The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-12-24

$ The N: ", Bcsssn ana A16any Banks have
resumed specie. payments
Z The earnings Of theft Worth Missouri Railroad
in Oct. 1857, were 81 1884 80, agains. s4,7o1 60,
in Oct. 1856. 6ixty-6ve miles completed.
James H. Hammond has been chosen sena-
tor from South Carolina, for the unexpired
term of Sen. Butler. y. ~ 80 n s.sst
The U. s. Treasury has suspended, payment
of 100000 having been refused last week.
Buchanan recommends the Issue of sac, 000,-
600 Treasury notes.
Phillibuster Walker has reach'd Nicaragua.
and effected landing. A correspondent from
that quarter, thinks that six weeks will be the
extent Of his stay 80 a7se'a gag a1d,i'.qEa
The P. M. Gen. reports expenditures OF P.
o. Department in 1881, Sll ,5ps t057s and, re-
ceipts $s,053.95i, a lossref ,$3l453.71s. EST.
mates for expenditures SO ,e5s PIT, Re-
ceipts slo,5s4 ora, excess 81 former ISL ,aB9,-
,'73. There are 26 ,5s6. post Offices, and 242,-
6ol.niles of Route. sss4gao3 80 unrgroa s1it
% Secretary Stanton called a session of the
Kansas Legislature; wlierenpon, as speedily
as lightning, could travel he was remoyeaby
Buchanan and Gen. Denver af Mo-. appoint.
ed in his places Mr.. Buchanan in his mess.
age gives as the slast version of Saastter Sow
ereignty, the right Of the people to say wheth,
they. will have niggcrs or notl Poor old hum
bugi 60 ss3,s, ~, IL s4et e84 ba1
The Secretary of the Treasury reports re-
ceipts for the year ending Jnne 30th, 1857
$88, 532 1899 ~ expenditures for same period
SIC, 1926, 724 So, leaving in the Treasury, July
1, 1857, $17,7l0,114 81. / Receipts for the Isl
quarter of the present fisca. year, ending Sept
Both, 1857, were 500, 929,s19 81, expenditures
for same quarter So, TAPES 81. ~ re-.
The Collegiate Buildings of Bethany Col
lege, Va, together with three fine libraries
have been consumed by fire. nsa6ll
Iranistan,the country seat Of P. It. Barnum
was burned to the ground on the 18th.
Gov. Walker has resigned. In his letter OF
resignation, he vindicates his course in Kan.
sas, and dwells at length upon Popular Sover.
eighty, as he understands it, He has issued ar
address 10 the people of the United States
which has not come to hand yet. ,al.fs. ss
On the 18th, in the Senate, Mr.. Douglas in.
troduced bill to authorize the people of Kan
sas to frame constitution and State Govern
ment. Mr.. Green Of Mo-, replied to Mr.. d.
contending that Kansas ought to be admitted
under the Lecompton constitution. Mr.. Doug
las replied, further explaining and vindicatine
his objections. Mr.. Green responded.
| By the Canada from Liverpool, arrived on
the 18th of December, we are informed o.
the meeting of Parliament, the Queens speech
which is vague. activity Of the cotton market
continuance Of the panic, more failures. Tht
Leviathan moves some. The Government arr
about relieving the India company OF then
governmental powers and taking charge Of
| that country itself directly.
Tammany Hall has been refused to the Ad.
miristration Democrats, to hold a meeting IL
sustain Buchanan in his course on the Kansas
question. The meeting was held in the Park.
Thirty Protestant Clergvmen Of Washington
rendered, their services to Congress.
ShieldH& Steel are the names Of the u s.
SenatorSfrom Minnesota: James Shields for
merlv Senator from Illinois, and Steel, the
speculator in the Fl. Smelling swindle.
Oregon has adopted Constitution prohib-
ting slavery, and free negroes too.