Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-08
THE NEWS.

CONGRESS. 3d.-The discussion of
the appropriation bills occupied the time of
both houses. A message was received in
the House from the President, accompanied
by about ton of manuscripts, concerning
the Indian wars in Oregon and Washington
Territories. The members voted, by a large
majority, against printing them.
"A large seven story building on Fedora
street, Boston, occupied by the Douglas Axe
Co., was destroyed by fire on the Cd, together
with several adjoining buildings. Two fire.
men were killed by falling walls, and two
other men badly injured. Loss of property
$500 mostly insured.
President Buchanan set his seal to the
English ecompton infamy on the 4th.
Tho Leavenworth Herald of the LIST says
that news had reached the Fort by express,
that band Of outlaws and small detach-
ment Of troops under Captain Anderson had
an engagement on the Little Usage. One
soldier was killed, and Capt. Anderson was
wounded in the leg and his horse shot under
him. A battery of guns and a company of
dragons were dispatched to the spot.
-Tuckerman, the New England mail rob-
Der, was sentenced at New Haven, on the
4th, to term of 81 years. hard labor in the
State prison.
CoNGREss.--May 4M.-In the Senate, the
bill introduced by Mr.. Harlan, permitting
certain Hungarian settlers in Iowa to pre-
empt their homesteads was passed. Mr.
Douglas made an Intellectual effort to have
the Oregon bill taken up:
In the House, the Minnesota bill was de-
bated, and without action the House ad-
journed.
The mayoralty election in Philadelphia,
on the 4th, resulted in the choice of NJ. S.
Henry, anti-Lecompton, over Richard NJ.
Vaux, present Mayor, by over 1000 majority
The Democrats have a majority of one in the
Council. In indianapolis, Ind, the entire
Republican ticket was elected by from 2 to
300 majority. Five out of seven councilmen.
In Lafayette, the Republican ticket was also
elected. The city heretofore has been largely
Democratic.
Extract from letter written by mer-
camille house at Fort Scott, X. T., on the
18th ult.: "Our country is in state of
great excitement on account of an armed
body Of men, who are engaged in stealing
and killing the settlers. Eight men have
been shot, lately, three of whom were killed
They are still committing depredations"
CONGRESS. May 5h-The Senate passed
a joint resolution, offered by Mr.. Seward,
giving three years full pay of the gallant
Capt. Herndon to his widow, amounting to
$1,000. The West Point Academy appro-
priation bill was also passed. Mr.. Mason's
resolution in regard to Paraguay passed in
its original form. The Vice President mott
fed the Senate of the resignation of Senator
Biggs, of North Carolina. On motion of
Mr.. Douglas, the bill for the admission of
Oregon was read 1t was discussed at some
length, when the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Clingman, Of North
Carolina, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported French spoliation bill, it
being an exact copy Of the one vetoed by
President Pierce. Its consideration was
postponed till the first Monday in June.
The House then resumed the consideration
Of tbo 70 bo
nesota into the Union. Messrs. Davis, of
Nd, and Anderson, of Mo-, opposed the bill
on the ground Of its permitting alien suf-
frage. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, maintained
that there was no power in Congress to say
who shall be the electors in State. The
consideration of the bill was postponed until