Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-01-16

Governor was authorized to receive, on the par
Of the State, the distributive shares Of Missouri
under an oct Of congress entitled An act /,
distribute the proceeds Of the sale Of the publ,
lrpds, and " grant presumption rights 10 SET.
tiers" This duty has been performed, and
there has been placed in the Treasur %, ,20C
dollars as the credit Of the lunatio asylum, fol
the erection Vi which, in part, It had been ap-
proprated.
The boundary line between the State Of Mis-
'onri aud Iowa, has at length been settled by a
decision OF the supreme court Of the United
Sistes. The question was, by an act Of the
legislature, and by mutual agreement with III,
State Of lrya, submitted tu the J-cision of thi,
court; it, decision, therefore, is insl. The cous
determined what Is called ihe "old Sullivan
line " to be the true boundary with II. extension
west TO the Missouri river. With view to es-
tahllsh and mark ,hi. line, the court in its
decree appointed two commissioned. II D
llendershot, Esq , of Iowa. and the Hon. X bert
w. Wells. for Missouri. The latter, on account
Of other indispensable duties. was unable to
perform this important trust, and declinei the
same Gen WIN. G. Mino, was then appoint
ed by the court on the part Of Missouri.
The two commissioners have performed the dnties
assigned them by the decree. Their report has been
male TO the supreae court duplicate Of which, TO-.
ge'hcr with the report Of surveyors, field notes, and
map ofthe survey, and statement Of expenditures have
been furnished to the, and which have caused 10 be
filed IN the office Of the Secretary ofSta,e.
The whole costs and expenses are, by the
decree of The court, to be equally divided
and paid by the two states. have not yet
received u copy Of the final decree from
the supreme court, nor am able to arrive
al wha, the court will allow, rs compensa-
tion, to the commissioner and surveyor.
Incidental expenses incurred by oui com.
missioner in fulfilling the Decree copy of
which, with the proper vouchers. as before
remarked. are on file in the Secrc,ary's Of.
flee, amou, to 5000 Sc. OF this amout
81 ,935 ~ have been paid, upon my requi
,ition, out Of an appropriation Of $4,000,
which had been made to meet the costs
and contingent expenses Of the case in the
supreme court. There remains in treasury,
of this appropriation. S6i 73.
Another appropriation Of 5000 dollars
was made, to bo used in the settlement Of
the controversy bet ween Iowa and Missou.
ri. This sum by contract made by i'm.
mediate predecessor with the Hon. Carly
Wells, and the Hon. James s. Green, was
agreed to be paid to them as attorneys, on
the part Of Missouri, in the cause 10 be tried
in the Supreme Court. Out OF this amount
the costs incurred by the State of Missouri
were to be PAID. 1'nis ayi iv.msn, 10 pay
costs cannot, as believe, be construed to
paw costs incident TO The survey of the line,
to which have already drawn your a,,en.
tion, bu, TO those only which occurred up
to time of the decree fixing the boundary.
These have been paid by Mcssrs. Wells and
Green, and amount to $llO %. Of this
last appropriation there remains in The
Treasury 1914 dollars SO cents. 1t is prop.
er that should state that the contract. TO
which have referred, was never reduced
to writing, aud the only evidence have of
its existence. and which have no reason
to doubt, is in the letters OF Messrs. Wells
and Green, constituting a portion of cor.
Irespondence which had with them on this
subject
Hamilton 4. Gamble, Esd, has presented
to IN. II claim Tor 100 dollars, a, a fee IN
this case, for services rendered in the Su
preme Court. There IS no doubt Du, NJ.
Gamble was employed, a, represented by
men,s accompanying his demand. rhere
was no appropriation out of which could
pay il. and il there hal been, | would not
have felt authorized to do so without add-
lional legislation. therefore lay the cor.
respondence with Mr.. Gamble, as we'll as
that with Mrsssrs. Wells and Green, before
the legislature, which contains ali the infor.
nation have upon the subject. Such ad.
ditional appropriations should be made as
the legislature may deem necessary, to sat.
isty all proper demands against the State
The present lease of the peniten,iary ex.
pres in the next two years. Its prcsen,
condition will deserve the attention Of the
legislature, a view of which, by commit
tee, will at once indicate the necessity of in
IdispcnSable Improvements.
There are now in the prison 1873 convicts. -
This number confined in the narrow, contracted
aud Gro ~ded limits afforded inside Of the yard
naturally excite. apprehension that it will en-
gender fatal disease. Tho cholera has alread,
made ito appearance frequently in the prison
ard number, have died. But L 10 mos, remsr-
kable, that notwithstanding we had tho right I,
anticipate this frequent sickness and dissass
there has ys.been provided no suitable ho.pi.
tai, M apartment in which 10 plsos the aflic
ted, when, in a sick and dying hour, they nee.
those comforts which humanity demands Of ou
hands shall be ministered to them.
The prssetl; condition ofthe yard will At ono
sugges, the prOPftety Of extending the wslls.-
The buildings containing the old cells, now il
dilapidatsd condition, may, BY taking out III
inside partition walls, bs so fitted ups to max
good workshops. If ihe'e indie pSnsshls i'm
provemsn,' bs not made. We may expect b,
, Ifew bds, and small in amount, when the nan