Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-04-25

Ohio fiver above b"uu'h'e' W. wv
.iypi selOw the rapids, the Ohio below the
su, Of Louisville. and the Missouri and Ar
i,nx, rivers, two hundred ard forty Thousand
sollar,: for the Illinois and Tennessee rivers,
i6ily thousand dollars each,) one hundred
thousand dollars; f0r the UPPER and lower
,,piJ. Of the Mississippi, hhy thousand dol /
,r,: Cor the survey Of the Mississippi ri'er
,hovs the Falls ofS Anthony, eve thousand
S0l,.r,: for drc5ge-bOa,s for The Mississippi,
Ohio. Missouri. Arkansas, and c',er western
,i,,r, ono hurJrCJ thousand, fo' Cumberland
s,,a. ohiori,er. 6Ay thOrsrrl j.lars. These
miseellanecu. item. srlOur' 30 he aggregate
>, seven hundred arJ n,n,,c-n Thousand dol
la,s; which ADDED to The sqo,'ac arrr'FT''.
,ious already ,aumsra,ed, 'n'se sum total
cf ,vo millions three bundled and 'or'y-'oe
thousand three hundred and ssven'y.'.N ea'-
lars.
4 word new IN regard TO 'hc appropriations
,or work. In the various States. Tie h''
,h,, thew are heated in a particular State docs
no, show the importance of,tcm to 'h, state
ipvs.sh they are located. Asirsle '''es'ra'
lion vii show uba, may be exhibited mr'a''
" every case The appropriations made 10
L.,bll for tie Delaware b-gsIvate', irr ur
b,,bor II Port Penn and Reeiy Island, Boz tie
Del,varc r.ycr, IS lo,a,eJ 800 The STATE ct
Dl,y.-s: batyttutsto t4r.liat, ,hs com
ms-rr tat has i,s Cyuucx.on with PeuHs' Iva
MA. At Philadelphia. ih4, the-' works arr eoH'
,,,pr,es vastly more than to aii The c'mmc'ce
ofibe State oi Delaware. - iii'in f''a''"
ioali these works al trs,r various localities.
-rt.,, l..,.st, an, not cJa6acd 20 their rariic-
,.l,- l,r,lty. if,bcy were ,hey coald DOT b.
,,ror,l n their character. sui, The paruc
MAR l..,a,ion Of the appropriation ave made
IN ,hc States, corresponding TO the several
amounts which have read. !, Is also true
that the miscellaneous clasS Of items 10 which
I have invited the attention Of the Scna'e-ior
drcI-,-boa,. upon the lakes aad great rivers
can have no particular lecal1'y, because the
,ari1us lake. are 90, .iu.rci by sirc', state
And III, crca, riycrs TOW through q ngrhyroi
States. Consequently. Boz ihls classification
9th, works. twill b. seen At a single s,lncc
Tia, they cauuo, BE- made strictly looa! 90 their
APPLICATION to the States.
AnNh,r hct 10 relation TO ,his biI There
are IN il appropriations tor 'v,n,y-oae He"
works I have no, time ,o 90 into The car-
meraiion Of them I should feel that was ur-
aecc,sarly consuming the I'm, oithe Senate
ver, Q, do -. wish, however. 90 NV
that. 10 ms judgment. every single aqqrrPu-
a,ion IN ,h., bill Cor the construction q any
work should be IN a separate and distinct BOIL
Such Vas nv opinion 20 The committee. Nv
ausmptto produce ina, r,suhh,,ci. lshou.d
vote with great chccriul0ess tor that class Of
appropriation, ~ the b.ll0b,,h comes within
the limitation which have marked down ior
mysrlf. bat ! cannot. Twill not vote ior apPro-
priauous which are objectionable 30 me, and
which are without th5, limitation,
There - another subt.vs.oa besides that Of
separate b.ll. Coz each work. 81 the apqTo-
pr.atons for IN, prosecution of old works
nigh, BE- put IN one oil, and those for 'he
commencement of new works 20 ano,hcr.-
Bot a majority Of the committee j.d not deem
that course cxrcdicr;, sui consequently 'hey
reported the b.Il a. % came from de House
OewworLs and old var,, altogether in cr'
oil those forvhish estimates were not made.
= well as those which have 5ssu estimated
hr
There are ,w,1,y.aiaa new works, and Of
INA, number considerable portion, think
zen ior which no csuml,s has been made hy
anv department There are others, where
there have been no SURVEYS, either ly ibe Cop.
oyraphi-aI bureau or ihe coast survey, and ]
an not here 20 draw trsructun between
these two SURVEYS. TIE surveys ut mos, %
,hesc vor,, must necessarily b. prosecuted To-
, considerable degree by iic navy. s1t, % iar
ss the survey ofthai bureau goes, ] give ''a'
much importance perhaps s. give Co a SUE
,sy Of the typographical bureau. Bot ilc-r
m, work, m this On ct which there has hc.u
=, ,r-ysy q, batsvcr by either ofthcse bureaus.
AMI which have been estimated ias hyuolvJy.
Nav. by VIVA, rule IS % that vc arc Go Judge
cf IN, nec,.s.tv. the pru9-sty. and the cNre-
d,.acy Of such vor,s as tbssr' Make YOUR
commencement. and yolr vurs is Go BE- com
plcitd Veal understand tha, % is only nee
cos,ary 20 c,mmsurc a wors 900 orier 20 in-