Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-23

American mon. This motion sliaissd considerable
M GWn considered that the bill, q Il is a. pres
ent, provides for al legitimate protection 70 the
American iron interests.
Mr Seward strongly advocated the use Of the best /
naterial IS e mattsrof economy. even i Il should
cost double; but there was doubt that the require
ment Of 500 600 tons, to be CtEered by contract. /
would bring out offers at the lowest price Il would
he profitable to manufacture, and he did not want 1t
Mr. Clinemsn asked Mr. Seward Whether therehad
not been s breaking Of American iron on the New
York and Erie roilr0Gd?
Mr. Seward replied that he had not hesrd, and be
thought not,
Mr.. Clingmaa went on to discuss the relative cost
of the production Of iron in England and Amer
lea proving that from the lower rates Of wages
paid England could produce it cheaper inasmueh
as 10 Of the msrufa0iure Of rouconsists Of iaooT
He also ridculed the idea that English manuSaetur
ers had lowered their price SO per ton for the par
pose Of breaking American manufacturers. The
English manufacture 40O0,OeO OF tons annually
and $40 per ton would represent $40 O0O O00 which
| is rather expensive rivalry. We might as well say
that the American cotton planters hsVe lowered
their prices in order to break deWn the competition
| Of America ffl-Further it was difficult to say
what was the raw material Iron ore is raw materi-
| al; rig iron is raw material 70 bar iron bar iron
| is raw material to the blacksmith.
Mr. Seward expressed himself generally in favor
Of Mr. Fosters amendment. lie said the road is
mainly within the Territories, aud not with the
States. Thessupply OF iron win likely, therefore.
! be drawn from the Western States, perhaps Mis-
! souri, OF Texas, OF from the Territories. he would
consider il reproach that American road should
be made with foreign iron 70 pass over American
coal and iron beds
Mr. Bigler was also in favor Of building the road
WitbAmercan iron and nstanced the case Of The Pen
sylvania raiIroads-the built Of American and
the ether Of English iron
Mr. Ivsrson opposed the amendment, rs likely TO
| produce combination Of American iron moDgers TO
! raise the price, lie agreed with Dir Clugman in
regard to the policy of admitting the iron duty
free
Mr. Fosters smendment that the road built ex-
clusively of American iron, was adopted-yeas 70,
nays 33
The provisions of Mr. Wilson's bill substsn>
tally as follows The President aud Senate shsh
appoint FIVE civil engineers, practically experienced
in the laying out and construction OF railroads. VINO
within two years. shall locate the route or railroad
from the Missouri river 10 San Francisco, through
| the region between the 34th and 43d parallel If
the President approves Of this the railroad, as To-
Gated by them shall be built by the Government,
under the direction Of board 10 consist Of the
Secretaries Of War, Of the Interior, Postmaster
General and Attorney General who shall contract
with the lowest bidders for its construction in sec
lions of not more than twenty-five miles in length
Money to build the road shall be raised by loan, as
needed, in sums Of not more than SlOOOO OOO an"
nuay from the passage Of the act till the location
| of the road All public lands within the aforesaid
parallels shall be withheld from sale but shall be
open TO pre- empion by actual settlers, after the
road is located The proceeds of the sale Of lands
on each side of the road for $50 miles, shall cons
tute fund for the construction Of the road and the
payment of the debt incurred byit.
Mr.. Rice spoke at length on his Pacific railroad
bill, which he introduced on Thursday last.
The following is the substance Of NV. Rices bill,
which has been read twice and referred to the Com
mittee on Public Lands II is entitled "a bill to aid
in the construction Of certain railroads TO the Pacific
to encourage settlements on their lines, ana lor
other purposes
SrcTIoS / Authorizes the President to cause the
public lands to the extent Of forty miles on each
side of the route hereafter mentioned to be survey
ed, and the Indian title extinguished, and that on
the payment of ten cents per acre by the present
settlers the pre-emption laws be extended thereto
SEC 2. Proposes that every alternate section fol-
ten sections in width on each side Of the said roads
and branches be granted to the States and Terrific
ries upon the lands Of the proposed roads, viz from
, Lake Superior to Pugets Sound with branch tC
the navigable waters of the Columbia, from the
western border of the State Of Missouri to San Fran
cisco. Also from the western border Of the State Of
, Texas to San Pedro or San Diego, and to San Fran
cisco
SEC. 8. The lands go granted to the States anC
Territories shall be subject to the future disposal
Legislatures thereof for the purpose above express
ed and for no other
, SEC Defines the considerations Of sale Of the
said lauds-that two hundred sections may be solo
along every twenty continuous miles Of the road,
completed; but if such road or branches be not com
pleted within twenty years. al unsold land shall re
vert to the United States.
(. SEC s. Requires thstthe United States mails sbal
be transported over the sadrOad at prices to be hze
, by Congress-the President being authorized tt
name the prices temporarily, until fixed by law.
SEQ 6 Government shall have the priority 0
right for all purposes of transportation
{ SIC T. Sets aside the sixteenth and thirty-sixtl
4 sections for school purposes
SEC. The President shall determine the termi
with the consent Of the States and Territories il
= which they plsSed.
Without concluding the subject, the Senate, OF
g motion Of Mr. Seward, adjourned
. HousE.-Hughes of Indiana introduced resolu-
= ton instruoting the COpmittee on Ways and Mean
. TO INQUIRE into the expedsnoy Of reporting bill
making approy riaions for taking the eighth census
= Whitley offered substitute, TO confine the csnsu
f simply to an enumeration OF people
o The latter molten was rejected Yeas 81, nay
| 40
q Mr. Hughes molten was then adopted.
= The House then went into Committee Of tn
Whole OF the state Of the Union, and resumed tn
bill giving pensions to soldiers Of the war Of 1872
n Mr. Smith, OF Ill, wanted to include the soldier
engaged in the Black Hawk war. He secuted tn
: plea that because the Treasury was not full justice
! should not be done those patriots.
II Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, while maintaining it Il
: be the duty OF the Government to provide pensions
. to those who we're disabled by wounds or disease
: oonrsLed thought it not right nor proper to inau
gurate a general service system OF PENSIONS.
y After further debate for and against the BILL with
>. out coming to a conclusion; the Committee roae
y Mr. Phillips Of Pa. gave notice Of his intention
to introduce a bill regulating aud fixing the dui!
. on imports, and for other purposes.
i On motion Of Mr. Stanton, resolution was adopt
ed requesting the Secretary o! the Treasury to fur
nsh statements Of the value Of imports from Grea
Britain aud France TO the United States, and from
the United States to those countries, for the year
IS58-4-5-6 and T. the information to be ascerisinet
!, from the returns Of the custOm>houses Of the re
/, spectiTe Governments
!. The House by a vote Of $50 yeas to so nays, sus
a pended the rule, in order to consider the Senate
: resolution Proposing temporary adjournment from
- the 23d of December to the 4th Of january, 1859
Uhe resolution passed-9S yeas "a nays.
, The House then ad iourned.
= Operations OF the United States Mint and
Q Branches
. The annual report of the Mint of the Unite
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