New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-21

by contract, would bring ont ofers A. the lowess -,
II would be profitable to manufacture ~ and BE- 4
10. wan. 10 n, lcss
NJ: CLINGMAN Is c., after asking thu 4. =.
rom New i.rk "be'herthers had not been bre,S'
OF American iron IN the Ere Railroad :, ,h,.,ts y
Seward replied be bad not 50 heard and t,on.sa. L.
went or 10 discuss the elaiive cost of the nra V
of iron IN Etglaid ant Americs Attempting - .l -
that from the lower Tate Of wages. Eng.and o.. ~
duce II cheaper, irasrnuch As fne-,-ntSs az ,N- ~
Of iron consists in labor. He also rii,cnL, =
idea Tat Englsh manufacturers hal lo,s,sI. y
price sloa tun fyr the purpose Of breskins a.
manufacturers. for "a the English m.nrs. &c
4,uo,tn Of tons annually, $40 would r.a.
$40, 'W.WO which is r'tser expensive
We might as well say that American cotton M
nave lowered The price o. coston to break d.
competition OF Algeria. Further Il was assA
say what is raw material in iron. Ore is raw r., .
to pig fon pig TO bar, and bar lie raw ma,eri,I,.s
blacksmith lie would regard The iron As n.a
rial for the railroad sui s.imit u s,.. t-~s 1fe
Mr.. SEWARD IN. " expressing hins.f
ally ID support Of MIR. Fosters ainendcent a.
the railroad will be mainly within tho Ierritors. =
tie states, OF the United St,tes. The sqoov ~
will likely, therefore, be drawn from the W..Se
States perhaps Missouri or Texas or from A." ~
tories themselves. He would think il a rsprn,.ta'
an American road should be made With foreign 49,.
pass over American coal and iron beds.
Mr. biGLER also spoke in favor cs tbs NJ.
Fan.
vania and the Baltimore and Oao rOa,s, .syir,.
was built with American and the other WITH 20
iron. sS
Mr. IVERSON opposed the amendment. as Ik.,.
produce combination Of iron. nongers TO rs,,. -
price of iron. lie agreed, with Mr.. C,irgman, 70 -
init iron duty free.
Mr. Fosters amendment wa. then csrr-ea bv
%. nays23. I"
Mr. RICE then spoke at length on his Pacific p
road bill, introduced on Thursday last.
TIE following is the substance Of the bill which =.
introduced by Senator Rice on De-. "A. read 70
ard referred 10 the Committee on Public Land. +,
entitled "a Bill to aid in the Construction of ee,,.,
Railroads 10 the Pacific, to encourage settle mn,
Z" their lines and for other purposes"
Section authorizes the President 10 cause the -,
lie lands, 20 the extent of forty miles On each a.
the routes after meuiioned), TO be surveyed an -
Indian title extiDgusbed and that 90 payment a '.
cents per acIs by present settler, the pre- option AN
be extended Thereto
Section provides that every alternate section n,
ten sections in width on each side of aid rosas 49,
branches be granted to the ates aud territories ma,
tie lines Of the proposed roads, namely: From l,i.
Superior to Puget, Sound, with branch TO the nav
gable ,ters Of the Columbia: from the western Ne
der of the Stete of Texas 10 San Petro or San Diego
the bay of San Francisco.
Section 3-The said lands 50 granted 10 the Ssa
and Territories shall be subject to the future d.po
of the Legislatures thereof Tor the purposes above
pressed and for no other.
Sc tion defires the conditions Ct sale Of the =.
lands. That 200 sections may be sold along even 4
cont,nucUs miles Of the rosl ~ completed bat i NJ
road or branches be not comp tied with ~ year.
unsold larGs shall revert TO tie Unlted States.
Section 5 requires that the United Safes mt
should be- transported over the SAID rosos at prcss
be fixed by Colgress-the Pres lent being sOthtrR
to name the price temporarily til fixed by lag.
Section 6.--Government shall have the priority
right for all purposes OF transportation.
Section sets aside the 10th aud 3oth sections
school purposes.
Section S-The President shall determine tben
mini, with cons mt of the States aud Teritoriai
which situated.
On motion Of Mr.. SEWARD, the Senate adj,un.