Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-07-11
TUESDAY. JULY III. 1854.
MINNESOTA RAILROAD BILL.


Brlcs ~ give TIC Bal for gran; Of Land for
E=5-u-d Tz-Te-- IN this Territory, a. it passed
IN >ssIziS With TIE Hoasc amendment, the Bill
tur1u- rr-exieu~lv yassed the lsiter body. and
sf.srh rrs o1lr sEa5is the Signature Of the Pres
ssc-- g. E--r..rBc law By a careful pcrusal of
=. r-rr1-iags q val he ~cen that the rad must
- i.ulls o. - ~ P&Gl-;h4i every alternate
~-csaru ~ Fuuslsc land. designated by odd num-
49, Sc ~ ~cCsir.rs IN width each side Of the
- - sss...sl - .hr Territory for the purposes
-. fs-zA-sh as IN = land granted are To he
a-gi-8 -Hos-5reyt - III construction Of the road.
and ss-7.---S q the road progresses''-that
--h--e iz-&s z-r snhioc1 10 the disposal of the
T~--zfe-lzl legislature and not 20 inurc TO
-he i--sef e any Company heretofore organized
and that title : to vet 10 the Territory until
= c,a-znno'1> le-a-sh 81 twenty miles of the road
49,, o. csHI.lc-cd through the lands granted. Ii
~ -c~s> uith car Legislature To- say what kind
as chz-zcr tbey wIll give the Company just
fo-znos N New York o. any other Company which
nv - formed and how mach benefit will accrue
&. ou- Territory from the passage of the charter
and construction II the road. The subscribers
= ;he MInne~Sia and NOrth-We>tern Railroad
t..1ug4rv- are perhaps worthy and enterprising
- a--v Company which can lie found, and proba-
SIX zozla yu.h the road through rapidly any
..-her body Z men: hui IN y-aniing charter we
-hsald i-e exceedingly cautious 10 secure our own
Interests. w shall take occasion Ia agitate the
-lier- previous To- the sitting II the Legislature,
.. that The r-.l.le NAV fully Understand the mat
80. i.u- Tor the IRE, mt content ourselves with
,-,r.,a- til Bll. 10 which call the special at
tlr-ieu-
a. .sA5e = 10 aid IN the construction OF rail-
road froz tn Southern line Of the Territory of
Afnu-~s:a- commencing ~ point between town.
sE-r r1s-es HiEr and seventeen. hy way of ST.
Pal 20 ilye HaSfern line Of the Territory in the
dir-c;ion o: Like Superior. For this purpose it
r.-rsts-@s - grant the Territory alternate
--s-i "a q public land. d signated 10y odd numbers,
f.r ~ --c;iens N width each side of the road.
H. uh-r th- r..s. : definitely fixed. il shall APP
f-sr that the iited States have sold any section,
o- rart r q section thus granted that the right
q Ire-.IaIiin has attached To il. the proper ter
~ -izl authorities NAV select in alternate sec
toI- nearest 10 the tier Of sections granted. but
zItin fifteen miles from the road line. lands equal
Il iLs-e odd and To- which pre-emption rights
have attached. The lands granted are to be ex-
clu-iyey applied in the construction Of the road
d. ,naiei. and To- be disposed of only as the
-oai progresses. Ali lands along the route here
iofo-- reseryei to the United States by competent
authority. are exempted from the operations of
the hill. except that the light of way Is granted
over -lch and- whrrc il may hc necessary.
The laud> reserved to the nited States within
TX rsiil-- e each side of the road. not to be
lid f.T -, than double the minimum price nor
ar the, - bee -ub ,ct L. private entry until first
"a --,-i public ~ac AT tlr increased price. The
.au.- .ram'al are 10 he subject 10 the disposal of
ti j.. rii"-ili legislature. for IN" purpose of aid
in, TO- the construction OF the road. and not
Z, .fG-. 10 the benefit of any company heretofore
ur-t4.l-i. tn railroad when built j. to be
f..iii, 10 hwaN for the of the United States
&c. nm Ut. free from toll or cfarg" on the trans
I"r utipu "i any property or troops OF the United
stat. liz I nii"i states mail j. to be trans
ported ",.r II At -uch pr;c" Congress may d-
rect. bur until ih" price Is fixed by law, the Post
mt-t.r General j. {" Diet rhine il.
W tili~ J. lowest ia ihc Territory Of Minnesota,
ior !. ANY patent to i-.uc for the lands granted,
until Il continuous length of twenty miles of road
shall hc completed through the lands granted
Then patent shall issue for quantity of land
not exc cing one hundred and twenty sections,
includrd within continuous length of twenty
miles. and on 1t the completion of each a,ldi
iionil twenty miles lul # thu road be not COM
pi ted within ten YEAR. No further sale is to he
made. and the Land un,od is to revert to the Uni
ted States.
tn hill WAS reported to the senate without
third time, and pissed.
TnK SIEGE on SiiIsfRiA RASED.-ln IN article
u few DAYS since, stated that we believed the
next war news would bring information of the
defeat Of the Russians by the Turks. BY the ar
rival of the America, with dates from Liverpool
H. the 9TH Of June. We observe that our remarks
have been verified, for tho Turks have actually
driven the Russians from SiliStra across the Dan
uhr, and raised the siege. This, as we understand
il. is without the aid of the allied troops, and
when the fact is known that there were but
handful of Turks to oppose 10000 Russians, we
may arrive very justly at the conclusion that
Turkey, in concert with the troops of France and
ENGLAND, will most assurcdly crush Nicholas and
his formidable army. Why it is, that the Russian
troops, celebrated for their bravery and discipline,
are thus conquered we cannot divine, unless con-
scious of the fact that all the powers of the old
world are against them. This of itself is enough
TO dispirit the bravcst men, while on the other
hand, the Turkish troops, encouraged blythe cause
of right and religion, in which they are engaged,
strike, rs it were,
.srcr their affairs and their fires,
God ami their native ianl.'
There must however be Il reaction. Turkey
cannot expect to be always victorious. 1t is not
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