The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-03-02
EXTRACT or A LETTER TO THE EDI.
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TORS,
dated W.salsFroS, Dec Feb. 10Th, 1883.
Las, week the Rail Road aad Texas deb
questions consumed much OF the time OF the Sc
nate 1t is more thsn likely, TINT there vii
pass no Bill for he Pacific Railroad, that will
become a law this s,ssion n--As remarked L
you in one of my former letters, there are to'
many plans now proposed to centre the mind
Of ofSenat,rs, upon any one Of them.--Wher
there is ltss diversity Of opinion, we may calcu-
late, that something will Be done towards {
comm emsn. OF that national measure.
! Nebraska will be formed into Q Territorial
Government this session; at least, SO am in-
formed by members of both houses.-Oregon
has been divided, AMI new Territory, north of
ihs Columbia River formed, which has been
named Washlngton.-By those we'll informed On
the subject, am informed, that Oregon will be
a State in Eve years at farthest; if such an am
ticipation shall be realized and we hope it may
there viii not be many years before NEBRASKA
will be following the example of OREaos, if thai
wise and philan,hropich measure, in addition
the Homestead Bill, became law this session
had no doubt Of the opening of Congress
but that the Homestead Bill would have be.
come law of the land, but The business Of the
Senate has been crowded into 50 short a time
or the action of that body, that begin to have
some misgivings upon the subject.-However'
will no, dispair of the passage Of the Bill
{ nf S,ofo hoo fE.,yY
agement of that Bill, and from. his talens and
tact in management, | am still in hope, he will
pursuade the Senate, to devote few hours TO
that excellent measure, as humane in its provisi.
ons, as it will be judicious in its dpensation o.
its bounty to the homeless.
The Senate by vote Of 26 ayes to rs nays
postponed the nomination Of Mr.. Badger, as
Judge of the Supreme Court until the 4th March
next.-This IS as it should be.
Com Stockton, has resigned his seat in the
Senate, and is succeeded by Mr. Thompson'
after the 4,h March Some think Com. Stock
ton will be in the Cabinet, and preside even the
Navy Department.-We shall be pleased If it is
SO, for he is gentleman of "progress," and he
into that arm Of the public service The Navy,
rom some cause or other, appears to be "'oater
logged Not move made Of late years, that
IS not pressed down by mishaps OF some kind ;
and if Com. Stockton should be placed at the
head Of the Navy, we hope some OF his own
energy will be infused into the perscn9ls SO thai
former days of eclat and renoDn will once more
predominant in that arm Of the public service.
Nothing positive, as TO who will, or who will
not be in the Cabinet of The President Elect
lie leaves Concord for Washington this week
and when he arrives, all conjecture will be over
The 4th March is near, that the certainty
will soon set aside conjecture-hence we leave
the question open for the decision Of the Presi.
dent who will be soen in our midst.
Mr. Washburne who had been here for some
time, who halls from the Galena district as the
successor and CO. member with Mr.. Campbell,
having arranged all the matters fyr shis dis-
trict," in Congress and with his Departments,
has retired from Washington, leaving Mr..
Campbell to do the best he can during his ab.
sence, fer the remaining portion of the session
This is very kind.
You have heard Of Galphinis.n, Gsrdner;sm,
and OF Tom Ewing, but the expose, in part of
the late frauds practised " agents in the too
rsngs oftAe Capitol sxtsnsion, in this city,
which are noticed in the Union Of Saturday last.
excel in cpenness Of bare faced robbery, any
thing that has yet transpired under the admins.
traton of the model President.--lt appears that
the heavy sum of three hundred thousand dot
lars have gone from the Treasury, and there.i is
Afo equivalent for it to be found In other
words, the money has ramosed and you and |
are none the wiser. An expose is Hromised'
snd when published, will see that copy of
the account Of the fraud has been sent to your
press Tremendous excitement has been caus-
ed by the publication and the Committee Of the
Senate have promised full statement in few
days, of the whole transaction with evidence
thus taken before the Committee.
There was quite significant debate Id the
Senate to day, on the above question of fraud,
and Mr. Borland of Arkansas was pointed and
positive that an immense fraud had been perpe-
tuated-You shall be further informed on the
subject.
Your ob't Servt,
LEWIS.