New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-07
Te,al.........................ls. ". 900 .crr..


To,al.........................lSss $4,000 serr..
The tights of the States to the granted lands wtha
the siN miles limits attaches aud bccomes vested upon
the definite location of the roads, AID att the lJos
tors are made aud accepted.
No notice il taken by the General Land Ohce O. in
con siderable mod 5oatons, which the companies mar
iud necessary IN tie work ot construction. Iro at-
stment ~ these grants deNoes great labor upOa tho
Land Office and requires gteater care than npoa tho
Ordinary disposal Ot the public lind' c0nlCtiGy inter
ests constantly arising growing ont ot swamp ani 10
tsual Improvements, se.c, 'ous, cash entries, lana
warrants, locations aud Wcc.npton cl Mns
TIE a, iustmtnt of the Fox aud Wscousin River i'm
pOvenent grant, il the State ol Wisconsin, Is nearly
completed.
The area enurugt TO the Stats and her grantees 10
tsi g69 acTee; uncer the grant or the Improvement o
the Des MOlnes River the State VI Iowa has realized
80, .S3.s2 acrce.
Tho question, whether she is entitled to at3itionI
lands aud u So, 10 what quantity vii depend upon tho
olil ion of tho Attorney General 10 be delivered upoa
the submission recently made 10 him by the Secretary
oi the Interior.
Am.ndments Of the preenption Laws are recon.
ntn,ed with vie" In uniformity IN the syst"m, snd
to SETTLE jsputed rights, aud TO terminate controversy
in hugated cases.
The Land Offices have been discontinued within tho
last ycar Mt Nrceunes, Indiana; Palmyra, Missouri.
and Mineral Point, Wisconsni and means adopted
with a view to tine dconinuance OF many other 9th.
&c ia districts whore but few public lands rvmain.
Three additional districts have been established In
California, and one in New wMexooi AMI the oihoes
Land-Ohcc of Ji2 volumes ~ tract-books, other
records and laws and more than 100 large packages u
blanks and Instructions
The iaot.books aud other manuscript records in
the General LaLd.Ohce amount 10 l2'N, OF which
I,o3i volumes have accumulated since 1881.
Private claims in California hyiog their origia
under Spain and Mexico, Of every variety Of form,
aid yoying in quantity from town lot" II
"ranchos ofmauy thousand acres, demand in their
admHstration the stattet care ana most Apo'loas
and patieIt .nvi s,gatior.
,a,cnts are ssued tor the lauds granted upon re-
iun from the Suryeyor-Goneral OF Cahiornir TO tae
Gclcr.l Land Office Of an approved surrey WIN tho
decree OF confirmation.
The surveys are made under Instructions from ths
General Laid Office, requiring them to be i, strict
conformity 30 the decree ot confirmation u at where tho
continuation s for certain quantity, within extended
boundaries, tho location must be made in compact
form within the larger boundaries, and to include
any faes the grantee may nave made o! portions
thereof
Tie foreign titles which had their inception under
Great Britain, France, Spain and Mexico, coyenog
town and rural property, generally the mos, yal0atls
sites, before this branch Of the service which
has the management OF the spveys according to tho
several systems Of the former governments and in tho
adiusimeut Of this class Of caims must see that ia
uniting them with public land SYSTEM thsy hold
h. precise relations thereto which they would have
held had they been ripened into perfect and c0npltc
titles before tue change OF government. Over tho sn-
ciep, prov pcee Of Louisiana aud Florida our old tar
roral acquisitions, scattered aultitudes Of thcs,
clams, which the General LsId Office, hsrnosous
with onr own p cullar s,e, ard the sketeh by the
Comu-s ioner Cf the progres, vi this labor and its
crave responsibilities is extremely satisfactory and
Interesting Indeed is bis outline Of TIE ild Vpern-
tons, connected with individual reservations recok-
nized by various treaties With lDden tribes.
Tie public surveys have progressed rapidly keep
il n advance in most localities of the settlements.
In Minnesota suryeys have been reported, during
the as fcal year OF 2Oo0 go acres OF most dosrabh'
lards ana in localities toward which emigration IA
tending.
Important surveys have been made 10 Iowa and
Wisconsin. The r. sulis OF tho surveying operations
in Kansas sud Nebraska arc most satisfactory. Dur
iIg the year ending 3g.h September, 1853, 10 100 nes
over O cC0 acres, have been surveyed in that d.s-
trot, which with prior surveys, makes 5oJOW acres
surveyed aud really for mske. Of lands most inviting
70 the setteT.
By the let Of July nozt the surveys will Lave go0a
M 70 ~ go, go acre..
10 New Mexico the surveys hsye been qrite eeusi
10 tie demands Of setiIenent, being about otJ,v0
acres.
No surveys have been executed In Utah. during tho
period Of Tie the report, the SaryeyoreBsTa having
abandoned his poet bccsnse 0. the disturbed coalition
og society, as he alleges.
The sulyeys IN CahioTDia during the year ending
3nh September, 1853 amount TO about ZOO hneai
miles and cover area Of more than ,poDO acros,
making tic aggregate Of the surveys in taa, state,
since tue orgaaizat.0n Of the surveying district n
Isl 81 900 IIiles or rearly u o00eJ0 acres. Tho
fed of Operation il ineTsperscd With numerous pm
yete claims, presenting imPedimsnts to tbs unnser-
rgpted progress u the PuoAc surveys
TIE Couim.ssioner says that the report VI .he Su-
yeyor General of Washington TerntJfy Is very sat4o-
factory, bota as to the amount Of wrk accomplished
ana its accuracy
The surveys in Oregon, west VI the Cascades, arc
LsaII, completed, and would have been l1ssGed hai
NJ. Indian diiiica.e, not iIterveIed. 3JJ 900
AYE been sn yeyed dunng the ast year, and the
e.ary ssps taken ~ exteLd the surveys eGst of tho
Csscsdes, pursuant " TIC act u Conres aalaorx-
ing II.
The Commissioner calls psrticnar sitc.tion TO tas
importance OF tie exiaguishmont VI tho Hudson Bay
and Poget Sound agricultural interests 10 waShnstoA
Tcnitory.
Tie report closes with tho folio VIM summary; "A
VIC advance il the w;dened sphere Of operations we
neet-oyer portion, of our territory acquired from
France, Spain, and Mexico, ard Of Great Bdtsin--
with ndividrsl rights protected by treaty which w.
required 10 respect and rpen oto patent from Ito
United states. Aside from these, during the pas-
year cur issues Of Ard pssnts, for sales and locations,
have numbered over $3.50. We have also patente'i
X soyeregn states under the Swamp act, Nbich, as.
eI bziua ,he tracts at 81 acrs would e9aal N5 pat
cuts and ootihed 10 the STATE for railroads., an sdd
,oral number Of ,s6S The sho.s beizg equal, within
the pa, year. b 4 regular ssas If 81 nary cash sy
t.u--pa.e.i- of oyer lsj,vg' a-t before tue c!o-s
0. .ne rf.s. es.e-a! y ts .rsai sss " kaasaS