Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-14

upon the model of that OF Alabama and Mississippi proposing
to pay the amount Of the per which has heretofore
accrued being S2as SO at the last rendition Of the
counts and TO provide for the quarterly payment Of the fund
as 1t shall hereafter To obvae all question about
the continuation of the national road the liability of the
United States to be called upon continue il "to the State
line the bill contains section for the formal REIMBURSEMENT
OIL all claim to such continuation, condition OF receiving
the two cent fund.- past and future to be expended with
IN the State. The bill the objects to which is appl
CABLE OF course subject the appreciation Of the State Legsa
ture. l. names two Objects from their importance not local
or merely State Objects but general and national and both
calculated to promote the national object of communication
from different points the Mississippi river with all the
territories and countries west Of Miss and out TO the Pa
chic ocean, They are both railwaysboh chartered by the
General Assembly Of Missour-boh pointing in the right
direction, and extending to the leading points Of depar
ture on the western onter--to California, Oregon Utah.
and New the north side and the south
side Of the Missouri river and each, from its locality and
directions as essential to the convenience Of the emgrang
population OF the United States and the future communca
tons Of the Federal Government with it's distant members and
possessions, as to the people Of Missouri themselves.
They come precisely, both from their initial points. extent
and direction, within the proviso the similar renqush
men in favor OF Alabama and Mississippi which requires the
whole oil the said two per fund be applied works
internal Improvement within the State haring reference
and susceptible Of being connected h such works of ma
tioaai character leading to said State" Such is the provso
to the act In favor of Alabama and Mississippi, and shows
that Congress relnqushed the fund upon condition which
ensured its application to leading routes which might become
0oepate0
small local objects and that is precisely what ensured by
the bill which propose The initial points of the road
mantain are very proper points Of connection with roads
across the State Of Illinois, already projected contemplated
Leave introduce the bill was granted was read first
and second time by its title and referred to the Committee
Public Lands. #.#
Mr. BENTON submitted statement showing the per cent
age OF the nett proceeds of the public lands to which each
State was entitled on her admission into the Union the
amount paid to the States be expended by their Legsa
lures the reserved be expended by Congress- and
the amount actually expended which also referred
the Committee on the Public Lands.
CALIFORNIA LAND TITLES,
Mr. GWlN. Mr.. President, at the last session Of Con-
gess bill introduced by my colleague (Mr FREMosr)
to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State
California wish to have it made the special order for
Thursday next at one O'Clock. therefore post
pone the por0rdes take up that bill for that purpose
Mr. DAVIS, of Mississippi. We lost a great deal of time
the last session by making special orders instead Of taking
up bills in their regular order the calendar intend
object to all special orders this session. except when bill
reached the calendar and the person introducing
wishes to make special ORDER shall do this because
wish every bill to up in its due time, and in its regular
order.
Mr.. GWIN. The bills on the calendar in relation to
California were necessarily brought in at very late period of
the last session, and hence very the calendar
they be not acted upon before they reached the caen
dar they will probably be acted before the part
Of the session. This bill Of the greatest importance the
State of California because is absolutely necessary that the
private land claims in that State should be settled
MIR. DAVIS, of Mississippi. Mr.. President, the reason
assigned for the motion Of the Senator from California APP
plies almost every other similar notion If bills be
thus made special ORDERS becomes scramble in the Senate
to who shall have preference who shall be favored
by having his bill taken Of its regular order 1t is i'm
possible to take up bill Of its regular order without do
ing injustice to other bill Date determines priority
Calendar and that is the only true mode of proceeding
The bills that will be reported at this session necessarily
be lower the calendar than the bills Of the last in
relation to California, to which the Senator has referred.
There are some bills the calendar in which take in
tere and do not want them postponed for other bills
Mr. GWIN. These bills in relation California are Of
very great importance the people Of that State. hope
that the Senate will give them early consideration.
| The motion to take up the bill was not agreed to.
! PERCEPTION CLAIMANTS IN IOWA.
Tho bil for the relief Of the pre-empton claimants Of
the lands upon which the towns Of Fort Madison and Bur
ington, in Iowa. situated read second time and
considered as in Committee Of the Whole.
Mr. DODGE, of Iowa. Mr.. President, Senators around
give with pleasure, although could be much better done
by my friend from Illinois, (Mr. SHIEIns) who reported it
I from the Committee on the Public Lands
Congressi 1885 laid of the towns Of Fort Madison and
Burlington, then in Wisconsin, now Iowa. embracing within
their limits $40 acres of land It so happened that upon
each Of these of land thus appropriated to town pur-
poses there were two individuals who entitled
to empon rights, virtue Of their cultivation in 1885,
and their possession the 10th day Of June 1884 Those
persons made application to the land Office,
established and asked be allowed make their proof and
payment; but the privilege refused them, and the thing
mpactcabe, because the public surveys had been made
close upon the exterior lines of the Sites and the lands
within them laid off into town lots and Sold am familiar
with the history of the matter, BECAUSE Register of the
Land Office, received their proofs and transmitted them,
well remember my friend from Indiana, WRITcoMB,
then Commissioner Of the General Land Office He for the
before stated unable to grant the claimants
lief and they have Congress One Of them, aged
man, Capt CLANCY, has performed two trips Washing
ton, hoping to get bill passed for his relief The other
claimants have ALL believe, gone Oregon years sgo.
The bill has been cautiously drawn. II requires these
persons be subjected the double ordeal producing
satisfactory proof both the register and receiver and to the
Commissioner of the General Land Office and when their
right thus established gives them scrip the Of
the value Of the lands at the time they taken by the
Government deducng thererom rs per acre. ard
also the value Of any lots that the claimants may have
got under the act of I'd Juy 1885, for laying off these
1t further provides that they shall file REIMBURSEMENT of all
claim for further indemnity, and that their scrip
shall only be located lands which have been offered
to public sale, and which subject private entry
hope the bill may pass. Some of the claimants old
men, their witnesses disappearing and unless the oppor
tuny is soon afforded they may get that justice from
the Government which am is the purpose Of Of
its agents TO withhold.
Mr.. SHIELDS. Mr.. President, this bill merely accom-
pshes what the gentleman from Iowa The General
vduas Of the benefit of their right of presumption and this
bill provides that they shall have the benefit of their
redemption other lands 1t merely gives those whose
prescriptions taken away by the General Government
strip upon which they may locate their lands equivalent TO
the preemption Of which they deprived. very
small matter II is intended indemnity few poor ndv-
duas, who deprived Of their homes by the action Of the