Oroville daily Butte record., 1858-01-30

ing the capture of Gen. Walker, and embracing the
entire range ofsubiects and circumstances bearing
upon our relations with Nicaragua were adopted.
A vast amount of business brought forward.
Among the most important. notice bill for the
admission of Kansas. offered by Mr.. Pugh as a com
promise. 1t provides for the admission of Kansas
under the Lecompton Constitution and requires
that the clause relative to slavery shall be submit,
ted to direct vote of the people, the 7th OF April
next also that the constitution shall not be con-
strhed so as to impair the right Of the people to alter
or amend it at any time.
The committee territories was instructed TO re-
port to the proprety ofrepeaipg the Utah organ
&c law and attaching that territory to contiguous
Territories.
Bills abolishing the Court of claims. for the or
ganizaton bfa regiment of mounted volunteers in
Texas. for military academy at the Hermitage, in
Tenn for the repeal of certain sections of the
trality laws for the establishment of branch mint
at New York and for the codication of the revenue
laws and the arrangement OF the collection districts
were offered and appropriately referred.
MIscELLANEoUs.-Th Charleston Mercury of the
Goth ult. states that the steamer Fashion, which
conveyed Gen. Walker and his force to Nicaragua.
had put into Havana that the American Consul had
seized tne steamer for alledged rreguarity in her
papers.
4 report was prevalent at Key West on Christmas
day that bark had passed that point with 900 men
on board, who were proceeding to General Walkers
aid
Gen Scott is now in Washington. planning the
spring campaign against the Mormons.
In the Louisiana Legislature resolutions were in
troduced denouncing in very emphatic terms Com.
Paudng, for causing the arrest of Gen. walker
The resolutions read and ordered to be printed
California Stnte 7's 20, are quoted at 66 cents
Nessrs Sather & Church, of San Francisco. have
| made assignment to Peter Wraylor, Esq of this
city. All their small drafts. of one hundred dollars
under, will be paid in full by their assignee, at
his Office, No. 16 Broad street. on presentation-
They have made special preferment TO the holders
of small drafts. On the larger drafts some time will
probably occur before dividend is made, as the
property assigned cannot be made available except
| at great sacrifice.
Gen. Shield and Gov Rice have been elected to
the U. s. Senate from Minnesota.
| The s. will send the Niagara to assist in laying
the Atlantic Telegraph cable.
| The Walker mania in the South and Kansas
matters monopolize the New York papers. Walker
| is perfect lion.
Gov. Denver was forced to give up the arms to
Gen. Edridge which Gov. Geary had taken from
him.
The New York Herald states that the fac
tions in Kansas have at last come to hard
knocks. The Free State and Slavery par
| ties in Bourbon county engaged recently in
a regular pitched battle, in which there was
one man killed, several wounded, and pris-
oners captured OH both sides.
Gen. Lane has entrenched himself at a
| place called Sugar Mound, and asserts his
intention of fighting the U. S. troops, if they
ascend to dislodge him.
| While this bloody work is going on, the
Free State delegates to the Lawrence Con-
vention are at loggerheads upon the qeustion
of participating in the election for State
officers.
We have report from St Louis, of q
terrible battle in Kansas, between General
Lanes forces and the o s. dragons, at Su-
gar Mound, In which, it is said several of
the latter were killed. 1t is also reported,
that the dragons retreated, and that Gov.
Denver had sent four companies of infantry
to assist them. Moreover, that the free state
men to the number of 200, had rallied in
support of Lane, and that q fearful collision
was expected.
| Kansas advices of the 22d inst, had been
received at st. Louis The Lecompton Con.
stitution, with slavery, was carried at the
election on the 2lst, by large maj jority.
The returns as yet received, are, however,
very meagre.
1t was reported at Lawrence, that body
of free state men were going to Lecompton
to seize the territorial arms
European NeKs.
An attempt to launch the Leviathan was
failure, further attempts postponed sine
die.
Monetary affairs are somewhat easier in
| England and Hamburg, but in the North Of
| cuIope, tHe HIeSouic otiii Acle Will b iS"s
severity.
At London money was plentiful, Consols
had improved, stock spcculations were active,
and reduction in the bank rate of interest
was expected to take place shortly. The
rate of interest at Paris and Hamburg had
already been reduced, meantime heavy com
mercal failures continued to be reported
daily. The liabilities of suspended houses
in Great Britain, since Oct. last, are esti-
mated at ESQ million dollars, and this enor-
nous sum it is believed to be inside the
mark. The American produce markets
were depressed.
There was no political news of Importance.
1t was reported that the Emperor Napoleon
would grant a general amnesty for press
offenses on New Years day.
The Spanish Government bad granted am
nesty for political officers in her trans-At-
lantic possessions.
There is nothing later from India or
China
The contractors for raising the sunksn
ships in the harbor of Sebastopol, have
abandoned the work
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San Francisco News.