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

The surveying operations in Louisiana are rapidly
drawing TO close, and we are looking forward 10 a
Sseopunuance OF THIS District as soon existing fed
and Office work can be completed. The present work
restricted to details under the Swamp grants-to the
survey Of detached parcels of reclaimed or developed
arabic ands, and TO the adjustment Of the location Of
private CLAIMS. In addition 70 these the survey of the
New w-Orleans Township is yet TO be accomplished but
for that Appropriation OF 81 900 would be necessary
hsa work requiring the highest professional skill,
On account OF the tangled and conflicting rights, and
tie individual interests Of great magnitude in the pro-
perty around and adjacent the commercial capital Of
The STATE.
In Wisconsin there have been surveyed and section
ned thirty nine townships since last report; amounting
" 2,e3i lnea miles, of which 4S9 miles were mean.
6eTs Of lakes and rivers Contracts have been made
for surveying township lines west of the line dividing
ranges Al and II east and including part Of the
township lying ranges and y east, and extending
frcm the thiTd to the fourth connection parallels a
portion of which work has been completed and re-
turned Contracts have also been entered into the
sGbeiyison OF "a townships under appropriation Of the
Sd March, 1859, some Of which have been completed
and pats returned. The tract Of country within
townships 81, 32 aud S3, north Of ranges ., TO- and
III, eGtt, is all good pine and farming lands and if
surveyed and brought into market il supposed would
soon be entered Under our submitted estimates, if
granted II is proposed to have this work done early
m the coming year. Since last annual report add-
tonsl surveys in T. 5, N Ranges l3 and IA e.
Of the meridian, have been made bordering
Lake k0Oskonong embracing the public lands be-
tween the meanders of the lake previously surveyed
high water, and the present meanders Of the Shore
thereby adding 265S of the lands tit for agrcu
tuTa purposes which, under the provision of the 9TH
section OF an act Of Congress, approved August 3D.
1876, statutes at large, volume y, pages 5l and 52
were directed on the Eth Of May last 70 be disposed
Of by the kegisier and Receiver at henasha, Wis
cousin.
In conformity TO the Seerearys directions Of the let
August iast the Surveyor-General of Wisconsin and
Iowa was instructed 10 survey the islands of swampy
character in the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers,
which, under the Swamp grant, nure 70 the state OF
Wisconsin and for the survey Of which the Executive
OF that State assumed the expenses, with the under
standing that should those islands prove TO be t for
agricultural purposes the United States would pay the
cost OF survey; but if found part swamp, and part
aratle valuable for timber then the expense of the
survey be defr8ye jointly, and in proportion TO the
area Of the lands. Under this arrangement many
Islands Will be plated, which otherwise, under the
general operation Of our System, wonld not have been
surveyed.
The surveys of township lines in Iowa have all been
completed, and the subdiyslonal nearly 81. Twenty
three townships seotOnzed during the past year,
equal u l7S lneal miles and fifteen under con-
tract Tor subdivision and survey returns OF which are
SOUL expected.
10 tie notice this office the unfavoIabe condition of
former surveys of about nineteen townships, against
which the United States Inspectors of Surveys reported
as requiring re-suryey north of the second correction
parallel, of winch are west OF the Des Homes
kiyer and the remainder along Big Sioux River.
This matter will be thoroughly inquired INTO and
dealt with IN order 10 remedy the same during the en-
suing year.
Nith the exception Of such resurvsys the survey
ing service III Iowa will be closed, II is expected,
within the fiscal year ending 5Jth June, 1901.
By the Act of Congress, approved February 20, 1897,
proSision is made for running and marking that part
Of tbe wesern boundary of Minnesota which is not de-
fined by tie natural land-marks estimated distance,
one hundred and thirty miles. Under this line con-
trsct ss awarded Oh the 3Oth April last to Aessrs
Snow & Hutton for the survey, not TO exceed IN the
whole the of $4,%O0, reserying the balance $SVU)
OF the appropriation TO deray the expense oil the yer
heatOn of the survey III the hsld
lie surye ors entered promptly upon the WORK on
18th August last ana reported Its completion, repre-
senting that the western boundary oi Anesota inter
sected the north boundary OF Iowa on due south
course from the extremity Of Big Stone Lake at dis
tance of l24 miles, O chain and ~ links, and CHAINS
and 23 50O links west of corner to Sections "a ana %
in Township lGl north Of Range AZ, west oil the hith
PRINCIPAL meridian, or miller, 81 chains and Ito LINKS
due east Of the northwest corner Of the State oi
Iowa. A. to,,nd.., linz
have recently received and measures taken TO Test
the accuracy of the work en-,
The subdvisonal surveys in the State OF Minnesota,
received suce iast'report area OF 3,l3| O4x
acres ThOse under contract, not yet completed, VIII
embrace an additional area sf ,2yo, ,2VU acres
The survey OF the Fond du Lac ludlan Reservation,
on tie ST. Louis River under the second article treaty
with Chiplewas of Lake Superior, oi sept SO, loO4'
has been finished and the boundaries properly esIto-
Ished. The OF that reserve ls ascerthheo W DO
l25 2g4 acres. - , til.
81 onld tie estimates submitted be granted, 1t IL con-
temuated IN tie ensuing year TO extend IN TINS o~se
our subdvsons surveye 50 as 70 open ne q ,h
tura country west of the Mississippi and north OF tue
standard parallel; also tract north ana east oi
Oper Tail aud Leaf Lakes, east OF the MISSISSIPPI
we rro, ose 10 embrace four townships on the north-
east of Mile Lac in the northeastern part Oh InS
STATE teputed the best agricultural lands IN thst VI
entity In addition to that consideration theIe 10
U.o,n road in progress, which passes thrOusn uoso
Nnshlps from Tie head OF LAhe Supoi'"i ~ Wv"
Wing on the Mississippi. RI, ca.
By the survey of the western boundary oi the ouS'e
o h,nnesoa there is detached the extensive region oI
eouutry west of H. which, under existing laws retains
he name of Minnesota Territory, having the outee 40
IT, eastern boundary, the Missouri ana WhVe Hne,
Rivers its western, the ~ paraiel hOf'Io s I nS
bOunded manly on the sou1h oS 'Ae "'0''N Va ~
the Missouri River. ~. ,. p;o
no ae,ommodste settlers along Big Sioux hiver'
o,b of this AZ 3 this office, on the 2lst May iSsl
;sncd i,structions 10 the Surveyor-GenerA OF WIS
c,siu and Iowa whose jurisdiction extends over .'
part of tie territory lying west OF lne oee % : ~
5sota 10 place under contracts such PoruOhs vi ~ 10
., sdiae survey to the extent OF SoOOV, as
5snsd out of the General Surveying Fund thereIole,
esrlv in the season contract was sntereu lneo WIZ
90 .yrsrisnced deputy for the extension oi the o5se
- 49, tbe soryeV 10 wit, the as 81 north iau'uuo,
fyom Bie Sioux River west to Vermlllion hlver.
The work las progressed 30 satisfactory, eHo,
township lines and subdivisions As W yunsny w.
,ctsi,,u of s completion before the ensuing "hseI'
Ptb ,bis norton of the former Territory oi hul,
o,,e tas moi been organized into separate iaho
diruict. Il, L,,,o haan suyveved
s;rce last fepOrt ,SSY miles oi townships, any any 49,,
sectional lines, embracing an area o' -" ~''' N'
costing $44,O,V. =. EaDsas d,ring the fiscal
- Leve heeI, apuhed 10 the establishment oil tne
yru. southeru boundary OF the new -io,A 'GG neG
,Io s,,bdiyisl0ai surveys within It's liihlls VIVA
lev no the satisfaction OF the Indian aotlheh's Vi