The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-25
rAe rsrt sseulax swlsale ms science.

TAe Tsrt Saelliax Swlodle us oefense.
Before as u letter Ia Forncy's new pa
per, the Philadelphia Psees, and an artlci,
in ", States, the administration organ al
Washington, endcavorinr 10 eSllatr away
the Fort Smelling Rcer,a,i.n >wrnjIe-
Having recently exposed tli- s"ndle, ~
wnich the government thrpasl thr BaciaIi.
an administration, sold Il a rri'ai" i"di'd
ual for sum les than nHr huieifcd ih"i
-and dollar, the Fort Sncllng Reservation
worth fran ,nc a. threc million dollars anu
Er which l,at, .ums bad hccn offered y!
pr,vat, individual. au,i companlc. i may
NJ, hc ,ni., nov IL notice the ieicnce mad,
hy the aIhelcn,s II itie administration
Tie + aprrais {" take the ground. tta'
became H. siiilWat4 reservation ,"ld ~
l,i3 Gr >lei pa art,, un.icr Old claim,
wh,.h t~.l ~ pat II tide Fali II ~, IN
tluA II.ittil. priinn u tlhs ain" n'-,.f
sa,ign anal TINT lart."tit lid not bring much
,n1re when offered al l.ii,lie .al, the -ale al
ills property al 81 "a acn l. Nrrs good
tang indeed The Pa don't think ans
~3eh thing u know, il IL know anything
al,out this locality that rrorert, 4. better
worth SlUo pei acre now about the Fall II
81 ANTHONY than it was : an acre four ~
1--we years arc. A man dc,irpus ii pgrcua-
sing land at Davenport at this time, might
Just a. well and u scn-bly nv, that al,
of it withlntwo or three miles from the cit,
NJ Sl2 per acre must bc a iirst rate idea
because few YEAR ago il was boaaht al
government price. Within the few Pal
intervening years since the sale 81 he still
water reservation the Upper Mississippi Ian.
totally changed Towns and ci,ie- hay.
sprung up yer,whcrc along it. margin. At
the FALL, where four years ago there wa
scarcely a house, there are now two larr,
and rapidly growing towns, s. Anthem,
and Minneapolis. with great MILL &c. &c
The city IL st. Paul has sprung up few
miles below. and now number probably iii
teen thousand inhabitants, and j. still rraw
ing with remarkable rapility. Almost th,
entire distance between il and the Fall, j.
divided up into town lot. Within isu,
years the wilderness or the Wild prairie tia
been redeemed. But IL all the GLORIOUS
lands ga the Upper Mississippi tie i,ls.,i a.
this great country ucm .utla.- ~ l~sul i
aud fertility, 81 L,t the site IL great cit,
this particular Fart >nil,as Reservation
IL has been eagerly >"ush, u, ,uIsrant~ al,
by spectators every effort la. hccn mad,
10 "h'a,n Il, ani portions ii the Rcscrsat,"t
put up at public sale, would bring alno,
fabulous prices. Its lowest valuation la
been from sloo L" sljo per acre. Vet III,
administration has just parted with thu.
rreci"a> R.s.r, a,ion tna single iitii, niuai
81 ~ HI nane 4" r.i II political allie
reni-, ~ the snm ~ 81. Ip.r acre, pr .,l~pui
s'~itss' property WHICH w-iili actual,
bring II offered at pui,ln. .ale irom ,.lr a.
three millions 81 dollar And thu dcf.nc,
made j.. that property adjoining this wa
snld in lsj3 at Sl,2i pr acre
The Press cndeayor~ Ia explain rtg th,
property wa sold to Mr.. Steele. when s,'
man, applications had been made ipr i, irun,
other sources. The, had agreed upon ~,
price &c ~.'o,,sn MIR Steele lad n.a,l,
Improvement On the property IL secure q
pre-emptian right. aud tli..t gave him :,
ia,al nj this price He offered ~1,ssst
The administration would mot take the.
when Mr.. Steele ecneroal, offered o. tak.
the Reservation Cor ssso9p' N.rt e..ae
.uns, indeed. tor h. would have Leen 4
l.ol IL take million dollar ier IL the
next moment The Government al.n fx,rrd
q seatb1"afta {" prevent IT, salr lar NOR,
than - - p't acre Eidisslo,i. most ah.
.nrlls r,d,enlau. Ihc Government t.ared
tie Nl"le SUBJECT. II kase thc value e TIC
lAn,i, i kssn that a. pn it'll Hulnnai.,a
...t,li ,s.,.n, II sale fur whatever pms. i
placed "a the Land, er prevent it> paddle
AL. Nhs lid II nsa a-l ~i,st par a@rs
iastcad IT >l2 from Mr. stccl. II e. o.
n"i CAV. that otitcr I3riie w,aiid Ahd
this !, all the explanation az d.tne'' the Al
ia.niSfraiion make E,, ID Outrageous SWIM
die Nothing could better illustrate that IL
j. barotaced srsaatt - IA yspias than TN
defence. We had supposed the tools eG-
gagged in thi- nciariou, operation had 80 laid
their plans. that when an exposure cam.
they would have some fltasibls defence Il
make, although no defence could justify th,
rascally deed TN the contrary. We has,
insult added Ia injury v, AN explanation
w.ieh tho common r.n-e ii any sche,l bos
would tell him i most al.ardiN tidieuleu>
By THE .winlle tilou. audi aud hundred u
tho,i.ands II dollar Will he thrown iuto Il,
lsssi, of eoTrup, Iarti1ans reward fsI
their f.alty 10 tic buchanan administration
Thu are the Ieol'le dcspi>ed and in,utcd
~ tic party now in power. Every citiaen
la> MI interest IN this matt.r--evcry citizen
should 1t least have tie proper feelings II
Indignation when he see. the pubic treasun.
thus robbed by .et ii unprinepled part-
zans, To fill the pocke,. u a i.w hans.rs on
and disappointed office seeker II The pre-