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H|Kse§ only as the act of Congress oon-i [Oarraipoadmo* of the H,«k-Ey..| ,l K, co„M if lho r,,|rofltJ rom.Mi:, ho,mu: Con.-uli'rabk* iniemi ,,alli„s wcr, (lll lhe lt;|UUi,,ioll( ,lo , u now 1.11 tW various lt:uln.aa «,u«. ^ u ^ t|,e ,.ompa.11 tioii* l^ftfro the LegWatnr. and ... tho no, derive thvir power from Co.,grew dearth ol more exciting nows a succinct ltuM.,h StH„, lll0y callno, glve a sUili-ment oftho |H.M..rc of affair. ami |il|u ,p ,w pr Jo Navig!Ulimthe matter* of tlilfoi enco may be road a»d ID,ilroad Company, for tl.e plain w it i some « ogni» lt;t int. icst. reason that the act of Congress fxprciw*Inisj.1 Cutigre,* made- a grant to I |y |,robjbit!« any di*po«ition of the land*, aid m improving tho na\itf.ition of the ..... i , tU____(gallonhut to aid in I lie consti notion of the re-Do. Jloi„M riv,.r. Subsequently tiyc f(|r whj(.h |f| orequo.tion aroae wl.ol.cr the grant ex- ^., ,,0 ^ „ m b(t udlt;Mton.led ahovo the K .cvoon Fork of tin- .....ithat tlroso Railroad companies which Dcmomoa river. This question rc- |);iVe ruiK.., |lt;t a.oln|,ly wi(h lho Cl,ndi.,, Hta.ned unsettled, eotm ti,no. bvi.tg do- llollh „f tlo ir L'tants, ask for anoxic-. I clod by the cxccutivo ollioors at Wash i(1„ nJ ,|ie Cc,Ur „ iJlt r j ii.gtou ... one way. and .o.notimca an- .Mis,„„1.i l(Wpr oompallv ask to i„. re r other. It was held l,y some .0 extend ,ipvplt;, buildini£ ,ho '-Plug.” beforeonly to llacooon Fork ; by utl.era to 1 r(.r,.rred tlltllC northern limin.Urv of I lw* St-ifM-The 11 hove i* a fwir statement of theflirting local interest* involved.11 in verv desirable that the conflict-in* ami embarrassing Interest* involved :m nh ivc nhown Mhould be ainicah'v andthe northern boundary of the State;and still by others*, to extend to the ! . , .... . .1 r* • %«• .. questions mid issue* on the importantmiia cya of the Desmmncs in Minnesota. 1 ...... * ,ti. . i i i subject ol railroad* in Iowa, and much1 lie question, however was purely ai I* .. .i. interest is elicited on account of con.f judicial one, dc|Hiidinlt;» upon the con. *truction of the act of Congress making ,j the grant to the State.In ls59 the Supreme Court of the. 1 I'uited Stales decided tho question in . ^ .' , »• . tx . V *. • . jusilv sell led. Ihc State is hound lolh * c:ilt;0 ot 11.14 Dubuque l'acilic , . . ..... , ,, | |, relieve the settlers on the one hand, andUailroa.i t onipaiiy r* l.itelilield, a^air sttho claim to lands above the RaccoonFoik. IY»diiig tho question, ho\vevcrI* j the State sold muiie of the lands claimed j j above llie Raccoon Fork to occupying . | claimants and settler**, and subsequent-% iy conveyed n// fhe i.it-r ft of the State . in Mieh lands not Ul'ore disposed of ^ to the Desnmincs Navigation and Rail-.. | road Company.• •ri the other to discharge its sacred , trust in regard to the Railroad grant.— It is also to he liop«d that the legislature will exercise an onlighttded wisdom in treating lhe subjects present* d. an*I especially, by all menus, deal liber-ally with railroad companies slid en courage them in the investment of the capital necessary to Imild their road**.without which Central and Western «. ; In |Sdu Congress granted to tin* , ■ •. .| ’ 7 . ’ ' Iowa can never be prosperous. It isr I Stale a largo amount of lands to aid in .. • . j ... ..... i a plain dulv oi the legislature to pro,e i constructing hair lbulroads across the .. . ..__' . . .____ ,me b,,M0 invwtmnit^ an-1r - State from the Miai*sippi to the Min ju- (V i s . i11 , « l!cr every reasonable inducement ilt;»■I l'*'r- j Capital to com. into lows—for tlclt;cThese ornnfi were altcrwnrdi confer ; qllfs,ioni. do no merely affect lhe in-jre.l | ‘on certain Huilolt;alt;4 Compauie., ! of.,1P ,,re...llt i„|,Hhilanl« of lheI ; subject however to condition, upon the stale, hut unborn ihou.aml* will rise failure t. eoni|.ly »itli the State resetv- „„ t,„, vaM a,„! fl rtl|p .trelel.-«.l lhe right to resume. A similar right , in,_, |,ptwppn „1P lwo prMt Americanof resiiinplion wh. reserved in th. Dei. riv(.r,, ,( We« the wiwloro or deploreM-.ines Navigation ami I tail road Com f„||y of lbl. pri.wlll l^si.lalur. „•1 | pany. This latter Company should ■ 1 have ccniplcted by l ist December 75 r j miles of road up the IWnioines vallr\ i* j lr» m numopsp.,i r, but has completed• j only ;.lt;! miks as required by bw. The• I Misissij.pi mid Mis..mi Itivcr C« nifumy »* it is iiudrrstood is al**o ir. default, n itprvA further difft *uhy niis#*lt; from lh** f.ict 1 hat nioMf, il'nol all of the railroad grants inf. ingp iqw*n tlm Swamp Lands granttd ! » lhe cnuntios. 1 n some instances. wt have a countv. a railroadr; , ..... . company, and llit l)**s Moines Vaviga-1 . n.ivii.g quite* ccmplcted the length . 1 ; , . .* * • , . . .■ *«••« and 1C. R. companv, all claiming• road required by the act granting tin- «, i ■ , . , . /• . '. a . * »nc same tracts .*| land! I tins, voni , lands to that ( ompnnv, by the first d iv ,* * • • ...:ti ..... if.... l -,..iwill seo. Raw k I've, that railroad and Land Grant issue* are almost inconceivably mixed up. Daiotaii.TIi® rtarnnOsn of Trw Madrid and lilaml Mu. IO Confirmed.[ Special Diipstob toihecliiesfo Tribune:]Cairo, March ll, 1862.It is thought that Ttdand No. 10 isof December last. The Cedar Rapid* and .Mi»*»mi Railroad 1'cinpavty have completed the length of road requiredbv the second section of the act. Rut ;• •tiiis C mpatiy was required by the Slate law granting Ike lauds to it, to b’i'ld a short line, cointiioidy charHcier-i. »*d as a ‘ Ping”, from Lynns to Clinton — by the first day ot January, |S0lf and , that they .should no» commence the oon- :‘tniction of their road farther w*M evacuated. New Madrid was evacuat-than Marion in Linn County, and pro- I ed last night by tho rebels. They left vided that the Governor shall no; b* hind them guns, tents, baggage and ' | certify anv of the lands to the Cora pa- ammunition. (Sen. Pop® took posses iiy until lhe Lyons and .Marion “Plugs” » *ion this morning. The firing kept up 1 so called, should be constructed by the till seven o'clock last night, and thisj Company. These* “Plugs’* have not morning thvro was not a reb®l to bei \ct been built, and the company com- *t*n. ineiieod their roa«l at Cedar Rapids [ToIke AseoeUied Prtn* ]west of Marion. The Dubuque and Cairo, Im.., March 14.—New Mad-1 Pacific (now Dubuque ami Sioux City) rid i* ours, and the etars and ■tripes1 Company, are also in default in not now float over Jeff. Thompson** citadel,completing the length of road required The rebelsovacuatod lho town last night,hy tho law granting the lands to that lenvin * a quantity of guns and stores(*t»inpany. wln.di they were unable to carry away.Tlir Slain Invinj convoy«.l tn antu ,0°k I’lacc yo.Ui.Iay, U-1 nl «cUU-r, sonic of the lan.la claimo.l ■ll«ip jJunlMiati mid our »lcjjo Ii»t-j uii.Ut tho ])e* Moines ltivor ._-rnni, ’ ter’.I'kh we lo.t «omo twenty kill-wliicli nre now clniineil liv the H.iilroad I *'1 :,l1 wonndi'il. A *hot from one of 1 CompnnioR under il.c ICailmad grnnir; ^ X'u «li*nionnted lt;n« of our I wen 1 It in dcciiied iiicuiiilwut on tho State to I 'y-foiir poiindere, killing four or (ivo of I ailjn-t thcso mnttvm in such n lu-inner I “,,r men- 'M,t *’• I*1 1,0 officers. . r j as to protect tho interests of the settlers C’'*1; Morgnn’s rooiinent, the 10th s In the same manner there is a conflict j IH',|,,' suffered irost. The less of lhe -f claim between the Railroad Compa- '0I.V '* OI known, as they carried offnies crossiiif; the Ics Moines Kiver ,hpir deR'1 nnd ^,,unded.ahove the llaccoonn Forks and the I Island No. 16 is reported evacuated. Dos Moines Navigation nnd Kailmad i Co1 A- arrived hereCoin]»n\.ie*; lho latter elaiming lands :,d wil1 *lt;0 in «.....1 Thewithin the limits of the Ilailroad grants |ro,,l^ contiuiw to arrived and depart,which remain nndispoeed of by the Slateto actual Rvttlers.Tho Governor in hi* annual massage advised tho legist at are to relieve the State from embarrassment in regard to the settlers to whom the Stale had conveyed, by requiring the Railroad companies to release their claims to the settlers, or refuse any lenity towards the companies.but their destination cannot now be made known.OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 8t. Louis, March 14.—The followingis a copy of the official dispatch sent to the Secretary of War:After several days skirmishing and a number of attempts by tho enemy'sgunboats to dislodge Gen. Po|e's bat-The Do. Moinri Navigation and P™* llwenemy haaHail-oad CunipnnieH aalca the Legi-la. e¥,u,.,ed at Newturc to com pel ^he (krlinqurnt raiiroad companies above R*coon Fork, to release their claims to me lands claimed by that company, and quiet their title.To these propositions, the Railroad companion interposs the following objections: First, tilt no legislationwill avail for tho purgpse contemplated in the Governor’s memorial of the De« and Railroad Coro pa that it is a matter d construction of form the enactment of ne that the State po over the laid grantisage and in the fines Navigation f, for the reason iding upon the laws, and not 0110s. Seoond, such power Railroad pur-Madrid, leaving his artillery, fluid bat leries, tents, wagons, mules, lt;fcc, and un immense qasntity of military stores. Brigadier General Hamilton has occupied the place. This was the last stronghold of the enemy in this State. No rebel flag is now fl; ing in Missouri.Gov. Berry9® Majority im Hew Hampshire.Coxcobd, N. II., Mar ih 14.—Returns are received from all but eighteen towns in the State. The following is the vote : Berry, 81.874; Stark, 27,489; Wbeeltr, 1,558. Berry’s majority is not far from 2,000.
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