The daily union., 1856-01-18

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with the boundary line between tbs States Of Missouri aud
Iowa established by decree Of the Soprems Court have
been completed
In LOUISIANA feid O. eratons are limited to corrections
and 10 the location Of private claims
In the surveying department OF baoo, Wisconsn, and
Minnesota field work has been pushed forward with great
a&st
In F2orids, ia addition TO certain corrective work, the
surveys progressing 10 the vicinity Of Lake kissimmee
and Okeeeho-bee by extension of the lines OF former
surveys 10 the limits OF the Indian country and which viii
result ia opening up TO the settler region Of country
ofa interesting character The surveys IN this State are
drawing TO close.
In the 6fsh section Of the Indian appropriation act Of
March 1855 provision is made for the surveys Ia The
Territory OF Kansas required by the indian treaties OF
1854 and for the classification and apprasement Of such
~ the eeded lands under the provisions OF said treaties
are to be sold for the benefit OF the Indians Inc manage
ment of the surveys classification and valuation Of these
trust lands having been placed under the control aud d
recon Of this Office proper instructions were given the
surveyor in relation thereto requiring him TO press
forward the surveys and TO the requisite cashca
on and valuation tables TO accompany the township pats
in triplieate.
by The report of the surveyor general Of September
this Office is advised that the lands nearly
sixty townships and that the thereof will be COM
pleted as follows:
lopds by November /, 1855.
Oetawdres by December l. 1885. la I'll
Yeas and tribes confederate by January Is, 1856.
Should il be determined these lands to be sold
after the usual notice of the sales of public lands the sales
might take place as follows:
Ioeas March J. 1855.
l)elascares April l. 1855. acf 4lft
Weas and tribes conf fsderate June l, 1855. w .
The period for the sale of these lands may be either
shortened or extended as circumstances NAV hereafter sg-
gest under the discretion given by law the President
From the base line the ortieh parallel which forms
the boundary line between the Territories of Nebraska and
Kansas at point sixty miles of the Missouri river
guide meridian has been ordered to be extended north
in Nebraska the head of the Nebraska river south
In Kansas TO the distance of 10 miles, and from such
guide meridian parallels prescribed intervals
required TO be extended eastward TO the eastern bound
ares Of said Territories The establishment OF these gov
erning lines Will admit Of eiectng the subdivsona
veys in such to accommodate the settlers by
gagng the surveying force in those particular localities
which settlements have been formed where the necessity
Tor surveys urgent than in other localities and
this without marring the system when ultimately com
pleted. s aa Hi 1856 bHk
ted in the valley of the Rio Grande the bank Of
that river nearly opposite the town Of Joya the survey
menced TO establish his principal meridian and base line
which he reports TO be in latitude 80 deg 10 min and
from it the meridian has been extended ninety-sx miles
north and sixty miles south. This work was accomplished
dan and under the projection of force the
expense OF the deputy From this meridian correction
ne is being extended Fort Staunton on the river
Bonita. ssts EI ffI3 #IE
The office Of the surveyor general Of New Mexico is at
Santa Fe. asf s#8El. g5E u rIEsTE
From the report of the surveyor general of Oregon Ter
rtory appears that the fourth standard parallel has
been extended west to the Pacific coast which Il ntersects
at ponta short distance NORTH = the Unpoua river near
the 44h parallel Of latitude and will prove rood base Of
coahexon r further operations in the valley of that river
steps have also been taken for like extension Of the
rt and second parallels but subsequently postponed
s reported that l4l0 donation claims have been sur
veyed since November 2 1854 leaving $40 claims under
conrac and that the whole number Of claims up date
surveyed and nnsurveyed, amounts to 1850.
Surveying operations have been hitherto restricted to
the country lying between the Pacific and the Cas-
cade range Their extension recommended by the sur
veyor general from new meridian to the country living
east OF that range parts Of which reported inviting
10 settlers.
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the Cascade mountains, instituted years ago
bore It's organization into separate Territory under the
direction OF The surveyor general of Oregon After the
RECORDS OIL hee surveys duly prepared and transfer
red from the Oregon the Washington Office surveyor
general OF Washington instituted surveys of desirable po
lions OF the country in the immediate vicinity of Fort
Vancouver Pugets sound, and Belingham bay and in
strnctons have been given for the "Whtbys
stand lying between said bay and Admiralty inlet The
Willamette meridian north of the Columbia river west TO
the coast has been for and the second and
fourth completed but insurmountabe obstacles TO the
tension OF TIE NTH parallel to the Of Pugets sound
compelled the abandon his contract Portions
OF zoe tmrd ht and sixth correction parallels OF the
merdian have also been returned as completed together
WIN Wepy -four miles OF the guide meridian Of Pu-
gets Sound
tne surveyor general in his annual report represents
country on The northern bank Of the Columbia river and
the shores OF Pugets sound, of good SOIL with
nous growth OF vegetation FRS many of them fifteen
Ice. IN diameter and two hundred feet length prostrate
cucumber the ground from amidst the ruins OF an
Gent forest arises another OF the character
many hundred years old growing among scarcely de
cayed trunks OF the 6rstp "Ferns frequently OF fifteen
cet elevation lie recommends the the item being
PROVIDED Tor IN the existing appropriaons OF the town
snip iines east OF Puges sound Bcngham bay and Gulf
OF Georgia TO the British line ir 40 degrees OF north la,
tude ana the subdivision OF townships OF the
sound on the Dwamish and Snoqualme rivers represent
ing as embracing rich lands partly prairie The
general adverts 10 difficulties and disputes between citizens
ana BRUSH subjects concerning the ownership Of certain
Islands between the straits of Fuca and Gulf of Georgia
TOT want OF proper adjustment Of territorial ioe but
hee can be no question that the group belongs the Unit
ted States, consisting of Orcas Nadron San Juan Shaus
Lopez bakely Decatur, Henry and eighteen other
Islands and isle all lying east of the straits of Haro the
great channel which separates them from Vancouvers
island STILL II Is desirable that the line should be definitely
xed and determined under the treaty by comeent author
tiles The surveyor general has been respect
the "possessory rights Of the Hudsons Bay Company
der the third article of the treaty between the United
States and Great Britain OF June Is lSl6 and close the
lines of the public surveys thereon their actual
closures they existed the OF the treaty Under
The fourth article of said treaty IL is declared that "he
farms lands and sber property OF every description, be-
longing to the Puges Sound Agricultural Company, on
the north side of the Columbia river shall be confirmed TO
said company In case, however the situation Of these
farms and lands should be considered by the United States
70 be OF public and political Importance, and the United
States governmeut should signify desire 10 obtain pos
soson OF the whole any part thereof the property
required shall be transferred the said government at
proper valuao, TO be agreed upon between the par
ties
Mr.. William Frazer Tolmio styling himself agent for
the said company, addressed communication, in May 1
Last from Fort NesqualIy in Washington Territory the
surveyor general 10 regard TO that claim accompanied by
On alleged plat OF the same purporting to show s
lines copy OF the plat has been furnished by the sur
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