The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1860-05-05
By TIE PRESIDENT or THB uyITED.sTl1ES.

BY THE pkESIDENT UF THE INiTED-NTAlES
nm pursuance Of law, I. JAMES BUCHANAN
I IL President Of the United States of America. i
hereby declare and make Known that public sale
will be held at the aforementioned land Offices i
the STATE OF LOUISIANA at The periods hereinatte
designated, to Wit:
At the land Office at OPRLaUsss commencing o.
Monday. the seventh day of May next, for the dis
posa OF the public lands heretofore unoferea situa
ted in the following ownsh:ps and parts OF town
ships, viz:
South of the base hae ard seest the principal meridian
| Sections ls and ga the SW Of section 2s; sec
t;ons %. 80, 90, g. SO. 3s ard 40 of township
sections 2 8. 8, 10, l2 H. IS, 90 90 "a 26. IS
80, s2, 81, aud So Of TOWNSHIP S: township; o
! range ons
tion 10: sections Ia, le 90, %. 26 % so, 80. "a
and 36, Of township4; sections IA, g. s, TO- II, IA
/ IS, 90 12, "a, and 90, Of township s; townships
| T. and 8: of range tuo
Townships 8, 7, and s, OF range thrss
! Township l2, Of range tonT.
Township IL, of range fire.
Township 10 of range eisa:.
Sections 2 12 Ii. o. "a, 26 %. 81. 81. and SO
of townsh Q 3; sections 2 e, l3 %, "a 25 26. 81
ga rs, and 80, O. township g. township :, oi range
,scalve.
Townships 4, S. s, aud IL, Of range thirteen.
South of the base line and sasto the 7cpGl nsr1dan
The sW of section 4 sections ant 8; the
SW of section 10 sections Is. 90. ~, "A, 26, %,
3O go 81 and 36 OF nship 5 sections 2, 4. s. g,
10, H. H. ls, 90 %. a 26, 2s, 80 30, a. anc 50,
of township s; toEnsh P 8, except section ; town
ship 9, OF range one.
Sections 2. 4, TO- r. ii and a, OF township 8;
sections 2 g. g. 10, 10 Ia, ls 90. 22"2ar rs &c,
and go of township 7 sections 6. ii, l., ID. 1s,
20, g. 81 "a. and SO. Of oftownship S: Of rang no.
Sections 6; lots !, 2 3, 5, g. and T. of sections !,
sections 20 and 32 Of township u the oftsse
NE !, the W Of the Sc /, and the W of section
4 sectocs s, s. anl 20; tue " ol the NV and
the W of the SW Of section 2z sections 2s ard
80; the W ! of the Sc /. and the of section
34 of township s; sections 2. A. &, 8 10. r. IA, 49,
90 %, a. 26 49, 80. 81. Sd and SO. OF township TO-
sections l. 8, 10, ~ IA 49, 20, 2s "a 26, IS. 80
81 50, "a, and Sc OF township II, OF range Mrse.
The w of SECTION Is; section 80 of township
10: the 8 OF the Sc I, the NV otthe Sc !. and
lots l. 2 8 aud T. of section To- sections ls and a;
sections % 80, and 81. OF township II, OF range
Sections II, %, "a, 2o, 81, and 80, Of township
2: township 9, except section 81 sections q anu
10, CT towsshlp 10, of range si1
North Of the 6ass ie and east Of the principal erdan.
Township of range four.
North Of The base line and susst tbs principal meridian
Township2 of range enc.
Township 3, of range tro.
Tow rsai l,s 4. 5, and 6, ofraage three
At the land office at OPELoUs commenting on
Monday, the .wsatT first day Of May next for the
disposal of the vdcaEt lands 1n the euen.numbsTed
sections aad parts Of SECTORS within the underrnel
toned townshi DE- which remain to the United
States within SIX miles on each side OF the New
Orleans Opelonsas, and Great Western railroad ,"
subject, as required by law, to minimum of tsso
dollars assd fifty ceats per acre, VIZ
.Sosa Of 5Gss f sad eass d the principa! xse,dia.
Townships 2, 3. T. and s. 81 rsngp o~e.
Townships 2, 8, 5, and 6, Of range tso7.
Townships g. T. 5. g. 7, 8. 8, and TO- OF range three
Townships L. S. ST. 8, 8, 10. aud /. OK range 1osr.
Townships S. 81. 8, g. TO- II, and u of range fee
Townships 8, 10, IL, l2, and 10. of range sir.
Townships II, IL, l3, and IA. of range ssvezs.
Townships IL, l2, l3, IA, and Is, Of range eight.
Townships T. l3, IA, Is ami Is, of range asas.
Townships 49, ii, Is, and Is, of range tea.
Townships d. Is, l6, and II, OF range eierea.
Townships l5 is. and IT, of range tsceios.
Township Is, of range thirteen.
scsah Of the base liae and ssest rnc7al seridia~
Townships 3, and 4, of ranges Csc tsco, and three
Townships l, g and 3, of ranges jour, fee, st1
serea eight and nise.
Townships J., and 2, of ranges tea, elere@, and
tucelse.
At the land office at New ORLEANS, commen-
eing on Monday, the fourteenth day of May next
for the disposal of the lands tie
6ered sectoss aud parts sections within the UNDER
mentioned townships which remain to the United
States within six mites on each side Of the New
Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western railroad"
subject, as required by law, to minimum Of tro
dollars asd fifty cents per acre viz:
Soath Of the 6ase te asd east ohe pr.-rpal tr.diaa
and ,rest Of the Mississippi riuer.
Townships is. and II, of range H.
Townships Is, l6 and H. of ranges l3 and IA.
Townships IA, Is, i6 and II, of range IS
Townships IA, Is aud Is, of ranges Is. =, and Is
Townships 13. H. Is, and lE. OF ranges 10 and 30
Townships 10. ID. and is, OF range 81.
Townships 13 and II, of ranges q, %, "a ami as
Lends appropriated by law for the use of hoeis
military, and other purposes, together with the
Z swamp and overaowed," granted To the State by
the acts OF Consf approved March 2. is49, and
September %, 1850, will be excluded from the
sales.
The tracts along the lines of the railroad will be
sold subject to the right of way-granted by the
act of 4th August, 1s52for said railroad, and the
particular tracts cut by the route will he sold as
containing the quantities respectively shown on
the official plats, without deductions.
The offering of the above lands will be COM
menced 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
thns closed; but no sale shall be kept open longer
than two weeks, aud no private entry OF any OF the
lards will be admitted until after the expiration of
the tWo weeks.
Giver under my hand. al the city of Washing
ton, this 3lst day Of -JaEssssgs Anao DENIM one
thousand eight hundred and s1xty.
By the President: JAMES BUCHANAN.
s. A. oM1rH, Commissioner
oftAe General Laad Office.
NOTICE TO. PRE-EMpTIoN CLAIMANTS
Every person entitled to the right Of prs-emp.
tion to auy of the lands within the townships and
parts of townships above enumerated is required
to establish the sams to the satisfaction of the re-
gister and receiver efthe proper land office, and
make payment therefor as soon as practicable af-
ter seeing this notice, and before the day appointed
for the commencement OF the public sale OF the
lands embracing the tract claimed; otherwise such
claim will be forfeited.
S. A. SMITH,
Commissioner ofthe General Land Office