Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31
pRE-EHP7IoEs IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA

late letter from Mr. Manypenny Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, dated 18th July, and
published in q Western paper, says:
aAll the treaties concluded with the tribes
north of the Kansas river have been ratified by
the Senate, and embrace the Omahas, Ottoes
and Missourias, Sacs and Foxes Of Missouri,
Iowas, Kickapoos, and Delawares.
"The cessions of land to the United States
by these treaties amount to about eleven mil
lion five hundred Thousand acres, all Of which
is Internationally .ceded, and therefore subject
TO pre- emption, except about six hundred and
thirty-f,ur thousend FIVE hundred acres, which
is to be sold as the lands of the United States
are sold, with this difference-that Congress
may, after limited time, graduate aud reduce
the price and the proceeds of the sales are to
be paid to the tribes after deducting therefrom
the cost Of surveying, managing and selling
the same OF this six hundred and thirty-four
thousand five hundred acres five hundred end
thirty-eight thousand five hundred belong TO
the Delawares, and ninetysix thousand to the
Iowas.
aShould the treaties concluded with tribes
south Of the Kansas river be ratified by the
Senate, the amount Of land ccded by them is
about two millions and twenty-six thousand
acres; all of which, with the exception of
about two hundred and eight thousand enc
hundred and sixty acres, belonging to the
Weas, &c.. will be subject to presumption the
provision in relation TO tho Weas, 60, land be-
ing the same as that for the Delawares and
Iowas.
gThe case then stands thus Lands acquir-
ed BY these treaties subject TO pre- empuon,
twelve million seven hundred and eleven thou
sand eight hundred and forty acres; lands sub
iect to sale as United States lands with the
power in Congress after limited time to grad
uate and reduce the price, six hundred and
sixty.two thousand six hundred and sixty acres
"As soon as the remaining treaties are rat
fled and the necessary appropriations made,
the Indian Office will take early steps to have
the Indian reservations and selections made, to
tho end that the settlers may avail themselves
Of the full benefits Of these Treaties
The WHres OF THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH
The Louisville Journal would gladly preserve
the National Wing party, and il racks its
brains to discover some plan by which its OBJ
ject can be effected. 1t hes finally como TO the
following result:
of the Wings Of the North shall be willing
to let the Southern Wings think, and feel, and
speak, and vote rs they please upon the Ne
braska law, and il the Southern Wings shall
cheerfully accord the same freedom to their
Northern brethren, wc see no reason why the
great Wing party Of the nation cannot be as
harmonious in all future elections as IL has
been 10 any past election"
40 most lamo and impoteut conclusion II
each section will agree to ignore as national
question the most important and vital question
before the nation--the one paramount to all
others--then the National Wing organization
can be maintained What ridiculous propo-
sitionl OF what benefit would be such an or
ganzation And if the party was successful
what would DO the result but the further hu.
initiation Of the North, and the triumph OF
Slavery? No, no; we want no organization on
such basis. Wo must have cordial agree
ment upon q national platform OF principles,
embracing at least the restoration OF the M's.
souri, Compromises, and the rejection Of Kansas
as a slave State or there can be no political
fellowship between the Wings Of the North
and the South. Will the Wings Of the South
agree TO thisl Will they agreso to the plat
form OF the Wings Of Pennsylvania No.
How is It possible then, that there can be any
union e. Pittsburgh Gazette.
DEATH OF VETERAN--Dr. Avery Downer,
who had practiced medicine for seventy years,
died last week in Preston, Connecticut, aged
90 years. He was the sole surviving witness OF
the massacre Of Fort Griswold, where he assist
cd his father in dressing the soldiers wounds