Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
The London correspondent of the N. Y
Herald says the Derby Cabinet has sent ou
orders for the immediate stoppage of tn
search outrages. Every British officer con
cerned in them will be punished, and ampl
apology made to our government.
A negro kidnapper named Bayless, a
Petersburg, Va, was sentenced on the 1Otl
to 40 years in the penitentiary years fol
each indictment against him.
Official information has been received
from Gov. Cumming, of his arrival at Sal
Lake City, and favorable reception there
Brigham Young formally deliverd to him al
authority, and counselled the people to obe-
dience. There was not the slightest demon.
stration of hostility. Brigham and the
prominent Mormons were to have left Salt
Lake on Tuesday last. The various Mormon
settlements were broken up, and the inhabi-
tants were moving for, or in the direction Of
Sonora. The scene is represented to have
been most distressing and mournful, as the
men, women and rh;ia---'' r-~.'J o'"u ana
lily provided for, uncomplainingly took
their departure from the territory. -
. The President sent a message to the
House on the 10th, enclosing the late news
from the Mormons. He says there is reason
to believe that our difficulties with Utah
have terminated, and that the laws are re-
stored. He congratulates Congress on this
auspicious event, expresses the opinion that
there will be no occasion to make the appro-
priation for the three regiments of volunteers
recently authorized for quelling the disturb
ances in Utah, and for the protection of the
emigrant trains and supplies, and says that
Texas can he protected by the regular troops
now within her limits.
-Quarrels or fights on the floor of Con-
gress are becoming everyday occurrences.
Only few days ago, Messrs. Harris and
Hughes had war of words, with threats of
bloodshed, in the House. The telegraph of
the 10th informs us that on the evening Of
that day sudden outbreak between Messrs
Gwin and Wilson caused great excitement.
Mr.. Wilson was speaking of the way the
government was plundered in California.
Mr.. Gwin intimated that Mr.. Wilson talked
like demagogue. Mr.. Wilson replied that
he would rather be demagogue than thief,
meaning to apply the term thief to the plum
dering of the government in California. Mr..
Gwin asked for an explanation. Mr.. Wilson
said he had none to give, upon which Mr..
Gwin said he was calumniator, liar and
coward. There the colloquy ended
"A disastrous food occurred in Indiana
last week. A dispatch of the 10th from
Lafayette says it commenced raining at IL
O'Clock Wednesday noon, and continued
until Friday morning. The Wabash river
rose with fearful rapidity. The inhabitants
on the river bottoms awoke in the morning
to find their houses rapidly filing with water
and were obliged to escape in boats and by
swimming on horses. 1t is impossible to
estimate the damage by the flood. 1t was
immense.
-Chauncey Shaffer, prominent lawyer
and politician of New York city, attempted
on the llth to shoot Justice Stearns, while
the latter was attending to his duties in the
Police Court. Mr. S. is one of the revival
and is supposed to be insane
The Miami river was at food hight, at
Dayton, on Saturday last 1t rose two feet
the night previous. McPhersontown was
inundated.
FoRElGN.--The Novascotian arrived at St.
Johns, N. B. on the 18th, with Liverpool
dates to the 81. News unimportant. Mr.
stated in the House of commons
that .he British Government had no official
in regard to the reported outra-
ges on Ameaican vessels in the Gulf, but
they had reason to believe the reports had
been exaggerated. They were as anxious as
the Americon Government to avoid all cause
of complaint, and strict orders had been is
sued to the officers in the stations to be espe
cially cautious. The niagara and Agamem-
non having telegraph cable on board, sailed
from Plymouth Sound on the evening of the
10Th ult.
"A fire at Evansville, Ind, on the night
Of the 18th, destroyed property to the
amount of 100000. ... ...
"A terrible gale occurred on the Banks
Of Newfoundland, about two weeks ago,
by immense destruction of life and
Three hundred fishermen are said
10 have been lost.
= The House has refused to concur in the
Senate's amendment to the P. O. Appropri-
alton Bill, increasing the rate of postage
and abolishing the franking privilege, and
agreed to the amendment giving the Post
Office printing to the lowest bidders.
"A dispatch from Washington of the l4th
says the difficulty between Senators Wilson
and Gwin has been adjusted by tho former
1sclaiming the meaning imputed to his
words by Mr.. Gwin, and by the latter with
drawing his disrespectful language, The
adjustment was made after reference of
the subject to Senators Crittenden, Seward
md Davis, by the disputants.
CoNakEss. 12th.-.The naval bill
passed both houses, amended to provide for
seven sloops-of- war and sde-whee steam
er for China seas. The Indian deficiency
anc twenty million loan bill also passed
also the Ocean mail steamer bill. Alsothe
bill for the collection of the revenue. lso
the House bill for the carriage of the mails
from st Joseph, Mo, to P.acerville, Cali
fornia, and various other private bills. The
Senate decided that Messrs. Bright and Fitch
are entitled to their seats. All tho appro-
priation bills are through except the light
house and post Office. On amendments to
Tho lot