New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-25

ttfor' hespent tcc mech work anc money on il, So
he did, and got the aswer Tat he could not bold H. ar
everybody that kirw The act granting Hand Ia ,ba,
rai'rOsd could know. Another man permitted TO
file on tbOu 200 a res on piece one mile long, which
ia nrary 10 Iaw although it is yer itt@d b. pfeenpt
r. gular quarter ioo the north aud west sd-sof
every town, even il il coutsi much l60
acres. Several persons have been permitted ~ file
apo,her claim since hey have gyeo up former 9ae
without any otter r. ason thai thar they liked the latter
better.
The writer ssys further hat single women whether
maid IT ~idow" have right 10 pree Hpt that Is not
20. Unmarried women have nT that right, unless
riey ere h%ads Of family, t,at il, have adopt a
child In that they Or. Gmp even y they are
lot II Year, Of age. To have 4" servant Is not
eprnpb TO lie d.emd head OF family.
There very few ri JrnsD' who pay 81 % per
acre for Gcve'nmD NJ hand. Land warrants are At
Irrsnt e,sy bought for half of that ~, notwith
sisnoing u at 1bompson Bro'hers acc1rdi Y TO yonr
paper say that trey buy lGO ares land warrants at
II cents, and rel them a. IS CENTS. Thompson
Brothers will not buy sny az III cents, SITTER all.
Tie Government Survey ia of,eD very nafly made.
Mary hnes At all, 70 great trouble fJr The
r.ers, snd IL lie very seldom an inspector OF Sur
y.ys' o ks his Appearance. Another ftut in the
surveys or rather skpg mp Of the pls, Is thai,
skse, g.. the quarter sections very Often are not
divided our equal parts If all we're lands bat the
fauious often contain than 40 acres thus keep
il a seirr FIR q ting his full l60 acres, or as near
az re lse cunli g,i Il.
For fling his decafatory statement the settler hns 10
nee Of an agent, If re write himself; neither Is
ncrrsssry 10 so To n Land Office; It wi do IA well
Ia :, nj he staten ent by mail when there oDght 70 be
o directed envelope with postage stamp inc osed for
the returning Of the certificate. The fee Tor Thing 10
one dollar.
Where the land has not bsep offered AZ public sale,
II ust be pld tetoye such sale is m,de, which some
m ia tD frp
survey and if Mr. Grows bill passes the Senate, will
never be within ten v.arr Thereafter.
There is great fault thtt patents are not returned
FROM the La. Office in Was ingt0n sooner than III
are Az the writer Gays there is delay OF from Que
TO three years. IN th,s age Of theft it should not
be astonishing TO it'd that any of the Land Officers
have sert u money they have received TO the
General Land Office.
Whsn land is granted to railroads in alternate sec
tiolP there il often general uncertainty wh-re the
right # the railroads commences Such right con
mences as soon as the route surcsyed for band "
in lies the road and for snf side OF six ald
inside Of fifteen miles from the day the companies
have filed notice that they cannot get the full amount
Of LEI within Six nil.s.
TLis grantii of lands IN railroads is great ncon-
yeniencr 10 the se-rs when il takes long time before
the railroad land is sold and settled IL ma es il very
hard TO get good schools, and children have much
fur b.r TO wsk to them than ese eOuld be necessary
In these Tires when 30 many railfoaGs beguo,
Ut not ini.h,d, mary p-rsonn have Thought That the
land IL again open 10 settlers and % hers who very
well know that, if tie railroad companies loose
their right the States rave the right 70 give II 10 other
comJpies, setle valuable laid for IN try 70 make
the Government let Craze go for right, and 81 make
fortune.
Let me here remember one hing, often repeated by
TIE 1RIBUsE and Others tb,t the besr was 10 settle
new country is iD great companies rociations
single yerson with but liiile money do but itls
but let put their little together and they
do great deal. Yours, MEL.