Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-09

n lon April .

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3, sas .on April 2;
s 4 ~ mate q aased bill fcr the renei
81 M q ~ XI69Ny ~ jolnt resolutions
deel.r;ne The manner ii which pension laws togs
hereft al Cherokee Indians shall be execnted
m. Collan,er, Konsas affairs being under con.
s;deration srYued to show that By practscal
ennstructiou Of the Constitution, Congress- never
Submitted the question of freedom or slavery 70
the people OF the Tesfitefies, and insisted e9a-
gress had the power 70 le6isate therein. " dc-
Tended the Eniigrant Aid Society, and read nom
South Carolina papers 70 show that tnc SCUM
had adopted similar measures. thus entering M
to competition with the North, which was AZ
together proper. Without concluding, ne yieid-
ed to emotion to adjourn.
House--The House WAS considering the Sena-
tors amendment to the Deficiency Appropr'a-
ton bill. The proceedings wero uninteresting.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April 4.
SrNArE.-Mr Seward gave notice Of his inten- |
ton to introduce supplementary bill to the CO.
py-right Of 1921. The Senate then considered
the bill to allow extra compensation to George |
p. Marsh, for diplomatic services in his special
mission to Greece.
HousE.-Mr. Evans introduced 4 bill toautho- |
rize the construction Of aNorthern-Sout CEN
trail railroad and telegraph line. Referred TO Sc
lect committee.
New York, April 8.
Private accounts from Nicaragua brought by
passengers of the Star Of the West, state that
there Is great mortality among the recruite in
Walkers army who went from the northern parts
of the q. S. as well as foreign population gener-
ally Many of Walkers troops die daily The
correspondence of the Times states that three
out of Eve of the male population Of Nicaragua
had left the state; some for Costa RIGA and some
for Honduras. 4
| Propositions from San Salvador were brought
to Granada by native of high standing who
while waiting for his dispatches offered his SER
vices to Walker by seeking situation in tho
| Nicaragua army. Schlessengers instructions are
| not to proceed farther than Guanacaste, 40 miles
| from the border of Costa Rica until he receives
4 reinforcements, but to capture all the munitions
i of war and destroy the city and return. Anoth-
1 er account says, Ricansarmv consists ofEnglish
and Irish who have seen service and includes
{. many European troops and it is thought Walker
. would be driven from the~country.
i The English naval force at Greytown remain
inactive and intimation had been given that un-
less threatened it would remain so. An editor,
rial in the Tribune gives the following facts de-
rived fro ma trustworthy source at Washington:
The coalition against the present government
of the four states of Costa RIGA, San Salvador.
Honduras and Guatemala positively exists a re-
suit to produce which, much mas been done IN
this city. Besides this there is a project on
foot to annex Costa RIGA to the republic Of New
Grenada, in order to bring greater strength to
bear in Central America than the small States
lcould raise.
South America diplomatists guided by English
and by other European diplomatists, are active
in this political intrigue. According to present
appearances it is their plan to draw Walkers
forces into Costa Rica for the purpose of expos
ing Nicaragua on the side of Honduras, San Sal
vador and Guatemala. f
The minister of New Grenada, at Washington
has gone to Centarl America to expedite then
arrangements As@
Gideon A. North, President of the City Banl
} of New York, died this morning. .st-.
Providence, R. /. April 8.
Nearly all the returns of the State election
are in Hoppin for Governor, Bartlett for Sec
rotary of State,. and Hart for Attorney General
received 5000 majority. They were on thu
, Know Nothing and Republican ticket. Nc
The coalition have clear majority of boil
; branches of the Assembly over the Democrats.
The Senate stands 16 Americans and Republi
/, cans, DEMOCRATS, Wing and 5 vacancies. TIL
t House stands about 80 Amer and Rep, 81 Dem
and Is vacancies. The classification is not en-
tirely accurate, but nearly so. There is no doub
p of majority of tho allied American and Repuh
t lican parties in both Houses. The total are 70
: Gov. Heppar, 9,946, Potter 6,096, scattering Ii
:. For Lieut.. Governor, 1890 for Pell, 7,l46 70
:. Robinson, 1923 scattering S''. .a' ss
:. New York, Apr. 8, Pm.
!, FLoUR.-Marketo one shilling lower, sales, $50
: bbls, 6,75a7 for choice state and western nike
u ,3S for extra state, closing heavy. Canadian
L. zskoI lo~,a oo1a - III, SanFS
a GRAIN.-Wheat quiet, firmly held, sales SINAI
;; parcels Of prime white Canadian at 1886. Ry
: dull and lower, sales 200 bush ut LOS. Corn ad
6 vanced cents, sales 10000 bush at 6Oa70 70
common to prime new mixed yellow and south
ern and Jersey. Oats unchanged.
a PRovIsIoNs.-Pork quiet, sales 300 bbls a
;. l6,75a16,S7 for mess; 1850 for prime. Bee
- steady, sales moderate.-Dressed Hogs seln
J, at 71as. Lard better, sales 200 bbls at 9aalOa
= fasas ae@ .z ST. Louis, A pril 8.
: The Santa Fe Gazette of the LIST, says tina
h Gen. Gaines has ordered 260 troops under Ce
e Chandler to take the field early in March an
). invade the ella Apache country, and demand {
them satisfaction for the murders and robberie
u committed by them
d The Court Martial for the trial Of Maj. Blak
If and Lieut.. johnson adjournee on the l1th.-
=. johnson was acquitted, but the case of Blak
was postponed for further hearing on account {
u the absence of material witnesses for the d.
1t fence. q go e s.., -.-...... o., )
p za, 1.f .zas New Orleans, April 4. l.
al Advices from Vera Cruz to the oath ult., re
If port that the Puebla revoutionists SURRENDERED
;s to the Government troops on the 22d. No fur
:, ther particulars.
: SEE Sf Baltimore, April 4.
The Southern mail brings dates to Saturday.
" j. E. Wans.er, clerk of the State Bank of Soutl
y Carolina, at Charleston, has been arrested to
,r issuing fraudulent stock, to the amount o
p $50, 900. .s. iii g., ...-.5 q ,.,s..f ,s.-s....E
a,- 4...as New York, April A.
4 The steamship Asia is below with days late
news from Europe. s---sf.r-. ~. .s..- ~
2P M-The Asia has not reached her dock
She came in by the Squash channel, thereby de
: feating the efforts to get news from her by wa.
r. of Sandy Hook.
The Collins steamer Adriatic is to be Launched
next Monday forenoon. .- $500
e veg &se Washington, April 4.
n The Union of this morning contains lette
q from Hon. James Buchanan, dated Dec. 2Sth, il
which he declares that the Missouri Compromis
y is dead and gone, and asserts that the Nebrask
:, bill is the only basis upon which the SLAYER
Iduestion can be settled, that it must be adhere
s to at all hazard and even the storm faced tina
:, can be brought against it. 4, ..ssls5 i.
: from the Muscatine Daily Journal April 1stl
Destructive Fire. area - '@s
e One of the most destructive fires which ha
+ visited our city since Benefits mill was burn
in 1851 occurred last Sunday night by whicl