, 1859-12-08
The Superior City CaAe Agnfn.
1C1tresp1ndenec OF the Il,Itatelpbta rress.1

scrxRIoE Ct1s, Nov q, 1850.
The long-continued Iaw suit in Upper:own
has assumed another phase. The three trus-
trees Of The squatteIs l,nve received orders
from Washington to prove up. When this is
accomplished, and The land out OF the posses
sion of the United States. law suits will be con,-
mcuccd by the other parties before the Stale
courts. Hy late decision CT the Secretary Of
the Interior, the town site rroprietors and half
breeds were ruled out. But. in the meantime,
1no:her Richmond appeared in = certain psriy,
employed BY company in 1ndiana, who enter
ed Sioux script upon the entire tract ia dispute,
so that the industrious bona fde settler has Jet
to contend with rich parties wlo wish to 1nonop-
ollie this land.
The tract in dispute consists Of 307 11-1oo
ncres, and the contest before the Superior Land
Office presented q most singular appearance,
there being half dozen contestants; one party
claimed II .0-lo0 acres Of this tract, another
II 5o.100, and third 10 acres: while the spec
ulasor with tae Sioux script Was against all con-
ceFped, and p-e.emptors in adjoining sections.
I eau bear cheerful testimony to the fact Of tho
industry Of some Of the squatters and their
Improvements. and for the honor ofthe Govern
ment, it is to be hoped tint these men should
be protected, and no land sharks allowed To
enter hundreds Of acres with their Sioux script.
mai1 RobberIes-An Arrest.
For some time past there have been numcr.
Gus complaints, between st. Louis mud St. 10
seph, relative to the receipt Of letters that
should have contained money, or 10 the nom
receipt Of letters known to hare been mailed.
The attention Of the Post .Of!ice Department be.
iug called to these irregularities, Mr.. 7. l..
ShellcEoss, Special Agent, who hes had much
experience and success in the detection Of mil
robbers, IVES detalied to look into the matter,
Ill. S, accordingly set to work, and as u result
of his Iahors, young man named Chas. y.
Reeder, about twenty-three years Of age, was
arrested last Friday evening at 1lannibal.
The deprcdations Of which We hare spoken
we're traced, with good deal Of prcsumptive
proof, to the post Office ut Hannibal, and Kced-
er, to whom suspicion attuchcd, when searched,
WAS found to have certain money in his rosscs-
sion which was known to have been mailed at
another point on the previous day. He also
had certificates Of deposit in banking insttu-
tions to tue amount Of 81, ,aoo-a sum consider
ably more than his salary Of $40 per month
would seem to warran: him in hasing. He had
been in the Hannibal post Office, as clerk, for
about three years.-'st. Io1is Rpud'isan.
The r1is.irslpr1 .Repudta.ed Honds.
We are gratifed to observe that the Lcgis1a-
ture Of Mississippi shows disposition to re-
spond favorabiy to Gov. McWillie's Special
Message, recommending payment Of the bonds
issued IN behalf Of the old Printers Bank Of
that State II has passed arcsolutton directing
the Auditor to freport full statement Of the
amount Of the bonds. the date Of their issue,
aud the period Of their maturity. These bonds
were originally for &, ,00o, ,0G0, but the unpaid
interest on thcm will probably increase the
amount to 81, ,oo0,000 Tie State Of Mississippi
| is one Of tho most prosperous in the Union.
It's financial position is, perhaps, better than
TINT Of any State in the Union, for il has no
constitutionally incurred debt. It could liqui-
date these Planters Bank bonds by the imp
sition Of tax that would hardly be felt by its
thriving citizens, while the payment would re-
more the tarnish from its escutcheon which the
Reputation occasioned, and extract this renom
from the sneers that are too ofteu uttered ia the
faces Of its people. The bonds we're issued ile-
ga1iy, it is true, but that is not the bondho'd.
ers' fault; and the people Of Mississippi are
bound By every moral obligation TO accept the
act Of their agent, the Legislature, and pay the
debt. Ca1ifosnia paid its unconstitutlonaliy in
| CURED debt. Will Mississippi refuse to initiate
/ the honorable example st. Loa;s Htlcs.