The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-06-14
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The Know Nothing Nat Onal COnven.
tiOn-RcPOrt Of tho Platform Com.
New YoRE, June IL.

NEW oRE, June IL.
The Tribune this morning publishes the
majority and minority reports of the Platform
Committee of the National Know, Nothing
Convention, presented yesterday.
The majority report is in favor of the exist.
ing laws on slavery and declares that Con-
gress has no power, under the Constitution,
to legislate upon the subject, or to exclude
any State because of its admitting or reject
ing Slavery; that. Congress ought not to leg
islate upon the subject of Slavery in the
territories, or in the District of Columbia,
and that any interference with the latter,
would violate The compact by which Mary
land ceded the district to the United States
and would be breach of national faith.
The minority report declares the repeal of
The Missouri Compromise, 20 be violation
of plighted faith, and that if an effort for its
restoration should fail, Congress refuse to
admit any Slave State from the portions of
our territory whence slavery was excluded
by the Com promise. No action has as yet
been taken upon either of the reports.
Know Nothing Convention.
PHILADELPHIA, June IL.
The Know Nothing Convention was en-
gagged to-day in discussing the naturalization
lgws.
The Platform committee has made final
report, which will be considered soon as
the naturalization question is disposed Of.
British Recruits.
New YORK, June IL.
The police last evening, made descent
upon the Brig Teazer, lying at Brooklyn, and
found fifty recruits for the foreign legion, and
three agents on board OF her.
Fr0r,,
New ORLEANS, June IL.
By the arrival of the steamer Empire
Civ, we have dates from Havana to the 9Th
but the news is unimportant.
New Hampshire Legislatures
CoNcoRb June IL.
The House has appointed Wednesday for
the election of State Secretary and Trea-
surer. @a.
In the caucus last night the Senate con-
sidered the vote appointing to-day for The
election Of Senators, thus allowing the House
TO take the initiation step in the matter.
1t is confidently stated that the leading
members of both branches will unite upon
James Bell for the long, and John r. Hale
or the short term, for Senators.
Later FroIis Mexico.
NEw ORLEANS, June IL.
By the arrival Of the steamer Oriziba. we
have advices from Mexico to the 81 inst.
Santa Anna had taken possession of camera
which the Revoluliorists left on his approach.
He pursued, and entirely routed them taking
two thousand of them prisoners. Santa
Anna then returned to Morelia, on the 2lst
May, and left again on the ga for Arts,
where another Revolu ionary leader was
posted with two thousand five hundred men =.
Several small bands of RsvoIutio nists
were in the South.
Page & Bacon and the Ohio and Mis-
| sissippi Exai lrOad.
ST. LOUIS, June II.
! Proceedings have been instituted by ih e
city and county of St. Louis, to restrain the
negotiations ot n note in favor of Page &
Bacon, tor 81, ,5S5 dated the 9th inst,
and payable five days after date, purporting
TO have been given by he Ohio and Mssis-
sippt Railway Company, and lite payment
secured by their deed of trust. The legal
validity of these instruments is denied by the
plaintiff.
Neal Bow.
s4ea PORTLAND, June u.
Neal Dow, the Mayor of this town, has
made an official report to the City Council
touching the recent riot. He asserts that
but for the measures taken, the City Agency
would have been SET fire to aud the City Hall
been destroyed. The Board Of Aldermen
endorsed this statement.
PITTSBURGH, June -, P. Nj.
The weather is cool and clear. The riv.
er is falling with ten feet water in the chan
i New Orleans Market.
r.r New ORLEANS. June IL.
4 Germ hat declined to 90c; coffee has ad'
yanced 4c,