Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-02-20
xxxlyth Conxres&.-Firps Session.
SENATE.

WAsHrSsrox, Feb. IL.
nmotion of Mr.. Fish, tbs secretary of WI
was requested TO report whether any, and if 81
i" wh,, ~, a,iisonal fortiications are necessary fe
i the defence of the harhor of New York an
y Brooklyn Navy lard;
! resolution was adopted ins,ructing the Commit
$ tee on Military Affairs 10 inquire into the expo
e diency of abolshing the MILITARY Asylum at ha'
$ rojsburgh, Kentucky -s
Mr.. Thompson said the old soldiers we're no
satisfied to be so far from salt water, where the
could not get Schniedam Sehnaps and Irish WINS
, Ky. a----e----~
On motion of Mr. Sumner, the Post Office Com
, niittee were instructed to consider whether TIT
charges on letters carried on ocean steamers ar,
not unnecessarily large and burihensome, ant
wbether something NAV not be done and if so
what to secure the benefits of cheap ocean post
age
mittee was instructed to consider the expedien
cy of the appointment of Commissioners TO revise
the Public Statutes, and reduce them to the con
nected text, and render the language plain to all
Adjourned. ..-.... -. aaa
HOUSE. ...........
The House re-adopted the resolution to pro-
ceed to the election of a Printer, when vote
was taken with the following result Follett 6S,
Wendell 66, Farnam l6, Nathan Sergeant 9, scat
tering a. Necessary to choice 81. Mr.. Gull
lum, Clerk of the House, retains Messengers Bare.
lay, Buck and Harris as Clerks. He has removed
twenty others and filed the vacancies.
The Standing Committees will not be announ-
ced to-day. .- -.-....s -.a
More votes were taken, the last resulting as
| follows Follett Co. Wendell II, farnham ., Ser
geant 6, scattering l6. Necessary to choice S4.
| Mr.. Underwood made an Intellectual motion to
| into by q pluralify
Adjourned. ..... .-
| The impression exists here that Mr.. Champion
will shortly retire voluntarily and not in conse-
quence of any demand on the part of his Gov
ernment for his recall.
Senior Almnte left here for Mexico at the ur-
gent solicitation of his friends; the Constitution
| of that country now being remodecd and his
presence deemed necessary for preseut and fu-
| ture contingencies.
| .-aE .- SENATE
| .s.-..... WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.
| Mr.. Wilson, of Mass spoke on Genital Anne
rican question. He contended that should
at once declare the Clayton Bulwer Treaty null
| and void, the course of Great Britain justifying
its abrogaton. He did not apprehend war from
| such a course. Adjourned. @~
| The Chair laid before the Senate the annual re-
| port of the Commissioners ofPatents. The con-
| sideration of the Central American question was
| then resumed.
Mr.. Wilson said that notwithstanding the de-
olaration of the President which had been reit'
Grated by distinguished Senators and reported
by the public press throughout the country that
our relations with England growing out of the
Central American question were in complica
ted condition.
Far-seeing merchants continue to send their
vessels on distant ventures frcighted with tul
cargoes in confident anticipation shat there will
be no rupture of friendly relations with England.
There was not the slightest alarm in the public
mind on that score. People not so diverted
from what is passing on the other side OF the
Mississippi by rumors of war with Great Britain
1t is not very probable that the Executive de-
sires war which would extend the boundaries
of the country to the shores of that Polar sea
gazed on BY DR.. Kane. There is such de-
sire for addition to the free soil of the Rcpubl.u
on the part of the administration.
The only result attained by the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty has been prolific correspondence, and an
intcrminablc discussion which has settled no
point in dispute and carried no result. The trea-
ty had not accomplished what the people OF this
country expected. He thought this Government
had been over-reached in negotiation. Tie trca-
ty was one not fit to be made. He thought the
United States should at once declare it null and
void--just as we stood before it made. The
course of Great Britain justihes us in abroSatlng
the treaty altogether. We need not fear her at
tacking America Let her send as many Anglo
Saxons as she pleases no doubt they would
make good citizens of this country when we
hereafter come into possession there
Mr. Mason thought that the discussion OF the
subject rather embarrassed than aided the soli.
ton of the difficulty surrounding It, He hoped
the question would now be taken on the refer
ence.
Mr. Butler did not look on this question as
likely to issue in war with Great Britain. He
concurrcd in the American Interpretation OF the
treaty, and hoped the matter wonld be referred
to the Committee on Foreign Relations, instead
of being further discussed in the Senate.
Mr. Foote said Mr.. Clayton wished 10 be here,
but was detained by indtsposition. He moved
postponement of the subject till Monday, which
was agreed to- Adjourned.
saMr Douglas, in presenting the petition of a ma
val officer complaining of the action of the retr-
ing board, proposed the pass age ofa law to grant
trial by court martial, when charges made to test
their truth would be doing justice by separating
the worthy from the unworthy.
Mr. Hale introduced bill to repeal the act to
promote the efficiency of the navy. Referred to
Committee ou Naval Affairs.
HOUSE.
The House proceeded to vote for Printer First
ballot as follows: Follet 65, Wendell SO, Farnum
Q, Sargent g. scattering IL. Necessary to
choice S5.
The speaker has not yet announced the COM
mttces.
ter: last vote Follet 65, Wendell SO, Scattering
20. Adjourned.
New ORLEANS, Feb. 0.
The Persia's news received here to-day after
business hours.
Sales cotton to-day 1000 bales. Sugar quoted
at 74a7s.
An attempt was made last night to assas-
sinate Dennis Orcon, one of the editors of the
Delta
CHARLESTON, Feb. ..
The steamer Charles Hortridge was burned on
Monday, near Hawinsville, with nearly six hun
dred bales cotton. No insurance on boat or
cargo.
NORFOLK, Va, Feb. II.
The Pangatatague Light House was swept
away on Saturday night, I'd inst, with the men
who were stationed there. Nothing has been
heard from it since.
New YORK, Feb. 9.
| Advices are received from Liberia to the 18th
December The natives were giving trouble to
| both the American and English settlements. A
| serious disturbance had occurred at Sinoa, be-
tween the natives and the English authorities
Several native towns had been burnt by the
English
| President Roberts, with the British Consul,
| left Monrovia on the 26th November, and ar
rived at Sinoa on tho 27th when they went on
shore and found that several of the inhabitants
had been murdered. The President and Consul
returned the following day to Monrovia, with
several European ladies', in the Teazer, and a
voluntary corps was being raised to digpatch to
Sinoa by the American schooner George An
attack was also expected at Cape Mount.
The Kansas bill for aid was presented by Gov.
Chase to to the Ohio Legislature the 5th inst,
accompanien by message referring in strong
terms to the Missouri Compromise, and the dis
turbance growing out of the repeal. The mes
sage was ordered to be printed, as were also a
series of resolutions offered by Mr.. Caldwell
calling on Congress to interfere in behalf OF
Kansas.
Strong apprehensious are felt here that acme
disaster has happened to the steamer Pacific,
which left Liverpool the 23d. Her agents have
decided to dispatch steamer in search of her.
A dispatch from Washington states that Gen