The daily republic., 1853-08-23

By the RresA0pMt ~ the United otAtcss
TN pursuance Of law. ]. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
i PRECEDENT Of the United States. do hereby de.
Glare and make known that public sAles Of the
sections and parts Of sections Of land, all bcarin3
the edd numbers, which remain TO the United
States, within six miles on each side Of the line OF
the Mobile and Ohio River railroad, in the States
of Alabama and Mssissippi. subject to double The
minimum price of the public lande, as provided BY
the act Of 2oth September 1850 xii be neid ss the
and Mssissippi, at the periods hereinafter desig-
Al The land ONCE at ST. STEPHENS. in Al.ba,
Ssptsber next for the disposal Of such sections and
parts Of sections, being the odd numbers above
ierred to, a. are situated in tho aforementioned
townships, to wit:
North Of the base line and NEST Of the principal syi-
dian.
Townships one and too, of range one.
Townships ono, too, three, and four, Of range
Townships one two. three, four and foe, Of
Townships one, t.Do, three, four, foe, sir, and
sepe,,, of range four,
Townships three, four, five, six and ssuen, Of
range Ave. iioo
South Of the base line and uest Of the principal eri-
t9 dian. t i Pc Il
Townships one, too. three, four, and foe, Orange
Towuships one, two, three, four, and JfUe. of
range two
Townships ors ts0o, and three, of range three.
Township one, of range four.
South Of the base line and sost Of the principal meri
Townships three and four. Of range one.
AT the land office at DEMOPOLIS, in the same
State, commencing on Monday. the tsCevth day Of
September nest for the sucn sections and
fyred to, as are situated In the aforementioned
townships, to wit: 3tigW aJs.i3T8i u ~
North Of the base line and soest Of the principal
Townships e;sAteen, ni"etsen, and ts0enty, Of
AZ the land Office at TUSCALOOSA, in the
same State, commencing on Monday, the tJh day
of September ner for the disposal Of such sections
and parts of sections being the odd numbers above
referred to, as are situated in the aforementioned
townships. to wit:
North of the base line and 70 est of the principal
ridian in the southrn surveying district.
Township t,Oenty one, Of range four:
pi commencing on Monday, the nineteenfh day of
September nert for the disposal of such sections and
parts Of sections being the odd numbers above re.
ferred to, as are situated In the aforementioned
North of the base line and east Of the CAoctasD
Townships eight, sixteen, seuentesn, eighteen,
nineteen, and t,centy, of range fifteen.
Townships eight. nine tscslos. thiyteen, FOURTEEN
fifteen, sirteen seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and
twenty, of range sixteen.
Townships eight mins, ten, elevsn, t,oelue, thir.
teen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen
and nineteen, of range seventeen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, t,celue, tair-
teen fourteen fifteen, and sirtcen, OF range eighteen
Townships eight, nine, ten eleven, and ttoe'os, Of
range nineteen
State, commencing on Monday, the taDenty sirth
day Of September ns1t, for the disposal of such
tions and parts of sections, being the odd numbers
above referred to, arc situated in the undermen
ed n " nahin0. to wit:
North of the base line and east Of the Ch0ctaso
ridian.
Township four, of range thirteen.
Townships one, t,oo three, -four, Jive, and siz of
range fourteen. hHlst IEsa
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seuen, of range fifteen. lgp .-.r,.
Townships one, t,co, three, four, foe, six, and
Townships one, ive, sir and seuen, ofrange seven-
Township seuen, of range eighteen.
North Of the base line ,oest Of e meridian, and east
.H Of Pearl ripeT. o fT tG4}tc'
Townships three, four, foe, six, seven, and eight,
Townships foe, 'ir, seven, eight, mine, and ten,
of range six. rt. rs,l Fi q gsSp AZ
Townships seuen, eight, nine, and ten, of range
seven sa 49, e,1 .sa
Townships, eight. nine, and ten, of range eight.
The townships herein designated in Roman let
tors are wholly within the limits of eek sections
in width on each side of said road, and those in
italics are partly within said limits, designated
on the Diagrams which will be furnished to the
respective district land oces by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office.
Lands reserved for schools, military, and other
purposes, will be excluded from sale.
The lands cold will be subject to ne right Of way
to the States aforesaid, for said rairoad not ex-
ceeding one hundred feet on each sde thereof; and
therefore the 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 q 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 procama-
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.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
BY the President:
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to actual settlers on lands of The United
States originally .cithdrason from market on ac-
count Of the railroad grant
Under act Of Con grcss, approved Sd March, 1858,
entitled "An act to extend pre.emption rights to
certain lands therein mentioned, the prescription
laws of the United States as they now exist are
extended over the alternate reserved sections Of
public lands along the line of the railroad herein
before mentioned, where the settlement and i'm.
provement were made prior to the final allotment OF
the alternate sections to the snid railroad. There
fore all claims by pre-empton to any Of the alter
nate sections Of public lands within the limits
originally reserved will attach, if predicated upon
settlements made prior TO the 4th February, 1853,
tho date of the final allotment.
Ciaims within the six miles limits must be proven
up at any time before the day herein fixed for the
commencement of the public sale, and are to be
paid for at tho rate of two dollars and fifty cents
Der 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
twcntv-ive cents per acre, may be received in
navment for either class Of lands; one warrant
pnlv. however, can be located by each pre- emptor.
Immediately after the close of the public sale
directed by the foregoing proclamation OF the Pre-