Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-27

We publish an article to-day from the London
Times Of the 10th inst, received by the Pacific
mails, which will furnish our readers with a sketch
of the condition of the European war at that date.
The most important subject treated of is the Cars
reply to the summons Of Austria 1t will be by
the article publish from the Times, that the Car
Expresses willingness to concede the free navigation
ofthe Danube TO agree that the rights and privileges
of the Christian subjects Of the Porte shall be placed
under the protection of the five Powers, and that he
will evacuate the Prncipates on certain conditions
and securities-that is, when England and France
shall withdraw their forces But these conditions the
7imes considers Of such nature not to obtain the
approval of the Western Powers or the assent of the
Cabinet Of Vcnna, although they appear to be about
the same as the acquisitions heretofore made upon
Russia. The Western Powers have become more ex.
acting in their demands upon the Car since they
have been somewhat successful in the contest, and
are not now to be satisfied with IAN insignificant adj
vantage or hollow peace" The spirit manifested
on both sides any thing else than indicative of the
speedy restoration Of peace. The Western Powers
demand of Ru, sa what we have never believed she
would peaceably concede. The Emperor it is said,
declares that "the is not yet begun in earnest
sooner OF ne Will De seen At the ncati
of hala million of men, scattering the nations before
him like another Attiln" This is certainly big talk
on the part of his Czarshp, and may be considered
high time for him to set about accomplishing so
pendous purpose But procrastina;on is doubtless
his game for some time yet. The all ance at present
is rather formidable for Russia to encounter Her
policy is first to detach Prussia and Austria The
protested willingness to evacuac the Principalitics
by the Gar as mark of his high regard for Aus.
tria" and the subsequent course of that nation h.
given rise to strong suspicion of the good faith Of
Austria to the Western Powers. Her conduct is sro
ken Of with much mstrust by the late foreign papers
While number of our cotcm porarics are De
nouncing Homestead Bills it would be well for them
TO consider the fact that President Pierce has already
given his approval to bill containing the Homestead
feature lie has approved the bill providing for sur
veys, and granting homested,Ls 10 settlers in New
Mexico, Kansas and Nebraska This is the Terrific.
rial Homestead bill. The second section Of the bill
contains its homestead provisions. They set forth
in language sufficiently plain, we should say. to be-
understood The section is as follows:
'Sec. g Ind be i. further enacted That to every whit,
male citizen Of the United States or every white mall
above the age twenty years WHO has declared hi
intention to become citizen, and who residing 10 sold
Territory prior TO the first day of January eighteen hun
dred and fifty three, and who be sill, residiry there
there shall be- and hereby is donated one
or one hundred and sixty of land And To ever
white male citizen Of the United States or every whit
male above the age of;weny years who has declared
LIS intention 10 become citizen, and who shall have re-
moved or shall! remove and ieIe In said Territory he
tween the first day Of January eighteen hundred aud fifty
three ana the rs day OF January eighteen hundred and
nifty eight, tteJe shat H. like manner be donated one l.
ter-section, hundred aud sixty acres on condition
oil actual settlement and cultivation Tor less than -four
pears PT9Vdf nc1ever That each OF said donations shall
incuue the actual settlement and doaer
and SHALL be selected by legal subdivisions within thee
nonis after the survey OF the land where the settlement
was made before the survey; AMI where the settlement
made alter the survey, then within three months aer the
settlement has been made and all persons falling de
sgnae The boundaries of their cams within that time
snail forfeit all right TO the
In this bill, what becomes Of the great rclccnirg
feature of Mr. Hunters substitute, by which al con
stltutiona scruples set aside through the prov
sion for the payment of twcve-and. a half or twenty
five cents per acre for homestead? II is not once
mentioned, but the bill is out.andout recognition
OF the homestead princplc-of the "agrarian policy
oil land to the landcsS yet it has received the Az
proval OF President Pierce.
II would not appear, from this that the Presiden.
mas any particular conscientious scruplcs'' about
signing the original Homestead bill. without even
nominal price fixed upon the public lands, and which
our democratic contemporaries Of this quarter think
30 essentially requisite to overcome their constitu
honal difficulties We are rather inclined to think
that he was prepared to go the whole figure and that
ne VIII do 50 yet TO the astonshment of our strict
constructonsts, should the Hunter substitute fail and
the original bill pass the Senate 1t might be well
Tor them not to commit themselves too strong against
homestead bills that do not provide for the payment
OF the Prodigiow sums of twelve .and. a.half and
twenty-five cents per acre for the public domain.