Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-22
mo. Ssol
BY the President ofths United ates.

TN pursuance oflaw, I, FRANKLIN PIERCE, Pres.
tdent Of the United States or America do hereby
declare and make known that publ, sale win be
held ut the land ofics at AUGUSTA, In the State Of
MISSISSIPPI. commencing on Monday, he tsventyfrsf
day Of Nay aezt for the disposal OF al that portion
Of hs sections and parts oil sections Of land bearing
odd numbers within ak miles On cash SIDE of the
line OF The NOZZLE AND Ono RIVER RAILROAD, In the
states Of AIAsANA and MISSES PrI. subject to In.
double minimum price OF two dollars and fifty cents
Per acre, provided by the act OF 10th September
1850, and excepted from graduation ss 70 price ~
to be offered for sale IN proclamation No. 400, bear.
ing date Esd May, 1858, but subsequently with.
drawn until ferther motto, for the proposed railroad
from Brssdou to ontscmery By public notice No.
49, bearing dste 10Th August 1858: and the ssrae
not being subject TO private entry at the date of si
withdrawal, were consequently not restored to mar
kst by general notice No So, dated 9Th Sep;eber
1854: situated In the unaefiaentionei townships,
to wit:
Nora of the base line ard east of TIE Chocsap neri
3 dan. -F
Township four, Of range thi.tsen
Townships th'ee, fo. fpe. and sir, OF range four.
teen
Townships 'hros, four, nve, six and seuen Of
Townships three, four, fos, siz, and seven, Ofrsnze
dxteen
Townships foe, sir, and s:ueH, of rang. s,vcr.
Township secez, Of range sighteen.
Notice is also hereby giyen that all the l.nds sill,
uatej outside Of the hJe limits on sech side
tthe above road Withdrawn and not siEce restored
to private entry as above stated, which win be sub
ject to entry at one dollar and twenty-five &c tie
per acre, or f for actual settlement asd pre- emp
toni at the prcss pres Tibed by the graduation act
Of 9TH August, 1854 in the following named districts
and townships In the States of Miss sippi and Ala
bsms, viii be subject to entry and location On and
aftsr Monday the ninetee,th day of March next, to
Wit:
In the district of lands sui jet to sale at AUGUSTA
MISSISSIPPI:
North Of the bas. line and cas-. Of te Choctaw m.rr-
Townships three, four, fue, Elk and seven, Orange
Twelve
townships three, Joxr, Eve, So, ard sssen, Of
range thirteen
Townships three, four fire SIR and seven, of range
fourteen
Township sepen, ofrsnge fifteen
Townships three, four. aud fuc, of range sixteen
Townships three, four, foe, siz, and screen, Of
Townships three, four, fife, six, snd sepen. Of
range eighteen.
In the dstriO, Of lands subject to sale at pExOPO
LIS ALABAMA:
NortA Of tn: bas: lin: and vest Of the principal NE
ridiaa.
Townships thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and
seventeen, Of range two
townships thirteen, fourteen, f. teen, s,rteen aud
seventeen, Of range three
Townships thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, siztesn and
seventeen, Of range four
Townships thirteen and fourteen, of range Eve.
The townships designated in roman le tiers are
wholly within the limits Of six and ft-sn miles
spect;vey each side OF said T. aS and thcss In
italics partly vii hin said limis, as designated
on the diagrams which will be furnished to the
spective district officers b. the Commissioner Of tie
Ger eral La5d Cfhce.
The lands will be soll. uct 10 the RICH. IF vay
grsntei by the act of 20th Septem oer 1850 TO The
states afore.ed for said railroad. BOT exceeding one
hundred feet on each side thereof and Therefore tie
pal ticuar raSt Of an1 which include the road viii
be sold as containing the quantities respectively
shown by the ci1ie'ai pists.
The sections win b. c~- al az the public sale In
the orler in Thich they E.o eSve-ieSd; the eale
will be kept cFeu f,v sufficient time 20 admit Of
Offering all the l.ns, hut not eycee ling two weeks;
ard applications to make private entries Of the anc.
offered at pcb.:c srle under this p.oclsrnation viii
not be rseeiTsa r--I after the cltss CT the tive
weeks.
Given under -iS land. at the city OF Washington.
this fcvensh day Ct February, Ammo mini ole
.kout and eight hundred and 1fty-fvs.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
I:y the President:
l JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner General Lard Ofi,s