Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-05
Important from WashimRuOm,
THE CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY TO
BE ABROGATED
Judge AsortnE appointed Judge Of tho
Court Of CLAIMS.

c'Spntcu ITom tIhH reAch the lori on NOf
day last, asking for reinforcement and Civ
Ing an account Of skirmisn with guerill
party OF Mormons, and body Of troop
under Capt. Anderson in which three fourth
Of both sides were killed company eac
81 light and heavy artillery, and com
pany Of dragons. were Immediately dis
patched from the fort The statement i
not credited here
A Convention to nominate State officers
met at Topeka on 2sth. H. J. Adams, wa
nominated for governor; Col. Halliday
lieut. governor; Gage Conway, for Con
gress.
HALIFAX. May 4.-The steamship Eurora
from Liverpool 24th, arrived at 10 o'clocl
to-day
Breadstuffs were generally quiet
Corn should an advancing tendency.
Provisions were dull and heavy, with the
exception Of bacon, which was slightly
higher.
Consos closed for money, &c s4ass g.
The British government had declined en-.
tering into any further proceedings against
DIR. Barnard. on c. arge Of conspiracy to
muder the Emperor Of the French.
The clipper ship Jas. Barnes. built at
Boston, but owned in England had been
lately destroyed by fire on the Liverpool
docks
Late advices from India had been re
received In England from Malta
The dates from Calcutta were 23d March
The British forces continued to gain more
success oyer the rebels
The recent proclamation by the Governor
General, calling on the Bonverds, to sub
nit to the British authority, had produced
no effect
Advices from Makitcos, state that the
American Whale ship Contest, Capt Lock
man, had been burnt at Cape Crusade the
officers and crew saved.
The advices by the Europa are three days
later than those by the Anglo Saxon, AID
are of highly interesting nature
The City Of Baltimore which left N. Y.
at noon on the 10th of April, arrived at
Liverpool on the 22d.
The Persia which sailed from N. Y at 10
A. N. on the l4th. arrived out on the oath.
The proceedings of Parliament since the
departure Of the Anglo Saxon had been of
very little importance
NEW HAVEN. Nav 4-Tuckerman. the
mail robber, was this morning brought be-
fore Judge Ingersal, of the U. S. District
Court. For sentence which was, that he be
imprisoned and kept at hard labor in the
State prison, for the space Of tweuty-one
years.
OswEco. May 4.-The old Oswego line
boat Wilton, arrived early this morning
with full cargo of Merchandise mostly for
Chicago, being the first boat this season.
through from New York
ST.. CArHARINE, c. w., May, 4.-The gates
of lock Mo. Z, Welland Canal, wcro carried
away last night. by the schooner Amilia-
Navigation will be interrupted four or five
days IN consequence.
WAsmNcroN, May 4-HorsE-Mr Blair
from Mo-, from the Committee on private
land claims, reported bill to settle private
land clans in New Mexico
MIR. Greenwood Of Arkansas, from the
Committee on Indian Affairs, reported a bill
to confirm the sale Of the reservation by the
Prestian Indians in Kansas, to provide per-
manent homes.
The Committee of military affairs, report
ed adversely in the Senate bill,gran ing the
Rome arsenal, to State of New York on Ger.
tain conditions.
Mr.. Davis from Mass from the Commit
tee of Naval Affairs, ,reporteda bill to amend
the law, granting land to sailors and Ma
rines, so as to include those of private
armed vessels, regularly commissioned by
the United States.
Mr.. Clingman of n. Y, from Committee
Foreign Affairs. reported a preamble, that
whereas the treaty between the United
States and Great Britain designated as the |
Clayton Bulwer. is under the Interpretation
placed upon it by Great Britain,
surrender Of the the rights of this country
and on the American Construction, an en-
tanging alliance, with naturally beneiitting
or restoring and has been productive only of
misunderstanding, and the controversy be-
tween two governments Therefore resolved |
that the President be requested to take |
such steps, as may be in his judgement, |
best calculated to effect the speedy abroga-
ton of said treaty.
Mr. Richeu of Pa. said there was not
unanimous support of the committee. and
at proper time they desired to be heard
on the subject.
Mr.. Clingham, asked that the considera-
tion of the subject. be postponed till to-
morrow, he had personal reason indepen-
dent of a..public one, for making the request.
Mr. Colfax Of Ind moved to lay the sub
iect on the table--disagreed to 80 against |
IlO. The consideration was then postponed |
until to morrow, and the Senate bill for the |
admission of Minnesota was taken up.
The President signed tie Kansas bill yes |
terdsy.
Mr.. Davis of Miss, has bill nearly per-
fected, giving los acres Bounty Land to
privat eersmen in the war of 1912.
Humphrey Marshall will soon introduce
. resolution for the organization of camel
battalion on the principle Of the camel bat
tallions employ ed in the east
Adyices have been received at the War |
Department from the sloop of war Dale
which was at St. Paul, De Luonard on the
llth of February. She had been to Bengal
where she had forced the Portuguese author
ities to release two Americans, held in i'm |
prisonment there on frivolous charges. One |
Of the Americans, Jeremiah Doniran of the |
New Bedford ship Osceola, had been incar' |
cerated 10 months The authorities at first
refused to deliver up the prisoners; but a
threat from TIE commander Of the Dale to
lombard the town, had the desired effect
WASHINGTON, May Sd Senator Briggs
vas to-day confirmed by the Senate as
Judpe Of the U. 8. District Court of N. c..
in place Of Henry Potter, recently deceased,
Who occupied the station Sc years, and who
vas appointed by Thos Jefferson.
The nomination of Judge Loring, Of Mass,
10 supply the vacancy in the Court Of Claims
occssioned by the death Of Judge Gilchest.
~.a communicated to the Senate by the
President to day. Nearly all the democrats
united in the request for his appointment.
r. II. Gillett was also to-day nominated
a solicitor Of the Court of Claims, in place
of Montgomery Blair, removed.
These two nominations have not yet been
acted upon.
The object of Mr.. Grow in asking leave
to-day to introduce joint resolution in the
House to prevent the sals of public lands.
under proclamation of the President, until
ten years after survey. was to prevent cor.
ruption from absorbing them. He proposed
leaving the presumption lands a. they now
oaisl
Ths dsmesrs&is ssnators win hold .