Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-16
THE NEWS.

formation in reference to Central America
which says, that if Commodore Pauldin
committed great error in arresting Ger
Walker he thinks it quite evident that h
(Paulding) was actuated by patriotic me
tives, and desired to promote the interest
and vindioate the honor of his country. Nj
caragua sustains no injury by the act, bu
was rather benefited. She alone could hav
the right to complain, but he the President
was quite certain she would never exercis
that right A long debate followed, in whicl
Messrs Doolittle and Pearcc sustained tn
Presidents view Messrs. Davis, Critten-
den, Brown, Pugh, Toombs and Douglas
took the opposite. The message was refer
red to the Committee on Foreign Relations
The Senate then went into executive session
and upon the opening Of the doors, adjourn
ed till Monday. The House also adjourned
till Monday, Friday being the anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans. III a1
j. P. Donnelly was hung, on the stl
at Freehold, N. Y, for the murder O
Albert S. Moses, in August last. HI
made speech two hours and ten min.
utes in length, in which he reviewed the
testimony in his case. lie repeatedly de.
clared his innocence; his speech was able
and eloquent. His body was taken to New
York. DR.. Cumming, of New York, ad.
ministered religious rites. A large number
of persons were present at the execution,
and very affecting scenes occurred. Every.
thing passed off quietly.
Daniel W. Goocli was elected on the
9Th to fill the vacancy in the seventh Con-
gressional District of Massachusetts caused
by the resignation eff Gov. Banks.
"A nice little family fight has sprung up
in the ranks of the Indiana Democracy
The State Convention in Indianapolis, on
the 9Th, adopted resolutions endorsing the
Administration, but refused to do the same
for Douglas whereupon the friends Of the
latter withdrew from the Convention, and
will organize in seperate body. Bright,
Hughes, Willard, and other magnates of the
party, were present. Probably the two
former were sent there by the Administers
ton to s'fx things,' and they have succeed
ed in accomplishing the wishes of their mas
ter. .-
The government is hard up. Its agents
at the New York Navy Yard failed again,
on the Sth, to pay the workmen, who have
not been paid since Dec. 9th. There is said
to be much distress among them.
The report of the massacre by the Nor
mons of 200 troops of the Utah expedition,
under command of Col Cook, seems to be
without foundation. Letters from Fl. Bird.
ger, Nov. 26th, state that Col. Cook. with
the whole of his command, had arrived -
The grass was all burned, and the animals
were dying at the rate of 100 per day: The
Mormons were fortifying all the passes lead
ing to the city. Adi>patch from Washing
ton of the Sth says the War Department has
determined on sending Immediately large
reinforcements to the army now serving in
Utah. This force will consist of four full
regiments, of both cavalry and infantry, with
20 light batteries of infantry. II is expect
ed that they will concentrate at Fort Leav-
enworth, and take up their line of march
early in the spring.
The 43d anniversary of the battle of New
Orleans, Jan. 9th, was celebrated at New
York by ball and supper at Harmony
Hall. There was large attendance Of Fed
eral. State and city ofliee-holders. Speech
es were made by John Van Buren, Captain
Rynders, Gen. Ward, B. Burnett, W.. G.
Wright and others. Among the letters read
was one from Gov. Wise, of Virginia, in
which h, declared Congress ought not to re-
ject the Lecompton Constitution, but ought
to receive it aud refer it again to the people
Of Kansas, subject to fair legal vote. He
expressed the opinion that no Northerner
ought to denounce the President for recog-
nizing the fact of the Legitimacy of the Le-
compton Constitution, or ought to denounce
Senator Douglas for contending inanfully
for the right Of the sovereign people to
adopt or reject their own form of se'f gov
ernment. ,aT@glgat yss'
The New York Herald of the 9Th pub
fishes the letter from DR.. Stringfellow which
was refused On issue by. the Washington
Union. He thinks there was. no violation
of principle IN not referring the whole Le,
compton Constitution to, the people, bal
that it would have been wiser to have sub
mitted. The South could at best only Oh.
tain mere empty and temporary triumph
The question having already been settled
against them by immigration, the only way
in which that settlement could permanently
be effected, he urges that the admission o
Kansas under the Lecom2ton Constitution
and against the remonstrance Of two-third
of her people, would break down the Dem
ocratic party Of the North, seriously endan
ger the peace and interests Of Missouri ant
Kansas, and by no sort OF contingency ad
vance the interests of the South in Kansas
| The Democratic Governor of Mary
land (Ligon) and the Legislature are at log
gerheads. When his message was announc
ed in the House on the 9th, a motion that
be not received was carried by vote of 4
against 81. This action was on account o
the expressions contained in the message il
regard to the American party, an1 the Gov
ernor's expressing the opinion that th
city members were elected. by fraud and vi
olence. The message had been published j
advance Of its delivery to the Legislature.