Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-20
THE NEWS.

CONGR8ss. s.-Feb. llth.-ln the Senate tn
Drsd Scott decision was indirectly affirmed
A resolution having been offered to print tn
opinion Of the Supreme Court in that famou
case, Mr.. Doolittle offered as an amendment
that in passing the resolution, the Senate dit
not mean to indorss the Dred Scot decision
The vote on the amendment stood, yeas 10
nsys ~.
In the House, tho Speaker aonounced thu
following as the committee under the reso'
luton of Mr.. Harris, Of ILL.,, to whidh shal
be referred the Kansas Message and Lecomp
ton Constitution, with instructions Messrs
Harris. ILL.,, Stephens, Ga, Morrill,, VT.
Wade, Ohio, Quitman, Miss, Winslow, N.
c., Bennett. N. Y, White, Pa, Walbridge,
Mich. Anderson, Mo-, Stephenson, KY.
Adrian, N. j., Burlington, Mass, and Rus
sci of N. Y. 1t will b. seen that of the fiji.
teen members of the committee, eight are
from the North. Four of these are staunch
Republicans. Altogether tho committee is
q. fairly constituted as could have been sx-
pectcd under the circumstances. A majori-
ty and minority report is anticipated from
this committee. The House resumed the
of the bill amendatory of the
act for the preservation of the lives of pas
seneers on board steamboats,, which was f.
nally referred to the committe Of the whole.
Feb. l2th.-The Senate was rot in session.
In the House, the Serseant-at.arms hav'
ing replied that he had in obedience to the
order of the House, arrested Jno. W. WAL
colt, he was required to bring him before
the bar. The Speaker, in pursuance of the
resolution adopted yesterday, asked him
W hat excuse he had for not answering the
question propounded to him by the select
committee, and whether be was now pre-
pared to answer that and all other proper
questions. The witness was sworn by the
speaker as to the truth of his written reply,
which was to the effect that he was here in
obedience to an order of the House to an
swer for alleged contempt committed by him.
He assured the House in all sincerity, that
he did not design nor suppose that he was
guilty of such offence, and respectfully ask
ed until Monday, to purge himself of the
charge of contempt, and fully justify his
conduct. He wished again to consult his
Further time was granted and he
was remanded to the custody of the Ser.
geant at-arms. The House was then occu-
pied with the case of Mr.. Brooks, who con-
tests the seat of Mr. Davis, of Md, and final
" postponed its further confederation till
Monday.
The main part Of the Michigan Sts'e
Insane Asylum, ut Kalamazoo, was Destroy
ed by fire on the night of the 10th. The or.
ixin of the fire is unknown, as The building
was un,ccupied. The loss will probably ex-
ceed $25, 900.
The wife Of Commodore o. H. Perry,
U. S. N, died at Newport, r. l., on the
night of the llth.
The N. Y. Hra'd's Washington corres>
pondent Of the 1lth says the Senate Commit
tee on Territories will make three reports on
Lecompton. The majority will report in fa-
vor of the admission of Kansas under the
Lecompton Constitution. Mr.. Douglas will
report against the admission until the Con-
is submitted to the people of Kan
sas, while Colla,ner and Wade will also sub
nit report adverse to the admission under
the Lecompton Constitution.
Henry Fyfe and Charlotte Jones, two of
the McKeesport murderers, were hung at
Pittsburgh on the afternoon of the 18th
About thirty persons witnessed the execu-
ton inside the Jail yard. Large crowd out
side. Both delivered addresses acknowledg.
ing the justice of the sentence, but pronoun-
ced Monroe Stewart innocent. The latter
is sentenced to be hung in fortnight.
Col. Wade Hampton, of s. G., died sud-
denly on the 10th inst at his residence in
Mississippi.
The Penitentiary Hospital on Black
well's Island, N. Y, was totally destroyed
by fire on the morning of the 18th inst
The 600 inmates were all rescued, though in
the panic it was accomplished with difficult
ty. The loss is upward of $4,000.
FROM CALIFORNIA, &o.-The Star of the
West arrived at New York on the 18th, with
2ls passengers and $l,s4S,5 ,507 in specie
The California news is unimportant. On
the 9Th Gov. johnson delivered his last mes.
sage. Gov. Weller's inaugural was deliver
ed the same day. Both messages were IA
vorably received by the press and public.
The Legislature had taken no action of i'm.
portance. Resolutions approving of Sena-
tor Douglas course had been presented in
the Legislature, and excited some angry dis.
cussi on. but no final action had been taken
Volunteer companies were being organized
all over California to meet the call of the
President to march against the Mormons.
There was q rumor from Oregon that th<
Snake Indians intend to join the Mormons
A destructive fire lad occurred at Valparai
90. Loss one million dollars.
= Recent developments show Georg'
Smizers, late collector of st. Louis county
to be defaulter to the amount of $160, 900
Two men, Damed Castillo and Hohl, tn,
former an American ard the latter Ger
man, were shot in drinking saloon at In
d'anapolis, on Saturday night, by two Irish
man, whom they were endeavoring to quiet
The former died and the lstteris not expect
ed to recover. One of the Irishmen ha
been arrested. A good deal of excitemen
prevails, and lynch law is loudly talked OF.
| The speech which Hon. George Ban