The North-Carolinian., 1854-08-19
FRI. Homes In New Mexie0.

admits Il pa lber into any Council III the>
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FRI. Homes in New Mexiee.
An Act A Congress passed at the recent
session. an1ek to the Territory of New Mex
leo the trac&t country acquired under the re-
cent Treaty nth Santa Anna, and subjects IT
to all the US of said Territory. Another
Act of C4&,.ess applies the Free Farm"
principle >ew~ Mexico, Including the terri
tory recentl annexed. The section of law
latlng to thy natter is follows:
Sec. 2. A be 1t FURTHER emqcted, That to
every whites :tizen of the United States, or
to every Will maze "a bove the age of twenty
one years, y 10 has declared his intention to
become citi en-, and who was residing in said
territory prlt. to the first day of January,
eighteen htlnG ed and hfty-three and who may
be still resMln ng there shall be and hereby is
donated one narter section, or one hundred
and sixty acfts of land. And to every white
male ctizenI Of the United States, every
white mafe above the age of twent y-one years
who has DEC AIRED his intention to become -
citizen, and shall hav removed shall re-
move to AMI settle in said territory between the
first day of JE luary eighteen hundred and fifty
eight, the fe sail in like manner be donated
quartef ection, one hundred and sixty
acres, on co ditiOn of actual settlement and
cultivation &f.r not less than four years; Pro-
rided hoWe&k That each of said donations shall
include th4 D. tual settlement and improvement
of the do&e. and Shall be selected by legal
subdivisiol&E thin. three months after the
vey of the Ks d land where the settlement
made befol&s the survey and where the settle
ment was 4ase after thGx' survey, 11ien within
three month after the settlement has been
made; aud n persol's failing to ife steltis
1sa,saalss ssies sIai21a aiit Dir hat ti1I -
T,s = e =. = ssassFF:.ssassl -.
-, 'e s"l enss III some .of the papo1
t.'o su.'e II Sons extend to the territories b. <
stn hahsas s1 ana eesaska is Incorrect The Wash>,
position ths the at:a IiJrni:s the sup-
os"' ~! asss" TO the general princ;nIc
OF giving ,fifNy the latc lands to actual Nlte spt-
tlets as P1pN yea IN thc homestead bill whcI,
cipIe, say Star was alieh .I by tn.s TIM Fl, Prin- IN
question, dl Because of the seri.ity a,d nlna M -
wise uninviu characteristics e New 1.or;a osHer-
which is SAD in want Of the military dca,,''
OF settlers killed in fighting; ;sld that'ce hnce
induce suchI ersons to settle there tie nrinc
pie was inh hr edi the bill. The debate upon
it proves IT, 'facG Its application in tits case
was precisely lik4 its application i'll Florida
". y J1' "afff Com'erce.
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4 BuRNlsr WEII.-The Bloomington (II5
Panlagraph ives the following description ola
vein Of gas struck while digging we'll in that
vicinity q t time since:
MIR Rol5h. IN, of this place. in digging a well
a week or tx since on his lot not far from the
Depot OF the CENTRAL Illinois Railroad struck
a current Of gas Ct the depth of some twenty
feet, whicllE 'ushed up with such force as to
shake the gi.und around the we'll and cause Il
noise like tie boiling Of an immense cauldron
10 test tht'A flaractcr OF the gas, match
applied tot mouth of the well, when ii i'm
mediately IT ok FIRE, and burned very briskly
until, i'll ordt to extipguish it, the mouth Of
the we'll WA covered. Mr. Robinson went to
work inlmed .tely to wall up the we'll and
with mucf q iculty, III consequence Of the i'm
possbtyact brea thing the yapor for any
length otAtl'le, has at length succeeded in Sc
curing thc ides OF the shaft from cavng in.
Last night i: were invited to see it in combus-
ton. Mr. 1,obinson had closed the mouth of
the we'll WITH plank, inserting in the centre d
sheet-tubesof about twelve inches in diameter,
and six es.ht feet high, around which he had
embarked tliee OF four feet of earth, thus pre-
Guiding th& escape OF any gas from the well,
except th sh the pipe.
When Ne arrived on the ground we found
the we'll hpsrounded by large company of
ladies aug ,entiemen who had been attracted
to the sRos 10 witness the curious spectacle
The, uameJ DIS alreauy mounting up some ten
feet from t. mouth OF the tube and ilumina-
ting the a 'ntenances of the admiring multi
tude for 81 raj RODS around 1t burned with
beautiful IL tint just where it leaped from The
pipe; but assembled and expanded it, he
came bri5N ana clear How long the supply
OF gas mas CONTINUE Is Of course to be'ascer-
tanned by * 'erimeht. Should it hold out as
we saw it ia night, it will be something
ti'au c"'iosity,- Mr. Robinson, we understand,
intends To toudnct it to the steam gristniil III
the vicinity, and test its capacity as agent
for generating steam. Should the supply nos
diminish il may in few months be put to
more brilliart u Is.
No CHAS'E foR YASKEE.-one corresl oi''-
rather hal Ae says: 1t seems 70 DC n pu.
IS . story abroad, that at all the ferries over
the Missouri river they have Cow '' m, u, 'nu /"
| committee to watch all emmIsra''s- ;, ine COM .I
;s IF ba sa,s 81 a,r all well-he goes over.
Rut # bo oNs,yors "a Keom," they turn him back