Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1855-03-07

WAsBlNGroS, Feb 90.
The Secretary of the Navy has appointed
Commanders Eagle and Gardner to select pro
pe'lers TO De sent on the expedition in search
+ The American Organ this p. M. publ;sbe.
a letter from Senator Wilson ia answer to cues.
lions propouHded by the editor OF that paper.
lie says that he fully recognizes the doc rina
OF state Rights, in IT'S application to-slaverv !.
but he does not mention the opinion that Cor
eres mas any Power to interiors with slavery
as it exists.
- New YoRK, Feb. 20.
Gen Sam. Houston delivered his lectnre ~,
the American Indians before The New England
ioungmen's Association and great pather,ngs
OF citizens last evening. He was received with
much enthusiasm and a: the close ,be voca ~
the crowd nominated him for the ner, p,ss;.
dency VIII ich was received with three cheer.
After the lecture be was serenaded at his Ho.
tel.
CONSUMPTION BArFLED-S'nce the days Of Es-
culaPius medical men have striven tn vain "a
conquer that arch enemy Of mankind. cobsII,nn.
ton. DR.. Aver. OF Lowell, Mass, has We have
every reason to believe, succeeded in attaining
this object, nearer than any predecessor or con.
temporary He calls his remedy AYERS Cher.
~ Pectoral, oy which name it has been fayora !.
bly, known for manv years in all parts Of the
world. 1t Is recommended by numerous emf
rent persons as the best remedy for disease.
Of the throat and lungs extant. Dr.. Aver re-
Gently received letter from Hon. Daniel Web
ster, IN which that statesman speaks Of the
ectoral in the highest terms, and men,ions
that be is personally knowing TO the nsefnl.
ness of this article in both America and
Europe-New York Sunday Times.
The LATE SENATOR NoasIs.-Frederic Dou..
las writes to his paper--I was in Pits6.ld n
d., Twelve years age-a stranger. dste.fed
summed by saint and sinner with M ono ~
befriend me-the hotel closed against me~no
house TO shelter me-homeless and breadles,
and 10 this condition the late Hon. Moses Nor
tbs iound me Walking among the tombs in :he
graveyard behind the Town Horss ~ Dr..
field. He spoke to me, and invited me 10 h;s
house. and treated me like man and broth.
er.-Exchange paper.
q That's just where Fred Douglas and
morrison differ. One niger doesu' 4 hes;,.,.
70 say that the kindest ACT be ever rece;vsd \.
his lie came from Neb-asks Democrat In.
the other says in his Patriot that no Nebr.sL.
man was ever known 10 do an honorable. Art
henever you overtake difference Of on, = I'm
like this between right black niger and ons
tnas Is parity white, you may rest assured the
olack one is the most honorable niger Of The
Herald. <''"'y
Daniel Dufour died at veyay, Indiana. ON
the 18th OF January, aged IS years and IL
months. About fifty years ago. M Du,onr
came to this country from ve,ay, Switssr.
land. in the then territory of Indiana. vher.
ne Som meneed the cultivation of the grape and
making OF vine. He laid out q town, ' hich IL
called Vevay, after the place whence be emi.
PROUD DIsrrNcrIoS.-During a recent de-
pate IN Parliament, Mr.. Golden virtualIv a..
knowiedged the United States to be less vui.
neraole against attack from without than AM
other country in the world. His words vers
here Is no country. except the United.
states, where you cannot permanently main .
tam footing better than in Russia"
REwARD..The Rochester Adseysi.-r saw. II :.
70 vernon Clark has offered . reward Of 400
Tor the arrest AID conviction of the mur.Ss,ss
Or murderers Of Gideon westeost., late Of Az.
retP. jefferson county, who was murdered On,
the night Of the 9Th u February. -