New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-07

TIE FORT SMELLING swINDLE OUTD0NE-SALE
OF FORT RIPLEY Observation-Disclosures
THOUSAND ACRES or LAND SOLD AT FOUR
CENTS AN ACRE.
Conc spopdonce OF The Chicago Tribune; -, 49,.
Sr. ASTgosY. NJ. L., Oct. y, 1857.
A few DAYS srce the Fort Smelling Reservation was
transferred from the people TO the politicians. nety
thousan dollars woih of it went into the treasury of
the United States; at least we guess 80 The other
million more helped TO- elect demaeogues to Office.
To-day the Foit Ripey Reserve, consisting OF hty-
cratic bourne at -FOUR CENTS AN ACRE!-dhy'
seven Thousand acres Of g. good land Is ainaesott
holds worth at the lowest estimate OF cuivato-a oil
tie so fire dollars an acre, and for which the GOV
cents mr. acre on the day Of sale. Ia Short eren
tousand acres and hare tcn donated 10 kaapes for
So go instead Of beng sold 10 farmers and actual oc
en- ants for SCI 2J0or instead of being madeto bring
into the treasury its full wo.o, $2c5.O0O! DO you
thin K that VOL CeIs will ever cease
The circumstances Of this foul transaction are hes,
Tic Fort Ripley Reservation is situated 10 Todd
County on the Upper Misslssipp'. IL was occupied,
legally or not BY fifty sixty Democrats. They re-
sc ON the al sid nteuded TO secure their Claims
Ike regular pr,enptiOnists, or perhaps much IN rus
way Inoian Reservation sales are maoaged. lhese
persons formed claim association, whi;h met the gay
before the sale to adopt measures for securing their
titles The Government Agents or a few confederate
scoupCrels who were emp Dyed for that purpose SEW
10 proposcp TO the aimaLts that il they CLAIMANTS
would not bid On the iaLds' they Mr. bucnana .a
the occupants their titles at 81 psr acre. or twenty-five
cents per acre less than they were expec ing to p.
The sae came of duly ard regularly, and tne agents
bid on the whole domain at an average ot tour csnts
per acre. SCn.e Of it. for the fun q the thing, was
run I'D 10 twenty five cents aud still grsaet portion
at one cent per acre. The average wss four cents.
These facts shd Will be verified by eye witnesses
tf The whole transaction. When the sale was over
the scsles dropped from the eyes OF the settlers They
saw that these faithful servants OF the peoce hsd lied
their homes away from tn .m foe ro'hing, and were
propos now to steal IL, or more sceuiaeiy hne,y
Elk certs for every acre # the purchase: But they
alice in excuse for their bunder that they hsd no
acCe ted those terms the sharks would have run the
lard ont Ct their reach So there they were, not like
Asses between bundles Of hay, but Ike sheep win
wolves on one sioe and butchers on the other.
These agents the came that sold ort Snsll,rg
Reserve ard the Lake Pepa Indian II ,f breed tra't
They said tat this sale would vert, the state m nts Oh
e1ebuaton of the Fort Suellirg sale. that settlers
would combine together and preyept bidcng on lands,
in corseque1oe Of which the Fort Sneillng lauds
brought more at private sals than they would at pub
lie sae.
oh the weakness Of our Government, to be thwarted
in n cir liars by a few poor settlers! How was the
Res, rye at Cticsgo cod BY sealed bits, as every
S'Ler valuable COytil II ieseTye ought 10 De- bu'
the re was 10 combination at f,rt Ripley except four
or five Government SCENTS combining against the
claimants who stood there Ike bump ON log until
these Government robbers got the perfect dead wood
or them The political frauds practiced IN A'noe'
patty. arc enough to make MAJ inquire, who aie
our iulersl Is this monarctical or a republican
government Are to be compelled to kneel at the
eltsr q the Church Of Rome, aud pay penance or
ave we to stsnd up Ike ADerican ciizsrs whether
psi;ve or ado 2te d. ard defend freedom Are We
sl~ay. 70 Re obliged to pay mcrey into the Cated
Sats Treasury to be used by the parry In power for
eectoneerirg purposesi If is not cons h,s doe.
happen that ame st eli the ooey that has beer used
in late ele oion by tina. party he's come through
the hands Ct their officials di1edt'
| An IMPORTANT MAIL ARRASGEMEST CossrHnAIED.
Tile lorg sought resuaDgemeut Of the schedules
of corrections ard running time for the trans ttioo
a the gres; Southern South western mails fio
the city vent into operation 10 day For five yesIs
psst tie Po. Office Department is said to have beer
,pdeayoIipg 10 effect this object by which s;xee
hours more than a fs business dsy are gsined be-
| tween Warrington City and Menr Lis, T.noessee
| fou,ieen houIs between Washington and Nashville
tx.lye bours between Charleston and Nashville; and
uroportiopste saving on the diiect Route between
| Washington ard Hew.Oisa ans.
TIE difficulty has oeeU ftg the ncst part in hsrrc,
nizirg tbe rur prg Of the eleven rshoat compsrie;
Vice. respective roads are necessarily employed il
tsnsro,t;rg the ms.ls qussiop which. leaving thi'
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