The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-23

ceeded make the locations in the ouawed district.
| These locations then being made, and they
going on TO the present time.
Soon after this, law passed authorizing the sdr'
vey and sale OF the public lands in Ohio, called Congress
lands, which distinct from the other lands In this
survey II necessary TO establish the boundary line
between them and the Virginia reservation. To that
end the executive surveyor authorized person named
Ludlow TO run line designating the boundary OF
this reservation He ascertained the OF the Lit
tie Miami ryer and undertook straight line from
that point TO the OF the Scoto RIVER which would
have been the true boundary AT the end OF thirty or
forty miles. he met by the boundary line OF certain
tribe of Indians, who would permit hun prosecute
the survey lie then stopped, and returned his line as
surveyed to The ONCE OF the surveyor general, ana Inc
government proceeded to locale these Congress lands
according to that.survey Afterwards II found by
accurate survey that this line bore in too far east upon
the Virginia reservation and would have struck The
Scioto below ITS source and OF course 1t not the
true boundary line Tins then, being compact between
the United States and the State of Virginia, obvi-
Gus, legal proposition that neither one OF the parties
could selle the true boundary Congress, of this
fact, IN 1901 passed law declaring that THIS line OF
LuiowS should be produced IN the direction IN which
had been run 20 the source OF the ScotO and Virginia
would consent IN two years from that act, should then
be the legal boundary line OF the Virginia reservation,
and Virginia accordingly gave her consent within the
time.
viii here remark that in the subsequent judicial in
vesgaon the subject of eicctnent being brought bc IRE
the Supreme Court they decided in two that neither
OF these parties could settle the boundary without the
consent OF the other
Subsequently, do not recolIec the data PROPOSE
ton made to Virginia, by joint resolution act,
tn appoint commissioners to ascertain these boundaries
That proposition accepted, and commissioners were
appointed, when those the part OF Virginia could not
agree upon the process upon which the boundary should
be ascertained and they made report. The comms-
soners on the part OF government took a surveyor,
named Roberts, and line from the source Of The
Miami and the Sco,o which limo the Supreme Court has
decided in instances is the true boundary oil the res
ervatlon
Congress in the mean time had surveyed and sold
lands by Ludlow's line, which the Supreme Court de-
cded to be within the Virginia reservation; and on an
action OF ejecment brought by the holders of Virginia
warrants against the government of the United States,
the Supreme Court has decided that holders OF the land
under the governments warrants issued upon Ludlows
line, not entitled to the lands which they held.
Mr. Wallace, the claimant in this was surveyor,
who held large number OF these warrants. He located
them portion of country lying between the line OF
Roberts and that of Ludlow, which territory the Supreme
Court has decided in the Virginia reservation But
Congress had sold these lands, aud the authorities at
| Washington refused 10 grant Wallace patent The
of proceeds from the sales ofthose lands IS con-
tanned in the report OF the Treasurer of last session Your
own vendees have been IN possession OF this property
| which belongs 10 w allace.
nent price OF these lands This propose 10 nave made
payable in land scrip instead OF cash, as IS prescribed IN
both OF the old reports shall propose that amendment
| 1t is simply, therefore, question now submitted to the
Senate whether they will onst their own tenants--so
to speaker whether they will pay to Wallace what they
have secured from him. IN land scrip, which he IS willing
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. From the explanation
made by the honorable senator from Ohlo this bill Will
be likely 10 occupy more than single day we nave
many private bills TO upon, which reported ear
er in the last session than this and which cannot be
acted during the present session am opposed there
fore. to taking this bill up in preference TO others which
were presented earlier. If it bill upon which nc
discussion would arise, should not object but is evi
deny of that character which will require one or two
days discussion would suggest that II be taken VI
at a later day--say Friday week.
MIR. CORWlN | am very sure the Senator IRON
Louisiana has forgotten my iobearance oF two or hres
sessions have found that by allowing the bill TO lie
over in order that gentlemen may have line TO exam int
H. it has for two three sessions been entirely over
looked and treated as an oucast Now if it will suit the
purpose of the Senator-and assure him do wish tc
delay action upon the small bills willing to let
lie over become the special order for Friday week
and make motion to that effect.
The question being then taken upon the motion &c
postpone the further consideration OF the bill until Fri
day week and to naet the special order for that day.
was decided in the affirmative
The Senate resumed as in committee of the whole
the consideration Of the bill for the relief of Chas Wal
dron; which reported 10 the Senate without amend
men ordered 10 third reading, read third time, anC
passed.
DRAINING EVERGLADES FLORIDA
i On motion by Mr.. WESTCOTT, the Senate resumed
the consideration OF the special order namelyhe bill tC
authorize the draining of the everglades of Florida,
to grant the to said State for that purpose.
Mr.. WESTCOrT moved to amend the Typographical
error referred to yesterday by the senator from Alabama
mir KNG,l by inserting the words $50 granted" in the
9Th section to read sin lieu of the 10th section
appropriated in each township of the public lands SC
granted in said State" &c
II.
bill which requires the State 10 commence the work II
two years, and finish in ten years | am well satisfied
that the State OF FLORIDA entirely unable TO do anything
OF the kind 1t Is much she can do to sustain her
self under the ordinary expenses OF governments and as
to commencing this work two years, consider II alto
gether useless to think OF IT, and move, therefore, &c
strike out that provision.
/ Mr. WESTCOrT ! am utterly opposed to striking
out this restriction the time which the Slate shall
finished. had rather the bill would fail than that they
should be stricken out repeat, what have again and
again said, my object TO get the everglades drained and
as possible, have the country settled and in cul
vaton, and nothing else do not desire to give the
State chance TO make speculation out OF 1t, to lei
others make speculation ont OF IT. Sir know Flor
da is young State and though the fifth in the Union in
extent she is the least in population She is poor; she
kept back twenty years by your miserable Semi
mole war. II discouraged immigration there, and In
poverished her Nobody expects she is expend one
dollar out her treasury on this work She has none
10 eXpend and her citizens cannot properly be taxed 10
do tins work should deprecate the undertaking OF the
work by money raised by the State and expended by her
aud then her reimbursement by the sales of the lands
evil, II the State made money by It, The poverty
of the State treasury disgrace and sir, my opn-
on no very great disadvantage No money get into
the State treasury without its being directly or indirectly
levied from The people. ] hope il will never have any
more in ii than just enough to pay the current expenses
OF the State IRON year TO year thus Will keep the eX-
penses down TO economical scale. God forbid, SIR,
that any State in the federal government should have
its public Golfers overlooking beyond that limit II would
be TO the people poor government may be hon.
est but rich government always has specuators and
obbers, and public plundeers grabbing for ls treasure
occur. do not suppose Florida viii have enough
nlus in her fifty