Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-21

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SsnArS.-Ms Wilsso iaesodeeed . otu
o proeure Q oasbls bsss es ~ lac
Jhiee justice Of shs osprs0s Coess o.
he q, 0.-Wiiljso CssAiag. Of uees.e
Mr. START iasrodussa bill % ssssd
be Psssot O6es Laws. 80.
~ Seussd sspesssA . bill psostaing
Tor The sxplovssies Of The H'sss N'e"'
10 Africa.
A bill vss posed 70 prsssat Ne eeos. !
le,9eisiue Of d. o. cole; 80 bill eop- !
70 thss Of March 81, to -.
certsio aed settle private lead elsins 10
Csllfornjs. -.
The Ssoass passed bills dividisg Me.
souri ssd Texse sash iste too judicial
Districts.
Ms Gvise ssvs notice 81 bic ieesasioo
Of Introducing . bill sushosising ses
construction Of . No'thssos Seesesso
end Cessssl Psei6o Rsilrosds sod oecs-
ring the right Of prs.snps'oo % oan'os'
ole lsnde.
Mr. Bell Of New Hampshire prsseossd
. petition from Bsstoo and Concord ana
Montreal Il. X. Company, praying Tor .
grant OF land to sosble them 10 pay the
debts contracted in constructing road.
Adjourned.
Il, rsx- Mr. Campbell, Of Ohio. rspos.
ted back from Committse on Wye and
Msans, Senate Submarine Telegraph
Bill vita smsndusnts, ns@ely: Cisissos
Of United States have right - use tho
line Tor oil time Inside Of so years, re-
cognizins the equality Of their righse 70
its use and Of l,oss which q any 0ne
connect With it, terminus ss Newfound'
land, providing is shsll b 10 the power
Of Congress after ten yssrs TO ssso'este
the coussacs on one years. oetiss.
lueffsctual sGoss vac Dsds ia eeele
The bill which pssssd, suesde1 ~ above,
BY vote Of l02 sesioss 81. The amend
mens require the concurrence OF me
Senate.
The House vent into eomsists on The
Tsriff bill.
Mr. Campbell, Of Ohio, prsssossd >
bill, and explained that il wss reported
BY . majority Of the Committee % Wsys
and Means during the lest session, end
modified by Adding vsrious articles 10
the free list, and leaving the item Of
wool with proviso that oil vool OF the
value Of sixtees eents o. lses end nSsy
cents or over, per pound, st the port OF
importation, shall DO duty free. and lea
wing tho intermediate kinds With the pre-
sent duty Of 30 per cent. Lard, hosp,
iron aud sugar rom ins a. they are. This
bill would reduce tho revenue elk nil
lions Of dollars directly, and probably
four to six millions Indirectly, By ssoili.
ties it would give the manufacturing in.
terssts Of tho country. This, after Do
bate, and the Offering Of other provisions,
was agreed to a. subssituts fer NJ.
Wilson's bill, which contemplated re.
duction on oil the present schedules.
The former 10 still open for amendment.
The Committee rose.
The Investigating Conmistee vas pre-.
vented from reporting to-day, 10 conss.
quence Of the arrival OF witnesses end
their examination. The Committee ere
to have . meeting 20. night, 6nslIy TO ar.
range for to- morrow.
( New Orleans, Feb. II.
/ The steamer Texas brings dsses from
San Juan 10 tho 10th inst. The stssmsI
Tennessee had arrived DOT.
j Coils Titus and Lock bridge proceeded
up the river and attacked 800 Costa Ri.
cans 1T rody's Point, At the mouth OF
the Peripuea River. and defeated them
with great loss. American loss tri6ing
! Tho steamers machinery getting on,
~ Nrln ehnv h. A.
! mas, repaired and had gone back sgsin.
There VAS little doubt but they would
he 10 full possession ~ the river 10 a
week. Datos from Walker are TO thu
81 inst, BY the OrixabA from Psnams
The enemy uodor Cora bad appeared
near Rivas, and been driven back on th.
18th. lIrnningson With 400 men At.
tackled 800 OF the enemy at Saiu,
George, driving them fsom their posi-.
ton.
Then returning to R,vss, Walker.
whole force 1T for duty vas 1900 men,
Of whom l., 100 we're 10 excellent health
and spirits. He had provisions and an.
mnnition for three months. A privsss
despatch to the agent Of the As.ooiated
Press, dated 6reytown, 10Th, confirm,
tho foregoing.
New OsIeans Market, l7sh.-Pork elo
sed very dull and with declining ten
dency. ireiehts easier and doll. Al
other criticize unchanged.
Cincinnati, Feb. IS.
Official returns give Slough = me; ,rity
Of 3. He has received . cefti6es,S OF
! nis election.
Trenton, New Jerssv, Feb ~.
Ion John X. Th, mpson has ..,ived
the Democratic causus nominal n 10,
U. s. Senator to-day.
Washington, Eel. IL.
Il Is believed tonight by Ms aber.
Of Congress and Others, both f.o.a let.
tets and verbal reports from Wheat.
land, that the cabinet will be- compos
I cal ofCass, Secretary OF State; Cobb, o.
ga, Treasurer Elk Gov. Brown, o.
T"nnesse, Secretary of Navy Toucey
Attorney General; Nj; Jones Of Tenne.
$50. Post Master General Jacol
Thompson Of Missis- ;rpi. Secretary o.
Interior.
THE SUPPLY OF CoTrox.-Appre
tensions begin to be felt in England
that the supply Of raw material will
not keep pace with the growth Of man
ufactures. Since lS47, the imports O
cotton into Eagland from the L nited
States have doubled. In that year the
imports were l,2s4,OOO bales, and in
1856, 2,465;oOO bales but in the face
OF thia, such hes been the progress Of
British manufactures, and The extcn.
sion ofthe cotton trade, that 1t the end
of le47 The stock on hand a Liver.
pool vas 100000 bales, Of twenty
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