, 1866-01-27

Northern capitalists, Will fhctf usual Keen
appreciation Of pecuniar3 profit have not been slow
TO sciIc upon the opportunities offered them for
making money In the rich hottom landt Of Mtsste-
eipp1 and have tented plantations at apparently un
reasonable prices. Three plantations On 1he dser,
ADJOINING fhosc OF e1- President Dayir aud his Mnth
q, Joseph Davis. Esq brrg an aggregate rental
for the proeeut ye7r Of thtJ4ix Thousand dollars.
and plantation Of eight hundred aGres OF clcasad
land Deer creek rent for ten dollars per acre the
lessee contracting to repair the negro qnarte1s md
Ichuild all tl.a nataessry fGnein.. Ii may bo esti-
1uated thaa bottom lAnds wilt gcncxRlsx ten roE
about twcnty dollars per sc1e and they Will rent for
about onehau Tie selling price.
The people In the western portion OF Fill
more and ea.tc1n portion Of Mower counties, Min
nesota have been greatly excited by the prestnce Of
1nad dpgt during the past Two weeks. In the
pcshone have hesn bitten, while the number Of
hozse4, cattle. etc. reported bitten tt innrmcahlc.
In the towu Of Spring Valley there not six do:s
Lett alive for which the Inhabitants ought to be de-
Foutly thankful Mrs. Norman KfncRley, Of the
latter place, caught one OF the rabid caniuts AID
held II until IL was Killed Mary Of the horses BIT
ten have been traded OF Will 1he knowledge Of
tnei. condition upon the part Of their owpess,
who take tho risk in consideration o. good bar
gains.
Since 1SiS, Hhcu the first U. S. Land Office,
within the rre.cnt lmlts Of Minnesota, Wac eetab-
lished u st. crox Falls, and when The town sites
of ST. Paul, Saltwater and st. Antbony were cn-
tered The aggregate trantac:lops nj that and other
land Offices established in Minnesota fooled up
*S7e6t9 acres, tt]e more than oue-slxth Of Tho
whole State. and Less than Cna-{ourth Of the ar.
Keyed In addition. The sla'e Auditor 1las sold
al school lands belonging to The SINE 15G ncres
The whole area Of the siste IL cs.lased at 54,uQq
COO acses. OF which there we're dona&ed 10 tie Suite
OF Minnesota for various purpose n schools, nil
ruads, swamp lands, etc.. :. dos $50 acres. THIS de
Quoted. with the nn.suu, disposed Of altoEf. leares
remaining r. The United strtss balance Of g 4s1,
aes 1t Is remarked tha: for the past two Or three
Far N jnmcnse impulse has been given to eettle-
ment bF the trct homestead Law. This Law wen1
Into operation m 1868. sncc which time thcse has
fecn prrrmpted under ahst law NJ, ,les a0ee, or
o.6e1 tatub Of 160 aues each
An Interesting question which mag get In.
rokt Fuit by the General Government against
the baltimore i Ohio Rallrosd, ie now On the tapls
4 delegation Of sesCn chtefs. belonging to the
Greeks md ScnatuoleA, accompanied By tsEn United
States Interpreters, who arc co1ored ncu, and the
aEente, Messfs. Nnr1an md Reynolds, Ase now II
Washington. Al s. Louie, Major Reynolds pus
CHASED through tickets, first class, via the Mfsais
e1ppi & Ohio & the Baltimore s Ohio roads
The question Was asked at st Loui
ii tns~-c would bo anr objection 10 the part!
x1dine In the cars their tickets callet
9o et,hcs On account u the lndiaue or Of the col
<osed Interpreters. who are nembes Of tic tribes
+'None al alI," WIS the agents reply. When TIT
Baltimore 4 Ohio Road WIS reached, the conductor
IN 4 yer} tnsolent nxuner, refuted 10 allow eithe
Indians iuaFrc1e err 10 11de In the caf Tor ThicE
they had paid The facts have boen laid betoEI
Secretary Harlan, who has directed Commissioncl
Cooley 10 write the railroad directors aud demani
fome satisfaction. u the sailrosd company do no
make a1up1c apology o. disclaim the act Of thei
tes,aut, sui. will be Immediately entered
TIC t1ial OF Capt. Frederic speed, OF Mnine
A. A. G. Of Volunteers, soF improperly placing d
board the steamer Sultaua, last April, d. Vicl.
burg, where he was Acting Adjntant General 1,ss
1asplcd p,1slonr1s, o1 whom ,1W ptt33htt by ii
explosion Of the boat near Memphls. commence
bciore i Court Martial, at ViclsbnrE, on the iii
1us. The carrying capacity Of the host was GIG, an
othe. md better boats were offered TO eas1y poi
1iau Of the prteoners. The examination Of BrcEe
Lieut.. Cos. George n Williams consumed tw
days, and part Of the third, hit evidence be1D
mainly tn regard to bringing the paroled ps1sonet
in from Forr Milo B7dgc, near FseksbuE, an
placing them On the Sultana, n Foat for St louli
Mo-. and Columbus, o. aud on whom the 1eepons
bllty rests for placing sbeee men on the boat Cap
VIM. F. Earns, who xax Assistant QuArtd7naste.
and In charge a{ the 1tEcT nnd land rr&nsroffatio
at vickkhufg. al the time the Snftana Wns ioadef
wst next examined to chow thnt Capt. speed nj
Only trs1eceuded authority tn selecting any boat io
this purpose, but fiat he selected the Sul.2na
uiter disregard Of the protests Of Officers In Ii
transportation department. The tsaai was rtl
PRO .ress II last accounts.