Saturday morning visitor., 1849-02-17
IMPROVEMENT OF THE osAGE
RIVER.

III v En-.
$4,000 .Appropriated.-The bill ap-
propristing $50, 1000, to be used by the O.
sage Association, for the purpose OF inn
proving this river, passed the Senate on
she 7th inst. by the decisive vote of 2l TO
II. Those Senators who voted for the
Bill were: Messrs. Bean, Burtis, Camp
bell, Edwards, Flournoy, Gatewoo1, Jack
con, Jones Of Cooper, Jones of Newton,
Leslie, Long, Lowe, Owens, Priest, Reed,
Rollins, Stewart, Wells, White, Voolfolk,
and Wyslt-2l.
Those voting against the bill s~ere:
Messrs. Alternately, Burns, Chiles, Eli
son, HANCOCK, Jones of Franklin,
Nickel, Norris, Polk, Price, and Will
hms-ll.
Il remains now 70 be acted on by The
Lower House, with fair prospect, as we
understand, of its passing that body. The
vote IN the Senate is much larger than was
anticipated, and much commendation is
due 10 Coll GATEwooD, Senator from
Henry, for his very able, untiring and lau-
dsble exertions in securing its passage
through that body. Bye the bye, Col.
Gatewoo is said to be among the ablest
of the Senator'S, ami makes ore Of the
very best of Legislators. Since he has en-
tered upon the field of politics, he has e.
WINGED enlarged and liberal views, which
are ever characteristic Of Statesman, and
has ever acted as the untirins friend Of the
Improvement of the Usage and the interest
of the Southwest. His exer,ions will
long be avorably remembered.
1t will he seen that the Senators from
St. Louis acted as friends and voted for
the bill, and,it SHOULD be borne in nind that
tina. county at an early period joined the
Usage Association, and invested therein,
her portion of She proceeds of the 5OO,-
600 acre grant, thus showing by her acts
sincerity of friendship towards the grow
ing interest of the Southwest, and we
think the day is not far distant when she
will be amply rewarded BY an extension
of her commerce which our citizens Will
soon be'able to afford.
Among the friends Of tile bill who voted
for it, notwithstanding they were not i'm
mediately interested in its passage, may be
instanced DR.. Burtis Of Lafayette, Col.
jackson of Howard, Maj. Rollins OF Boon,
Reed iof Galloway, Jones of Cooper, &C.,
Senators representing counties along the
Missouri river ; and Judge Wells Of Ma
rion, Col. Priest of Rails, DR.. Voolfolk
of Lincoln, &c., from counties bordering
on tue Mississippi men whose views of
Legislation are not cramped within the
narrow precincts of their districts, but are
coextensiye with the interests Of their
State.
Col. Jones of Newton, Notwithstanding
lie is laudably exerting himself for the i'm
provemen, of White river, di d not forget
the interestswhich his constituents have in
the improvement'of The Usage, and voted
for the bill; but the reason why Colonel
HANCOCK OF Green, voted against the
bill, is far beyond ourdivining. Dame ru-
NOR sometimes naughtily suggests that the
good people of the Oiy of Springfield are
afraid that the improvement of the Usage
will cause :owns to spring up along its
banks and attracting the trade ofthe South
west, will be the means of retardlng the
growth of that Uery fOuaishing young city.
But do those good people imagine they can
devouv all the Wheat, Pork, Tobacco,
Hemp, &C., which the fertile counties a.
rOaBa are capable of producing? Ii so,
they mass suppose themselves very great
ealerj smokers, and wilhal, that they will
have very great use for Hemp! and the
presumption is; that the Senator voted in
accordance, with the imaginary interests Of
some Of his constituents. Wepresume so,
forrhe 10 said to be clever man indeed,
and we are very far from impugning his
motives or .hisyOtes As TO lheOIhsr SEN
aiOrs who voted against the bill, consider
ing that thsir votes did no harm, we heart
iIy wish that their qualms Of conscience
may be a. few as possible. under the cir
eunsiances.