New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-08
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER s, 1852.

report Of the whole work with uiaps of the boundary
showing the topor phy OF The country Will be specially
communicated a; an cly dag IN TIE ensuing sess.oh u
Cor gre.s. ,..
Tie promptness, energy and efficiency with which tbs
work hss been executed rebounds 70 TIE credit OF te
able and efficient Surveysr-GeEerd all Astronomer
charged in it, and in TACT 10 al TIE persons employed
H. ,,
Territcrv viii be found forth IN table L, accompany
ing this report IN which the entire area OF each STATE IN
square miles ard acres = given-the quar-y .rNefei
ard un.urveyet-he number Of acres orered or sale
the number OF acres sodthc amount embraced IN DO
nations grants Tor schools universities, ayuuls Tor te
deaf and dumb internal Improvements 70 lniiVlauIs
and compalIcs-iCr seats OF government am p1ohc
buildings-for military servces-reseTved for salnes-
for the benefit If udiAns-or companies, individuals and
coruorafiCns the area covered by corh-med pryate
clams-the amour; o. wamp lands granted 20 tAe sew
eTr States for railroad purposes and he total area N
sold sLd unspprOpTiate Of offered and unoieftd lands
From the last column II VIII o. perceived mat tnesc
sre large bodies Of land IN all the states AMI e-rOre
exfercin. from The 25thto tie f9h psra Of north ldt
nuGe, and from tie Atlantic % me Pas'hc including
every desirable vrrev OF coil ami climate, mineral ana
timber and capable Of PRODUCING in the -qtest a5ln
dance. not only the Eecessaries bal me iues Oi NC
and aforoing The widest dcld Tor euerplns industry
Under buttons Of the two Houses O. Congress te
valual II report Of Or D. ID. owen on lle geology OF
WI coasn lowe and Minnesota ani Incl 'entAiy OF the
"Mauysises TeTrcs in Nebraska l. nov being printed
under direction o tbs Office. Tne report vouminous
ana rsff-tLN, ol oAo@t wv
paces with separate volume O. maps With an eye TO
economy in the execution OF 30 large an elon as has
been ordered, L concluded 70 adopt Wool en- sraY
ngs Tor The iusT ions which accompany the text and
az happy 90 state that while The WORK rsel reiecrs
The highest credit the scientific attlnmcnJs OF ts
author the execution 0ltI, syl likely 10 10 credit
81 home and abroad 90 H. artistic skill % tue country
The mode pursued has been very economical, nvovms
much les eXpense thsn any other known 10 the Depart
ment The work OF printing has progressed with IN
wearing diligence and Il l. expected that thousand
copies vii b. ready Tor delivery shortly after the meet
inc al Congress and subsequently tie progress VIII be
~ the rate OF I'VE hundred copies per Week.
IL this connection beg leave 20 invite attention 70
paper rom DR. Owen. herewith submitted setting iOrn
the utility of geological survey IN Oregon, ami man
esing strong desire that special geological recon
uOaaco be- ordered in the region OF country N Neort Aa
which les the head waters Of the Moreau, Nnte
and Cheyenne Rivers. snd IN the region nj the Black
HILL dcn0mlnlfed the "Mauvaiscs IcEre Ihis u re-
garccd as the tertiary formation, aboUnilug with the
fossil remains Of extinct species OF animals each com
bnng the distinctive characteristics OF several existing
racos acco!dingt1 tie decisions Of comparative anat-
o1y This region WI be found alluded 60 on page ~
IL d sixth chapter o Iii. report Tnc field referred 10
se-- hktv tO be- ono OF peculiar interest 10 me gro
Logical world IL rc.erclcc 70 which Dr. owen sta.es
that 1t Is not much assert that since the rs
cos.lcs ly tie opetn- of the gypsum qGrres Of Nln
mslre IN France tstt made n tacCuaintci wtl those
-iuc extinct fossil races entCmoed IN the PARIS basll
10 discovery Ia geoogy has divugrt such extraordinary
sTd utcr s,lu- result ln laaCGto.0gy lie fruer r.
rar.- thst "le-e in toe bad lands o. Nebraska, do
iLuc pate the removal oil hc -hroul Of oblivion that
has lCuv concealed important events IN the pasr hl,-
tory OF tbis e'Hn, mat mtt iorn deeply interesting
chaVt IT, geology. With such prospects Of cnrchng
the lflds e. science from q further exploration OF tbs
attractive region you viii understand MY anNiety t1r
prcsct urs thee -colo gcol carrhe Reasons o'l.r
than tie foregoing also urged by d. oven Tor this
undertaking
y,ar. when srartiog the public surveys Oregon,
tie department yielded - the wishes OK Tie te dele
gate, who ur-cd m compliance with the de-re OF ms
Constituents. Geological rccounOi-s apccto some extent
in the Oregon Territory and particularly 70 the west OF
the CasCa de Mountains. After much delDcrdnOn, u
deemed CoAf tent aud proper c' oc % such OBJ
iects Whit renamed of an appropriation Tor simarcX-
ploUiions M the West. particularly az Or. owen has
srenuou ~ recommended the measures, in continuation
Of the GcyClCpnoEis which wil be found IN hs report
d. Evans, h euteprsing assistant in recent explore
ton-, appointed 10 tins service has Porso'orei
in the work with remarkable energy, alJcr having
led The Eo'kY Mountain, ~ much personal hazard,
without other protection than few occasional Indian
guides.
Preliminary reports have been received from him Of
nrcl interest; hut tAe furnished were long since
exhausted, and VIII admit of completing u.s report;
GLd hence an item Il submitted for the purpose, IN The
estimatc Of Gpprc atlon 'r the nest tscai year, and
al - 10 cover the eNpentc OF reconuJs OF tho
" Mauvases Terrcs, in Nebraska
The iLol report o. Mcssrs. Foster AMI Whitney, on
the geology o, the Lake Superior land district ior ;hc
completion OF which pm appropriation was made ~ thc
Last session of Congcf, VIII be communicated in the
cOursc of The next Sc ion.
This report N embrace the most recent Information
in relation 10 the copper and iron mines OF that interest
irg region.
The whole OF the mineral business connected with
The .lCs q the public land. in Mich lau, Wisconsin IL
iino, &c, mas been brought nearly a close that
there 40 longer any necessity for the employment Of
a mineral agent IN those regions and therefore recon-
mCnd that the services O. the one now employed there
be Discontinued.
The business connected with the bounty land divisions
OF this cicc has been pressed forward rapidly pos
sblc The following table exhibits the Of war
rant issued under TIE acts OF 1871 ljJ aud 1872 the
number Of those warrants that have been located and
he number now outstanding viz
Op 1917