The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-03-29

A1S SloiotAiC
One Of simple duty,
We the hearty thanks Of
Dl5ority Of the people living along
ltha line Of the AID parallel
The bill passed the House on the c2a
inst by the following vote:
YEAS essrs. Baker, Rea|, Bcmis,
R,accwell, Bennett, Bremncr, Caldwell.
Campbell, Clark, Of johnson, Clark, Of
Des Moiues, C!aggett, Conner. Cottle,
Cowing, Crawford, Curtis, Dcggett, OAR
lin, Davis of Jasper, Dennison, Ellis,
G;llet!, Glasgow, Goodrich, Cue, Gurlcy
Hall, Harris, Hedges, Hoag, Ho,chkiss,
HUT, Jones, Kellogg, Lynch, McQainn,
Willard, Mitchell, Merrill, Morehcad,
Moser, Parker, Price Of Muscatinc, Quinn
Recs, Rosenkrans, Rohb, Shipman,
Tompkins, Whitaker, Williamson, Of
Warren, Withrow, Writer, Wr;sh: and
Mr. speaker.-55.
NAYs-Messrs. Barnes, BERGMAN
Bowdoin, B|ackford, Clark, Of Jefferson,
Dunlavcy, Gni6ke, Haskell, Jennings,
lie Lachcur, Mangold, Paulk, Poet, Reed
Riddle, Robinson, Ruddic, Sabin. Stan
ton, Stevens, Strccter, Taylor, Williams,
Williamson, Of Louisa-2l.
It passed the Senate on the Oath; Yeas
%: Nays Is. We are not yet furnish
cd with list Of the Senators who voted,
but are informed that Mr.. Drummond
voted in the affirmative; for this we will
certainly give him credit. Immediately
after the bill passed the House, our Rep.
resentative kindly furnised US With COPY
Of the original bill, which he stated had
passed the House with some amendments
bat omitted to state what these amend.
ments are. They are not very impor,
tant we suppose. The bill as furnished
Us, provides that the Cedar Rapids and
Missouri River r. r. Co. shall complete
and equip 40 miles Of road "west from
the Cedar river near the 42d parallel
within one year from the frs. day Of
! Decent Der next" $50 miles in addition
each year thereafter for two years, and
| the remainder OF their whole line Of road
in two years thereafter, OF by the first
day Of February 1861 Italso provides
that the Company build aud lave in OPP
Grafton a road frnm Lyons to Clinton to
connect with the Chicago iowa and Ne
braska Rail road, by the lst day Of Jan
uary next; also that the Company shall
not commence to bald their road farther
west than Marion, and run from there
to Cedar Rapids.
We sincerely hope and believe, that
the fortunate rec jpients Of this grant will
now 90 to work in good earnest, and full,
FIJI every condition Of the act granting
the land, required Of them.
We observe in the bill before US, certain
privileges granted to the company for
the appropriation Of the lands, as the
work progresses, which are contrary to
the act Of Congress granting the lands
a part Of the route as defined by the act
Of Congress, is also changed; and yet
after close examination Of the daily re.
ports Of our Legislature, we have failed
to find that single resolution has been
introduced in either branch, petitio ming
Congress to change the terms of the
grant SO as to conform to the present ar.
rangement, or to any other. That Con
gress must take soma action in the matter
we entertain not single doubt; aud that,
that action woald be more apt to take
place through petition from our Leg
islaturc thar otherwise, we are equally
certain. We should not commit any
plumbers by neglect or hasty legislation
so that the title to the lands, will be de.
MED to the comany.
Ia TIE last number Of the (Sturgis
Mich.) Republican contains the extraor
binary intelligence that very fortunate
Mrs. E. B. Day, Of that village hereto'
fore lady in moderate circumstances,
has inherited as an heir Of the late Sir
Francis Drake. q princeiy fortune Of