Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-11-21

que and Sioux City Railroad with view
o; giving, for the benefit Of the Legis'a.
ture which will soon convene, an express.
sion Of the will Of the people with refer.
ence to the management of this road
There are few local subjects in which the
people Of all classes feel deeper inter.
est, and no one upon which they may more
properly make known their wishes. The
fact cannot be conceded that there is al.
most a universal feeling OF dissatisfaction
at the SLOW progress which has hitherto
been made. The grant to this line far
exceeds that made 10 any other IN the
State, and being mostly selected from the
lands west OF the DesMo"e it has ope.
rated much to the de,riment Of this por
ton Of the State by Withholding from
market and settlement an immense guam
ti,y Of land which would otherwise have
been occupied and improved. Yet, this
would have been cheeriully submitted to
bad there been any ground for reason.
able hope Of such On extension of the
road az would have promised some ul'
mate compensation-but such hopes have
been aim ost abandoned Other lines run.
ming almos, parallel with this, have under
much less favorable circums,anc es, been
gradually though continually approaching
the Missouri, while the managers of this
seem to have been content With what was
long since attained.
A striking PECULIARLY of our Company
is that their energy is spasmodic, and that
by a remarkable coincidence the parox.
ysms always occur just in advance Of the
meeting of the Legislature, and rapidly
decline upon the granting of further in.
diligence by this body Just now the fit
is creating the most violent agitation. A
magnificent contract has been let, and the
work is to be rapidly pushed on without
regard to expense. This intelligence
would be received with peculiar pleasure
but for the fact that it bears a striking
resemblance TO the same old darkey thu,
the wood pile concealed two years ago.
In word, we don't believe 1.-THE public
don't believe it. 1t is ruse BY which thew
hope to make further draws upon the pub.
lie which they have so long abused by
false promises. We say, le. the meetings
DO held and let the people demand of
their Representatives promp. action in
the matter: IL the Company now control.
hing this road and reaping the benz I'll
OF the land grant are unable to give sat.
isfactory guarantees that the work shall
go on to final completion, let there be
transfer to some other Company. The
specific purpose Of this grant was to give
the Northwest a Railroad, and not to en-.
rich Company. and if we can, have the
road let US have the land again, 30 tina.
settlers may procure homesteads and as.
s'st il developing the country The man.
ner in which we have been treated is n
gross outrage, and IL those who reprerent
our interests in the Legislature consent 10
any further swindlipg in this connection
they may look out for speedy settlement
on their return home. Longer forbear.
ance ceases to be a virtue, and there is
settled determination along the line that
II We can't have the road We will have the
land that was donated to build ito take
the latter without rendering the stipulated
compensation is no less than robbery.
Iowa CITIES. he vote Of the several
cities Of the State at the late election
shows more clearly than anything else,
aside from census, the population Of
each. The city Of Dubuque (Ju'ien Tp J
poIled a t'ihe short of 2 500 votes. which
would give, allowing one voter to every
six OF the inhabitants, population Of
$4,000; Davenport polird a vote of 1000,
showing POPULATION Of 10000; Burling.
ton cast LOO votes fer IA population OF
lO,Gs0; Keokuk cas-, ,45O votes from
population of nearly 5000; DesMoines
police 1000 votes, which would give her
$500 population.
"~' Since the com m. ncemenl Of the rebel.
lion the following forces have been called
for by the Presiden. and Congress:
BY Proclamation, April Is, 1861. IS.
coo: by ProcI, ns,ion, May 3. 1861 G5,.
COO; ty act Of Congress. July 22i, 1861,
100000; Ly act Of Congress, July %.
1861, o5 600; by proclamation, July |.
1867. 10000; by proclamation. Au,. 8.
1862. BOG, 900, by rider july, 1862 800.
300, Total, ! sG5 900.
TnE THREE HuNpRtp DOLLAR ExEap.
TON CLAUsE.-A war gazette is publish
ed, which announces that every tn IN who
has paid $500 is exempted from the draf,
for three years, aud is as exempt as ii he
had furnished substitute. In every case
the money is reckon.d as full equivalent
for the drafted person.
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