The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-21

Pension and bounty Land Agency.
VIE subscriber has opened In the city of Wash
| J. lngton 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 deposited all evidence of
service now exlant. will enable him TO establish
mnay claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want or proof and proper attention.
tie, therefore, offers to the public his services.
particularly in the following cases, VIZ;
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 enti-
lied To receive, the ten years p6nson due on the 4th
OF March, 1913; under the acts of July 7th, 1898,
March Sd, lo43, and June l7th, 1874, being those
who were married before the LIST Of January 1874,
he VIII undertake to establish, under the act of
February I'd, l648, their claims to pensions for
life. commencing on the 4th of March, l648, 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-
ish their claims to pensions for life, commencing
on the 4th of March, l648, under the act of July
%, lS4S.
To all those widows ofrevolutionary pensioners
whose claims have been rejected or suspended for
want OF proof of service or those who are in the
receipt of pension under any of the pension
laws, less than that received by their husbands
under the acts of May 18th, 1923, or June 9TH,
1882, 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 ar have been pensioned
BOUNTY LAND,
For he
rem of deceased officers and privates, 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,
otksr1vIse 40 charge,
The subscriber is also appointed Agent for the
District of Columbia for the British 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, DOC, 900.
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, ID. c., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
Attorney aud Counsellor al La,o, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North and South Carolina
+. 5. 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
gons) -Vhe 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 lst
and 9th days of each month, unless detained by
unavoidable accident, and will touch Acapulco,
San Diego, and Monterey.
The following steam packets belonging to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, are now in the
Pacific, one of which will be always in port at
each end of the route
OREGON !, O99 tons. REPUBLIC 200 TONS
PANAMA. 1887 tons. CAROLINA 600 TONS
CALIFORNIA 1850 tons. COLUMBUS. 600 TONS
TENNESSEE 300 tons. lsrHMus -. TONS
NoRrHERNER 200 tons. UNICORN. 600 TONS
COLUMBIA S00 tons. FREMONT 4. 600 TONS
ANTELOPE. - tong,
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
err 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 / 800 tons burlhen, 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.
Ono 5000 tons. CHERoKEE 300 tons.
EmPIRECIrY2, 900 tons. PHILADELPHIA / 100 tons.
Leaving New York for Chagres on the 18th
and Goth Of each month
The new steamships Ell DORADO and FAIL
CON will form direct line between New Or
leans and Chagres, leaving at such periods as will
insure 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 can be secured from Armstrong,
Lawrason & Co., agents, at that place.
The fare for through tickets from New York to
San Francisco has been reduced from
S4O0, in state rooms, TO $3.50.
$3.50, IN lower cabin, TO $500.
5000, in Storage, TO Sl65.
The rates from New York TO Chagres will De
at the lowest adopted by any safe sea steamer be-
tween those ports.
For choice Of berths, apply at the Office Of the
Company, So and SIS South street, and at their
agency, III West street.
A pril 26-tf.
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