The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-07
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
TaIRTY-FIRsT CONGRESS-.
sxcoNE SESSION.

Senate.
By MoRsE's MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
OFFICE, CORNER OF BEAVER AND HANOVER STREETS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Q, 1851.
STEAM rAvIeArIoS
The communication from the Navy Department
Transmitting the report Of the ents upon sevs
raj coDdsnssrs to be used for naval steam purposes
was referred, and the printing ordered.
THE REPUBLIC LIBERIA.
The CHAN presented petition from Mr. Gurley ask.
ng for copies Of the public documents for the Rspub-
10 Of Liberia.
THE PACIFIC DOCK
Mr. MASON, from the Naval COMMITTEES, reported sd.
lance dry dOok proposed On the Pscso coast 0' Ts.
committee we're discharged from further considera-
ton of the subject.
HARBoR AT sEwcAsrLE, DEL
MT srHUAscE offered q resolution which adopted
subject of keeping the hsrbor of Newcastle Delaware
In repair
RAILROAD IN MISSOURI
Mr.. ArcHrsoN called up tho bill granting the right
OF way, and portion of the public lands in Missouri
to constTucta railroad from Hannibal to st. Josephs
The bill was explained and ordered to b, ensrosssd
M R, ..rus TIE ,n shn.r ZAP rosr.sr ~, nIL.
and moved 1t be made the special order for Monday
Mr. JErrERsos DAVIS vas opposed to making special
orders: He was for sticking to the calendar.
Mr. D'cKIssos said that II tse calendar had bssn
taken up regularly from the commsucement Of the Sos
sion II would be right to continue It but different
course had been pursued and but three weeks Of
the session rsmsined, and unless the bill wa, made
--1ec.s order IL would not be reachsd The motion
was then agreed to--yeas rs
MISSOURI AND THE PUBLIC LANDS.
mr BENTON called up the bill ~ AXE good to Mis-
-sourf tho t~o per cent fund we'd from the
proceeds Of public lands sold in that state The bill
proposes that this per cent fund which was re-
served BY act OF Congress of 9th March, 1920 for the
making ofa road roads or canals aiding TO Missouri
shall be reinqushed State and paid out Of the
treasury, provided that the Legislature of Missouri
snal hrst declare an acceptance of this relinqu
relinQuifh on he TAD
States tor the construction of said road So to that
shall be applied by Missouri to the construction of
railroad from St. Louis To the western boundary of
Josepn aso that all of this fund hereafter accrung
shall be sse paid TO Missouri for the purpo,e.
Mr. sHIfLDs explained the motives Of tho committee
in reporting this bill
Mr.. CLAY said that some daysago he had said that
he would show that Missouri not the creditor OF
the government, account OF this per cent fund
TO the amount OF one fArthipg lie nov proposed to
make that declaration good Every cent derived by
had been expended in the OF the Cumber.
land road from Cumberland to ysndalia aud this was
dcne with the silent acquisscencs Of Missouri and by
the positive votes OF h. About seven
hundred miles OF this road has been erected by the
EserDmeDt on The pledge Of being reimbursed by this
two per cent on .aes OF the pubic lands The cost
mas been five million. eight hundred thousand dollars;
and one million three hundred tho oasani dollars
been received from the reserved two per cent fund,
leaving the government out Of pocket just the amount
IN difference between the two sums. All acts appro-
2ristng money for the construction of this road
Gained pledges that the government should be re-
dmbursed By the two per cent fund He has advo.
Gated these appropriations that pledge, and
.elt bound In honor to defend the pledge. The read
cyas commenced In 1s,o by witn Ohio and by
he Of i've per cent on the sales of public
landsthree ffths OF which be used by the Le-
gislature in roads and osuals sithin the state and
two ftbs TO be expended by the nted states in
structing road to that 5tats No claim Is set up
account Of the three fiths Ne peculiar kind Of road
provided for Congress to bs the Judge OF the
species road and the money to expsnd
ed The road was 10 be coDstructed without Missouri
not within that State ana the whole amount Of tbs
on the Cumberland road vhich has been constructed
through the States OF ohio piana and Illinois to
yspdslia. The road is net mpl-t-d to Missouri,
because the fund IL exhausted and because OF the dis
agreement bet ween Tn 81. aud Missouri As to the ter
minus The rosd has of ncalcuabe bene to the
whole West When extended to wheeling all oblgs
on on the part OF the gov-romen, arising out Of tbs
Ohio two cent ceae- but the States hey ond 0hic,
desiring the continuation Of the road mades pact
and the road wao through Ohio hrst to Indians,
then through Indiana to Illinois then for the
modstion OF Missouri IL was commenced through Illi
Tnois to Missouri There States all by compsct, re-
This bill proposed pay to Mis.our two hundred and
thirty Thousand dosrs account OF the two cent
accumulated and aso all that my hereafter accumu-
Iato In Missouri. IL Missouri s chsgeabis with her
portion Of What va. sxpsnasd on the road from Cum
berland TO Van das then the deficit IL four and half
millions but n her two per cent fund h chargeabs
only with the amount expended after the road reached
illinois, then the outlay by the government only ex-
ceed. three times tire amount from Missouri
He examined the question much further. contendng
that the funds we're al exhausted aud millions be-
sides Missouri had olsm on tn. United States
Mr. BESroS replied that the original compsct with
Ohio was Tor road tnroag that state; with fndAna
Illinois and ssouri tn, pact Tor q road to-
and not toward. or In the direction Of those states
We read from the proceedings ot the Legislature OF
Missouri to chow that IN. sl~ayr claimed the whels
Of this Ave per cent fund a. her own and under this
belief she gave up her right 10 tax forty millions Of
Of the public land Tor ave after IL had been
sold lie calculated what this tax would have been,
IL coectsa and raid IL unjust to take her two
cent which all she hsd tor this large To
keep the two PER cent and not TO make the road
to force the payment OF . bend without comp plying
with its conditions Il Missouri is In isbtsd TO the
United states becaus. road was made towards hor
then th. was indebted 10 every State In the Union
sho made roads pointi ng towards her.
Mr. Cav replied repeating his views.
Mr BgsroS rejoined
The question, on ordering the bin to be epgrossed
~ss lost hy ysss IL, nsys30.
CALIFORNIA att.
The bill relating to private land claims In Cali
sornis being pot on its ps.snse
Mr. BFNros moved N recommt N, with voluminous
Instructions This proposition rejected by yeas
nays 30. The bill then passed, and the Senate sd-
jo2rnsd
House OF Representatives.