The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-08-05
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 81, 1854.
Land Sales i'm the Minneapolis District - The
Reserve all TO be sold-The Mime sotian'S Pre-
dictiOn sustained by the DE partment!

july instant directed that certain townships
situated in those States and Territory. within
about fifteen miles on each side of the route of
the railroad from Dubuque. Iowa, via St. Paul
Minnesota Territory, to the mouth of Left
Hand river at Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, shall
be withdrawn from sale or entry, until further
orders except for valid presumption claims, and
except lands heretofore reserved to the United
States g for any purpose whatsoever'--of which
the following townships embracing also. lands
not yet offered and portion of those recently
advertised for sale as being included in the re-
servat:on.) situated in your district. and col
orcd yellow in the enclosed printed diagram, to
wit
North of the Base Line West of the 4th Princi
| pal Meridian and West of the Mississippi
River.
Township q and % of Range %
:" 81. % and 20 of X. % and a.
Except the portions of said townships within
the former Military Reserve of Fort Smelling
North of the Base Line, and West of the 5tb
Principal Meridian.
Townships lis and 1l9 of Range 20.
ll6 to l20 including Range q.
All OF which have to request that YOU will
note on the plats and books in your Office, as
! reserved for the purpose specified. with refer
ence to these instructions. and reserve the same
from sale or entry accordingly. and you will of
course withhold from the public sale recently
advertised to take place at your Office and not
offer such townships as are contained in the
above list-eycept the lands in the former re-
scrvation of Fort Smelling which will be offered
am very respectfully.
Your obedent servant
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner.
SO il seems, that after all the Indignation and
vile personal abuse poured out upon the Min
nesotian for giving correct information to the
settlers OH these lands, its head was right
and Its decision in the premises has been sus-
tanned by the action of the President and prop
or Department. Our opponents are thus COM
PEELED TO lake water, Ito come out mantuly
and tell the settlers they have been lcceiyng
them all the whilc,-or do what is more prola-
bic they will do, skulk out Of the responsibility
of having created an unnecessary panic through
the effects of which several worthy men have
been "dlddlcd out of their claims by
heartlcss and interruptions sharpers. Although
we haT been abused without stint and even
assaulted, for his fearless exposure of a base
scheme TO wrong th. ."nest settler out of his
rights we feel amply rev arded for all we have
done III knowledge of the fat. that we have
saved at least one Or two, and PEI isns many
more, from the greedy grasp OF the specula Or.
1t is not the first time the Minnesotian has had
war of this Kind on its hands and thanks be
to truth and justice, il is not the first time it,
course has been triumphantly sustained and
vindicaled by the law and the people. In this.
we repeat, we have our reward
1t is seen by TIC Commissioners instruc
TONS
LIST. That oil the lands on the late Military
Reserve are to be sold as proclaimed, in Sep
tembcr, except those held for school purposes
I'd. The few fractional towns which were for
sale in the district off the Reserve are With
drawn for the present. and no entries can he
made upon them until further notice. save of
valid prescription claims made previous to
the withdrawal from sale.
The decision of the Department as to what
Will be valid redemption" claim in this in
stance, will doubtless ic governed by the plain
provisions of the act granting lands to Mime
sofa for Railroad purposes. That act saws, no
lands shall be taken possession OF for the pur-
poses therein contemplated. Ito which the right
OF pre-empton has attached" Now. the dccs-
ions all the way through are, that the right of
pre-clnption ottaches. at the time when the ac-
tual settler and pre-cmptor settles upon pre-
emptahle lands for the purpose of holding the
sane for his exclusive aud individual benefit.
Under these decisions, the land officers at Min
neapolis will doubtless be ready in a few days.
If they are not now, to give the settlers a
chance to prove mp all bona fde emptions
made previous to the Withdrawal of these lands
from market. As we remarked the other day.
m-jobbers. who own one or more claims for
purposes not contemplated by the presumption
law, must look out for themselves. We would
just as soon the Railroad company should be-
come owners OF such claims, as to have them
remain in present hands. unimprovcd.
As some of orr st. Paul papers have assumed
the ground that the President did wrong in
Withdrawing this narrow strip of lands from
sale, and by different course be would have en-
tirely defeated the fulfllment of the terms of
the grant, it may not be improper. in calling
attention to their suicidal view Of the matter
to say to all the world, that there is some TWEEN
ty-five or thirty millions Of acres of land out
side this tract yet left open for settlement in
Minnesota. II is just a. well located, and as
fertile. aud possesses many advantages in
every particular, as the lands within the boun-
Diary of the reserved STRIP The entire valleys
Of the Minnesota, the Blue Earth, and the Mis-
sissippi above st. Anthony-saye such portions
Of these regions as are already settled, go to
make up Que or two small patches of these still
settleabe lands. No want Of good land yet
in Minnesota nor will there be for ten years
to come.
HOMESTEAD Bull PASSED THE SENArE.--The
Homestead Bill passed the Senate last Friday.
by vote Of &c to IL. The title of the bill was
changed to read " a bill to provide and grad
uate the price of the public lands to purchas
ers and actual settlers, and to grant pre-emp
ton privileges in certain cases. aud for other