New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-18
NORTHERN IOWA.
PUBLIC LAND SALE-HINTS TO EhIGRANIS
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railroads and steamboats, with as much regularity Is
they can East half the time and expense required
would be avoice ed. Al Dubuque was Obliged towait
a day and half for boat up though steam was on,
and bells were ringing and al seemed ready to s;a,;
when the train cane H. But, as soon as the passeu-
ger. were secured by tickets all was quoted down, to
be repeeted when the mex, train arrived, and so on
until the boat was full enough to pay Wei. A. gen.
eral thing the mail-boat leaves more regularly than
| the others Persons going 70 Dubuque, on the ami
val Of the evening train cannot receive their bag.
gage ant the following day, a. The feTyboat does
not wait for luggage, nor return 70 Dunlelh after i
p. NJ. and persons in Dubuque intending 10 20 up the
river by the evening boat can as well remember THIS,
if they do not wish to remain another day. This IL
nuisance and imposition 70 detain travellers. Those
wishing TO 60 10 the northern range OF counties OF
| Iowa. may better take the boat 10 McGregors or TO
Lansing from which points stages so westward every
| morning.
came 70 the Landslide not 10 buy land butte see the
people; thinking il good chance a. should have,
and am not at all disappointed. AZ this y pro6a-
| bly, the last chance to purchase land in this
| part OF Iowa the rush Is immense. There are
about 600 people in this town i. actual residentsi
but now there are at least 1900 strangers OF these,
perhaps 800 are settlers from adjoining countless 200
lockers on and the rest specuators. OF course, the
residents of this county are with the actual settlers
As Eastern people may ike to know how the sale goes
en- letme describe it.
Ar the beginning Of the sale, the Register urged all
to harmony if they wished TO accomplish their objec.,
and advised that the settlers rights should be re-
| spected All agreed in this, but all were not sgreed
| a. TO what those rights were, As viii show: Where
| man was actual settler, he has been allowed hs
land if be has proved up" for no one could prevent
this. But the settlers who already have l6O acres OF
land claim as their rgh for their hardships and sac
rfces, 10 have an eTtrd quarter section at Govern
ment price. The SPECTATORS generally thought this
fair, but demanded that the settlers should tell how
many they numbered, and when their land was taken;
t1.,.t La ulrstl1 haN ha
would not do this, but stood on their honor, and
said they would leave they had their extra
quarter section So the spectators determined 10
| Ind MP the land. But the settlers were united and
their bidder would bid as high as any one. Unless
| payment il made the day, the land is PM pPon
| the following day, and so on until the fourteen days
up, and then the land comes in again for preemp
ton. Ii bids land and fails TO take 1t, he
| cannot bid again during the sale. The settlers to
evade this have man 10 bid for them every day;
and if specuaor bids their 81 % per acre, they
bid above him, and thus 60 on a. high a. $40 per
In this way the Spectator Is kept out, and for
the same oson the settler IS deprived OF his extra
quarter section Only one Spectator has had land
cheap and that through carelessness OF the settlers
bidder went for 80 % per The settlers say they
prefer go without their land, and thus leave 1t for
presumption, than to have speculator hold it and
keep it unproved. The speculator tells them
they are wrong in this, for if they want railroads
built and public works carried on, that they the specu-
stors wifi pay much toward these as the settler.
But the settler says: We want neighbors, we want
roads in Winter and wen build our own roads, Tor
the Government gives the land and you may be
sure we will give UP having our extra quarter which
We would like, 10 speculate with in small way, and
Won may 90 home without your land. But then
another class are interested TO have the sale go by
Default. e., the land-wanant men, for prtempors
can then enter land with warrants, while nor no one
can. Then the land-wa1ant men can enter land on
time for precmptOrs with their land warrants at
forty per cent per annun. But the gold men don't
like this much, for then they would stand second
chance for making the most therefore they are about
resolving to unite and get up bank and loan their
gold for per cent less than the land.warrant men
Oferat any rate to loan for less. But the gold men
have an advantage not known to ALL Uncle SAM viii
ALWAYS take gold sooner than land warrants, and the
preGmptors know is and prefer the gold as II costs
THEN no less, though the land warrants cost only 20
cents an acre here to-day. The settler must pay the
full price sl 80 If there is unity of action between
the and-warrant brokers' therefore, gold has an adj
vantage as that will always purchase land warrants
from the outsiders man unacquainted with the
settlers will stand no chance TO do as much II any
thing with them as moneyed men resident here.
Yesterday May s., both parties seeing themselves
likely to 20 home without any land, they cndeayored
10 arrange ii in this manner: The settlers agreed to
90 home after they should receive their extra quar-
ter section" But one two men would persist III
bidding against the settlers On being told to quit
bidding they refused, ana force being threatened to
stop them, they bid with their rey0lyers III hand.
Finally the spectators after the adjournment Of the
sale at lOI a. M resolved to find out some way to
pacify them. a committee was made up OF one man
from each State who got mp resolution. to let the set
tiers have their extra qRare sCcLGon then the land.
LETT should pass by default then that registry should
be opened 10 MI the settlers that Gttr the final
adjournment all whose were on register should
60 into lottcry-the names being in one hat ana
the numbers in another. The name that was drawn
first should draw III order Of rH8h', according to me
number drawn for him. So the first name
drawn should BE- allowed to select his 800 acres OF
lnud a. that the amount pitched on for each to
have This was agreed 10 by settlers anu speculators
say four five ofthe latter who :worc they -ond I'D
A. aag rate But all agreed 10 take care OF such men,
In few minutes, the sale commences again, and /
predict failure OF the plan, and that al the lana VIII
20 by default for presumption.
Il o'cLocL-The few men who were inclined TO BID
were afraid Of the power Of the majority ana SHeF
troubling few minutes this forenoon concludedtokeep
still. | om glad il il so, for blood woald p,9Daoy
have been shed with any other arrangement Ny pre-
dcton has thu. far to-day failed to come to pass One
or two 1-id01c r0neR have come in for their quarter
section and of course were allowed ell they wanted
Let every woman who has strong boys remember
that she can preCnpt well "a man, II she complies
with fine law A. matters stand, the number sys-
fem w succeed and spectators will get at least $50
acre. for al IS an Private entries can be made
for 80 acres.
convinced that every one must be who has hidden
over these vast and beautiful prales-"h0liy uncu-
tivaed Tor rlles, because held by SPECTATORS who
keep the land for rise cannot out believe tnal ~
votld be better for the whole country if there would
never be another Of land sold az auction but to
LEI apv man who would 20 and lye-on the land ana
cultivate il Tor oze or two years, have loo acres at
nriee. The emigration 10 Minnesota is enounous and
prov, sions must continue high beyond precedent, from
The amount required TO supply home consumption
Here no fruit be had for any price. Mola-scs is
81 10 gallon; eggs, DC. dozen; butter J5c ID
wheat q o. oats, 81; com, - 9; potatoes, 7jc.
Lushei; hay 81 a tun; wood, - 10 q cord horses
from slCO to 500; Oxen from SO to 500; cows ~
to so; pork 50 to 81 per. cwt. s. in proportion.