New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-07

Mr. Secretary STUNT
Ysspcn6epce Of She Tribune
wAsHIseroN. Friday Oct L.
All doubt az 70 the construction % be given toths
Act Of Congress of Sept %, 1880 g:ansing Bounty
Land 70 soldiers and othlers who have not hereto.
fore received such bounty, is pas to resi- by the
admirable and patriotic Circula, Of tue Secretary
Of the Interior, which appears in the cisy pspsfs
OF ,his nor0ing It Will De death blow to the
besriless speculators, who have watched wiih an,
fsuteiing anxiety the passage OF the law IN me
hope Of revealing IS tho expense OF tbs poverty sud
misrortunes Of the defenders of their country as
il has proven a source of discontinue and morsi6
cation to the hordes OF agents who intess the me-
tropos Of the nstioD like so many buzzArds around
3 dead caycass. Owing to the prompt and exceed
ingly liberal provisions made by the President, and
Secretary of the Interior, for carrying lnso ehecS
this law the delay to the soldier and 10 the widows
and hairs Of auch a. ere dead, will ba but sriding,
while the necessities Of an agent is entirely done
away with.
1t cannot De too strongly impressed upon thu
minds Of such as have an interest in ihe sw, that
the Circular of Mr. STUART contains the stjudi-
cation that will be given by the different Depart
ranteo, prior to the actual issuing Of the pasen!it
self 1t simply thia Thas the colder himself,
or in case of his DEATH his legal beiss muss locate
the certificate of warrant TO whom olo1eshe patent
will issue after such location has been made. Aud
that no act Of the vzarranEee in any way, conten-
plating either ahe5tansfer OF the warrant, or the
sale Of the land located herewith, will be recog-
nized by she Government, unless such act is of
date eubsequen! to that upon which ihe patent is
cues.
How long it will take for patent to issue alter
the warrant has been located upon any land sub
iect 10 sails and entry, is question that will deep
" interest the soldier, and which purpose briefly
TO answer. Under the long established ruIea and
regulations of the General Land ONCE no patent
i.sues. save under special circumstances, except
in the order of the date upon which 1t recelyed
at that bureau, as the returns are monthly made
by The various local Land Officers ia the States
where the public lands are aituated. 30 that no
patent can isEne under the Bounty Land Law OF
September % 1850, until all warrants Issued IN
der the previous aogs Of similar nature that have
been located up TO shis period are frat patented
This involves the inquiry how many such var
rants are there not ready for paten.lng, and how
long will it take to patent them wish the present
force employed in the General Land Otice2 Tue
number OF warrants located and returned TO She
General Lsnd Ofics, which are now ready tor pas
ensing, am Informed by that bureau, is but
fraction under Forty Thousand, and that ii viii
take from 10 to 10 moashs to get rid OF shem even
were there no more to accumulate in Abe office
But so far from this being the case, the number
monthly returned located is about equal TO those
which are patented 30 that but very little, ii any
diminution is made upon the quantity now OF
hand in the General Land Office.
The only way that tails difficulty can be rome
died, 20 as to enable the soldier TO aell HIS land a.
ter baing actually patented, within any reasonab
time, is for tho energetic and lbaral-spirited SEC
rotary of the Interior to organize the application
for patenta under ,his aw az fast as they are ra
turned to the General Land Office. In .his way
parties might reasonably hope to receive thei
paients uishin four months rom the date of thel
location Whatever the President and his Ca0ine
can do to aid the soldier TO get tbs benefit OF ID
bounty land, without having moSt Of its valae con
sumed in paying agents, will be done; this il
ceary manifess from the spifit Of the Circular 0
the Secretary OF the Interior.
SIMEON FRANCIS has been appointed Indiar
Agent for Oregon Territory, aud L. G DALE, Esq
Treasurer of the Philadelphia Mini. In the place o
ssowDEN, removed. A NgwYoRKER.