The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-26
THE LAM SALES.

THE LAND SALES.
We hare received copy of the Presi-
dents proclamation making known that on
certain days in August and September next
certain lands lying in the junction City and
Fort Scott Land Districts will be offered at
public sale to the highest bidder, as follows:
At Junction City OBJ Monday, August 9Th,
all that portion of Marshall county lying
west of the Guide Meridian, and not in
cluded in the Otoe Indian Reservation, and
the whole of the lands lying in Washington
county. On Monday, August Goth, all that
portion of Clay. Dickinson and Morris not
included in the sales of August and Sep
tember of last year, and the northern tier
of townships Of the new county of Marion.
On Monday, September 10th, the remainder
of Marion county. except township 90,
ranges one, two and three all of Chase
county. and the northern tier of townships
of Butler county, aud township 22, range
4 in otoe county
At Fort Scott on Monday, August 18th,
all the remainder of Butler county not in
Guided in the New York Indian Lands, and
the north half of township s3 in ranges 8,
10, ll.l2. IS. Ii. Is. l6. II. IS. 10, go,
81 and 22. This of course does not include
the lands reserved for school purpopes;; but
it does include almost every acre.of sur
yeyed land opened for settlement in the
Junction City and Fort Scott Land Dis
tricts.
This is the most serious blow at the in
terests of the people of this portion Of Kan
sas, that could have been possibly struck by
parti1an administration. It's blow at the
private interests and rights of the squatters
of this portion of Kansas, which has its
motive in nothing but splenatic hatred of a
people who have been distinguished for a
jealous maintenance of their civil rights,
and righteous hatred of the corrupt and
pusillanimous Chief Magistrate of the ma
ton and the party which placed him in
power.
The effect of this proclamation will be
not only to compel hundreds of squatters
to lose their claims, on many of which
are valuable improvements, but also to
retard the growth and settlement Of the
entire scope of country to be offered,
for years to come. Chase and Butler coun-
ties have quite large population of ener-
getic, worthy settlers, mostly with families,
not tenth part of whom have yet pre-
empted, or are able to at this time. A large
majority of them will consequently be
obliged to abandon their claims entirely. or
borrow money at an usurious rate of inter
est, with which to pre-empt. In the latter
case they mortgage their future improve
ments and energy for mere title to the
soil and it is not too much to say, that
one half those who borrow money with
which to pre-empt their land will ultimately
lose everything-time, labor, and the land
ITSELF 1t is possible that some may be able
to obtain warrants with which to pre-empt
by agreeing to deed one-half their claims to
the owners of the warrants; but these cases
will be few
Look at it which way we will, the case is
bad enough. The time, too, is so short that
whatever is to be done must be done quick
ly. 1t may be possible TO procure post
ponement of the sales by petitioning the
President to that effect. It is slim chance
we know. but worth trying. Let petitions
be circulated, signed and forwarded to our
representative at Washington Immediately
Mr.. Parrot, we know, will attend to the
matter promptly, and will do all that can be
done to forward the object of the petition
There is no time to be lost.