Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-07-09

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The following from the W. !.
correspondent Of the BaIlimo,. :.
gives the reader some ide, q \
houn's peculiar notions on In,.. ~
provemen's. The report is CO.,. y
all to be very able one, nolv;,t'
It's peculiar traits. The writer Il, II
ges in some speculation abou, ! ],
poln'ments in the Army which :, w. IN
come off. $50
-, WASHINGTON, June, 2.,h r.,
The nominations for The os' g. v
ihorlsed by the frs, supplensD,.'a "
Bill have not yet been made q
that Gen. Taylor will reee;v. hhe Y
nation of Major General, and CT ~ " =
and Col Butler, of Ky, The n n, =
Tor Br'gadler Generals. The mi =
the House will give The Pre,;d NY T
to appoint half dozen more y -
Generals, and one of these will u
be Col. Kearney and anolbs, r. XIV n
row, the worthy Senator from
for whose nomination ffiy.,va y
Senators have pe,ltioned. v
Gen. Houston has been n,r.I n
President for some of the OFF,
by the War Bill, but il is s,id ,''i'
positively declines all such pro@' ~a Y
The President and some Of Il.
have plan on foot for takin, - 4
possession Of California. The ~ 4
raise one thousand hardy men r., ra +, =
York and n. England, 10 be orv,.,., u
a regiment of infantry, and % "a n. u
MIA with view Of remaining Then. ~ i I.
plan is on foot. and the design a.. =
emlgrants sword in hand.
Col. Page, of Philadelphia. h.
nominated Collector Of the pOuIn
delphls, and will be confirmed
Mr. Calhoun submitted HE h., v
improvement Report to day. NJ r|
Senate ordered ten thousand extr,r tn
to be printed. 1t was drawn IN l. w
as the Chairman Of the Select Com e
to whom was referred the MemphbD, Y !.
lutions. NJ
Mr. Calhoun mas made a long ,n
bored argument-the Report cora,
probably thirty pages OF the dorm, \
type. He draws many nice dislD.r a
upon the question of Internal linn. I'd
ments. He argues thai when \ :
passes through single State, ih,iis,
constitutional TO improve it; and =
when II passes through more than /, I.
States that it is constitutional 10 INN ).
ii. This distinction is probably !. !;
nice than wise. but it is made with Y.
good faith and for the following ruu j.
First, it is said that no mOrs Inn q
States can form compact unds y
Constitution. With the assent d 4 "
gress any two States can make con- N
and pass laws for purposes Of Ian ri
Improvement. Three States caum 4.
this because compact between ~
States is prohibited. The Gorenr v,
then has power 10 improve these rive u
rivers like The Mississippi for snas q
which pass through or BY more lha q
States. Mr. Calhoun illustrates b VI
gument by the Mississippi river, but u
river passing through three SIals "
come in for the benefits cOnIenplk y
his opinion. "
Before proceeding to this srga n
Mr. Calhoun enters upon statements -
the heavy losses accruing from he "a
ruptions in the River. The lOsas y
the wrecks Of STEAMBOATS, and Other Y n
caatt amounted to half million oil If}k
per annum. The Constitution n j
10 improve this river was under ID. n U
10 regulate commerce, and not uudsf y
General Welfare" principle, whf m
.egarded as referring more TO ih' \
non defence in time of war, than I
peace measure. Ii there was poT VI
rect Light House where there VI n!
mag in the river, there was povusE4
'emove the snag and all the inlsmi y
n the river. ~
Mr. Calhoun illustrates and sdaf u
upon this question at great lenglh y
lis report is certainly very able o. \
The last portion Of il has reference y
graduation of The price of Public u y
which is one Of Mr. CalhOun's "a n
measures.