The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-10
Correspondence cfhe baltimore SIN ,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, I8,O
The Sacramento Uar-7H Souaue,.
Cldims-1Hc Gold Bearing Quorf. Una
Pages P,geet-1he Ebony Line-.Wr MT
son on Salaries, &c. "h.
learn that the Iumor OF the destruction -
city oil Sac, amento b. fire, in the souat,ers' he
has been demonstrated 70 be untrue BY ssr MAJ
man who came 10 the Philadelphia as a passenoss
aud the prospect was that the landhoIders ,.,s
desst from the Of force and give The so "vu'd
truce. The subject will come before H. a H'
ale Tomorrow, when the California bills e., ea'
Ting private land claims and disposne OF ,hs se'
lie domain, will come up. pup
The land claims 10 be settled are. LAT ,hoL
" trumped up old Spanish titles which o ,se.
every foot Of the whole country that i, snnn oei
TO be valuable; Cd, the squattes Cain alrsss
put in, to every loot Of gold bearing land, au
pertinaciously adhered 10; and Sd. The cl,. a'a
the United States, under the treaty OF ee..om
So there is triangular war between the cl';.
ants, and each party will resist the claim o m-
other two PARTIES. lfCongress should enact s'r
granting permits to work the gold bearing ir,.'s
there will be . fourth p II, in The feld-ihs T.
lessees, who will 90 with capital, machias, %
arms, &c, TO prosecute their enterprise ana ~
tect their rights "0'
The holders Of ,nish title, will get dec;s;o,.
in their favor, il they procure just such ho,rI
and, thus, they will oust Uncle Sam and d' Il,
squatters also. Wv
The sooner proper means are TAX en- 10 soil.
these conflicting claims the better. When :. 4.
cision is legally and fairly made, the peonls ru
no doabi, abide by the law II will De rern I'
ing subject for some time to come.
The squatters have some show OF right on lhe,
! side, and their claims 10 small lots which MI.
found unappopraied. and proceeded 10 oeenny
and improve them " a just one, and il has been
the general policy oil the government, 10 recognise
such claims, so Far as TO give the .qna,er ",s
emption right, at the minimum price But ,iisno,
supposed that it will be The policy Of the eoye,s.
. ment TO sell the gold bearing lands, 10 which i
may have a title. II the quartz rock Il worth :.
Col. Fremont asserts, from ST. 90 TO Is nounJ
it will be poor bargain 10 sell ii 4, 81 Is an
acre.
The proposition 10 enable Prof. Page to 90 on
with his experiments in electro magnetism ,s
moving power, failed, though Mr.. Benton DE-.
clared that, in short time, Mr.. Page would pa,
a ten horse power engine on a railroad. upon his
plan, and build an engine that would propel boats
or vessels; and that il was to be power Of vas,
importance in commerce or IN war. The Ebony
line has not yet got fatty under way was
not german, a. the House thought, 10 The navy
appropriation bill. But when it shall be moved
10 abolish the African eighty gun squadron, The
Ebony line will. Of course, take its place The
Ebony line will be more effective in breaking 10
the slave trade than the eighty gun squadron
In neither House is there any abatement. 81 The
talking faculty. Hence it happens that the sp.
preparation bills make slow progress. There sa
moody baFricade that impedes the business at
4 every step.
was glad TO hear Mr. Dick nson declare, 10.
day that, at the next session, he should propose
TO increase the efficient clerks in the public
offices. The pay Of members OF Congress also
ought to be al least doubled, and the printers
ought to be literally paid, and better contracts
given them hereafter. ION