Mr. WILSON. I move to take up Senate bill No. 330, which I reported yesterday morning. The motion was agreed to; and the bill ( S.No. 330) making further provision for the establishment of an armory and arsenal of construction, deposit, and repair on RockIsland, in the State of Illinois, was read the 2nd time and considered as in ComWhole. It proposes to direct the SecyWar to fix and establish the position of the Chicago and RockIsland railroad on the island of RockIsland, so as to best accord with the purposes of the Government in its occupancy of that island for military purposes; and in order to effect this he is authorized to grant to the railroad company a permanent location and right of way on and across RockIsland, to be fixed and designated by him, with such quantity of land, to be occupied and held by the company for railroad purposes, as may be necess therefor; and pthe grant is to be made on sue terms and conditions, previously arranged, as will best elfeet and secure the purposes of the Government in occupying theisland. The SecyWar is to grant to the Chicago and RockIsland Railroad Company such other aid, pecuniary or otherwise, toward effecting the change in the present location of their road on RockIsland as may be adjudged to be fair and equitable by the board of commissionersauthor i“zed under the act of April 19, 1864, entitled An act in addition to an act for the establishment of certain arsenals, ” and may be approved by him. The bill also proposes to extend the provisions of the act OFApril 19, 1864, so as to include the small islands contiguous to RockIsland, and known as Benhams, Wilsons, and Win nebago Islands; and to appropriate $293, 600 to liquidate claims for property in Benhams, Wilsons, and Winnebago Islands, and for property in RockIsland which has been taken, in pursuance of law, for military purposes, or so much thereof, and no more, as may be necessary to pay the respective claimants such amounts as may be reported by the board of commissioners authorized by the act of April 19, 1864, and ordered by the U.S. circuit court to be paid to each; and also to appropriate $100,000 to secure water power at thb head of RockIsland, and $100,000 to erect storehouses for the preservation of arms and other munitions of war, and to establish communication between RockIsland arsenal and the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and RockIsland, Illinois.