The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-22
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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
Saturday Morning, September az, 1855.
! FROM WASHINGTON.
THE SEIZURE OF THE PIRATE
FLORIDA. l.
sROST 9OFFI0E CHANCES.
IL = ". !elI1 IIFI HeN
.sn.s Payment Of BOunties.

| ~. - ''-+ w ASHiNGiToN Sept. 81
| Senior Don Ezequiel Gutienez yesterday pre-
sented his credentials to the Secretary of State
and was received as Charge de Affairs of the
| Republic Of Costa Rie;l, Senior Don Luis Moli-
ma having resigned as, Minister Plenpotentia-
| ry of the Republic. f-sfetfs2A u ~
1Ihe Steamer M MMonocasay arrived at st. Thorn
Dispatches from Admiral Gordon, dated Ba-
hia, Aug. 25, communicate the arrival of the
flag ship Brooklyn, after a long passage under
sail. The Admiral gives the particulars of q
salute to the Brazilian flag by the yNipsic for
commander, in his note to the President of the
| Rreyince of Bahia, says: The undersigned In
executing this duty begs leave to express to
your Exoellency the sincere hope that with the
dying echoes Of the last gun, will also expire
any unkind feeling that may eEist in Brazil
from the course which has given rise to this
| ceremonial The President Of the Proyinee
returned cordial reply
The Postmaster General since yesterday has
made about one hundred ana fifty changes Of
postmasters, and twenty-five of route agents
ths latter principally in the west. The Presi-
ter at Quincy. Mass. ~ "'' p''''
The Treasury Department. has issued cir
cular in accordance with the act of July last
| repeating the following bounties, containing
regulations Governing the allowance of draw
backs on imported salt for curing fish: The i'm
porters or owners of salt taken on beard a yes-
sci licensed to engage in the fisheries, are ne
CURED to fiie an entry oath and bond as to the
facts. Proof is required in order to cancel q
bond for salt withdrawn from the warehouse
| for the benefit of the warehouse.
heavy rain has been falling throughout the
| afternoon, cruising a change in the temperature
to the extent of about twenty degrees. -
ID The following rules and regulations for the
payment OF bounties under the act to eaualike
bounties, approved July 28th, 1866 have lust
been issued by the War Department:
u 1.-All applications shall be made within a
period of six months from the first dav of Oc-
tober, 1866; and before any payments are made
shall be classified by regiments, battalions, or
other separate organizations; and no applica-
ton filed after that period shall be settled until
the former shall have been paid IT
2-No application shall be entertained unless
accompanied by the original discharge of the
soldier, and the affidavit required by the four
teenth section of the act and the further affida-
Wit that he has not received, nor is he entitled
to receive, from the United States, under 'any
laws or regulations prior to the act Of July
18th, lS66, more than one hundred dollars boun-
ty for any and all military service rendered by
him during the late rebellion, over and above
the amount therein claimed. "a sssfssvTs
i3.-AH applications Tor the additional bounty
authorized by this act, from surviving soldiers,
shall be in the form hereafter prescribed and
the evidence Of identity shall be the same as
is now required And applications from the
heirs OF deceased soldiers shall be in the form
now required by the Treasury Department
4-As soon as the examination of the claims
of any regiment or other independent organi-
zatlon shall have been properly acted on, the
Paymasters General shall take the necessary
steps tor their prompt payment. t1sfH sts
IA register shall be kept in the Paymaster
Generals Office, and also in the Office of the
Second Auditor, of all claims nresented under
the law, in which the claimants will be classic
ed by regiments, &C. If the claims be allowAd
the amount n Of bounty Raidt t afes Stated 'ed
6-In the application for bounty as reouired
by the Sd OF those rules, the affidavit shall
state each and every period of service render
ed by the claimant, and also that he never serv-
ed otherwise as therein stated.
7.-Organizations irregularly In the service
OF the United States, or called .ut for special
purposes, as State militia, Home Guards, SC,
and not included in the general bounty laws,
are not included within the meaning of the
act. f r r.,.... IA e.- .s.ss stt-l,ssz.fjl "a i
8.-Soldiers enlisted for three years or dur
ing the war, who were discharged by reason of
the termination of the war, shall be considered
as having served out the period of their en-
listment, and are entitled to bounty under this
act. 'i z " 'i'-. -
9.-The minority of heirs claimant for boun-
ty under this act must be proven to have ex-
listed at the date of its passage. Parents shall
receive jointly the bounty to which they may
be entitled as heirs, unless the father has aban-
doned the support of his family, in which case,
in the United States shall not be a bar to the
claims of heirs who would otherwise legally
inherit The provisions of this act exclude
from its benefits the following classes.
e First, those who after serving the fun period
of their enlistment, were dishonorably dis
charged at its expiration.
Second, those discharged during enlistment,
by way of favor or punishment. 80
Third, those discharged on account of disa-
bility contracted in the service, but not coca
stoned by wounds received in the line of duty,
wins shall not previously have served two or
three years respectively at the time of dis
charge. ilAet -' i''- ~
Fourth, those discharged on account of disa-
bility existing at the time of their enlistment.
| Fifth, the heirs of those who have died since
their discharge, of wounds or disease not con-
tracted in the service, and in the line of duty.
Sixth, the surviviving soldiers who, under
a previous law have received, or entitled to re-
eeive bounty of more than 800 from the
| United States. 4g~.i.i! is.ah-q
Seventh, the surviving soldiers, as well as
heirs of deceased soldiers, when such soldiers
have bartered, sold, assigned, loaned, transfer
red, exchanged or given away their final dis
charge papers or any interest in the bounty
provided by this OF any other act of Congress
Eighth, the act of the 29th of July, 1866
| creates no right of inhesitance beyond those
| vested by the law under which these heirs
received or were entitled to receive the original
bounty, and debars certain classes, brothers
and sisters of heirs that were entitled to re-
ceive the original bounty, from any claim fo1
The above having been referred by the Sec
retary of War to the Attorney General for his
| opinion on the point whether the rules and
| regulations as within amended are in conform
ity with the law, the latter has given an affirm
| ative response. F3ss tes y !