The daily republic., 1853-08-27
BY ths President OF tho United states.

TN pursuance Of law, /, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
i President OF the United States. do hereby de-
clare and make known that public sales Of the
sections and parts Of sections Of land, all bearin5
the odd numbers, which remain to tho United
States, within stx miles on each side Of the line OF
the Mobile and Ohio River railroad, In the States
Of Alabama and Mississippi. subject to double the
minimum price OF the public lands, as provided by
the sct Of 10th September 1850, will DO held at the
following land Offices, in the States OF Alabama
and Mississippi, at the periods hereinafter dssig-
At the land Office at ST. STEPHENS. in Alaba-
ma commencing on Monday, the fifth day of
September ne1l for the disposal Of such sections and
parts Of sections, being the odd nunbers above re-
ferred to, as are situated in the underme ntioned
townshps, to wit: tate t
North Of the base line and ,nest Of the principal mcri
dian.
Townships one and tsco. of range one.
Townships one, t,oo, three, and -four, Of range
two. esl ~ s}- l,46 ilEsl
Townships one two. three, four and foe, of
Townships one. tDo, three, four. five, sir, and
ssuen, of range four. f}f 6p}E7 s.l
Townships three, four, five, ak and seuen, Of
range five.
South of the base line and ,oest of the principal meri
Townships one tspo, three, four, and foe, of range
Townships one, two, three, four, and fue, of
Townships one t.po, and three, of range three.
Township one, of range four.
South of the base line and east Of the principal meri
dian.
Townships three and four, of range one.
At the land office at DEMOPOLlS, In the same
State, commencing on Monday, the tsOe5fth day of
September neat for the disposal Of such sections and
% rts Of sections being the odd numbers above re-
~ red to, as are situated in the aforementioned
townships, to wit: y,;
North of the base line and .Dest Of the principal
"
Townships eighteen, nineteen, and tsOenfy, Of
range four. ...5 Z ,t,
Al the land Office at TUSCALOOSA. in the
same State, commencing on Monday, the tsffh day
of September nert for the disposal of such sections
and parts of sections, being the odd numbers above
referred to, are situated in the aforementioned
townships. to wit: 2
North of the base line and 70 est of the principal
ridian Il, the southern surveying district. n
Township t,centy one, of range four.
AT the land office at COLUMBUS. in Missssp-
pi, commencing on Monday, the nineteenth day Of
September ne1t for the disposal of such sections and
parts of sections being the odd numbers above re-
ferred to, as are situated in the ", ermentioned
townships, to wit: @
North Of the base line and east Of the Chocta,o
ab rt meridian
Townships eight, sirteen, seuenteen, eighteen,
nineieen, and ttuenty, of range fifteen.
Townships eight, nine tt0eivs, thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, sirteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and
twenty, of range sixteen.
teen, fourteen fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
and nineteen. Of range seventeen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, tsceIue, thir-
teen, Fourteen teen, and siree,, OF range eighteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten eleven, and ttDeUe, OF
range nineteen. ts aT
AZ the land Office at AUG USTA, in the same
State. commencing on Monday, the ttoenty sirfh
day Of September ,ert for the disposal Of such
tons and parts of sections, being the odd numbers
above referred to-, situated in the undermen-
toned townships, to wit:
North of the base line and east Of the Choctato
ridiGn. Et.#
Township four, of range thirteen.
Townships one, t,oo, three, four, ive, and sir, OF
range fourteen.
Townships one, two, three four, five, six, and
ISeUen, of range fifteen.
Townships one. t,oo, three, four, tipe, six, and
seven, of range sixteen. g fs4t
Townships on, ,Gue, sir, and seuen, ,ofrangeseven-
teen. M
Township sepe,,, of range eighteen.
North Of base line ecest Of the meridian, and east
of Pearl riuer.
Townships three, four, J0e elk, seven, and eight,
of range five.
Townships fve, cir, seven, eight, nine, and ten,
ofrange six. t.
Townships seuen, eight, nine, and ten, of range
seven I ~}28y
The townships herein designated in Roman let
ters are wholly within the limits of "six sectons
in width on each side of said rond," and those in
itaiics are partly within said mits' as des,gnated
on the da agrams, which will be furnished to the
respective district land offices by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office.
Lands reserved for schools, military, and other
purposes will be excluded from sale.
The lands sold will be subject to the right of way
granted by the said act OF Goth September, 1850,
to the States aforesaid, for said railroad, not ex-
coedinp one hundred feet each side thereof; and
therefore the particular tracts ofland which include
the road will be sold containing the quantities
respectively shown by the official plats.
Each sale will be kept open for time sufficient
to admit of offering all the lands, but not exceed
ing two weeks, and applications to make private
entries of the lands offered under this proclama-
ton will not be received until after the close Of the
public sale.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washing
ton, the twenty third day Of May, A: D. ,, 1853;
BY the President:
JOHN WILSON,
@ Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to actual settlers on lands of the United
States originally ,pithdra,or from market on ac-
count Of the railroad grant.
Under act Of Congress, approved Sd March, 1858,
entitled "An act to extend pre- emptlon rights 10
certain lands therein mentioned - the pre-emption
laws of the United States as they now exist are
extended over the alternate reserved sections OF
public lands along the line OF tue railroad herein
before mentioned, where the settlement and i'm
provement made prior to The final allotment OF
the alternate sections to the said railroad There
FORE all claims by prescription to any Of the alter
nate sections of public lands within the imlts
originally reserved will attach, if predicated upon
settlements made prior to the 4h February, 1868.
tho date of the final allotment.
Claims within tho six miles limits must be proven
m at anv time before the day herein fixed for the
commencement of the public sale, and are to be
paid for at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents
per acre. Claims outside of the six miles, and
within the limits of the original reservation, must
be proven up prior to the restoration OF said lands
to private entry.
Soldiers bounty land warrants, at dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, may be received in
,,vrnent for either class of lands; one warrant
only however, can be located by each pre- emptor.
ImmediatelY after the close of the public ga lie