The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-15

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1isgsos, FEB. H.
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$50 n ~1l1a ~ 1Ar& 80 used d
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e. - ~ c. nitsee - snsoaa allsgst
sads - - and navy - He charss
eesssed 10 article ~ ! coasSS md base slandes
perpetrated and set on foot BY still baser cor
respondent, and called on the chairman 10 stssl
officially whether sueh evidence had been a.
duced.
NJ. Sherman, or Ohio, distinctly stated ,ba,
no testimony had bees Submitted iuvolving NJ,
Soaring In any abuses whatever. The commit.
tee had carefully avoided giving any informa.
ton 70 newspaper cossespondsnts. life u III
pleasure Of the House, in the early part Of neat
week the testimony will be submitted.
The uousc resumed the consideration of The
senate bill for the admission Of Oregon into the
Union. Mr.. Clark, OF Missouri, said The alien
suffrage and exclusion OF free negroes and mu.
iattoes 10 business which concerns Oregon
alone, which under ill the circumstances ought
TO be admitted without regard 10 population.
NJ. Zollicoffer opposed the admission Of Ore.
con because OF the insufheiency Of it, population
aud the alien suffrage clause in her constitution.
Mr.. Comins being ready to vote for the adnis.
sion OF Kansas with free Republican constitu.
ton, was also ready to vote for the admission
Of Oregon with such constitution as her peo-
pie may adopt.
SESArE.-Mr. Yalee, from the Committee on
rost Offices, reported bill 10 abolish the
Thanking privilege.
MT. Wilson introduced bill for the payment
TO the State Of Massachusetts, Of the balance
due her Of money expended for the United
States during the war OF 1912.
MIR. Seward called up the case Of the Indiana
Senator. He desired the question o. involving
2 principle Of transcendent importance. The
State OF Indiana is now unrepresented in the
Senate OF the United States He denied that
the decision Of the Senate is absolute and ire
versatile. lie could not conceive how Senators
could maintain that the decision il an irreyoca-
bic Judgment, and he took issue with those who
80 maintained the Senate's action as Legislative
ana not Judicial, and hence is not final but sub.
ject TO reconsideration.
Senate-Mr. Doolittle spoke in favor Of hi,
plan for settling a FREQ negro nation in the
American tropics, and concluded BY offering an
amendment to the bill that no treaty for the ac-
QUESTION OF Cuba shall be valid unless ratified
~ amaJority Of the free white citizens OF the
Island.
Mr.. Critienden obtained the floor. Adjourn.
ed.
Several days ago so Republicans in the
House were expected to vote for the bill for the
admission OF Oregon, but now the calculation il
not more than half that number will, if SO MANY.
Judge Douglas has been invited by some lead
ing Democrats of New Hampshire and Conoec.
lieut. to visit those States and make political
speeches.
Washington, Feb. 10.
Inc committee on Ways and Means had the
,uojeet OF the IatiH before them this morning
! ne proposition that the three bills. Pheips'~
Grawiord's and Morrill's, should be reported to
The House, was lost by one majority. A motion
was then made that the Committee SHOULD re-
port It's Inability to agree and ask to be dis.
charged from the further consideration Of the
SUBJECT, thus placing the House in possession of
he motion, so that the question could be nj
,nce proceeded with. This elected some dis
'ussion, but without coming to any determine.
ion the Committee adjourned till Saturday. with
ne understanding thas the subject shall then be
iehnlteiy arranged in some form to enable the
House to act.
Mr. Phelps urged in despair of any action
nat the OIL tc reissue the Treasury Notes
mould DC reported alone, but the motion
allied. The members of the Committee declare
herefore probable that the subject will come
,eiore the House on Monday without the report
Committee, should they still continue their
triangular attitude.
Toronto, G. w., Feb. IL.
The Queens decision in favor Of Ottawa AZ J
he seat of Government in Canada was car. Ia
Legislative Assembly last night by r.sior;,v
f five. ohy
~ ~, New York, Feb. IL.
lac Hide and Leather trade held n ya.un;on
leeting 1t the Metropolitan Hotel last evening
mere was large attendance, including ,be |
rincipal dealers OF New York and many from,
broad. Hoh
From Washington
Inc House Committee on Military affairs ~. |
ny recommended the reduction in certain items
I the army appropriation bill to the amount
!, several hundred thousand dollars,
Inc ieelng IN favor of the modification of
= lar'n Is decidedly stronger. Pennsylvania
: n, uee'are their purpose to unite with
e Republicans on this question.
m W.. Baltimore. Feb. T.
~ - " ashihaton correspondent of the New
!. Aihies says IL was determined in the
,onet on Friday last that each Cabinet on
r should actively exert his personal n a.
&c TO secure an increase Of the tariff
ne Postmaster General win to-morron
NJ 10 congress his estimate of receipts for
= next iiscal year, amounting to 900. 900
'iinated expenditures, IL, 800, 200: deficiency
the next year, lU,00o,OOU in this depart-
INT. Z
he PRESIDENT thinks everything will vet
me out straight, and avoid the necessity Of
Ihng an extra session. Movements are ma
~ 10 press the passage of the Bankrupt hil
Doth houses Of Congress,
ne correspondent of the Herald of this ;,
rhihg says: The rival California lines are
sssing Their respective claims- There il n =
'papiity That the Tehuantepec route will h
selected for the whole service. ),
-. Albany, Feb. l2. c.
=. ,eo; bartholomew, IN the employ Of Thomp- Il
. express. was, this morning, detected in
act OF robbing the mails at the AIbanv :
- Ohice, by Holbroek, Government Agen,.
New Orleans, Feb. IL.
Private advices from Jamaica to Tia os,h.,,,, n
to that the Revolutionists in Hayti have hasn
rely successful. The Emperor Soulonona te
escaped to Janaica with his family ana
asure, intending to reside there.
ogdensburg, n. Y, Feb. 10. c.
~ tue races on the ice today, as the crowd al
returning, ten teams broke through and Ct
erai horses we're lost. A team which IN, e,
ne over picked up four men nearly frozen
Graz teams not yet heard from. ~
y. Yew York, Feb. IL. m
ne Times Washington correspondent ..rs CO
.. y. kennedy, OF N. Y, appeared voIuntari, ca
'elore the sherman Investigating Committee. So
evidence was very important in lie expos,. es
OF the system by which the Government j. OK
Fauded in its purchases. Geo. Saunders ~. TO
agent OF \. L., also made important reveal. TO
s. lie showed that more than two thiras - pc
open purchases made for the BROOKLYN ~. CT,
Fard, and IN connection with which eorrrn sh
was charged were made by other parties
nlmreii; whilst his purchases amount ~ NJ
sso'oo" the Others amour: to $50, 900. S.
.he Printing Investigating Committee 10. dc
tne books OF certain New York P.n,r is
fehouse were called for. One memhar ~ lpa
hrm, now dissolved, swore the books hsa 10,
burned; the other partner swore thew w.rs ali
destroyed, but are in the hands OF the tirst III
Tess -
en-. johnson, in command of tho .rmv :, =
D, has obtained leave OF absence ami III r.
mand u assigned al iateri,a to Brew, cal
!. =. smith, OF tie 10th Infantry.
. nave additional advices from IAr
nv tha S~b~ l