The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-29
More Point. sron u. Genera. A.na one..

The commissioner OF the general land
bftice has written the following letter to w,
Il. Green. q banker Of Bangor Dak.:
In reply to your letter Of the Sth inst,
desiring to be informed rs to my ''nims and
purposes In my late rulings, you are nd.
vised that propose to execute the laws AZ
they stand. Entrymen Of public lands are
scluird to comply with the con.
titions 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 Of proofs
and issuing certificates is preliminary only
not final nor conclusive, but subject to re-
view and final IL, ton Ivy this office and dc.
partment. Convcyanccs, after final entry
and the issue OF receivers receipt, arc nj.
lowable and legal IA between the parties,
but purchasers before patent take their own
risk. The government has the right, and
may cancel an entry for fraud, illcgality or
noncompliance with the law. These are
not "innoccnt purchasers and have never
been so treated in the practice or decisions
III the departments OF by the courts. For
your further information upon this point
you are referred to the decision of Secretary
Teller in the case Of z. p. Cogsw ell, 3 l.. d.,
23. Idonot propose to conform fraudulent
entries ii knew them to be so, and do
propCs to find out those which are honest
and separate from those which are to he
found otherwise, md have honest entries
patented aud fraudulent Cancelled.
Information having been received ut the
general land office that settlers in Dakota
are requested by clerks of courts and local
officers to make proof in duplicate, thus
involving them in double expense, Commits
receiver at Aberdeen that this practice is
without authority, and must be forthwith
discontinued, and money illegally collected
be refunded to the settlers.
Gen. Halleck's Enmity to General Grant.
Army officers here who know the secret
Vi the bitter hostility that x listed between
Gen. Grant and Gen. Halleck say that
when Gen. Mctlcllan's private war papers
are made public IL profound sensation will
he created and the hatred OF Grant for
Halleck will tic no longer q mystery. An
officer who has seen the documents pre-
served by Gen. Mcclellan says:
On Feb. 1G, 1862, Gen. Grant sent his
famous unconditional surrender" to Gen.
buckncr at Fort Donelson. The news of
The surrender had thrilled the North from
one end to the other. Gen. Hnllcck, then
Mt st. Louis was troubled mt the great re.
nown so suddenly attained by his subor-
dinate officer. Two days after the surrcn-
der McClcllcn telcgraphcd as follows to
Halleck: Where is Grant? George Il Nc
Glelicn. major general commanding" The
same day Gen. McClcllen received the fol.
lowing: Gen. George b. McClcllen, Wash
ington: In answer to your question: would
say Grant is somewhere in the rear of the
army drunk. H.W.Hallcck, Major General"
vi coarse what Mcclellan desired to know
rom his question was the whereabouts OF
Grants forces. The reply of Halleck was
all the more inexcusablc from the fact that
Grant had kept him constantly posted Of
his aims and plans, and ON that very day
had telcgraphcd Hallcck that he proposed
to go ahead on gunboat and rcconnoiter
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.
rartmcnt. 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.