The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-01
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. 0ucceosfM1 Criai.tsip ~ the Waman
NJ A1eM s0eRs
~ From the Baltimore Sun, Jan. "a
~ The iron steamer, built BY the Messrs. W
oi nans. 1.-THE last novelty aAoat since the Levi
shan) went upon trial trip from the ward
- the builders 1t the Ferry Bar. 20 The Nor
= foint Light House and back. About u o'clt,
10 steam vas began TO be raised, and at near
n O'Clock the steamer turned gracefully from b,
moorines and was beaded down the Ps,apec
! win pressure Of 55 pounds OF steam thv
4 ner capacity . satisfactory headUAy was mad,
!. ne poRts OF the how and stern barely tou, he
the water, and theseven progress Of the vees.
!, caused no commOtion OF the waves, but left
smooth wake like groove. The steamer pas
sed Fort Carrtl until OF North Point, when sh
! vas pueasout. On the return, and when oppo
SITE Fort McHenry, the steamer was Rrevt-,
WIN salute of SIX auDs IRON the tort, and il
recognition Of the compliment the steamer
n.Rs we're displayed and the steam whi.tl,
blosn.
The steamer. both going and returning. VA,
greeten by the or ws Of III the cShits 10 The
river with cheers, waving Of hate, and other de
nonstra'ions Of like nature. Besides the Of
ncers OF the vessel, Captain Vaughan, Enpin4er
David Frazer, and number OF work men. there
were on board Thomas Winans AID Ross Win
ans EsQs., and their ladies' The steamer re-
turned about two o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and alter playing about the pen water. was r..
turned TO her mocrinKs ~ the yard ol the build.
ers. The average speed attained was about IL
miles an hour. the ventilation below decks
vas perfectly preserved during the running Of
.he machinery, and At no lime did the ther-
mometer rise above 05 ? Fahrenheit. We be
eve the builders regard the trial as sa,jafactorv
| ana Guarantee OF success when . greater dis
tance is attempted.
Lana Spectators W. Actual Settlers,
:" bill vas pending, reported from the Com
Mitt.e on Public Land, amending the pre-emp
tion laws, requiring thtee months residence 10
secure pre- emption. Mr. Grow moved hin
rmendment prohibiting any except actual set.
'ers from purchasing public lands tili ten yesrs
Xer they shall have been surveyed. Half .
rr,p yeas and nays we're taken to evsde a di-
down nse upon i, but its friends voted them
and c.r.ss ssstently, and Al last it vas reached
l,can votnrhy fourteen majority, every Repub.
voted for IT, T. few Democrats who had
it, and the engro,s2.as s2.amen', nov turned against
majority. A motion q q was defeated oy four
i Washington Corresposo,'" o"s.aea Penung;
Tribune. vent OF tho n. 1.
From nothing has the Wea
lps,'.nen'ly remarks the Albany E.a E.,;pa In" oae
"a') than irem the greed OF speculaIrss so
~ no'n'ng would the newly Organized aar.,,,
re- t;,s. oe more benefited than by some SUCH.
Mr.. Grow. '"'s s'nenoheuaof
me land speculator follows close unon ~.
"ses OF the Government Surveyor. and "a ,no
- 10 league with him. Few actual s.,tl.-
mon,h h"u 'helr way to Land Office until |
with "a, a'ter it has been opened. Tbev are
m. vnl,n rare exceptions, always preceded by /
m. ~ h,m VINO intend TO feed upuu them To |
n.y exorhSseaos "a their liking, they mus,
ssr.s, =. ~. tribute to those whose only in
m,n,.,.r - ~ or in the locality is TO make II
The operations
loot d gentlemen hese eagle eyed andi swift
cost settlers more than "ltn'n twenty years,
Although their greed many millions.
their rum, and lett upon thkoh'-tM.s worked
OF land, to M ct the taxes upasnds vast tracts
them in bankruptcy. the eAcephhich involved
ca.es have been so brilliant that IN successful
kept tull and there are to-day aboEanks are
ot the tribe in the field rs during ti.many
mlest days of corner lots and quarter seal
sites Tor towns aud cities. y
The perncious effects of the present system
which makes no discrimination in favor OF
the actual sett)er-is most strlkingly apparent
in such State A. Michigan, w sconsin, Illinois
and Iowa. Every town is afflicted with some
one Or more unOccupied section, held by non
resident speculators, standing in she way OF local
progress aud improvement. II is probably no
exsggeraton to say that one-eighth Of M,ch
gan, aud one-quarter Ut Iowa and Wisconsin
are thus afflicted. And no one acquainted With
the history of the West-wllh the ravenous
Character Of thsse land cornorants-with the
draw BACKS WHICH these utoecupi.d lands are 10
nrighborhoOds 10 which they are situated, or
with the millions which, 10 compensate the
specuatOr, have been distracted from the pock-
els OF the actual settler in search Of home,
can doubt the wisdom Of what Mr.. Grow pro-
poses, and for which, We are glad to see, every
Republican voted.
But the defeat Of the bill, now that this clause
has beeN placed in IL, sthrealenedi The DEM
ocracy, whose love tor the "hnrd hsied yeo-
manry" is painted in such glowing colors
through every canvass, holds back from mea
sure which is designed to prevent Democratic
Receivers rnd Registers from sharing with DEM
ocratic Senators and Rrprt sentatives in the fret
pick,ngs in the newly opened Land DISTRICTS!
The People will watch the fate OF this bill with
interest.-Chicag0 Journal