, 1865-07-08

I'm, MS r,lst3ne- IN the psc H. Reti,o,a d;tB.
culty. Of which there has been 3, much said
lately in the Washington npvananer AID
matches. These Documents nre Of r.nr, i'm.
nortante to the nuh15c. aa ve1, M to thr mr..
1sea immediately interested Tbe p.ciec
Railroad Is a rationsl work. IN h. coc..rnrt.
cd chiefly with the neon,r,s money ard t,e
7,eop1e's lands Evervho6v "a ,,te-o.tad IN
1hc honest and faithful and d,,.rcnt nnnsrru,
finn of fhe work. Frerrhaar Il conn,n1t+.d
ty the tarak .xh,.h he mr., u, ~ d,+v ~
Tu4c7,Ino v,or,a,.1v +ha : ar3.on-,st,a. ac+ka
,,,,,,, csoaif o,a ~ III. sa...s~ -. 80.
1,rn,t entcrn,,sa T. r. nn.,sas.ss ~ 80. 80
that durInr the 1ate odmfn,strat1on I
OF tic Interior Dcpa. tneu, il WAS imDo. .5b,o
10 derive suy iutell;rdb1c Information Of The
1ne,attons Of the PacIae Railroad cono,nr
ar Cor,rnnfes tro1n the animal r.narts snb.
m1tted to Congress. I.fs also a no,;ccah1e
fact. that the late Secretary o< the 1ntrr,or
steppcd from that Office. without The least
delay or cercu,ny. fnto the Preside pnrv of +he
Eastern Kansas, Division Of The road and
forthwith commenced personal yarfare an
Secrctary HAHN. because >ba latter ans.s+ad
On kno1 ing something ol the detail. Of the
work before accepting thu 1ts. Eorty niles or
.ht work. and delivering the bond ana lands
Of TIT Government to the Cornnanv therefor.
The imnortaut E.aturss of these dnrn,nent.
nav l,e Stated IA fo1tovs- The Co,co.zx,cn.
cre. 4,us,inted br the President to evamsnc
and reDort 11non the ftrs. fnrtr mi,ss IF t,a
read from Vyandott to Lawrence adriecd
that This section t,e aecent4.d- STARING th.t
although the law OF Coneness re,at,nr
thereto, msy not have been literally folG;led
IN all respects, they vet believe it to have
been in ali esseptial pasttculsrs.n Secretary
Harlan rightly conceived i. to he his duty to
sec that the Law TOO. .'ltera11y fulfilled In
all respects" he accordingly recommended
the President to appoint new set of Com
nise;oncrs with instructions TO report tbe
precise facts as to the weight of rails cb4r-
,.cter Of ties, Kind Of ballast. character a,a
number Of curves, character Of grades, mum.
Der aud character OF stations. denots for
freight and passengers, number and character
o. engines ana freight md passenger cara as
1.uuilcd by 1aw. The President spproYed OF
this recommendation. and ordered that ebree
new Commissioners b. nppa{ntod. viz.
The Governor of Kaneas, the Hon. q. q.
Scott. Of Indiana. and n competent cnpin4ar
10 he detailed BIZ the Secretary Of War.
This VIE done on the asth of NAV last. IT.
4p,ears that On The 5.h of June AR. John D.
Perry, The former President Of The Union Pa
c:dc z. r., Eastern DiviGon, wrote to Sccre.
lazy Hurlau, urging him, Is an act OF courte-
Is, to put the thing through At once-.o
which the Secretary replied en- the 7:h Of
Jnnc, that he could not be reasonably cx.
pected TO do arytblcg for She company, in
the way of courtesy, t-yond what was re-
iuitd by lis olIic1at duty, while the Hon.
Mr. CEhtr, TIC 1cputtd President Of tic
comI any, IVES nskicg personal and mRl;g-
ran, war upon hlmselr The occasion f3r
The uEdue haste, which, Mr.. Peuy desired
S. cretary Harl4n to exercise t,y war OF cyur.
1efy, is disclosed in document dated June
.1st, from Edward Learned, Of New York,
vlocla'ms to be the President of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, Eastern Division.
Ar. Learned represents that his. COM
pany is the legal representative Of the
1cavcnworth, Pawnec AID Western Railroad,
to which company Congress gave the right
to construct the Kansas division Of the Pa
c,1ic Railroad IN the otigina, act (; that thu
contractors Of his company, Ross Steele d
Co., while engaged In their work, were forct-
bly, dispofsts!ed Of their property and road
bed, by the late Samuel Hs1lett TINT fraud
n'ent election Of Directors Was held In the
city Of st. Louis, to give color OF legality
Il the piraticel acts Of Halictt; that Ross,
Steele 4 Co. hkye now first lien IN the road,
By the laws of fk.nsas-in short, tha! all acts
..nd tllines done By Ha!lctt and his success-
ors are void In Law, and that the Government
cannot rlghuuuy deliver ite bonds ind lands
10 the company now represented by Ex.aec.