Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-04-24

Land claimants for this District, we publish
below some extracts from the Commissioner
of Pensions, for the information of persons
entitled TO Bounty Land under the late act of
Congress.
Considerable anxiety prevails in some qua.
ters in regard to the execution OF this law, and
I4much Impotence manifested as to whether ap-
plications forwarded have been received, and
when the warrants are likely to be issued
A few explanations will probably suffice Up
to tine time the present commissioner enter
ed upon the discharge of his duties (the first
of December, ls50) between thirty and forty
thousand applications were received; but as
the force cInpolyed had been engaged upon
other branches of the business, no special
acknowledgements had been made to claim
ants. Early in December printed circular
was prepared and despatched by every mail,
acknowledging the receipt of claims; but as
it was impossible, for obvious reasons, that
ii is circular could be forwadcd to previous
applicants. it was necessarily confined to the
future. Hundreds, without knowledge OF
these facts, have been surprised that their
own applications were neglected, when others
subsequently forwarded have been acknowl-
edged by mail If fthose who sent their claims
prior 10 the 10Th of December wait patiently.
they will in due time BE- advised either in the
form of IL warrant, or by letter assigning the
reasons of suspension or rejection. up to
this period the Office, with NIL its force faith
fully applied, has only, been able to issue
between seven and eight thousand warrants
on declarations received in October and
early in November.
Some time, therefore, must elapse before
the numerous claims which arrived in Novem-
Der and early in December can be finally
acted on, or of which the claimants can be
informed by the usual printed acknowledge
ment. Up TO the present time about one
hundred thousand applications have been
received, and every days mail brings an
increase, varying from five hundred to n
thousand. The office is now issuing between
a thousand and twelve hundred warrants 4
week; but more that eighteen months must
eapse before the claims now on hand can
be disposed of, or matured into the form of
warrants. The number of applications hav-
ing increased. so far beyond what was antici.
pated, in order to satisfy the public demand
additional force was asked of Congress near
the close of the late session; and the request
would doubtless have been granted hnd it
been made at all earlier period. If granted
hereafter, the work will Of course, be aceeler-
ated, and the time ofits completion shortened.
Singular misconceptions exist rs to the
time necessary to execute the law. The rule
of the department is that each claim shall be
acted on in turn, or in the order in which it is
received: and thisirule has been rigidly and
impartially enforced. 1t would be tedious
and unnecessary to describe the process by
which the claims are conducted, from their
first reception and acknowledgement to the
final issuing of the warrants. In order to
guard against error and imposition, they are
carefully registered and classified, and subjec.
ted to a! separate examination in different
hands; nol.udvantage in any respect being
gained by hurried and ill-digested method Of
proceeding. With all these precautions error:
will unaYoidabty occur but bat nseaaas will also
be employed to render them harmless. x.
- J.. E. HEATH,
-, ~ - Commissioner of Pensions. :
itsayvs say, that mn
der the act Of Congress, to whieh'the above
refers, all persons who have been engaged
in the military service of the United States
in any war since 1890, are entitled to Boun
ty Land in proportion to the length of time
they served. Persons who were in the last
war:with England, whether officer or soldier
are entitled to the benefits Of the act. Also
those engaged in the Florida War, in any o.
, the conflicts with the Creeks or other In
dians -
Those who served three months are enti
tied to. Az acres
Those who engaged TO serve six -,
months and actually served four
months, IRE entitled to. ....... 80
Those who served six months to-. 80
Nine months and more. -. .......160 e
In case the officer or soldier, who served
is dead, the widow, if living, is entitled to
the same quantity of Bounty Land, that hel
husband would be, were he living but if she
be dead or married, then the children, under
the age of twenty-one, arc the only claimants
-. From the Columbia Telegraph.
Seven Days later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER AALERICA
5aa FURTHER DECLINE IN COTTON.
l" HALIFAX, April II.
The British Steamer America arrived here
this morning, bringing advices from Liver
pool up to the 5tli inst.
:. From them, we learn that the current quail
ties of cotton had declined IN eighth of n
penny, and that the sales of the week had
amounted to $1,000 bales, of which 5000
were taken on speculation, and 1900 for cx-
port, the balance, $4,000, going to the trade.
The sales for the corresponding week last
year, amounted to 43,88O bales, of which
l4,6O0 were taken on speculation.
On the day prior to the sailing of the
America, the 4th inst, 1000 bales were sold
and cotton closed firm, holders being indis-
posed to yield.
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE.