The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-03

BY tho President or tho United states.
TN pursuance Of law, /, FRANKLIN PIERCE
Il President OF the United States, do hereby DC
clare and make known that public saies OF the
sections and parts OF sections of land, all bearnz
the odd 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 Mississippi, subject to double the
minimum price ofthe public lands, as provided by
the act of goth September $780, will be held at the
following land offices, in the States OF Alabama
and. Mississippi, at tho periods hereinafter desig-
At the land Office at ST. STEPHENS, in Alaba.
ma, commencing on Monday, the ffh day ol
September nezf for the disposal of ouch sections and
parts of sections, being the odd numbers above re.
ferred to- as are situated in the aforementioned
townships, to wit:
North Of the base line aud Desf Of the principal ansri
Townships one and too, of range one.
Townships one, tIUo, three, and four, of range
two.
Townships one two, three, four and fvs, Of
range three. t
Townships one, tco, three, four, Jfue, siS, and
sepesa, of range four.
Townships three, four, five, six and seuen, Of
range five.
South of the base line and .Dest of the principal er
dian.
Townships one, too, three, -four, and foe, of range
one. m G es4
Townships one, two, three, four, and tive, Of
range two.
Townships one, t,co, and three, Of range three.
Township one, OF range four.
South IF the base line and east Of the principal eri
dian.
Townships three and four, of range one. y.
AT the land office at DEMOPOLIS, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the t,oeLfM day Of
September next for the disposal of such sections and
Do of sections being the odd numbers above re-
A. SsN~r~
Townships, to wit: u
North of the base line and ,cest Of the principal
Townships eighteen, nineteen, and tscsnty, Of
range four.
AZ the land Office at TUSCALOOSA, in the
of September ,,ert 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:
Northof the base line and est of the principal me-
ridian in the southern surveying district.
Township t,centy one, of range four.
At the land Office at COLUMBUS, in MISSISSIPPI
pi, commencing on Monday, the nineteenth day OF
September neat for the disposal Of such sections and
parts of sections, being the odd numbers above re-
.ferred to, as are situated in the aforementioned
townships, to wit:
North Of the base line and east Of the Gocta,c
meridian.
Townships eight. sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, and ttUenty, of range fifteen.
Townships eight, nine t,Oelvs, thirteen, fourteen.
fifteen, sirteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and
twenty, of range sixteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, tscelce, thir.
teen fourteen fifteen, SIXTEEN seventeen, eighteen,
and ninefeen, of range seventeen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, ttceire, thsr-
ITEM fourteen tee, and sirleen, of range eighteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, and ttuelue, OF
range nineteen.
AT the land office at AUG USTA, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the ttnenfy sirth
day of September neat, for the disposal of such
tions and parts of sections, being the odd numbers
above referred to, situated in the undermcn-
toned townships, to wit:
North of the base line and east Of the Chocta,o me
ridian.
Township four, OF range thirteen.
Townships one, too, three, four, iue, and sir, OF
range fourteen.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seuea, of range fifteen.
Townships one, t,oo, three, four, foe, six, and
seven, of range sixteen.
Townships one, foe, sir and sepen, severn
Township seuen. OF range eighteen. H Il.
North of the base line ,oest Of the meridian, and east
of Pearl riuer.
Townships three, four, foe, six, seven, and eight,
Townships tve, sir, seven, eight, nine, and ten,
of range six.
Townships seuen, eight, nine. and ten, of range
seven.
Townships, eight, nine, and ten, of range eight.
The townships herein designated in Roman let
tiers are wholly within the limits of eek sections
in width on each side of said road, )" and those in
italics are party within said limits. designated
on the diagrams, 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
ceedng one hundred feet on each side thereof; and
therefore the particular tracts ofland whchjnclude
the road will be sold as containing the quantities
respectively shown by the official plats.
Each sale will be kept open for time sufficient
to admit of offering ali 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.
ton, the twenty third day of May, A.. D. 1858.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to actual settlers on lands Of The United
States originally ,cithdratcn from market ac-
count of the rairoad grant
Under act of Congress, approved Sd March, 1858,
entitled "An act to extend pre- emption rights to
certain lands therein mentioned. the presumption
laws of the United States 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 said railroad There
FORE all claims by presumption 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, 1858,
the date of the final allotment.
Clams within the ak miles limits must be proven
IN at any time before the day herein fixed for the
commencement of the public sale, and are to be
Maid for at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents
ner 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
payment for either class of lands; one warrant
nj how IN ho lO~n tnd bv oh Dre en-