, 1865-06-23
The walla walla Land Case.

The following is the decision of the Secretary
of the Interior in the Walla Walla City land
case, in which E. H. Barron was plaintiff and
the City of Walla Walla defendant. This de-
cison sets this question forever at rest and the
city will at once make the necessary application
to enter the land. The decision is directed to
Mr.. Joseph NJ. Fletcher, Register of the Land
Office at Vancouver;
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WASHINGTON, May 9th, 1865,
Sr:-The Secretary of the Interior has exam
ined the case wherein an appeal has been taken
from your decision of December 22d 1865, ad-
verse to the right of Edmund H. Barron, to en-
ter under the pre-empton laws, the S. W. ! of
the S, W. I of Sec. No. 20, Township No. z, N.
of Range SO, Vancouver District, Washington
Territory, and has decided to affirm yoHr action.
1t is not deemed necessary to decide whether
or not a pre-emption right to the land could have
legal inception prior to the llth ofApril, 1859,
inasmuch as it is clear that important Town i'm
provements had been made upon the subdivision
and that Barron had no Improvements thereon
before he filed his declaratory statement.
Under these circumstances be was not author
lied by law to include that tract on his pre-emp-
ton claim, though his residence had been well
established upon an adjoining section.
The papers in the case are now returned.
am, sir, very respectfully, your OBJ sery'S
(Signed) W. 7; OTIS,
The Commissioner ofthe General Land Office.
A GENERAL" SQUABBLE.-The following is
the substance of a correspondence which lately
passed between Generals Sherman and Halleck;
HALLEcK TO SHERMAN,
As you will be in Richmond in a few days, al
low me to offer you the hospitalities Of my house
here, where l shall be gratined to receive you
and contribute to make your sQjourn here agree
able.
SHERMAN TO HALLECK.
Your proffered hospitality is respectfully de-
clined. I had hoped to pass throug gh Richmond
without the painful necessity of meeting you
Your recent advisory dispatch to the War De-
partment is a sufficient explanation.
HALLEcK TO SHERMAN.
| I regret your declining my invitation aud tht
unfriendly spirit manifested in your note 1
/ you knew the feeling in Washington, at the Wal
! Department, in reference to your agreement witt
Johnson. you would appreciate the motive o
! my dispatch to which you refer. Permit me tC
assure you of nay kind feeling toward you per
sonally, and my appreciation ofyour services.
SHERMAN TO HALLECK.
think 1 understand both the circumstance
and the men sufficiently well to appreciate tht
| motive Of your dispatch Both you and Stan
ton sent me warning to beware of assassins,
did not then know that the authors Of the warn
ing were themselves the assassins had TO fear
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The ROUTE TO CGUR D 'ALENE,-Nr Chas
Wilson, in a letter to the OregonjsRj says Of th'
Ceur d'Alene mines and the route thither
"The gold is in round particles and quite heavy
All we obtained is coarse. The bed rock is o
slate THE mines in the basin prove as exten
sive as think they WILL there will be employ
ment for about 20 900 men, Besides, there j!
gold in different other places near by.
As regards the route by which these mine
may be reached, the most practicable way is b5
the Mulan t0ad from Walla Walla Parties a
Lewiston are contending that it is nearer to taxi
their route. Marking out a road with pencil
is different thing from travelling 1t after it is 81
made The trail which leads to the C9ur d Alent
from Lewiston, crosses the St. 10. river and val
ley and it is out ofthe question to pass over tina
valley until September, as there are a grea
many sloughs in it. So much about the route