The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-05-06
The News.

Lecompton has triumphed at last. so far as
Congress is concerned The Bill with the Eng
lish ordinance. granting an immense quantity
Of land for Railroad purposes to Kansas, if the
people thereof vote to accept the bride, has
passed both Houses. Enough Douglas Dem
ocrats changed front to produce this result.
Verify will they have their reward! It now
remains to be seen whether Kansas will take
the land and Slavery with it. The Ordinance
or the land question is only submitted. If
they oppose the base attempt to bribe as they
have the attempt to force them to receive a
bastard constitution as it is confidently believ-
ed they will, then they must wait until they
have 90, 600 inhabitants. They have only half
that number now 80 that it takes twice as
many inhabitants to make free that it does
to make Slave State.
In twenty-seven counties of this State from
which we have returns, nineteen Republicans
AID eight Democrats have been elected Super
intendent of Common Schools, says the Mus.
catine Journal.
It's gratifying 70 see that the bonds Of the
State Of Iowa rate higher in the New 70 k
market than any other-hgher, even. than
those of the United States. The price is now
slO7, according to the most recent sales at the
stock board.
CONGRESSIONAL CENTRAL COMMITTEE
At the Congressional Convention. held at OF
tumwa, June 4, 1856, Messrs. J. r. Needham.
Of Mahaska county, S. B. Shelledy. Of Jasper;
]. T. Baldwin, of Pottawatdmie: r. F. Rad
ciffe, of Jefferson. and Calvin Taylor. of Da-
Wis. were appointed Congressional Committee
of the 1st Congressional District of Iowa.
The mail brings us ust AS we are going to
press very long dispatches from which we ex-
tract the important items. Dates are TO the
4th In the House, thi. day, bills to settle land
claims in New Mexico, to confirm sales of
Indian lands IN Kansas, measure to abroga'e
the Clayton Bulwer treaty. the PauIding af-
fsr, settlement. of the Paraguay difficulties,
were introduced and considered. The Mime
sofa bill was debated. In the Senate, same
day. the Paragua resolution was amended and
tabled. Mr.. Harlan's bill permitting certain
Hungarian settlers in Iowa to pre-enpt their
iiouHcotehhS plSStu FlsHliS UOIhiy Dill
debated. Mr.. Douglas failed to have the Or
egon bill taken up. The subject of public
printing was debated. The President signed
the Kansas bill on the 81.
Sen. Biggs is confirmed U. s. Dist. Judge
of NC. ....
BY arrival of the Ariel and Europa on the
9TH we have further important news.
The Leviathan will not be completed till au-
tumn, and requires further outlay of l $780,
600 pounds.
The Austrians are concentrating force on tire
Sandman frontier.
change of ministry was expected in Por-
tugal.
Another conspiracy agaiI st the life of Ma
poleon has been discovered. Bernard the
French conspirator has been acquitted in Eng
land. Government declines further proceed
ing against him. Immense excitement in
France on the reception of-ihis news, stree
snbsiiing.
The rebellion in India is practically at an
end.
Queen Victoria is again in an interesting
situation.
Various army officers were at St. Louis on
the 4th.
rumor Of a skirmish between party of
Mormons and U. s. Troops, on the LIST at
at LeavenwoIth, was discredited.