The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-03-02
NUMBER "a.
BENNETT 9 Gl!.L-AND TEE HOME
STEAD BILL.


The Washinton correspondents of The Nc'
York Courier, writes on the 25th, The following
which we are inclined 10 ,hnh weula no, b
j very acceptable TO the West. although less OBJ
sctiona Bile u,uch than the cid Bennett bill. Tls
plan Of designating the railroad routes, fof whc
i, il proposed to make the gran's. IN place .
leaving them for state Leg statutes to auarrc
and 6yht over, Is good but stall il il not al
equivalent for that odious f ature in the bill
! which places it 10 the powes of the old states L
food the Yves, with land scrip in the hands .
soulless speculators.
! Blu, to the givings out Of the Covsier's oorres
pondent
| Tomorrow the Homestead Bill will come II,
l in the Senate as the order Of the d,y. An ef
Fort will be made to attach to il Mr.. Bennett
BIZ! for the issue oi land scrip 10 the old States
aus sSecifc grants to those Of the West. AZ
tel, c.,nf>yence with friends, Mr.. Bennett hai
pre l,ated sNndry modifcstns Of the bill as i
passe d th. Hoasc, and now lies awaiting the nc
tion ot'tse Senate. The proposed ame endmen'i
are 40 M,oriant that send them to you a
length. Ne amount of land and scrip assigned
bv the bill toIse several States TO be appliee
First WisAspsn.-.From Chicago, Wis
Jonesville and FosNI du Lac, TO Lake Superior
from Milwaukee to p>sA.rie La Crosse ; from Iron
Bay, via the Iron MossSiains, to Little Bay Du
Noe
Second. Chic, indiana Illinois and Iowa
From Toledo, via Lafayette, Peoria and Bur
linpton, TO the mouth Of the .Siatic river, with
branches to Keosauqua and to l,Ne mouth OF the
O.axe river; from LaseIie via davenport, te
Council Bluffs from the Missouri aver ~ Du
buque.N
Third.-Oho and Missouri. From He1pre
via Chile ahe, Cincinnati and Vincennes>to 81
Louis, and thence TO the Iron Mountain and rtios
Knob.
Fourth M.-Alat~na--From Girard to Mobile,
and thence, via New Orenns and Opelonsas, 10
the Sabine river; fro, New Orleans, via lack
son, 10 the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, with q
branch in The direction OF Nashville, to the line
Of the State OF Tennessee.
Ffth--From Montgomery, via Brandon and
Vicksburg, to Shreveport, with branch to BIZ
lox from Montgomery to Pensac ,la
Si1h-From Mobile, via Pensac VA and Tai.
lah ,ssre, to the St Aarys or st. Johns river,
with branches to st. Marks and 10 TamHs Bay;
from Pensacola, in the direction OF Brunswick
and Savannah, to the boundary line ofthe s'Aste
of Florida.
ScTenlh.-F rom s0elino
from the .undary line Of Alabama, across AL.
ALBANIA and Mississippi, t" the boundary line Of
Mississippi, along the line Of the Charleston and
Memphis Railroad.
EighM Kentucky Loaistille, Ken
lucky, via Mount Carmel, to lllinoictolyo, with
branches to Shawnee town and TO Aitog from
indianapolis to Chicago
Ninth --Mich,g gan From Milwaukee, "a
Grant Traverse Bay, 10 Mackinaw and from
Kewana Point, via the principle copper mines,
the mouth Of the Ontonagon River, Green Bay,
Manitowoe, the mouth Of the Marquette River,
and Flint, to Pontiac, with branch to Port
Huron.
Tenth Arkansas From Gaines Landng
to Fulton, via Little Rock, to st. Louis; from
Memphis, via Little Rock, to Fort Smith.
Eisrenth and Missouri.-From Ter.
re Haute 10 Alton and to Springfield, from AL.
lenton TO the mouth Of the Kansas; from Quincy,
via Galesbury, 10 Rockford.
Tacelcth Louisiana, Arkansas, &c From
New Orleans, on the west side of the Mlssissip
pi, via St Louis, Iowa City, Dubuque and ST.
Paul, to the mouth Of st. Louis river, on Lake
Superior.
Thirteenth California San Fran
cisco to San Jose, and also to Walkers Pass,
with a branch 10 the Columbia river, in Ore
gon.
II 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 l, gislatures. 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 Il would be far preferable
to turn oyer the task Of distribution 10 State au-
thory; but the disputes and local divisions oc
casioned by such grants when left to be applied
through such age.cy have been found to pro-
duce the ia st serious evil and the unXracious
service is forced upon Congress.