Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20
the vicinity OF Fort Scott. No fights re-
% oa,Dosss DE- 4. wa. published

the vicinity OF Fort Scott. NO lights re-
&C &C. o.,p .,!. ~. wa. published
at Washington sfle III. He says he has
written to Cos Denver to procure the
sworn sta,emenflof tts judges of the con.
tspyertsd Delaware csos-ing precinct, and
to have them taken under such circum-
stances as will secure free and unbiased
exhibition of the facts. BY the sworn state;
lnents 50 procured, he shall be governed in
giving the certificates of election of mem
bers of the legislature from Leavenworth
County. II j. shall, as it probably will, place
the government Of Kansas in the bands of
his enemies, no one will regret it more, yet
he shall honestly discharge his official duty
"A large ard enthusiastic anti Lecompton
meeting was held at New York, in the Chi
ness Assembly Rooms, on the evening of the
18th. Mr.. Bancroft presided, and Mr.. Stan .
ton spoke over three hours. Resolutions
were adopted in opposition to the Lecompton
Constitution, Offering thanks to Walker,
Stal ton, Douglas, Harris, Haskin and Wise,
and requesting the immediate representa-
tives of that city in Congress to vote against
Lecompton.
A fire in Now York on the night of the
18th destroyed the stores of Wendell Co.,
elias. Ahrenfeldt and Edward Herr, on
Maiden | ane and Liberty street. Aggregate
loss nearly 100000 mostly insured.
The western public school building at
Springfield, o., was consumed by fire on the
night of the 18th. Loss ,00O--insured
for $500. ..... ..........
CONGRESS. - Feb. 18th. - In the Senate,
Mr.. Green, from the Committee on Terrific.
ries, reported a bill for the admission of
Kansas, submitting Herewith long report,
which was not read. Messrs. Douglas and
Collamer severally presented minority re-
ports. The reports were all ordered to be
printed. MIR. Green gave notice that he
should call up the matter at an early day.
The Army bill was taken up and the 4th Sec
ton of the original bill stricken out by a
vote of "a to %. Mr.. Wilson offered an
amendment to the effect that reduction at
the end of two years should not operate on
any officer at the date of the approval of this
act, which was adopted
In the House, Mr.. IL. Winter Davis, Of
Md, made personal explanation. He
read extracts from speech of his colleague
against the American party during the Bal
timore election, representing him as saying,
looking towards Mr.. Davis. "You, sir,
have day of reckoning l will put you un-
der my foot, you shall not live an hour,
&C." Mr.. Davis wished to know whether
his colleague had applied this language to
him. Mr.. Bowie replied that when he thus
spoke he personifed the American party and
did not mean to apply his remarks person
ally to Mr.. Davis, but to the party which
struck down the Democratic party of Balti-
more by force and bloodshed. He repeated
a day of reckoning will come, there will be
q war of the people against such wrongs. He
did not say how far Mr. Davis counseled
such wrongs, but if he did, he should take
the responsibility. He had not personally
any unkindness for his colleague and felt
grieved to think that he had wounded him.