Georgetown weekly news., 1855-01-18
Arrival Of the John {. STEPHENS,

Arrival OF the John L. Stephens.
Latest News from the States and -Euro,a
iThenews by the John L. Stephens is nnor.
tant, though not strange or exciting. We con.
dense from our exchanges:
The Pacific Railroad Bill has again been most
poned'by Mr. McDougal till the second week in
January. The California delegation are prenar'
ed to bring forward and urge the immediate mas.
sage of bill to make wagon read across flo
plains and protect it by military posts Mr.. In,
than made an elaborate report from the co,umt.
tee on public lands in favor of extending tbe
California Land Commission The report giyos
a graphic history of this Commission herctofore
a Summary statement of labor, and Compares i
with the operations of preTions companies of tbe
same character. The comparison is avery fa
vorableione to the California Board There is no
doubt of the success of the bill. - - - s..
Gen. Worth's heirs have petitioned for relief
Gen. Shields reported aybill to increase the Off
cerssof the army, and gave notice that he should
call itup for consideration at an early day.
Post Master General Campbell has notified the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, that unless
they will give weekly mail service to California
for the $3.50 600 per annum they now receive for
semimonthly service, he will use all his influence
to get the contract repealed by Congress at its
present session. Present appearances are that
the company will not yield to this demand The
California delegation will doubtless sustain the
Department
The House yesterday, on Mr. Latham motion,
adopted an amendment appropriating s225 ,000
in the Indian Appropriation bill;F for California
Indian purposesAto remove the indians, settle
and eiYilZe them. a- ntcf
Mr.. Weller has introduced resolution calling
upon the President for correspondence had with
the French Government in relation to the Consul
Dillon affair, but the answer has not vet been re-
ceiyed H9I ia yauIGssk
A controversy is going on in the Pest Office
Department between members of the California
Delegation relative to the removal of the Post
Masters at Georgetown and Placeville, FL Dora
do county California. The Senatorial question
enters into this fight.
he'Committee on Territories in the House
have agreed unanimously to make n favorable
report upon the. Senate bill oflast session, to
tablisl-a subteTTanean line of ma gnetc telegraph
to California. Great hopes are entertained by.
the delegation of this bin or the bill to establish
line of mail steamers between San Francisco
and Shanghai. The effort will first he made to
carry the latter measure, and If that fail, sue
cessful fight will probably be made for the tele-
graph. 1t seem to be pretty generally conceded
that both measures cannot be'earried at the pres
ent session. F ~
Lieut.. Col. Steptoe, U. S.. A., has been recon-
mended by the Senate, as Governor of Utah. in
place of Brigham Young. He is already.at Salt
Lake City in command of detachment of U. S.
troops, designed for service in California Or Ore
gon. ..
Gov. Recder of Kansas. has refused to orderan
election for the Legislative Council of Kansas,
until next spring. In reply to demand made
from a meeting at Leavenworth city for an i'm
mediate election, GOV. r. presents the following
pointed refusal:
1.-The meeting is not of the citizens of Kansas,
as your proceeding will show if you produce it,
was committee composed mostly OF citizens
Of Missouri and few of the citizens Of Kansas
Col keaneys project of establishing a new
Central American Republic continues to receive
very general encouragement.
ErRoPEAN NEws.-The news from tie seat of
war is up to the 22d of November
On the 18th the Russians made sortie in which
they were repulsed, with the less of 400 men,
The French lost only 40 On the night of the
2lst an encounter took place between a Russian
party and English rifles, III which the latter had
the advantage.
The last St. Petersburg dispatch is to the 24tll
November, 1t states that up to that date no
change had taken place. The siege was progress
sing, and the fire of the be,iegers Stacked
Omer Pacha is forthwith to enter Moldavia
with 6S 900 men; Achmet Pacha with 20 coo will
occupy Baadagh. flV