Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-08-05
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Ncricqn RciGiions-Ihe Fisheries.
o-resp -ndeuoe OF the Nv Nors p.iy Times.
WAsBINGroS, Thursday, July y, 1852.
The House seams disposed to prof, by the adj /
monitor Of the Senate and of the public Press,
and IL now exhibits quite a buslness-ke aspect
II has agreed to meet twice day, and WI hold
an evening session To accommodate those who
want to speak on the River and Iiarbor Bill.
The Apportionmcnt Bill OF the Senate has
passed the House, the objections which were
made to the representation of a fraction less than
half of the vote, IN the case of Sonth Carolina
having been abandoned. South Carolina and
California viii retain their present representation
and the whole number Of representation viii be
oh.
A movement was made in the House, to-day, to
which the friends of the various bills granting
lands for Railroads, attach much importance. IL
was the offer of an amendment by Judge Doty TO
the Indiana Land bill by which all the land bills
pending or projected, are rolled up together into
one and the same bill. The amendment was
ruled to be in order. To pass all these bills IN
detail will be impossible, and II Is thought bet
ter to make one bill Of the whole. All the Kah-
roads embraced 10 the lth section of Mr. BENEFITS
General land bill are provided for in this amend
ment. 1t is a doubtful but not desperate, strug-
Gle 10 provide for these grants IN AID OF Rail
roads IN the new States, IN case Benefits gener-
al bin should fail m the Senate.
Ii is stated, Ia day, thut Mr. Hunter will allow
Senator Jones' Tariff Bill to be reported from the
Finance Committee, with objections to portions
of it. and with an issue to the provision for ad-
Uniting certain raw materials and dye-stuiis,
chemicals, &c, duty free.
Mr Hunter is afraid, he says, 10 touch one
portion of the present rartf, lie s. II should be
followed by a general modification of IT.
The critical condition OF our concerns with
Mexico absorb the employment, IN the mission TO
that Republic. of a man possessed OF some spe-
cial qualifications for the post A knowledge OF
the language, and of Mexican policy and diplo-
lmacy, is particularly and urgently requisite IN a
minister of this line. Whether Judge onklln Is
suitable person for the place. Is a matter OF m
curry just now.
The ess,generally, seems to make light OF
the question that has arisen as to the fisheries
and some people hereabouts endorse the opinion
that the British construction of the Convention oil
= 1915. now for the first time assumed and eniorc
ed by the Brush Government, Is correct. Lev
the opinion of Mr.. Rush. who negotiated that
Treaty.. and the 'wo or three different Secretaries
of State who have construed it. be taken as q
set off against the British construction, until We
can see exactly what the British order Is. 4. Y.
Destsrn Railroads. St. Louis Inteligen
Ger makes the following rough estimate oil IN
cost of the western roads now in progress o
construction, together with those that viii prob
ably be contracted for within a year or less =
a Great Central Illia6is, si6,0OO,000; Ohio an'
Mississippi Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, $4,000,
100: Springfield and Alton, Illinois, 81 100000
J Gaena and Chicago, Illinois $4,000 900; Rocl
Island and Peru, Illinois, s2.OOOOUO Alton AM
Terre- Iaute, Indiana, s3,0O0,OOO Pacific an'
branches Missouri, $60O0,0OO other and lat
eral roads, 81 600 000--makIng el5,o0o,ooo.