Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-03-12
Tairty.Third Congress.

Y. Tri5uas under date OF the 4th inst. gives
the following as the final action on severai
subjects:
Congress closed to-day in excellent tenn
per. All the Appropriat1n bulls We're car
led
The bounty Land or Old Soldiers bulb
received The Executive sanction, Probably
,wo hundred millions OF acres, under iha'
act, Will 60 To the people, hihc-tth'hs %
whom reside in the old States.
The President has retained aud pocket
cd several Internal Improvement and iaf-
Dor bills--among them those relaiiny to mel
s. Clair Fats and 50. Mary's Riuer, Miea-
igan: and it is believed, also, the Savan-
nah River, notwithstanding h approval,
last yea, OF the Cape Fear River Improve
ment.
Collins has been victorious in spirit OF
the veto Tae whole measure was engratt-
ed on the navy Appropriation bill, with the
single omission OF the clause repeating
the power to give notice TO reseind the con
tract.
The Pacific Railroad bill was lost in thu
II luse
Senator Tuucey's bill for tn better en-
| forcement of the Fugitive Slave Act which
came in direct conflict With State Sovereign
~, sleeps the sleep OF death. Mr., Nay, Of
I Mary land, Chiirman of the House Judici1-
~ Committee, was closely watched By some
dozen Northern members, and 80 he very
/ ptudently declined presenting the obnoxious
measure.
The New York Assay BILL or Mint meas
ure was riumphantly carried through
Messrs. Cutting, Wheeler, WaIbrldge and
Walker were active and vgilant inpresen
:. ing it,
/ Messrs. Glch.is,, OF New Hampshire,
Lunpk.n, oil Georgia, and Blackford, Of In.
diana, have been appointed Julr3s OF the
Court Of Claims. They are SAID % be good
appointments Judg Montgomery D lair o.
NJ IS 9uri. son u Francis b BiaIr, is ap.
pointed Solicitor. His nomination was
enormously resisted because Of his ree-asil
atindtes.
The nominations for field officers for the
tour new 4 g.incuts were confirmed a.
cor,!ing to the list furnished. Some sur
mise is expressed that no nomination was
made tor Br1gadier General. All thu Sen-
atofs united IN recommending h""sFai
Sal Ids.
be Compromise Pssserger biz @as car
RED through both houses, but the Psest-
deuta d cislon thereupon is notyet known.
The Tart! remains - stitu go. All the
Pennsylvania Wings, and Gen. Dawson.
! d mocfat, distinguished thems tyes in OPP
position to any disturbance of the Tarii
Il 5 On, March
Al South Gardiner, Worcester county,
"Wednesday night, two elderly ladies, SIS
,ers 0 the late Abner Kneelnnd, were muir
deged in tie house where they lived aloae,
as Is supposed by persons who were after
money. From the appearance OF Their
heads they had been beaten with clubs and
stones iii lie was extinct The place was
ransacked. \ vagrant Frcuehman has
been arrested on suspicion of haAing done
the deed
A bridge naer Woonoski Rir r. on the
Vermont Central Railroad WAS destroy I'd
by ire yesterday. Loss slo,ooo-insured
Eptrox DrAD.-Francis T. Porter. one
of the editors Of the New Orleans Picdytne
is dead He WAS a brilliant Hlter, and
had many f,iends. William I Porter Of
the SPIRIT # the Times, New YORK, IS he
brother.
The phrase almighty dlltar" originated
with Washington irving, WHO first mad
use Of il in his charming little sketch 81
"a Creole village" which appeared in 1887
e-zszaye.-=~y-as
- Rare bargain 0iEered.''
1 DWELLING house With Fix dne convenient
rooms situated on he Cha street between Ihir,
aus For, streets With lease Tor 1teeu ,car-, Il
- '.''' ~ FGLLEP & prAsE.
Enquire at tIe ,flec Of Or. Myers, dentist.