The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-20

lfNHE subscriber has opened in the city of Wash.
| i ington an AGENCY for the prosecution of
all descriptions of claims against the General
Government.
His perfect knowledge Of all the Pension Laws.
and the places where are deposited all evidences of
service now extant, will enable him to establish
many claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want OF proof and proper attention.
He, therefore, offers TO the public his services.
particularly in the following cases, WIS
Suspended and rejected claims under all the PEN
sion Laws:
Applications for increase of pension, under any
OF the Pension Laws, where the. pensioners are
dissatisfied with their present allowance.
| For all those widows who received, or are enti-
lied TO receives the ten years pension due the 4th
of March, lS4S; under the acts Of July 7th, 1888,
March Sd, io43, and June 18th, 1874, being those
who were married before the LIST of January, 1894,
he will undertake TO establish, under the act of
February I'd, 1913, their claims to pensions for
life, commencing the 4lh of March, I64S when
their pensions under the foregoing acts termi-
uated.
For all those widows of revolutionary officers
or soldiers, who were married after 1893, but be-
fore January cd, 1900, he will undertake to estab-
lish their claims to pensions for life, commencing
on the 4th OF March, 1913, under the act of July
30, l64S
To all those widows ofrevolutionary pensioners
whose claims have been rejected or suspended for
-
receipt of pension under any of the pension
laws, less than that received by their husbands
under the acts of May 18th, 1928, or June eth,
1884, he will ensure the same amount per an
mum that their husbands received, from the time
the pension is made to commence by the law un-
der which they claimed or have been pensoned
BOUNTY LAND,
For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
rem OF deceased officers and prlvates, who served
in the war of 1912 with Great Britain, the Next
can war, or in any of the Indian wars, since 1880.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
otherioise no charge.
The subscriber is also appointed Agent for the
District of Columbia for the Brins, Commercial
Life Insurance Company, established in 1920, and
empowered by act of Parliament, for the insurance
OF lives and the endowment of children, in Lon
don, New York and Washington city. Capital
SO, 100000.
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, ID. c., will receive prompt attention
M. THOMPSON,
attorney and Counsellor at La,o, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North and South Carolina
p. s. Refer, if necessary, to the heads of de-
partments, and to members Of Congress generally.
March 25-tf
TACTIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
ONLY through line for California and Ore
gon.) 1.-The public are informed that under the
new arrangement Of this Company, steamers in
spected and approved by the Navy Department,
and carrying the United States mails, will con-
tnue to leave Panama and San Francisco the LIST
and 9Th days of each month, unless detained by
unavoidable accident, and will touch a Acapulco
San Diego, and Monterey.
The following steam packets belonging to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, in the
Pacific, one of which will be always in port at
each end of the route
OREGON ,099 tons. REPUBLIC 200 TONS
PANAMA l,0S7 tons. CAROLINA 900 tons.
CALIroRNrA 1850 tons. COLUMBUS 600 TONS
TENNESSEE 1900 tons. lsrHmUs. - tons.
NoRTHERNER 200 tons. UNICORN. 600 TONS
COLUMBIA 800 tons. Fremont 600 tons
ANTELOPE. - tons.
The new steamship COLUMBIA will ply be-
tween San Francisco and ports in Oregon, await
ing at the former port the arrival of the mails and
passengers from Panama, and returning without
delay with the mails and passengers for the steam
er from San Francisco
regular line of propellers will be kept up for
the transportation of freight and transient passen-
gers between Panama and San Francisco.
The well known steamship SARAH SANDS,
OF l,5OO tons burthen, now under charter to the
company, and peculiarly commodious in her cabin
arrangements, will be kept running as an extra
family boat.
One of the above steamers will keep up the con-
nection between Acapulco and the other Mexican
ports.
The connection in the Atlantic will be main
tanned by the United States mail steamships
GEORGIA 5000 TONS CRESCENT CRY 500 tons.
OBIo 5000 tons. CHEROKEE / 300 TONS
EnrIRECIrY2 900 tons. PHLADELPHIA LOO TONS
Leaving New York for Chagres on the 18th
and Goth OF each month.
The new steamships Ell DORADO and FAIL
CON will form adirect line between New Or
leans and Chagres, leaving at such periods as will
insure as little detention possible on the 18TH
mus, and forming with the Pacific steamships
through line TO and from New Orleans, and ports
in Mexico, California and Oregon. Passages from
New Orleans be secured from Armstrong,
Lawrason & Co., agents, at that place
The fare for through tickets from New York 10
San Francisco has been reduced from
$500, in state rooms, TO $3.50.
$3.50, in lower cabin, TO $500.
5000, in steerage, TO 1855
The rates from New York to Chagres will d.
at the lowest adopted by any safe steamer be-
tween those ports.
For choice Of berths, apply at the Office Of the
Company, 81 and SIS South street, and at their
agency, III West street.
A pril eft.
PROSPECTUS OF THE CUBAN LIBERIA
/ TOR, a neat Book OF 300 octave pages, illus