The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09
I,and Entries Under Amended
Homestead Act Of 1866.

Homestead ACL VI AO0os
Az our recent article on TINS sIn
;ect coptained some errors "" w. "n;1
The subioin statement ior viz
dance OF those Interested: oo7 ,rt;es
IT, Since Jan. l, 1861, Part'ee
1 49,; for tho entry Of lands under
the Homested Act, are not le9u horne
,naLe oath that they have never oo.ne
ar,ns &C.. against the United 81" .Is'
Int only that the applicant Is AZ ""
head of a family, twenty one years
age. &c. O., 1897 any
version coming within the provisions 90 90 i
the above paragraph, can en.1.
o onT ot land. If actually settled on
I'D rnt in cultivation, by paying
ahont Eighteen Dollars. The patent
a. ;ssned At the expiration OF live years,
= ,,nos nroof of actual settlement curing
' that neriod. If it any time the nome
q at. adj settler does not Wish 10 rena,n
e Eve ears on his tract. the INV pern'.e
= him to pay for it with cash or wa,i
= mon proof of continuous set'.e
n from date of entry to time p-fa aa n l;os
y at 1925 per acre II Inc :, 'amd +he
Is within fifteen miles OF any ia."oa S tho
y vice will be $3.50 per acre, ana !ne
apatrv restricted to one half the numoe'
oC acres. The applicant for l6o acres
,c .onst make proof that he owns no
it land at the date of his application
&c IA There is another class CT home
e. steads designated as "adjoin'ng 1arm
as Homesteads." In these cases the La"
to allows the applicant, cunning ana 4es 81
he ill.,, IN on original farm. to enter otne,
an Iand. living contiguous thereto, wh1cn
d, shall not, with such farm, exceed ~
he Tho aggregate, 100 acres. Thus 1o'
example, q party owning or occupy my
e;chtv acres, may entereirhty more
k: adjoining, at 81 rs per acre, or lort9
or at So SO PEI acre. Or. II ne own vi
ed forty, he may enter 12o acre "a
n 81 .25-or forty at $l.25 ana rory
ng $3.50 per acre. In other woios ., % .
)e value Of an acre IS helo 10 oe d.
in and if land at $3.50 are entered
7ill one acre counts as two unoer 'ne ~
be 4th. Lands entered under III y.
gomested law are exempted from Ii
;. ability for debts contracted, prior
The issuing of the patent t"ere tor. !,
Ids 9Th. All oaths required under 10
pc Act must be made before the Reg!s''
ZEN. and Receiver-.Natchito 1an't
rida The amount Of treasury and bar
Gu notes is something more :han sooo
yer, OOO 600. The increase OF the prem
aru nm on gold marks the decrease IN t
fles, value Of this circulation. The 'ncrea
rom on the premium, since August nr
? of has been ten per cent. ana a 1rac'i
uder over. 30 ,
port Tsiis makes the depreciation u
Gu currency, since that date, a"ou"t
,azcr $66:OOO 600. Add TO th's SUN
sea amount out Of which the people NJ
1. ha
e of Secretary Boutwell, has paid on Pr
ders. chascs Of bonds, and 1t Will loo' ~
the $7O.OO0.OO0.
now He boasts that he has reduced
don't more than $40 900 900.
makes this showing by taking IT
,onal the debt the amount Of funds on b
a'.o" whom the monthly statements app'
'o' Rv this means the increase IN
ney revenue receipts is made to appear
CARO- a reduction of the debt These
"enty tics NAV seem to be all right to
g the If ..moral IDEAS but they preser
falschood as truth. =,
1mber Giving him, however. the full
re q; vantage Of them, and it will ha
will that the country has lost, under
management, in depreciation OF
g. currency. and by paying more
isease was due on the bonds nearly twlc
much as it has gained by reduct'o
70 WAC the debt. Yet we are called or
Disc at sing songs ol p.aleG " ,,
descendant of the Pilgrims.
took STORMS IN THE pun H;a, ~
tes he vest'gat'on mo 'ho Nv ~. 20. ,b;o
NO, great magnetic storm is pred1
Re first An e3am'ha"oti VI wv ~" 80
,cly Of new ana po"el'u. ISL c.i $3.50
signal vealed new ana "ohoerlul app.a'
Yard, on Its surface. Au'uieneo ep'.a'
,rdan's hons OF miles IN eA'en., az sal'