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Show 'ThftAHu Towii-sito itue.stiou General Max .veil and 0. II. Mu- Kee; Kstp, (lie latter formerly chief of the mining bureau, Washington, now of the firm of Ilnyt, Sears fc Mi Ivee, San Francisco, culled yesterday. yester-day. The General, referring to the 1 communication from Mr. Me Bride, ! in relafion (o he Alfa town-site patent, pat-ent, which appeared in the He:i;ai.d ' yesterday, says that the register of the j laud olliee has nothing to do with the : charm t t of the land, whcthermineral or non-mineral, until contest is made hclbre the regi-ter and receiver, upon affidavits tiled, unlc.-s such land is returned re-turned as mineral land; that being a matter pertaining exclusively to the surveyor general :s office. Contest wa made in Ibis ease, ample notice was given, and voluminous testimony Was Liken. Tim twu-siie of Alia was rep resen till by an attorney; and the testimony in full was forwarded to Washington, where it can npw be found on hie. Jn addition 10 whicb an extensive correspondence with the commissioner took place, in which all the facts were set forth; particularly that there was a townsite on the land in question, specifying M1-' number of inhabitants', the number of houses, and the value of improvements, as near as could be ascertained; whereupon where-upon Mr. li'UUe, i,h)ef of yhc private; land chums division of I ho General Land olliee, who was then a commissioner commis-sioner for the investigation of frauds was specially commissioned by the Commissioner ot the General Laud, piiiee, to folly examine the case in person, on the ground. The register '' accompanied that gentleman to the loivnsito, and a Kilt examination wan made. What was the report thereon is unknown to the register, but it is on file in the department and can ; easily be obtained ( ! -(.buiii six months afterwards, Air. Meiulenhall, of tlie General Land uliice, who was then in charge of the homestead division of the department, and is now connected with the Northern Nor-thern Pacific E. It., nia;!p a hnia, f.ytmhmtion; and what his icport was is not ku-iwn, but it also is on file in Washington. About one year ago, Mr. 0. II. Mc-Kcc, Mc-Kcc, under exnres instructions f(Miu the uonpnissloher, made a personal examination of the ground; and his report upon it may likewise be lound upon the files of the case in the General Land olliee U-he register of the land office has nothing to do with Sioux scrip eases, but to forward tlie papers. The department de-partment at- Washington, in granting the patent was wholly governed by the evidence before them, which is open to the examination of any parties par-ties interested and they can obtain copies if they desire. The matter was in con t rove: sy alout three years. General Maxwell, register of the land oi Hue, u.uhu. u.-. '(umakolms explanation, in .justice to him, which , is all he expects to say on the subject; and inasmuch as the matter is to be judicially investigated, he relies upon that to clear him from all aspersions. |