Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-26

nEronrs On rnE rsrA T..
Rsro.r o. .ss 0sslss1 r.4as q
LAy1s Soah @
During ave quarters ssdIsa 80 -
g, 1ss7, sold ise o.. r. u:
295,90S Is $500 ~
Same period, located With ,ntiiia. ~.
~ bounty land sasrsnn 71o{@ 40
Reported uudsr swainp laad grant
Of 1850 4l4o'
The estimated quantity !, srsaxsd { -
to the State Of AlabaGsa aaf
the Territory o9 xipneioia ~
act Of March last 1ee 9ailrooa
purposes is .ss9 9l1xo0o
Making an sserseats of pafllIs g 81
lands disposod q d1rina ~ ss.s
1ve quartsrs sndiss SePt.
o. The lsndS ,old, shrss- -sssrs vsss :. 8
ken for actual settlement. Upo6 Gosaei.
son with the statistics Of the la6t anqn1 -
port, the lands sold and located d013n6 -
five quarters ending Sept. 1851, tall foet q
the quantity sole and located duFi11 IL -.
riod embraced in the Last report ~ uore
than 6,OO0,0 900 of acres, and that ~ oh
receipts have fallen Of in still las6ee peor
portion. This elimination il aftr3batah1o ~
the withdrawal Of the extensive bo1lse.G N
public lands along the lines Of The railro6 y
and to the fact that the demand foe II
lands has been in part satisfied BY the -
Gronts to StGtes.-During 81 -
1850 grants Of land have besa .aede = ~
the construction Of fifty 11Oads. -
extent of 6,647 miles-amdu l4n& q y
tin,ated) to 4,247, 1886 acres, Of wIiS6 II,
796, 1916 acres we're granted BY the lest CO
gress.
Under the Acts Of 1e49 - 1850. eEone.
ing swamps and overdowG - % 6o1nos
within which they lie. ther1 . y
ported 64,l74,28f acres, Of ll3lcf -
proved 40, lS8, ,564 acres, and patG6t61 .
the States, "a, 4,O6O, ,S96 acres :
Under Acts of 1847, 1850, 1854, 1855.
granting bounty lands to officers and col.
diers, engaged in the military service e. The
U. s, there have been issned sos ,061 var.
rants, embracing So, ,689, ,S70 acres; Of which
37l ,629 warrants have heen located, cover.
ing Sc. 589, go acres. there are awaiting
location l3l, ,453 warrants, embracing lB,.
100, $50 acres.
Actudl Settisrs.-The views Of the con.
missioner tavor the interests Uf actual set.
tiers.
With view TO uniformity aud pfactioA~ :
bility in amendments; the pre-clnptiun laws
are recommended.
Land Surveya.-The report shows activi-
ty in surveying operations during tle i've
quarters ending Sept. so, 1851, beyond that
of any preceding period. The quantity of
new lands now to be disposed Of exceeds, bY
many millions of acres, the surveyed lauds
Of sny former period.
Quantity Of lands surveyed. resdy
for market, not advertised for
public sale, exclusive of lands
withdrawn on account Of rail-
road grants, embrace 57,l4aoo1
OF this there was surveyed and re-
turned during five quarters end
ing 90th of Sept, 1857 29,08e.A7l
The work of laying of and subdividine
public lands in tracts suitable to fasluA and
looking to the great agricultural interests Of
The country. has been completed in some,
and nearly 81 in others, Of the States q
Michigan, Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri aod
Lou sIaI,a. 1t has advanced 80 far south In
Florida as the protracted Indian hoatilitiee
in t!,at region would allow, and been ex.
tended 81 far over Iowa and Wisconsin, q
will coon place these in the cataeoey of
ates in which the United States surveying
will be Withdrawn, and tho ~
chives turned over, as required by law, %
the State authorities. TIE commiooioooe
sketches the progress Of ths system in ~
n-w 6e'ds opened. Beginning with Mn.
ness ta w find the public surveys Gxtsnd4
) AZ par ,llel Of north latitude on the north.
western shore of Lake Superior, and alone
the Mississippi, on both sides.
Postmaster GENERAL's Rep. n states tho
sxpeI ditures Of his department. for the year
ending June 30, 1857, at $l1, ,507 ,sTO l6.--
Receipts, $8,Q53.95l 76. Deficiencies, ~.
I53,7ls 10. Estimates for 1858, 4l2,0S3..
~.
Mr.. Brown devo.es much Of his Rspsutsn
he ocean steamers. He is in favor q ~
lines to Europe, yet Il tsa3y -
,xtend and multiply linss in every dir60lisu
wherever our growing commerce may paint
Among the new lines projected, sspe1d
mention is made of those from Norfolk to
Milford Haven; from New Orleans 70 Qos.
]eaux; from Savannah to Paris; and from
New York to Milford Haven.
Negotiations are pending for Ssdioal
,hange of our present postal srrangoueoD
With Great Britain.
The frequent failure Of the greet 4ooih.
srn mail between New Orleans ~ Now
York. meets attention, with . prosniQo hist
everything that can bs done e r1asey u
will be done.
MIR. Brown 10 decidedly in favse q Ne
proposed new route, from New Oflma6 -
Cedar Keys, Fla, BY stesm6oat, ,-eeEon shs
peninsula, by railroad to Reruandtaa, -ana
from there 70 New York. sis
THE TsEAsuRERs REroRr- -flspeaae-ooly
in more extended detail -the Hssstdeats
exposition Of the Natioual Finauoos, and
An issue Of 90, ,o0o, 600 Treasury note.
10 meet anticipated deficiencies in tlo yovos
nues for the current fiscal yeos:.
"A prosecution Of such public Wos1v =
are urgently needed by the 0ovesnmsuts--
and temporary rostponement q oGAers
not required for immediate ueo.
Mo increase of the tariz but an oulinch.
ing adherence to tho doctrines Of Fseo Trsdt.
Tho application vf the ub-Treeeury
system to the financial operatione of tho
individual States il wholesome eouptsr.
pOise to pal,er money expanei0Qa,
"A compulsory Dankrupt LaW. To- NJ.
protection Of creditors (n0e tie soliel q
debtors)- 10 prevent impFopse esedits--not
to pay imprevident debts. -
IAN additional chssgs of one hale pse cent
to depositors Of bullion, where Ans ool1
bars are made and raid Of The misf. ~
The sbolishmsnt al Nasioe Hcso1uos
and the return 70 the systsm which st1a 1l1
lists at most OF our ports Sug The d.
ment Of the Hospital Fund. S7zg y
-Cnrtailments Of The opssaalsas g - I
Light House Boar, ,-Alpssdy szesaddl ~
yond the requirements II our eolnmssce.
REronr on T1s 6ecsnfAnY - - 1w1net-
OR -Pusllo LAuDs Anp Rnom - -
whole surface OF pubic dsua6a = s1oaed ~
l.450, 900 600 acrss, q whilA H.9toeyeA
acres have never bsea clbRod - salet -
80, OO0, 900 acres wsrs seh3o6e . eatry 9
priyase sala ON the eoGk Gop1onberl l6nk..
The number of asseo thnM ~ upoa ttnooe.
862,464. acresj leasine undpoGG r. ~