Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-01
Bounty Land Warrants.

BOUNTY Lana warrants.
A bill explanatory of the bounty act of 2sth
September, 1850, is now under consideration
in the House of Representatives. AS this is =
subject in which many of our readers are per-
sonay interested, we subjoin an abstract of the
most important provisions of the bill. 1t is pro-
vided that if any officer or soldier who would,
if living have been entitled to the benefit of the
act of Congress, passed September 28th, 1850,
shall have died, leaving no widow the children
of such officer or soldier shall be entitled to the
benefit of said act; and if there are no children
living, then the father and mother of such Off
Ger or soldier shall be entitled, or in default of
father OF mother the right shall descend to the
brothers and sisters.
1t is farther provided, that in all cases where
the militia or volunteer or State troops, of any
State or Territory were called into service and
whose services have been paid by the United
States the officers and soldiers shall be entitled
to the benefit of the act before mentioned, and
shall receive lands according to its acquisitions.
One hundred and sixty acres of land are granted
to every officer and soldier, whether of militia,
volunteers or regulars, who may have been
tually engaged in any action with the enemy,
in any of the wars specified by the act of Sept,
1850, without regard to the length of his SER
vice; or in case of the death of such officer or
soldier, the warrant may be granted to such per-
sons as would be entitled to it under the acts of
Congress. The warrants are to be assignable.
The act of Sept, 1850, is extended to all naval
officers, sailors, lotlla men and marines serving
with land troops in cases where they could not
be entitled to prize money.
In ascertaining the term of service of the off
GERS and soldiers, such term shall be computed
from the time they were mustered into the SER
vice of and paid by the United States to the time
they were discharged therefrom.
The N. Y. Herald has letter from one Of
the Cuban expeditionists who had been sent out
to Vigo, Spain, which says
The intelligence of our release from bondage
reached us at the time when we were more than
usually depressed, from the fact that many of
us british subjects) had obtained their PARDON
and that with much pomp and circumstance
as to induce us to believe that fate was fixed |
Our kind and excellent Minister, Mr.. Barrin-
ger, wrote often and cheeringly; and it was in
his own handwriting and easy style, that the
first news of ourrestoration to liberty greeted u.s. |
We cannot too highly admire the persevering
earnestness with which he struggled for our par
don, nor can we express, in language, our graft
tude for the glorious boon he has presented us
with-freedom.
A letter from Havana under date of 18th inst |
says
Such a concourse of passengers are here,
since the arrival of the Empire this morning at
daylight, that the Philadelphia is diverted from
the route North, to go down to Chagres, which
makes disappointment to all our business men.
Many letters, not quite ready for the Ohio, were
not closed, from the notice given that the Phila-
deli hia would follow her-to leave two hours
after arrival of the New York steamer. Large
mails Will lie over IN consequence, or go by the
way of New Orleans. As Mr.. Law is here
himself, he will do may suit his interest,"
There will be some 1000 passengers for Chagres
this morning.
The last Cincinnati Price Current has state
ment showing that the falling off in the number
J of hogs packed this season, as compared with
the lest season, is SO, 021 in the entire West
, The editor remarks:
The deficiency has been in the States of
Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Southern Kentucky,
and Tennessee. This decrease is attributable
to the inadequate supply of corn in those States,
the crops having been greatly deficient the last
two years in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa, and the
low price of hogs in 1849, and the subsequent
high price of corn, induced farmers to sell the
latter instead of feeding hogs, and hence, since
Is49, there has been a rapid decline in the
hog crop of those States. In Ohio and Indiana
the supply of corn the last season was ample,
and prices being low. it was fed freely to hogs,
and the result is that there is in both States an
increase in number.
The Newark Daily Advertiser states that the
Morris and Essex Railroad Company have con-
eluded contract with Jesse Baldwin 81 Co., of
this city for 1920 tons of English Railroad iron,
for the extension Of their road from Dover to
Haekettstown. The rail is to be 20 lbs to the
linear yard, the same as that used in the extern
SION fOm Morristown to Dover: the ordinary
weight being so 10 so lbs. 1t is to be equal tothe
best imported iron and the contract to be receiy-
cd here early the coming Fall. This contract
is said to have been made on terms about $4,000
cheaper than the same quantity and quality OF
American iron can be bought for.