The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-17
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,

r.s,ol land Office Kansas Lands-We learn at the
cnrl Land Office that the Kansas lands are at present
.nv general interest and that the surveys OF the paDo
LAMBS as well as Of the Indantrust lands IN THIS ieror
ara progressing as rapidly possible Quite nunlpsf %
wnbps have been returned this Office but the Indian
trust lands cannot by treaty spuAuons be thrown open
10 sale until after the location OF the Individual fesei'
tons made BY the treaty, which viii require some ne
effect As 10 the other public lands the time when they
M h nosea 10 sale cannot yet be determined but the
6,s, lands which viii be offered for sale are those most
contiguous 10 the Missouri and Arkansas rivers OF which
legal notice of not less than three nor more than SIX
months will be given by public proclamation.
coavetoa Of Forgers Of Land ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wet
mora and T X Wetmore Of ST. Louis Missouri indicted
for presenting fraudulent claims at the Pension Once have
bn convicted after trial of twelve days and sentenced
70 the pentenary the former for ten, and the latter for
eight, years
Indian Bureau- Interesting Intelligence from Kansas Ter
,ao,v-The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has received
ent ad vices from the Shawnee and Wyando agency Of
highly important character 1t appears that whiskey
grocery was established about the LIST Of April among the
Wyandot Indians who patronzed ii quite freely The
have been series OF dsordery and laess acts
The Methodist Church North, and the Methodist Church
South we're burned to the ground The as fol-
lows The door Of the Northern church left unlocked
after preaching in the morning, for the porpose of hold
ing Sabbath school in the afternoon In the mean time,
the church entered by Indians who took the
Bible containing valuable records from the desk and
burnt up This led to inquiry and the discovery of the
offenders who told of the magnitude of their crime
Becoming dispeased few nights afterwards they fire
to the church and burned it down which act caused
much dissatisfaction among certain other members Of this
tribe who in return burned the Southern church These
churches were brick buildings and the loss will fall heavily
upon the societies The Indians also burned several pr
vas houses of the different factions besides committing
other outrageous acts.
agricultural Divtsioa Of The Patent ODiceT urnips
NinnssotsA gentleman who resides at ST Paul. Mime
sota received several specimens Of turup seed from the
Patent 0iee of which he gives good account We can
not publish bis letter entire but viii merely give the
suit, of his experiments The green globe green Nor
folk turnp yielded at the of bushels the
bat its quality only secondrate for table and stock
of btterswee aferase The golden ball variety
gave about SIC bushels the acre and its quality pro-
noanced hsrae for table and stock the turnp possess
ing properties Of sweetness hardness and brtteness
the highest degree II keeps we'll and will stand hard
frost before harvesting. This and Sutons hybrid Swedish
,urup took the first premium at the territorial fair lag
fall The other species did not turn out well.
appointment Of Receiver Of Public Aoney-Lorenzo G.
Sales Of Iowa to be receiver Of public moneys Charlton
Iowa, la the place Of Nathan G. Sales, resigned.