Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-01-02
For the Journal.
Agricultural College Lands.

OVAACSSC A<4AASADs
FRIEND MAH1N: The selecting of these
lands is completed, except to write out the
field notes and to report to the Governor. =
Then the report is to be laid before the
Trustees of the College, for their acceptance
and then the Commissioner of the General
Land Office is to certify the same to the
State. Mr.. Melendy has written to me occa
sionally of their progress in selecting. His
last letter was from Fort Dodge, Dec. 14th, in
which he says:
will have the entire amount Gao, 00C
acres) ready to report at our next meeting, in
January. 1t will cause me to work night and
day to accomplish it. It has kept us very
busy to complete our field work. We have
travelled over nine hundred miles, up to this
time. 1t is very difficult to get around in this
part Of the country. What few settlers there
have been in this part of the State were
scared away by the Indian troubles; so ii
has made our work harder than it would have
been, taking it at this time of year, when we
could not camp out. Twenty dollars day
would not have induced me to go through
what have, leaving my home and business,
but being interested in the advancement oil
our College, and in agriculture generally, has
been the cause of my putting the business
through. If we succeed in securing the
lands which have selected land have seen
the most of them) We will have donation
that we and our posterity will be proud Of:
"You mention in one Of your letters to
me the propriety of selecting II, 900 to 20, 00o
acres in body for the purpose of expert
menting in planting timber. We have had
this in view, but could not get SO much in a
body unless we went to the extreme north
western counties-out of reach of timber, and
where it will not be settled up for a long time.
We have selected at Storm Lake, Buena Visits
county, near the railroad (the Dubuque and
Sioux City,, about 1000 acres tits beau
tiful location, and would be good place to
plant timber.
"Write me at Cedar Falls.
"Yours, truly, PETER MELENDY."
Iowa appears to be truly fortunate in
having the fright man in the right place, "
and the right kind of weather, to do so great
and arduous work. The whole cost oil
selecting these lands will be less than 81 900
the amount of the appropriation to defray
the expense. Agents have offered to assist
us, if we would pay Than literally, and some
of the officers at the local Land Offices asked
for . .tew thousand dollars for the privilege
Of travelling over their districts. Very little
money has been paid out by the Agricultural
College without value received.
SUEL FOSTER
A KIND OEYER.-Mr Thomas w. j. Long
formerly resident Of Scott county, but now
living in St. Louis, where he has devoted hi
entire time to caring for sick and wounded
Iowa soldiers, informs the Davenport Gaxstt
that he will at all times gladly furnish to tn
friends of deceased and sick Iowa soldiers q
that place any information that he may pos
sess, or that he may be able to obtain, rela
tive to them, free of charge. He may b
addressed at the Everett House, st. Louis
No.
DEsrRrED.-Camp Strong is now entirel.
deserted by soldiers, the departure Of the s7tl
Tuesday leaving it without solitary occu
pant. We are not advised of the disposition
to be made Of the barracks, but suppose the,
viii remain standing, ready for any emergency
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SECTIONAL Aa1TAmoN. Tory paper
have been filed since the war began wit
ratings against the Abolitiouists, whom the.
charge with causing our national dificulhe
Iby sectional agitation" Of the slavery ques
ton. Now these same papers in the Wes
are doing their utmost to create jealousy bt
tween the West and the East, in order
bring about separation Of these two portion
of our distracted country, and thus help th
rebellion at the South. The C6vrisr, ono
the loudest in condemnation Of sectional g
tation, is now foremost in the work. Can
not read ito condemnation in its own filese
ssAre you thinking Of what 1 am saying
Il aid . poor music.master 70 . Young Mi
aftsr explaining to her the difference b
ltwesn major and minor ksy. "Why, sir,
lreplIed Ni0 sspve been thinking !
J tbs une Whelhee these keys are ivory
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