Little Falls transcript., 1886-01-29
Iore Points from tho Gsnsral Land Ontce

The commissioner 81 the general land
office has writteu the following letter to ". !.
r. Green. q banker 81 Bangor, Oak:
ss In reply to your letter Of the Sth inst.
desiring to be informed as to my aims and
purposesn in my late rulings, Gu are adj
vised that I propose to execute the laws ais
they stand. Entrymen OF public lands are
required to comply with the con-
ditions prescribed BY law. Their entries
must be confirmed by this Office before
patent can issue The action OF the regis.
Ter and receiver in the acceptance 81 proofs
and issuing certificates is preliminary only
not final nor conclusive, but subject to res
view and final at tion by this office and de-
partment.. Conyeyanees, alter final entry.
and the issue of receiver receipt, are al.
loWable and legal as between the parties,
butpurchasers before patenttake their own
risk. The government has the right, and
may cancel an entry for fraud, illegaity or
noncompliance with the law. These are
not innocent purchasers" and have never
been SO treated in the practice or decisions
ot the departments or by the courts. For
your urther Information upon this point
you re referred to the decision ofSecretary
Teller in the case Of G. P.Cogswell, L. d.,
23. lido notpropose to conform fraudulent
entries ii / knew them to be SO, and do
propose to find out those which are honest
and separate from those which are to be
tound otherwise, and have honest entries
patented and fraudulent Cancelled.
Information having been received at the
general land office that settlers in Dakota
arc requested by clerks OF courts and local
officers to make proof in nduplicate, thus
nvolvlng them in double expense. Commits
sioner Sparks instructed the register and
receiver at Aberdeen that this practice ID
without authority, and must be forthwith
dlscontlnued, and money illegally collected
be refunded to the settlers.
Gen. Halleck's Enmity to General Grant.
Army officers hero who know the secret
OF the bitter hostility that exis between
Gen. Grant and Gen. Halleck say that
when Gen. McClellan's private war papers
are made public a profound sensation will
be created and the hatred OF Grant for
Halleck will be no longer a mystery. An
officer who has seen the documents pre-
served by Gen. Mcclellan says:
On Feb. 16, 1862, Gen. Grant sent his
famous Unconditional surrender to Gen.
Buckner at Fort Donelson. The news of
the surrender had thrilled the North from
one end to the other. Gen. Haleck, then
at st. Louis was troubled at the great re-
nown so suddenly attained by his subor-
dlnate officer. Two days after the surren-
der McClellen telegraphed as follows to
Halleck: "Where is Grant? George B Nc
Clellen. major general commanding" The
same day Gen. McClellen received the fol-
lowing: Gen. George B. McClellen, Wash
ington: In answer to your question, would
say Grant is somewhere in the rear OF the
army drunk: H.W .Halleck, Major General"
VI course what Mcclellan desired to know
from his question was the whereabouts of
GRANTS fnrcp9 Tho roy1v 1f EIo1 IL,
all the more inexcusable from the fact that
Grant had kept him constantly posted of
his aims andplans, and on that very. day
had telegraphed Halleck that he proposed
to go ahead on gunboat and reconnoiter
the river in the direction OF Nashville and
his army would follow. Gen. Mcclellan
kept the originals OF all his dispatches and
certified copies were made for the war de-
partment. Three or four years ago Gen.
Grant read these original dispatches, which
was the first intimation that he had ever
had that they were in existence.