Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-01-14

thus amended, was adopted, and the bill
was laid aside to be reported to the House.
The House then proceededsto the considera-
ton Of the Presidents message.
"A. Abbott, . well.known LAWYER Of
Boston. fell over the bannister from the third
story Of the Coolidge House, on the 18th,
and was instantly killed. .-.- =. $4,000
Hon. VIM. Pitt Fessenden was re. elected
U. s.. Senator from Maine for six years
from the 9th of March next, on the 18th
inst. :
"A St. louis dispatch Of Dec. 18th says
Il Kansas banditti numbering about 400
men are in building at Fort Cholean, old
trading post. They are said to be Mont.
gomery's men, and will fight the troops
sent from Lynn and Borbourn counties, nm
less Denver's compromise was complied
with.
CoNGREss--Jan. 1lM.-In the Senate, Mr..
Mason, of Va, from the Committee on For
eign Affairs, reported bill authorizing the
President to use th Dpd naval forces Of
the United States. ald ask for its con-
sideration at an ear The Secretary of
the Treasury sent in exander's report
ON coinage, and it was to the com
mitteo on finance. Mr. ~, of Tenn,
said that he would call u Homestead
Bill at an early day. Mr.. Shi of Mimi,
introduced bKto ESTABLISH bill route
from Lake Superior to the Pact rs, Da-
Wis, of Miss, introduced a resoll Bich
was adopted. calling OF the Presidel the
correspondence in relation to the O,itfages on
American citizens on the Isthmus Of Panama.
The Pacific Railroad Bill coming up, NJ
Gwin expressed the hope that the final
would be taken on Thursday next. Mr..
son having the floor, he spoke. ut leng
| favor of the Central Road to the Pacific
ing its termini at ST. Louis and San Fran
co, and argued that it should be built at the
expense of the Government. The rest of the
day, till five o'clock, was occupied by expla-
nations which arose out of Mr.. Wilson'S re-
marks. Mr.. Davis, of Miss, took occasion
! to go over the various routes set forth in the
volumes on the Pacific Railroad, to clear
himself from the supposition of sectional
bias in the preparation of his reports when
he was Secretary of War. Without dispo-
sing of the subject, the Senate adjourned
SO the bill comes up first in the regular order
of business tomorrow.
In the House, Mr.. Hill, of Georgia, asked ,
but failed to obtain leave, to offer joint
resolution declaring that no new State ought
to be admitted into the Union until it has
been ascertaned by q census that she has
sufficient population for member of the
House, according to the Federal ratio. The
House took up the resolution reported at the
last session from the Committee or Foreign
Affairs, disappearing the act of Com. Paul
ding in the seizure of Walker and his fol-
lowers; but inasmuch as the view of the
President is in accordance with this position,
the Committee deemed no action necessary.
Several amendments were pending; one
presenting the thanks Of Congress to Paul
ding and his officers; a second, that Paul-
ding's act :, being without the authority of
the law, meets with the condemnation of the
House and third, asserting the right of
our citizens to expatriate themselves to help
| their neighbors struggling for freedom "a
right constitutionally denied them. Mr..
Smith, of Va, moved to lay the whole thing
upon the table. Negatived by 1875 against
81. Mr. Millsion, of Virginia. made an ua>
successful motion to table the whole matter.
The amendment decaratory of the right of
expatriation, and that asserting that the cap
! turc of Walker was within the letter and
/ spirit of the Instructions of the Secretary Of
the Navy, but without authority of tie law,
was rejected, as was also the amendment
condemnatory of Commodore Paulding.
| The latter by Sc against l2S. A substitute
F, for the report of the Committee on Foreign
! Affairs, rendering thanks to Com modore
| Paulding and his officers, was adopted SO
against 95. The question was then stated
to be in agreeing to the report as thus
amended WHEN on motion of Mr.. Cox of
Ohio, the whole su bject was tabled by four
majority.
! CoNGREss.--Jan i2h.--The President, in
reply to Mr. Seward, informed the Senate
that the Wanderer has landed cargo of AZ
ricans also, that every effort is being made
to bring the guilty parties to justice, but
that it is not expedient to make public now
the correspondence on the subject. On mo :
| ton of Mr.. Hunter, of Pa, the communica-
ton was ordered to be printed
| In the House, Mr. Stephens, Of Ga, asked
leave to report the Oregon bill, as some days
would probably elapse before the Committee
on Territories would be called. He desired
that some days be set apart for its consider
alton. After some debate, the matter was dis
missed. The House resumed the considera-
ton of the motion to refer the naval appro-
priation bill to the common naval affairs
Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, thought it strange
that proposition to refer the Navy bill to
the Naval committee should meet with so
much opposition; if the committee of the
House are not to be entertained with the leg
isation appropriated to them, they ought to
be abolished. He contended that the refer
ence proposed was a political measure of re-
form, that it would reduce the naval bill not
less than S2,O0O,OoO. Mr.. Lester, of Ohio,
wished to know how two millions would be
saved by referring it to the naval committee.
Mr.. Sherman replied that the bill appropri-
over three millions for the repairs Of vessels.