The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-28


them if Mr. Commissioned Wados formula is hold good
perhaps it would be expedent for the claimants inasmuch
that they realize such patry part OF the bounty
make the whole present to the government, and thereby
disappoint the specuator,
that they viii be permitted to speculate in land
rants Perhaps though, they might purchase claims through
agents.
by publishing the you will confer important ia
q Bounty Land Claimonfs of Louisiana"
Although the above communication appears the sig
nature Of Bounty Land Claimants Of Louisiana" we
shrewdy suspect the writer be irresponsible agent
who has failed make Commissioner Waldo violate that
settled and equitable principle Of action which has in
variably distinguished his official conduct The charge
that the Commissioner has either through design, igno
rance, inattenon, thrown impediments in the exc
cution of law which conceived in just spirit of
ncent liberay, is simply absurd The records OF the
Pension Office the passage of the late bounty land
show OF business disposed Of unparalleled in the
history any executive bureau under the federal
men Independent of the regular business of the Office
which is Of extensive varied and complicated character
requiring careful examination and patient research upwards
of hundred and eighty thousand applications have been
received for bounty land under the act of March s.
1885, AT moderate calculation, ,rouId take per-
heeatg gears TO read these orpticatioms and yet
each has to be opened, carefully read briefed,
gisteed its receipt acknowledged and then handed
to the examiner to ascertain whether the claimant has
fully complied With the requirements of the law. If
discrimination made between the careful and the
less applicant the honest and the fraudulent claimant there
WOuu De business even
full satisfaction OF the Pcayunes correspondent But the
Commissioner has way detecting fraud and successfully
invoking the vengeance of the law against its perpetrators
and he win insist that the requirements of the various
pension and bounty laws shall be faithfully observed it
not to be expected that his CAREFUL searching undertaking
doing business will give universal satisfaction. Many
wnde doubt is of the opinion that bank tellers
impairment, dilatory, scrutinzing way Of handling
checks.
The nsiuuaon contained in the second paragraph Of the
unworthy
General Land Office. Abandoned Military Reserpotions
For the benefit Of settlers the public lands have
tanned that lands which have been reserved for military
poses in the States and Territories and abandoned in
sequence Of being longer needed in conformity to
existing laws, subject the disposal Of the War Department
and any connected With the operations OF the
General Land Office Consequently, presumption claims pred
cated settlements made such lands cannot be admit
ted and the settler may find, too late to retrieve his mis-
fortune that he has Of the usual privileges which the
pre- emption laws extend the settler his improvements
made on other public lands.
Agricultural Division Of the Patent Office. Mix Sickness
and " TreD,b,es" IN Cate-A communication has recently
received the Smithsonian Institution and referred
the Commissioner of Patents from Mr.. George Fisher of
Norris Illinois, the supposed OF the 'trembes in
cattle and the milk sickness in the inhabitants OF the
of the West the OF meat dairy prod
the animals infected herewith. He attributes the
cause the Wild parsnip bemock, (ccsta
iata >
:" have in swampy and wet places thousands Of the
detached roots of the in every stage OF decay the
strongly colored by the decomposed roots, and this
drunk by the cattle In all places Why're found
il in this coalition milk sickness prevailed litter this
resided Ohio tile Of the Little Miami
where the inhabitants bad suffered severely from the milk
sickness five in family together with number Of cattle
made examinations Of this locality yearly When first Wis
tied the country large quantities of the cieaa in the
damp parts OF the woods, and ii in vast quantities about
the springs The trampng of the cattle killed it to great
cxten, about heprngs but that which in the woods
pulled and eaten by them In every years visit
the OF
little TO be found In proportion the eicaa dsap
peared 80 did the milk sickness and the trembes in the
The "nlk Sickness" together with the 'trcmbles," is
disease peculiar the United States, seldom, ever
occurring TO the eastward Of the Allegheny mountains
II is met WITH more or less in all the States
as far south Mississippi Indiana and Illinois
subject occurrence while its existence in the bor
derDg States is comparatively Among the early
settlers committed dreadful ravages and in the foma
ton of settlements It's prevalence often served
a to dlsband community, and compel the inhab
to seek home and even the population Of
these localities, condition Of safety OF their residence
have abstain entirely from the OF milk, t prepare
tons and the flesh Of their CATTLE This singular disease
mentioned affecting animals by Bishop Hennpin, French
missionary, who assembled the western waters long
the early part the last century Its preva
Is confined description of weather
sng like degree in the heat Of cold of win
ter and with like yiruenee and frequency during dry
An opinion is entertained By that it
IS frequently with in the spring and fall months
whilst others have expressed belief Of its
during the beat Of summer. However
this may be- there appears 70 be during which IL
does The animals in which has been observed
the beefcate horses, sheep and goats which 20
acquire IL with their food OF drink.
he hi, disease in animals Is yet shrouded In
mystery and uncertainty No satisfactory account of its
has yet been given and il has in turn been
posed to be Of vegetable mineral and aerial origin The
limit of its prevalence is not often large continuous
Of country, but rather crcumscrbed and surround
cd by localities known to produce IT, The bound
aries which at the 6st discovery Of the country
found to separate the infected from healthy dis
ricts remain unchanged. The locality which serves to
produce the disease most commonly extends vein
Of variable breadth, trsversng the country for
siderable distance II be traced instance for nearly
hundred miles, running parallel 70 the Of the Wabash
river ia the State Of Indiana Again. il will be found
occupy isolated spot comprised Of sUsci
acres whilst, for considerable distance around, II Il
produced. Thus, having the locality perfectly Noun
cribed much labor has been expended in order 70 discover
peculiar the locality The search has been
uniformly unsuccessful in the attainment Of ts object In
eror experiments have been made upon the
collected from the syringe ooxe from the soil with the
greatest BY the employ the most delicate chemical
which fail indicate the presence Of any mineral
substance that would in any prove injurious II has