Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-01-28
THE NEWS.

zg THE NEWS.
/ AT Charleston, 8. O., on the 22d, the
captain OF the yacht Wanderer surrendered
himself to the y. s. Marshal, and was held
to bail for 5000.
| Havana papers Of the 9th inst. pub
lisl d statement tn the eject that General
Perean had fferstl Millions of
dollars to declare Cuba independents
Threats are made to massacre all American
conspirators. y{-.x rsv s. r.,,.r
AT Newark, N. j., on the Oath, about 4
O'Clock in the morning, fire broke out in
the stable No 0 William street, destroying
it, together will, the adjoining stable No III.
Seven horses, with harness, &C., were con.
sumed. 's. 5a~f s. .
"A fire broke ont at Sturges, Mich, on
the morning Of The Oath, destroying proper
ty to the amount Of $28 900; insured for
$4,000 The Grand Rapids AID Indiana
Railroad Company loses $4,000, no in
surance.
AT Mobile, on the 2lst Capt Maury
and Others, who had been tried before the
U. S. Commissioners for Obstructng the
U. s. officers in the discharge of their
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for violating the neutrality laws were
held to bail in the sum of $4,000 for their
appearance at Court in February.
The n. Y. Times Washington CORES
pendent telegraphs that notes have passed
between Senators Douglas and Fitch, with
u view to explanations and retraction, or q
hostile meeting. The first note was from
Dougla to Fitch, demanding retraction
of the charge of falsehood. The second from
Fitch, specifying the charges, and inquiri ng
if Douglas refers to them. If so, Fitch re-
iterates them. Douglas replies in a detailed
letter, explaining and modifying his Ian
guase. and giving it construction much
less ff..nsive than as originally understood
Fitch rejoined amicahlv, and his note will
! probably settle the affair.
CONGRESS. jim. 24th-In the Senate
the Vice President submitted an elaborate
memorial from the Legislature Of Indiana,
setting forth that that Stateis misrepresented
in the u S. senate, and has commssi oned
no other persons to represent her therein
except Henry s. Lane and Vim NJ. McCar-
thy, whom. therefore, the memorialists pray
NAV be admitted as Senators from Indiana
in the Federal Senate. A general desire
having been expressed to hear the memorial
read, the Secretary commenced reading. but
it becoming tedious, was referred, on motion
of Mr. Trumble, to the Committee on Judi
ciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr.'Sew-
ard, of New York. gave notice that he would
tomorrow submit q resolution giving said
Lane and Mccarthy the privilege Of the floor
while their seats are pending.
In the Rouse, Mr. Stephens resolution
setting apart the first two days in February
for the consideration of Territorial business
came up Mr.. Morgan, of New York, would
not consent unless a provi~o be added to
exclude the admission Of new States Mr.
Stephens replied that there was only one
STATE applying for admission He wished
to take up the Oregon bill as soon as prac-
tica5le. and was willing that Mr.. Morgan
should offer an amendment, rs he had indi-
Gated, after the rules shall have been suspen-
ded to admit their resolution. Mr.. Morgan
dssented He wanted the proviso added.
The House refused to suspend the rules
ayes los, nays II, not two. thirds voting in
the affirmative. Mr. Kelsey, Of New York,
asked leave 20 offer resolution, which was
passed, limiting the debate on private bills
next Saturday to two fve.minute speeches
on each.
1t is stated that on the Oath, while
copying the $50, 900, 900 appropriation bill,
the Spanish Minister decla ed that if the
money was granted, he would dem and his
passports.
1t is rumored that serious difficulties
exist between the President and his or tan the
Union, which are likely to terminate in
severance. 1t is asserted that Mr.. Wendell
through his connection with the esta bli>h
ment, is loser to the amount of about $50
600.
"A Wa hington dispatch of the oath
says "The difficulty betty Messrs. Doug
las an Fitch was settled this evening, and
to-morrow's Union will contain the cores
pondence. Roger A. Pryor acted as the
friend of Mr.. Douglas, and Mr.. Benjami as
the friend Of Mr.. Fitch"
"A destructive fire occurred in New York
city on the night of the Oath. Store No 81
South street was burned, and the adjoining
store badly injured. Loss $4,000. During
the fire an explosion of powder took place,
badly injuring several firemen. The prop
erty was insured in city offices.
A Leavenworth City (Kansas) dispatch
of the Oath says: can attempt was made on
Saturday to rescue the negro now awaiting
trial on charge of being fugitive slave, but
the officers having the negro chained, and
with the assistance of a posse, succeeded in
repelling the attempt Much excitement ex-
lists and more trouble is anticipated"
From THE PAcIF1c.-The Overland Califor-
MIA mail of the 3lst ult. arrived at St. Louis
on the oath. The dates from Victoria are to
Dec. 25th. Frazer River was open again.
Late discoveries increased the faith of the
richness of the gold fields. A discrcdited
rumor prevailed at San Francisco that Sena-
tor Gwinn would resign his seat for that of
the Secretaryship of the Treasury, and some
stir was noticeable among those ambitious of
succeeding him. a hundred thousand dollar
prize in the Havana Lottery had been drawn
by parties in San Francisco. Dexter Brig
nam, of San Francisco, had failed with liabl-
tiles amounting to $19S,000. A large party
of gold hunters were preparing to leave Fort
Smith for Pixies Peak. An unusual amount
of snow was met with on the 35th parallel,
which detained the mails The Indians were
very hostile. Much excitement existed in
Carson Valley, respecting the laws of Utah.
Meetings had been held taking strong grounds
against the jurisdiction of Utah. The pro-
bate judge was required, by the resolutions
of these meetings, to abstain from the exer-
else of the duties of his office. Other meet
ings sustained the Utah authorities, but ia
vored separation from the Territory, The
Oregon Legislature occupied several days in
discussing proposition to adjourn sine die
inasmuch as State Legislature has been
elected, and the probabilities were that Ore.
gon would soon assume the reins Of self.gov-