The Empire County argus., 1855-03-24
ATLANTIC NEWS

The steamer John l.. Stephens arrived at Sar
Francisco on Saturday last at two o'clock A. M.
In the u s. Senate the bill pending for rail
road from the Mississippi valley to the Pacific was
debated and finally passed by vote of "a to 2l
The bill provides for the construction of three roads
and grants twelve sections Of land per mile in aid
thereof.
The Pacific Telegraph bill has been passed-the
grant of land was stricken out and the bill now
passed grants the right of way of 200 feet wide in
perpetuity, and leaves the parties to select their
own route, to build in their own time, to fix their
own rates of toll and extends all the property
of the iae the penal laws of the United States for
it's protection.
Mr. McDougall moved the suspension of the
rules in order to report bill authorising daily
express mail between St. Louis and San Francisco.
Not agreed to, by vote of lO4 to 65
The Legislature of Texas met in Joint Conven-
ton and ballotted twice for U. S. Senator in place
of Mr. Cooper There were 130 members present
and on the second trial Lemon Cameron, Know
Nothing Democrat, received IS votes, coming with
in of an election. A motion to postpone the elec
ton for two weeks, was made and carried by three
majority.
The election for United States Senator in Penn
sylvania has been postponed to the 9th of July.
Election of u S. Senator from Missouri indef-
nitey postponed.
Gov Gardner, of Mass, has been hauled up be-
fore the courts for blocking up the side walks Of
Boston.
The President has vetoed the French Spoliation
bill.
An attempt to pass the French Bill over the veto,
failed in the House.
The N Y. Herald says that the Kinney expedi-
tion is bound for Cuba.
The bill providing for building seven sloops of
war has been defeated
A. Belmont U. S. Minister to the Hague has no.
tilted the government of his resignation.
The Seward and anti-Seward men throughout
New York are getting excited. Speaker Littlejohn
of the Assembly, prominent friend of Seward, and
Daniel Ullman, late Know Nothing candidate for
Governor, have been burnt in etigy in Albany,
amid hootings and execrations
Page, Bacon & Co.'s last shipment of gold was
robbed on the isthmus, by the substitute of scrap
iron, in two boxes. The gold dust was valued at
$4,000. The Transit Co. are the losers.
Page & Bacon resumed payment on the 10Th of
February.
The President has refused to send to the Senate
the correspondence relative to the imprisonment of
Consul Dillon at San Francisco, because negotia-
tions on that subject still pending. The Iresi
dent expressed hopes Of satisfactory arrangement
The Secretary of the Navy has appointed Com
manders Engle and Gardiner to select propelers to
be sent on the expedition in search of DR.. Kane.
The American Organ publishes letter from
CcudtoI VllSoi Ill answer W qutStlOiiS propounucu
by the editor of that paper. He says that he fully
recognizes the doctrine of State Rights in its app
cation to Slavery; that he does not entertain the
opinion that Congress has any power to interfere
with Slavery as it exists ander State laws; and
that the American Organization in Massachusetts,
does not embrace the subject of Slavery among
those for the regulation of which it was formed.
CUBA.-At Havana, during the week ending
Feb. 10th, great excitement existed in consequence
of the discovery of plot to assassinate the Captain
General and his advisers at the opera
descent upon the Island was apprehended from
Gen. Quitman, with 5000 men.
The Kinney expedition is now pretty well ascer
tained to be intended for Cuba.
Great excitement still prevailed. New militia
companies were being formed.
The whole Island has been declared in a state of
seige and all the forts in state of blockade
A proclamation has been issued ordering the en-
listment of all volunteers between the ages of Is
and So who were capable of bearing arms.
No news of Importance from Europe. Sevasto-
pol remains mpregnable