Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-30

sults from a crisis, and hail it as the.
very best evidence of "a good time com
ing, " ''when this cruel war is over and
an index that the end will be y
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has Issued a circular, IN re-
card 10 the act Of March 2lsr, 1864, ex-
tending the benefits Of a homestead to
persons on actual duty. in the military or
naval service Of the United States, of
which the following is an extract:
Where the military or naval apPli'
cant has an actual settlement on a parcel
OF land, tnr0uguEIsI amiiy Va sUm0 mem
b~erlhereoF, the way is open for the con-
summation of his right f; provided lhat
Immediately after his discharge from
military or naval service be enters in
good faith upon the land and keeps up
bis homestead as his bona fde residence
with cultivation , the liberal construction
Of this office even going 50 far as this,
that where the tract IS not in possession
Of a party held for the principal, the
right Of the latter viii be held good If
the requisite Affidavit and Application
have beer. flied, through an agent or
Otherwise, tract designated, and regis
ler's certificate opetalned provided that
Immediately upon his discharge from ac-
tual military or naval service be enters
upon the land makes il emphatically his
home, by residence and cultivation, IN.
COED faith, for the full term Of five wears,
and the time ne is necessarily absent in
The actual service, military or naval, Of
his ~coaniryashall moi be counted against
him, bus treated as a part of bis five
years residence aud cultivation"
This ~constFuelion is certainly most lib
eral towards 'Our boys in blue" From
this il appears that a soldier, on entering
the service, may himself or through some
one Of his family, lake up a homestead,
and his term Of actual service will be
counted as part Of the five years resi-
deuce necessary 10 perfect has homestead
title. ~ az.
Should any one desire, after a partial
residePee upon a tract of land taken first
as a HOMESTEAD TO leave said land, and
still retain a legal 7ulle thereto, it can
be-dOne al any lime by "commuIing" the
same inlO a " ash entry" the person SO
wishing to change maklng proof of &C
tual residence aud improvement 20 the
extent Of al least enc acre.
These decisions open, a wide field for
The soldier to benefit himself through
the medium Of the pubic lands. The
land in this-the Nemaha-distrisl, is
rich in agricultural and mineral wealth
Timber, We venture 10 say, is more abun-
dant than in most prairie countries, and
good stone Is plenty. Stone coal has been
developed in many places, sufficient to
prove, beyond a'd2ubb that il exists in
sufficient quantities 70 pay as soon as
population demands lis use, !. new pays
The prqPristogs of one mIne to bring it
a distance, Of twenty-five miles an sell
Rat Airy. fYe eents per bushsI. This
proves that all that Is necessary to de-
veloPe il thoroughly is a market; that
this dalnand doe4snos nov exist seems to
Jus aged arg~utnsntlhal timber is ia srfi-
eIenlsabupdanee lo meet ali demands for
fuel aortagrteltiural purposes, The eli,
male is as healthy as. any other; with
short mid winters, and long, bat not hot,
tor lsulIry summers, and eeol pleasant
nights, eyen9threugh July and august.
Thersoare yeti tkoesands Of acres of
rich, fertile lands, in this district Open,for
homestead settlement. The soldiers fu-
pure occupation. or business is doubtful.
Ia many instance lack Of employment has
forced lhem iGto the service. To all
such dyhate better thing could be offered
thanssthis dIbe:all CONSTRUCTION of the
Homestead Laws On he return of peace
their 'oCUupation's gomez and If they
have not something of this skIud in view,
they may spend ak tbey have in search
Of employment 10 make more. BY TAX
ing up a Homestead their surplus means
may be employed in building and pre-
pairing for them a htme ana sure and
remuneraiiye employment 10 return to
when this cruel wan is over" Suffer
such to come unto US, fer such wllmake
a good loyal State.n We do MOI wait
the r~exerementS'' of 8regenerated Mis-
%sourrn to fail upon Nebraska bu. for
our soldiers. who have and are still fight
ing the ''baldes of freedom each and
all should think II a duty TO assist IN
selecting GorsIhem a good Homestead.
alI1 tIW T9HT -cTV7TT Tlu3gS 81
1gr William, surnamed Miller, formerly
nroprielor of the Advertiser, has lakep