Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-02-17
LATEST 1NTELLIGENoE.
cIscISxATI, Feb. ~.

and thawing rapidly.
Flour firm at $8 lO08 25. IS
Whisky 24i(025c.
Provisions firm but not much doing.
Cloyerseed Sc 6O@6 "a, with 1nsimprov-
I'd demand. ~ IT Is i'll SA2I
:. Eastera exchange declined to 4 Uranium.
Money easy fer first class paper.
- AWAsHrSdroS, Feb. II.
Hiram ii. Robinson has bsea nominated
Marshal, Hiram n. Wilnor, Judge, Hugh
B. Jewett, District Attorney for the new ju-
1icial district in Ohio. F9s IS ~ a..
t'sss'q .ssl scoNGREssIoNAL. '.' ~ RS ''es
i.ewS 80 q ..Iis 81 SENATE. Ja9 sa AZ
+ Houston's resolution, asking the Secretary
Of War for additional information respecting
Fort Leavenworth was agreed to. -f4 }sa
Jones Of Iowa presented memorial from
The Legislature Of Iowa in favor of an over
land mail and line of telegraph to the Pacific:
ordered to be printed. ge d
Mr.. Sumner introduceda bill to secure va.
ges to seamen in case of wreck, He said by
existing maratime law, xages are made to
depend Cd the 70; &c, so that If there is
teal loss OF ship and cargo, sailors lose their
wages; this hardship 10 removed 10 England
by an act of parliament. The bill iDtrodu-
ced will remove il 90 far a. this country 10
concerned. 2s va 6&fsa an - oil
Mr.. Seward introduced separate bills, pur-
suant to previous notice for improving lake
harbors; which on motion of Mr.. Stewart,
was referred to Committee of commerce.
Mr.. Seward called up the bill to remit or
refund the duties on goods destroyed BY the
great FIRE, reported by the Finance committee;
xrhsch napsAd
ABSTRACT OF THE BrLL.-The Secretary of
the treasury to remit or refund the duties on
unbroken and original packages destroyed
by FIRE, which were imported between the 7th
July, 1888, and the 2Sth March, 1854 The
Collector and Naval officer to be commissions
ed to entertain these losses. Goods must
have been destroyed within Eve years, and
if imported subsequently to the passage OF
this act. within two years from their impor-
tation. Testimony before the commissioner
must be in writing; pro rata allowance for
damages when totally destroyed; if no Ma
val officer within the district the District
ATTORNEY, or some other collectors to be com
missionera.
Mr.. Toucey called up the bill establishing
circuit court of the United States for Califor-
MIA. Passed. aff5 0DG
Mr.. Petit called up the bill for fixing tho
salaries of District Judges of the United
States. 81 .s@. 80. a.
The Senate then took up the Indian APP
preparation bill, which was debated ut much
length variously amended and passed. Senate
adjourned. 4asaa rtiae
&" '1at s Pairs HOUSE. Il tta
A resolution Of Mr.. Jones, Of Tenn, was
adopted, that for the remainder Of tho SEES
sion all debates in Committee Of the whole
shall be confined strictly to the question or
proposition and consideration, excepting
such evening sessions as the majority may or
der for general debate.
On motion Of Mr.. Bayly of Virginia, the
House suspended the rules to take up the
Senate joint resolution, authorizing the Pres
ident to confer brevet titles Of Lieut.. General
ON General Scott, for eminent military ser
vices. Passed log to 65.
A tillestablishing an additional land Dis
trict in WISCONSIN was considered and pass
ed. ! y ii. & ~ 90 - 3 =, =
The House then took up the Joint resolu-
ton for payment of certain Florida claim
ants uoder the treaty Of 1919 with Spain, and
sfter considerable debate without vote the
House adjourned. Ira .sa.
lttg at, New YoRK, Feb. IL. Z
The steamship Star of the West sailed this
afternoon for San Juan with full compile
ment of passengers. aa -
In the matter of the claim set up by the
Sunday Courier for the sum of nine dollars
and interest for the insertion Of certain ad-
vertisments, and which was resisted on the
ground of the contract being in violation Of
the Sunday Law, Judge Roosevslt to. day in
the U. S. Circuit Court, sustained tho dc.
fence. and ruled that the money could not
be collected from any court in theState.
Theordore H. Gray, who created consider.
able attention here q short time since, by
throwing vi.riol on ladies dresses, &c., was
to- day discharged on the ground Of insanity.
The repair shop on the Grand Trunk Rail
road at Gorham, N. H., Was destroyed BY ERE
this morning. Loss not known.
fa WAsHlScroS, Feb. y.
The Singapoor Press, of Dec. Let says that
Mr.. Mclean, American Commissioner ia
China was about TO leave for Bsnkok to re-
new negotiations for . new treaty with the
King Of Siam.
NEw ORLEANS, Feb. IL.
.Tweaty-six business houses in Grenada,
Miss, were deatroYed by FIRE on the 4th, with
loss of $l63, 900. Insured for Sc, 900.
At Troy Miss, on the 8tn &c, 900 bales oi
cotton were consumed BY FIRE. s4a
4.a-e aes .9e'k OswEoo, Feb. IL.
The propeller st. Nicholas arrived here
to- day with 9, ZOO bbls -four. She sncoun.
tered ice at the mouth of the Niagara rive,
Otherwise, her passage has been unobstruet.
cd.
WAsHlNcroN, Feb. 10.
COMBINATIONS By THE SENArE.-Benjamir
O'Pritchett, Postmaster At Maysvills, Ken
lucky; Sam'l B. Colding, Pennsylvania, Con
sui for the Empire of Morocco, vice Geo. 7
Brown recalled; S. S. Cox, editor Of th,
Ohio Statesman, nominated IS secretary Of
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