The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-01-16
And vet Another.

40 liS "iio Souii'Ay VI ASo AS'oNo,
the age of steam and Observation-Disclosures. We
are fast arriving at that point of perfection in
arts, science, commerce and civilization, when
the deed and the will succeed each other with
such rapidly, that they seem but one act of
thought and action. We have surely arrived at
the no-sooner- sad-than done age, and science
has already more than verified the towering
hopes and Hottest aspirations of its by-gone vo-
taries But what have we here' A bill for an
other Rail Road-one which contemplates I'M
ion of Dubuque with the Red River of the North;
one which tacitly acknowledge Dubuque as the
converging point of the roads north of this place,
and the divcrging point of the Chicago and Ga
lena Rail Road-a bill which contemplates and
provides for the building of the Great Bridge a.
cross the Mississippi at Dubuque. This bill has
been introduced to the Senate of the U. States
by Mr.. Douglass, and is now before the appro-
pirate committee for investigation. Its prospect of
success is not doubtful; and though the project is
entirely new, it is by means visionary. The
greater part of the contemplated grant Of land
lies in inaccessible situation to most other
HlcduS ~ dpplOdCl anu CuIlilOt DC dVdlld
BILE for any useful purpose, by other means, for
years to come. The government will lose moth
ing by the terms of the grant; and though indi-
vduais would, by the same terms, be made to
pay double the minimum price of the public
lands, they would ultimately gain by the recipro-
cal terms which the bill proposes. The land is
asked for specific purpose, and this purpose
being accomplished, an enhancement of value
Of the alternate and remaining lands must stimuli
taneously take place.
The contemplated line of the road from this
place, would traverse the counties of Dubuque
Delaware, Clayton, Fayctte, and Winneshek,
and thence to the great south bend of the Saint
Peters River. The course of this stream brings
it several degrees south of its source, and con-
siderably south of its main direction. The great
that point the river changes its course from a
southeast to north west direction The topo-
8 graphical features of the country will make this
bend be point in any line of improvement af-
tecting the prosperity of the southern portion of
Minnesota, and its contiguity to the northern
VI tO"d, Will UO[tIlcTll
bors to look with satisfaction upon any enterprise
calculated to bring so near their own doors an
important point in line Of internal improve
ments. We bespeak for the bill an attentive pc
rusal, and for it's author the thanks of the whole
North West, whose interests he has so long pro-
: noted, and whose rights he has made it his duty
to protect AS part of that large community
who feel interested in the project of Mr. Doug
lass, we hereby tender him thanks, and give
his bill to our readers for their consideration,
and we may say, approval.
A BILL--For The benefit OF Minnesota Ter
| ritory.
| Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rem
rescntatircs of the United Suites of .4,aericu, in
Congress assembled, That there be and is here
by granted to the Territory Of Minnesota, in aid
of the construction of rail road from the navi-
gable waters of the Red river of the North, by
the Big Bend of the Saint Peters river, to the
northern line of Iowa, in the direction of Du-
buquc, quantity of land equal to the alternate
sections for six miles each side of said road. to
be selected by the Governor of said Territory,
! by taking the sections returned and designated
on the maps and surveys of said lands in odd
numbers, rcserving to the United States the Sec
| tioilS uiiu OH Sdlu maps ana
surveys in even numbers, to be disposed of as
other public lands: Provided, That the alternate
sections hereby granted to said Territory and
their proceeds, shall be applied to the construc-
ton of said road, and to no other purpose what
ever. And provided further, That the other al
ternate sections hereby reserved to the United
States shall not be sold either at private or public
sale at less price than two dollars and fifty cts
pei acre.
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purpose OF xtending said road to the Mississippi
river, and for the construction of a rail road
bridge over the same, there be and is hereby
granted to the State of Iowa, quantity of land
equal to the altcrnare sections for six miles on
each side OF the line from the point where said
road shall enter said State to Dubuque, to be
selected by the Governor of said State by taking
the sections and parts of sections marked and de-
sgnated on the maps and surveys of said lands
in odd numbers, reserving to the United States
the sections and parts of sections marked and
designated in even numbers, to be disposed of
as other public lands: Provided, that the lands
hereby granted to said State, and their proceeds,
shall be faithfully applied to the construction Of
said road and bridge, and to no other purpose
whatsoever: And provided further, That the al
ternate sections and parts of sections hereby re-
served to the United States, shall not be sold ci-
ther at public or private sale at less price than
two dollars and fifty cents per acre
i Sec. 4. ind be 1t further cnucted, That the
lands hereby granted to said Territory and State
respectively, shall be selected by their respect
i've Governors, and returned to the Commission
: er of the General Land Office within six months
after the surveys shall be completed, and the
plats returned to the proper Surveyor General
), Office.
n The Legislature of Ohio is organized at
3 last. On the 301st ballot Mr.. Blake, a Free
Soil Wing, was elected President of the Senate
Il n One ofthc candidates for the mayoralty of
Pittsburg is in the city prison for dsordcrly con-
duct, &c, question arises as to his eligibility
in such circumstances.
i TT Building Associations are all the go in
Philadelphia. If there were not so many of