.3s7.Ii6 &"
Located with Other certificates, 1859
Reported under swamp land
grants, 2.48523S
Making an aggregate for the
quarter Of = =. 4,l3I.s5s
Much The larger portion Of the labor Of ar.
ranging and classifying the relurns OF The last
census has been finished. and il will nov de.
vOlve upon Congress TO make The necessary pro.
visions Tor the publication Of the results in such
form as shall be deemed best. The appoF.
IionmenI Of representation. on the basis Of the
new census, has been made by the Secretary Of
the Interior 10 conformity with the provisions
Of Law RELAXING TO thai subject, and The recen.
elections have been made ia accordance with 10.
commend 10 your favorable regard Ihe sUg-
geslinn contained 10 the report Of the SecTeIa.
ry of the Interior that provision be made by
law for The publication and distribution. period.
cuIly Of an analytical digest Of all the patents
which have been. or may hereafter be. granted
for useful inventions and discoveries. with such
descriptions and illustrations as may be neces-
sary TO present an intelligent view Of their na.
ture and operation. The cos, of such publica.
lion could easily be defIavpd ost of the Patent
Fund aud ! am persuaded Thai il could he ap.
plrd TO no object more acceptable to its invent
Urs and beneficial to The public al large.
An appropriation Of $IoU OU0 having been
made 1T The last session for The purpose Of =
surlabIe site, and for The tTecliOn furnishing and
flung up Of an Assy Ium for The Insane Of The
DsUicI &c Columbia. and of he Army and Ma.
w of the United States. lhr proper measures
have been sdopI,d TO carry This benl6cenI pur.
pose inIn ttfrcI.
BV The lRiDs, advices from the Mexican
, Boundary Cnmission. il appears that The surVe y
Of The river G,la. from its confluence with the
Colorado to It's supposed intersection with Ihr
western iUe Of New xico. has been compile
ted. The survey of the Rio Grsnds has also
bsen finished from The pninI sRreed on by the
Con misSiuneTs as "IhP rnlnI here il sIFiks the
southern boundary If New Mexico" TO poini
one hundred aud ihrIy five miles below Eagle
Pass. which is about tao thirds ol The distance
arrg The course of The River to its mouth.
The appropriation which was made at the
last session OF Congress for ,he continuation Of
the survey is subject TO the lolloWing proviso ::
"PRoviUED, That M part Of this sppropTia.
sion shaI be- used 0T expended until il shall be
made satisfactorily to appear IN the President OF
The Unird States that the snulhrrn boundary Of
New Mexico is not established bv the commits.
siontr and urveyoT UI the Uniird States farther
nuuh OF The town called 'PaSo' Ihan the same
is IaId down in Dlslurne!I's map which is added
To Ihe treaty."
My attention was drawn TO this subject BY a
report from the Department Of the Interior.
which reviewed al the facts Of lhe case. and
submitted TO my derison the question whether,
under existing circumstances, any part OF lhs
appropriation could be lawfully 1sed and ex.
pended for the further prosecution Of The work.
AIieT a careful consideration OF the subject.
came to The conclusion that il could not, and so
informed the head of the Department. Orders
we're Immediately issued by him To The com'ns.
slOn,T and surveyor 10 make M further Tequisi.
lions on The Department. rs they could no. be
paid aud to discontinue all operations on the
southern lns Of New Mexico. But as the Do.
paTImenI had no exact information as TO the
amuunI of provisions aud money which 70.
mained unexpendrd in the hands Of the com.
missioner and surveyor, il was left dlscreHona.
ry with them ~ continue The survey down the
RIO Grande as far as the means al their dspo.
sal would enable Them, or at once to disband
The commission. A special messenger has
since arrived IRON the officer in charge &c the
survey on the river. with information Thai The
funds subject 10 his control were exausled, and
IhaI Ihe officers and nlhrrs employed ia The ser.
wee were destitute alike Of the means Of pros.
ecrI"g The swnrk and Of returning to their homes.
The obj Iet at Iha pr v'so was doubtless 10 AZ
RESI- me >ursey of .hr s1BIhSFa aud western
n"ss oI N-E VI xco, in regard IN which d6sr-
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