Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-03
No. 523.l
SALE OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN THE
STATE OF MISSOURI.

BY the President OF the United States.
IN pursuance Of law, 1, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
i President Of the United States Of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
Of the sections and part sections being all those
bearing odd Numbers, which remain to the United
States s,thin s.z mules on each side of the Hannibal
and ST. Joseph raj road, in the State Of Mssouvi sub
ject to sale at two dollars and fifty cents per acre,
provided by the act Of 10th June, 1852, entitled
"An act granting the right OF way to the State of
Missouri, and portion of the public lands, to aid
in the construction of 'ertain railroads In the said
State" and specially excepted from graduation as to
price by the act of 4th August 1854 will be held at
the aforementioned land Offices in said State at the
periods hereinafter designated. to wit:
At the land Office at PALMYEA, commencing on
Monday, the fifteenth day Of January next, for the
disposal of the vacant lands within such sections
and parts of sections bearing odd numbers, above
referred to, as are situated In the aforementioned
townships, viz:
Nor tn Of the base line, and .oest Of the fth prince
pal meridian.
Township tVtystz, of range three
Townships fty.fce, .ftysiS, fifty -seven and 6ty-
eight range four
Townships fifty foe, Jyty-sis, ftyseven, fly eight
and ftfy-n,ne range five
Townships fifty jfue, .tystz, ffty4sven, hfty-eight
and ffty'line range six
Townships fhyJfue, fity-six, vsy-seoen, and. f,ty
eight, range seven
eight
Townships ftty6ue, hfty-six and Jfttyseusn, range
nine
Townships f'y5os, ysysis, tvfayseuen, and fifty
Townships fJfy,sis, hftyseven, and Jy.y eight,
Townships Jvty1z, afty-seven, and tttyeghs
range twelve
At the land Office at MILAN, commencing on Mon
day, the eighth day of JanurJne for the disposal
of the vacant public lands within such odd num-
bsred sections above referred to situated in
the tollowing-named townships, viz:
North Of the base line and ,oest Of the M principal
nscrsdian.
Townships fifty sic, fifty seven, and fftyeigh, of
range fourteen
Townships yfsy-siz, hfty-sevsn, and Jvtyaght, Of
Townships tyty-sir, hfty-seven, and .Nty-essM, of
range sixteen
Townships .ffysis, aity-seven, and JvtyogM, of
range seventeen
Townships ffty-siI, ffty-seven, and Gtyei1M, Of
range eighteen
Townships 6teystr, hfty-seven, and JVsy-esM, of
range nineteen
Townships fJtysis, hfty-seven, and .ftysgM, of
Townships tyty7sis, ffty-seven, and f,7yegh, of
Townships fifty sis. ffty-seven, and fttye'gh, OF
Townships dJtp-sis, hfty-seven, and ftyeight, of
range twenty-three.
At the land Office at PLArTsBURs, commencing on
Monday, the eighteenth day of December next for
the disposal of the vacant public lands in such odd
D.
in the following named townships, viz:
North of the base line and socst Of the h p1incipa
meridian.
Townships fifty siz, ffty-sevsn, Jvtyeight, and .f
ty-nine, range twenty -four
Townships ffty-six, ffty-seven, and fftyeight, of
range twenty five
Townships ytysis, hfty-seven, and Jvty-aght, of
Townships fifty siz, fftyseven, and JytyegM, of
range twenty-seven
Townships fifty sic, ffty-seven, and ft7yeight, of
range twentyeight
townships fifty sic, fftyseren, and ffty-eight, Of
range twenty nine
townships fJ.y sic, hfty-seven, and .ttyeight OF
range thirty
Townships Jyty,sir, ffty-seven, and fttyetght, of
range thirty-one
Townships il ty-sir, fftysevsn, and ty-eight, of
range thirty-two
Townships .Gtiy siz, fftyseven, and fifty eight, OF
range thrty-three
Townships Gftysiz, ffty-seven, and ffty-cight, OF
range thirty four
TOwnships ftty-sir, ffty-sevsn, and tytyeight, OF
range thirty-fve.
who ly within the limits of 'six sections in
width ON each side of said road and those in ita
ics partly within said limits as designated on
the diagrams which were furnished to the respect
i've district land offices by the Commissioner OF the
General Land office.
The lands will be sold subject to the right of ,oay
granted by said act Of 10th June, 1852 for the
venient construction and use of said road as pub
he highway for transportation ;" ard therefore the
particular tracts through which the road passes will
be sold as containing the quantities shown by the
official plats.
The sections will be offered in the order in which
they advertised each sale will be kept open for
time sufficient to admit of Offering all the lands
but not exceeding two weeks, and applications to
make private entries of the Ia DIS offered under this
proclamation will not be received until after the
close of the pu lie SALE
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington,
this fifteenth day Of September, Ammo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
Jos. 8. WILSON,
Actisg Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Under the act of Congress approved 81 of March.
1853, entitled Aa act to extend pre-enpton rights
to cert ain settlers therein mentioned" the emp
ton Jaws of the United States they then existed
were excluded over the aforementioned alternate
sections, where the settlement and improvement
were male prior to the date of allotment il proven
up and paid for at the rate OF two dollars and ffy
cents per acre, before the day fixed for public sale
And by the act approved 9th March, 1854 entitled
An act for the relief of settlers lands reserved
for railroad purposes persons who settled and i'm
proved the above lands prior to the date of .oi,h-
drdwdl will be entitled to preemptons at the ordi-
nary minimum price OF the public lands, or at the
rate Of one dollar and twenty five cents Der
acre, IL proven up and paid for before the
day fixed for the public sale. Therefore eyery
person entitled to the right Of preemption to