New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-28

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Point keberts with area of 3OCO acres, about ten
miles south Of Frazer RIVER watering a region Oh
gold diseoyeries, which is cut off and thrown on onr
sioe by the 49th parallel and being important and
eonnaDong p0lDt has been set apart an reserved
hy oroeT OF the President ard will be reported accor
dInply official maps
The base and meridian of Oregon control the sII-
veys on the north IN ashington Territory.
F1tm the Willamette meriGan % miles east Of the
Pscihe Ocean, the great Oregon base has been ran
eattWaldly ~ niles, crossing tie Cascades.
Tie guide meridian eas. OF tie Cascades, between
ranges - aid 81 east, has been actually p miles
B0rh from the haze, With view 20 s early exension
10 the northern boundary Of Oregon IN the vicinity OF
Nala Nalla. There operations form bare upon
Which The surye yOrGeneral Of Washington Territory
Viii rect ana connect The surveys in hs DISTINCT and
enable bim IN the ensui year TO the public lines
tO tie extent OF the means lie may have at his COM
nand in the region Of country east of the Cascades,
ard eubraoed IN the Yakima, Nala VI ALA, and Snake
Valleys, represented TO be desirable lands, and where
settlements advancing. tnding that the possessory
privileges oitLe HudsoDs Bay Company, mentioned IN
the third article OF the treaty OF 1870 between the United
States and Great Britain, have become extinct by
reason Of the limitation of those privileges in the
charter from the Crown, this Office las ordered the
lines Of the public surveys 10 be extended over the
tract Of county IN Arlington Territory where tose
rights formerly existed.
In the 4th article Of that treaty ii is declared that
The farm lands and other property of any description
belonging 10 the Puget Sound Agricultural Company
con1rned TO tie sal0 company"
In that those claims may be ascertained, and
properly seI arated from public lands Instructions
have been iesued to the SuryeyOr-General ut Olympia
10 make an examination alter proper Louoe ~ the
claimants, and rel Crt tie result
In Utah the surveying Operations have been SUE
peLCed Euce the bpTng OF lS1l The late surveyor
General abruptly lett the country, and his functions
were terminated 3Cth September, 1891. Considerable
tine having elapsed since comparative quiet has been
restored III Tie Territory, II deemed proper by the
Executive there the surveying rganIEAton
Accordingly, III May last Col. Samuel Z. stalnbaugh
was appointed the Survey or-Genera and LETT Tor
Great salt Lake City Oh tie I'd August last
Before leaving he was furnished with the necessary
instructions for bs government ~ the discharge of his
4 Gutes. Among other requirements ne wa1 directed
receive the archives IRON tie Governor, " whose
care they had been nntted by ths Office; 10 coes
furniture and other ey belonging " the Surveyor
Generals Office at salt Lake Cty and reorganze tue
OCe for future service. AS II wss ascertned that the
surveys OF the pubic lands in tan had been extended
further than there had been any actual demand the
SuNeyor-General Instructed, after reortsniZing
biz Office, to dispatch into tie field faithful ana compe-
tent Examiners 10 ascertain the truth or iaislIy oi cei-
am allegations against tie correctness Ol former sur
| yeye, aDo report tie result.
we have hot al this time such data will justify
ID TecOnmeLong addIOLal surveys within any gwen
time in the 1einiory, but III order W open the way Tor
in mg ration ana settlement is recommended that the
1eTrlIory be organized INTO aBd district, and tnat
lie beLes OF Tie preeLl luOn laws be extended over
II. eeuOitc claI communication Of the Zytn Scptem-
Ter and othcal Communication OF the 9TH OetoOer
lSyy nom suIvey eyoT-General Stanbaugh, at Great
Salt Lake CHy having TeacL ed t Oihce, were LAID be-
lore YOU un0er VI Nov. 1883. The former WAS
written three days after his s<ryl ut ms DESTINATION
they show thai all the olcal archives IN Inc posses
aon Of Gov. Cumming had been delivered over 10 the
Survey General, lie proceeding with the re
OrgsIzatOn Of the office. herewith rs copy OF his
! rel Ort Of the 9Th October, lSIy:
iuring the hscal yesI ending June 90 1889 there
WIS plepared in,IO0uSson to nIATAet the
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Ans during qSateI ending september ~ lssS l4lVSZ
Mailing an aggregate for the fee quarters ending
prepared ior EarAet OIL acres Zl
qusntiy surveyed public lands cSected from
al pas oUtn septembeT leay w1ien
la, not been septsmbsr, 1889
braces area -erss s4l
eu0ing june 90 lSSs tEste nave Dsen
AID GanEg tLe quarter ending September ~, 1893,
AfSfNf
Nalns an aggregate for the fpe quarters ending Sep
tsuGeT lj5s proclaimed and oHeTed ior s1s,
-seIes.le 80
The details are shown in Table No I.
yII-kAHIBT e gEaSnes " rGJhe Lsndi exefastce "
sarNet and not adteTssd '
asso, Lhe s1dnfH<s pTspased Jsr
he yci endtnS 90, l0J and aS .
prepdSed Edrsft 2S-a Gdrsred
o4rng e.dsag sSpessber a. 1893 Aso as
gA.le ssGAHe s0s asa s<tstsd tH3.ss LGAs ga h-~d