The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1860-05-19
BY THE PRESIDENT eF TEE uNITgD.sFATEs.

/ BT TIE PRESIDENT gF TIE uNITED.sTATES
IN pursuance Of law, I, JAMES BUCHANAN
u President of the United States Of America, d
hereby declare and make known that public sale
will be held at the aforementioned Land Offices il
the STATE OF LOUISIANA at the periods heFeinafte
designated, to wit:
At the land Office at OPELovsAs, commencing OF
Monday, the seventh day of May next, for the dis
nnsal of the public lands heretofore nnotsred stua
ted in the following townships and parts OF town,
ships, viz:
South of the base ne and arsst the p7tscipa nsriss
Sections Is and ~: the SW of section 26; sec.
ticns %. 80. 80. 81. 36, 3s and 40, of township 4
sections e. 4, 6, g. 10, l2 IA, 49, 20. g. %, &C. g
ao 90. 81, and 3e, of township d; township Z; o
Section 8; the of section 10; the of see-
tion l2: sections Ia, ls 20, q, 26. %, 30 80, 81
and SO, of township4; sectietsss- 8, 10, T. =
IS, 20, 22, "a, and 26, eftovnskp 5; townships g.
| T. and s: of range two
| Townships 6, 7, and 8, OF range 'hres.
| Township 10, of range JoHr
Township IL, of range five.
| Township 10 of range Ggha.
Sections 3, 10, IA. 22, "a, 26. %, go 81, and 36
of township 8; sections g 12, l3, %: "a, 25 2o ~
81. 35 and SO, of township 4; township S; OF range
t,eslve.
/ townships 4, s, 6, and l2 of range thrtsea.
South of the base line and east OF the principal nlslaas,.
| The sW of section 4 sections and 8; the
SW dissection TO- sections 1s, 20, az, -. 26, a8,
80 90, 81 and &c. of township S sections g. 4. 6, 8,
TO- IL, "a, ls, 2o %, "a rs, 2s, &c. 49, "a, and Sc,
of township s; township 8, except section L town.
ship 9, Of range one.
sections 3, g. s, 10, IL, H. IS, 20. 22 3D. 49, 80,
and 90, of township 7; sections 2, GTQn12, "A, Is,
2o 20, 80, "a, and 3e, oftownship s; Of range two
Sections 6; lots 1. 2, 6, and T. of sectors s,
| sections 40 and 80, of township 7: the W q 5he
NE !, the w of the Sc !, and theW Of section
4; sections 6, 8, and 40; the w of the NV aad
the w of the SW / OF section %; sections se and
3o the W l Of the Sc /, and the w of section
81, of township s. sections 4 6, 8, 10. "a II, 49,
20, 20, a. 2s 49, 3o 80, Sd, and 36 of township TO-
sections . 6, g. 10, IL, Ia. Is, 20 o. "a aS 25 80
81, 80, 81, and SO OF township II, OF range three.
The w of section Is; section 30, of township
10; the OF the Sc /, the NV of the Sc /, and
lots l. g 3, and 4, of section 10 sections and 22
sections 2s 80, and 81, of township Ii, Of range
Sections IA. %, "a, 2e, 81, and ss, of township
9; township 8, except section 81; seceiens 4, and
10, OF township 10, Of range sir.
Township 2 of range four.
North the base line asd arest Of the principal meridian
Township 2 Of range ose.
Townships s, of range ttce.
Townships 4, s, and 8. ofrange three.
At the land office at OrELous.s. commenting on
Monday, the twenty -krst day OF May next for the
disposal of the yacasat iessds in the epes,-nuned
sections and prts Of ssctto~s, within the underHen
toned townships. which remain to the United
States within six miles on each side of the New
Orleans 0pelousas, and Great Western raiiroad,''
subject. as required by law, to minimum OF tsoo
dotaGrs aud fifty ces,ts per acre, viz:
Souta Of the ease !iase and Of the principal neriais
Townships 2. 8, 4. and 5, of range one.
Townships 2. 4, s. and 8. OF range tsro.
Townships g. 4, s. e. Z, s. g. and 10, of range hVse
Townships T. 5, 81. s, g. TO- and II, Of range four
Townships s. g. T. s, g. 10, /, and 12, of range fire
townships 9, 10, Ii, Ia, and 13, of range sse.
Townships II. l2 l3, and IA. Of range ssres,
Townships Il, 12 49, IA, and Is, OF range eight.
Townships l2, 49, ID, Is, and 16, of range ninc.
townships 10, IA, Is, and I6, of range tea.
Townships Ia, Is, 1s, and II, Of range eIeren.
Townships Is, l6 and II, of range tsseise.
Township Is, Of range thirteen
South Of Tie ease line and ,usst eepiaepal meridian.
Townships q 8, and d. of ranges one, tseo and three
Townships l, 2, and s. Of ranges famr, fee, sis,
sepen aght and aae.
Townships |, and 2, of ranges te,s, eheveH, and
t,eslpe.
At the land Office at New ORLEANS, commen- |
cling on Monday: the fourteenth day of May next, |
u1SpOS6 OF GQf9fH te7tS te euSIb
6sred sectioas assd paris sections within the under
mentioned townships, which remain to the United |
States within six miles each side of the New
Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western railroad.D
subject, as required by law, to minirnum Of tsro
dollars asd fifty eesgs per acre viz:
Sonth Of tie base lse and east Of tie ptzcipal meraian
and tesas ef the Missssspp; vsssr.
townships ls, and II, of range H.
Townships Is, rs. and II, Of ranges 13 and IA.
townships IA, Is, 16, and II, Of range IS
Townships IA, Is, and I6 oranges 1e II, and 49, |
Townships Is, IA, 15, and 16 OF ranges 9 and 40
Townships 10, n, and Is. Of range 81
townships Is and Id: of ranges %, 49, ID and 25 |
Lends appropriated by law for the use OF schools
military, and other purposes. together with the |
: swamp and overaowed,o granted to the State by |
the acts of Congress, approved March 2, 1s49, and
September ss, 1850, viii be excluded from the |
sales. s5ssz,sSsls
The tracts along the lines Of the railroad viii be
sold subject to the right Of nay-granted by the
act of 4th August 1s52-for said railroad, and the
particular tracts cut by the route will be sold as
the quantities respectively shown on /
the official piats, without deductions.
The offering Of the above lands will be COM
meneed on the days appointed. and will proceed
in the order in which they are advertised, until
the whole shall have been offered, and the sales I
thus closed but no sale shall be kept open longer
than tWo WeeKB ana no private entry o4 any OF the
lands will be admitted until after the expiration Of
the two weeks. IS
Given under my hand, at the city of Washing
ton, this 3Ist day Of January, Ammo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and sixty.
BY the President: JAMES BUCHANAN. I
S. A. SMITH, CoHsrsissrenea
@ Of tie General Land QBsre.
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emp-
hon to any Of the lands within the Townships and
parts of townships above enume rated is required I
10 establish the same to She satisfaction Of the re-
gister and receiver ofthe proper land office, and I
make payment therefor as soon as practicable af- T
ter seeing this notice, and before the day appointed
for the CONNER neeuent Of the public sale Of the
lands embracing the tract claimed; otherwise such
claim M he fnrfsifef1.