Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-02
From the Corr. of the N Y Courier.
Bcnnett's aud the Homestead Bill.

Tomorrow the Homestead Bill will come up
in the Senate as the order of the day. An eff
fort will be made to attach to il Mr. Bennet's
bill for the issue of land scrip to the old States
and specific grants to those of the west. AZ
ter conference with friends, Mr. Bennett has
prepared sundry notifications of the bill as it
passed the House, and now lies awaiting the
action of the Senate. The proposed amend
ments are so Important, that | send them to you
at length. The amount Of land and scrip as
signed by the bill to the several States to be
applied as follows:
Frst-W isconsin, from Chicago, via Jones'
vile and Fond du Lac, to Lake Superior, from
Milwaukee to Prairie La Cross; from Iron Bay,
via the Iron Mountains, TO little Bay Du
Noe.
Second Ohio. Indiana. Illinois and Iowa
From Tolcdak via Lafayette, Peoria and Bur
lington, to the mouth of the Platte river, with
branches to Keosauqua and to the mouth of
the Usage river; from Lasele via Davenport to
Council Bluffs; from the Missouri river to Du
buque.
Ihird-Ohio and Missouri-From Belpre,
via Chill icothc, Cincinnati and Vincennes to
St. Louis, and thence to the Iron Mountain and
Pilot Knob.
Fourth -Alabama-From Girard to Mobile,
and thence, via New Orleans and Opelousas
to the Sabine river, from New Orleans, via
Jackson, to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad with
branch in the direction of Nashville, to the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad. with branch in
the drecsionl of Nashville, to the line of the
state of Tennessee.
FyM.-From Montgomery, via Brandon and
Ficksburg, to Shreveport, with branch to
Biloxi; from Montgomery to Pensacola.
Sirh.-From Mobile via Pensacola, and Tai
lahassee, to the st. Mary's or st Johns river
with branches to st Mark and to Tampa Bay
from Pensacola, in the direction of Brunswick
and Savannah, to the boundary line of the state
of Florida.
Serenh.-From Selma to Gunter's Landing
from the boundary line of Alabama, across AL.
ALBANIA and Mississippi. to the boundary line OF
Mississippi, along thu line of the Charleston
and Memphis railroad.
Eighth. Louisville, Ken
lucky, via Mount Carmel, to Illinoistown, w it'll
branches to Shawnetown and to Alton; from
Indianapolis to Chicago.
Ninth -Mchgan-From Milwaukee, via
Grand Traverse Boy, to Mackinaw; and frou
Kewaua Point, via the principle copper mines
the mouth of the Ontagon River, Green Bay
Manitwoe, the mouth of the Marquette River
and Flint. to Pontiac, with branch to Por,
Huron.
Tenth. Gaines Landing
to Fulton, via Little Rock to st. Louis; from
Memphis, via Little Rock, to Fort Smith.
ElerenM-Illinois and Mssour-From Ter
re Haute to Alton and to Springfield, from
Attention to the mouth of the Kansas; from
Quincy, via Galesburg, to Rockford.
Trelfh Louisiana, Arkansas, &c-From
New Orleans, on the west side of the Missis
sippi. via st. Louis Iowa City, Dubuque and
ST Paul, to the mouth OF st. Louis river, on
Lake Superior.
Thirteenth. -California-From San Francis
co to San Jose, and also to Walkers Pass
with branch to the Columbia river in Or.
egon.
1t IS expected that these amendments will
bring into the support of the measure Senators
enough TO secure its passage. The particular
roads named In the above list have been agreed
upon by the delegation of the States interested
who have in most cases consulted with their
State Legislatures. OF course we of the East
have little concern with the disposition which
the West may choose to make OF the lands as
signed to them, and it would be far preferable
to turn over the task Of distribution to State
authority; but the disputes and local divisions
occasioned by such grants when left to be APP.
piled through that agency have been found to
produce the most serious evil; and the ungra-
cious service is forced upon Congress.