New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-09

ABSTRACT OF TIE ANNUAL REPORT.
The present report and accompanying documents
give full and very sat factory statement OF the o
tended operations under the land system of the United
States:
During he FIVE qse t9sns Sept 80 1857 there GO have been
During the same period there have been located
And T reported under SG swamp land grant Of
The Ti ss T ss1ts Of fhs sst b
of March last for railroad purposes, b6leS acres
Making aggregate Of public land. disposed Of
duiIg the FIVE quarters ending Sc'h Sep, ,eo oae ...
OF iSe snds sold and ocaied It is estin itsd that
three. fourths were taken for actual settlement.
Upon comparison Of the foregoing with the statistic.
of the last annual report it found that the lands sold
srd located during the five quarters ending Sept 80,
1857, fall short of the quantity cold and located during
the period embraced in the last report by more than
000 0O0 acres an6 that the cash receipts have fallen
of in still larger proportion. This dlmlnution is at.
tribusble TO the withdrawal of the extensive bodies OF
public lands alorg the lines OF the railroads In the
States and Territory to which grants Of land were
made during the last Congress- and also to the sale Of large
has in satisfied by the States having Ian Is for
disposal under the Swamp Internal Improvement and other
During and since the year grant. Of land have been made
fifty Isroad of s647 miles amogntins lpaIt
enated) to 1921 s5 of which 27se S7S acres were
grants so far they remain unsdjusted receive the
requisites furnished BY snthorte, Of the grantees and in
of official labor at least equal to the sale OF
the q iSas and 1850 granting the swamp and over
sTs to thu the
OF which there have been approved o - aee.
AIS PSs sst ID March ISL the
confirmed with exceptions and they are now being rap
onder the act, s 1885, and 1855 granting bOup,
lands and soldiers who have been engaged In the mill
tary service Of the United States there have 49,
been issued Sooea warrants
EmbIsens SO, SsS s., ,
Have been located covenr.. s6sseso acre,
Ofland. There yet outstanding await 49, ~
tihs IL So iss ,''
The report shows tn: present condition Of the grant. .h.
State Of Wisconsin and Iowa for improvement Of the Fox
The views of the Commssoner touching the policy Of the
Govern in disposal Of the public domain the In
allow monopoly in the i.nd. Of pecu,iOs Upon ,h. sub
The wisdom Of the preemption policy no onser subject
Of controversy 1t ;; ,s wor e every neigh
fun view that many fraudulent peemp claims
established BY evasion and perjury and that such v Be n.
local Offices especially during periods such that through
which have recently passed when the spirit Of pecul.iiOn
with the body Of honest claims made BY men
living the land. is too ssh ss.n,t gu.
Government the who TO cultivate the soil So far as
Vene With view to Uniformity and ability in the .y..
tenn important amendments Of the presumption lsws are recon-
The report shows activity in surveying opersons dur
ing quarters ending sth September s5 5ond that
Of any pr,cedDssnd that the quantity Of lands now la
bic disposed of exceeds by many millions Of scre''he
suryeyed lands OF former period.
land surveyed and ready for MARKET and not
Advertised for public sale exclusive Of lands withdrawn on &C
count railroad grants embrace area Of ST. iSo sores
five quarters ending SOth September 1857 2 sse6
The Commissioners report presents most gratifying view oil
T yna Of svins of and ,abdiyding the public lands In
tracts and looking TO the great agricultural In
Of the country has been completes In some ana nary
in others OF the stale OF Michigan, lnOis A'a hs
advanced as far south Flcrda the Protracted In
o. lowe and Wisconsin Will soon place these IN tne
category Of States in which the United States surveying ma
cbney will be Withdrawn and the sIch'e' turned ove re-
CURED by law 10 the State authorities.
Returns from the old sphere Of operations the Commissioned
sketches the of the the fields opened ~
law BEGINNING with Minnesota find the lines OF the pubic
extended 9Th parallel Of north latitude ON the
shore of Lake SuPeIr and along the h'ssppi
ON both sides In Ksrss ard Nebraska the surveying web
from north south by 100 east to west from the % OF norm
.itue az So and from the st to the ssh OF west oas
tude Indian reservations Indian trust and othel
lands In that Interesting and rich agricultural region
On the Pssc slope the have been pushed forward
with extraordinary rspdity upward OF 70 QUO miles nave peen
Private land claims under final confirmation in ome In
by DEGREES Of the Supreme Court OF the United states
ohers BY deeds Of the United States District Court OF OF the
BoGd Of Land Coumssoner where IN the last Two classes,
the DEGREES final BY dismissal Of sppesls
These claims Known a. R.nohos' from several leagues In
extent to single 4e with other classes OF title
such rural lands extent and town lots, devove upon
foreign titles the elder land States which have occupied the
Of the country for third of century,
jurisp.nce which IA tho adjustment Of these te'
Passing California Oregon, we learn from the Report
nearly c.1np eted and sutbory Of lay
fesed fer the interior territory the public survey
ora chain in hand win over the Csscsde and eater that
In Warrington Tertery, the extreme north western portion
Of the Union the sneys have rssched nearly 20 the &h
ss,s-iA. boundary between TIE United States ssd TIE