Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1848-12-30


or Greeleys Land Reform Bill, recently intro
duced into the IT, $. House of Representatives, pro-
vides, as leading features,
l. That any person of lawful age may ME in the
proper Land Office, claim IF presumption to any
occupied quarter section Of land which has been
veyed and offered for sale. The claimant must make
affidavit that he she IS the owner of no other land
whatever, and that he she intends occupy and
cultivate the same forthwith.
,. Upon such application, a warrant Of pre-emp-
ton for seven years will be given. Al any time with
in the seven years, the land may be paid for at 81 %
per acre. After an actual residence of five years. if
the claimant is unable unwilling to pay above,
upon application to the proper Land Office, he or she
may choose 40 acres. if single. 80 if married.
the widowed head of family, without any payment.
In this latter case, the claimant make affidavit
that he or she will reside upon and cultivate the land
so granted, during life, and may be at liberty
ALLEVIATE ii to any person having other lands On fail
ure to perform these and several minor provi-
sions. the land to revert to the United States.
3. False swearing to residence upon cultiva-
,ion of the land granted be punished by fine and
Imprisonment in the State prison.
L. The law to take effect on the 18th day Of April
next.
We submit thst Mr.. Greeley's boosted Land Re-
form does not amount to much, when closely looked
into The Of land proposed to be given is too
small, and accompanied by too many drawbacks,
forms and membranes. There are scarcely five
hundred men in all the Great West, who would nc-
cept so small favor upon such stringent conditions
The proposed law would utterly fail of the object in
r,a hat ho,yov
40 or even 80 acres of wild land which he could not
SELL and which he must cultivate upon pain of for
fixture! Nothing at all. An abundance Of land, OF
the best quality, can be rented upon much better
terms.
We think the quantity should be doubled, at least
say l60 for and his wife, and 80 acres
in addition for each of his children and clogged with
conditions but that of residence upon it, and pro-
hibting it's sale for debt. 1t would be well also TO
regulate the quantity granted, BY its quality and nau.
raj advantages disadvantages The bill in It's pre-
sent form, will do harm, and very little good if
any. The wording Of the third section of the BILL
bears wonderful similarity to the celebrated " But
Ter Bill" II would take n remarkably long-winded
individual TO read it through at one sitting.
ARRAY AND DEATH AT BAToN RouGE.-On the 4th
of Baton Rouge, and fired upon him twice with pis-
tol, Without effect DR.. B. retired to back room,
and armed himself with knife; DR.. S. followed in
threatening manner, when DR.. B. closed upon him
and inflicted wounds with the knife which proved fatal
in short time. OF the origin of the difficulty we
not Informed.
GA II. Sewer Of Arkansas will he nominated,
il is said, as Commissioner to settle the boundary be-
tween Mexico and the United States. Andrew 3.
Gray IS nomEated for Engineer and Surveyor. He
recommended by the Texas Delegation. He
formerly an engineer in Texas and Afterwards on the
northeastern boundary line.
or We have n telegraphic report from New Or
leans. stating that Col, Hays and have been cut
70 pieces the Rio Grande. by Gen. Urea. The
truth of the report is doubtful.