The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-01

we have dates from Rio Dc Janc;,~ !.
25, Buenos Ayres, 9th, Ascunloo' >. n
Nov. Ssh, and Aontevidec 70 Nov laa 'sal
considerable excitement prevailed n ~, @
ier place ABOUT our Paraguay expedi,ios
the idea o. south American learus ., -
Ayses. Saens III
We learn that UAquiza's life VA. -.
from fl Of apopIsKy. danger
Urquiza's envoy had assumed ~.
ment Of tho province Of San Juan sitsoss...sn-
isg: VI.
From Paraguay We learn III.
actively making preparations for -, y
said to have eight or ten thousand -. vi
" disciplined and commanded bv EsraE
French officers. The Fort oil Hum,,,4nsas
fectly mounted With fne artillery. srS "a
rison was composed Of the flower n !. asis
Lopez was firm IN biz deternina,io,' We aaa
! nothing 10 the United States. ita
The steamer Empire City bring. H,r,.
| Political news uninportant.
| Sugar rather inactive in con,so,
| high rates asked. Some contr,e,. zee - y the
delivery had however been made M - nun.
high fures. w 'sI
The steamship Arago arrived hi. y.
Il INK AOuuOH uAttS Oh the 18th.
she encountered strong westerly r.l.,
passage. ue Whoa
The Arago brings l2S passepy.,,
valued as two millions OF dollar. wa e'g,
All the prominent points OF bs, E
been received by the Arabia at H.lif.s AaTs
i The ship Champion, Of Boston. e.
for this city. went ashore YESTERDAY il ..leuia
the West Bank, Lower Boy. She l..
Of water In her-crew saved. ee ist
| The United States brig Dolphin, from r..
arrived at Buenos Ayrcs De. 9Th
The City Of Washington, which -,
noon FOR Liverpool, took out NEAR, = -
sengers and tls0,O00 in specie.
Boston, J,u "a
VIM. II. Prescott, the Hi.tor,p 49, =
day very suddenly from parL,s,. d. ssf
been in usual health up to the nsu.as s "a
death.
/ Washington, Jan a
Senate-To-day il Get apart for The b.
Of Columbia business; previous to ia n
taken up, however, Mr.. Giyin made ~
to reconsider the vote on the Paci6c Pa,
bill, and prepared his motion with lev. T.
marks, stating that his object vas to NAL, 1. ~
estimates advertised for more specific. to ~ 80
| vent straw bids, and to include estimate, e. ~
branch to Oregon.
Mr.. Bell, OF Tenn, said few word. Ia M,
that the bill 10 inadequate a. it stands
| Mr.. Davis spoke in support OF NJ. GU,
views.
| Mr.. Stewart, Of Mich, moved to Law Ii. :.
| ton on the table, but the hour of one o'eyo,
arrived and the vote thereon was postponed I. II [
| til Monday The rest Of the day will BE- -. / ,
| pied with the local affairs Of the Ctr Of W. L
ington.
House-Ths House went into connj,ta. !, I
/ private bills.
The Democratic Senators held eaueq. Ri. 4
n. on the subject of the tariff.
| Mr.. Hunter offered q resolution Ss,,sr;n, L
inex pcdient to change the Law ., tie psese
| session.
Mr.. Bigler presented substitute thereto,
follows:
Resolved, That tho revenue being irsufse;,
to meet the expenses Of the Governmert NJ
wise and expcdient to increase the import !, I
| ties to meet the deficiency.
Mr. Biglers substitute was voted down ri
Mr.. Hunters resolution was adopted by aT =
majority. E9
Mr.. Sdel thereupon offered resslgtar, 4,
which was adopted, that il the duty of CoDpr,.
to look rather TO a reduction Of expena,n,rk
than to an increase of revenue. There Va -,
much excitement during these proceedirr 4,
during which Mr.. Hunter expressed the oprsr !,
that with a revival of business there would l. H.
sufficient revenue for the purposes Of the Co.. d
eminent. -
Mr.. Bigler said the public debt was now III H. !,
900, 600, would be e1Oo, 0oo, 900 BY the sob 4
June, ls6o--without the thirty millions propo, =
ed to be added to the foreign intercourse fund D!
looking to the purchase Of Cuba. %
st. Louis, Jan. a.
The Utah Legislature met at Fillmore Ctr On Nj .
the 9th ult., organized the S.h, and agreed
to inset at Salt Lake City on the 2Tth.
Washington, Jan. %.
ThissW ashngton Union of this morning In NJ p
a long article upon the Cuba question, in uhia I,
it shows the Inconsistency OF the objection grgs Al
by England to our course by quoting from Al. ~ q
son to prove that the indepen d.nce OF the soa $50
American States was mainly achieved BY AMI
lance from Great Britain. 1t has also an ES ~
Gle upon the Post Office Department, in uhist il
says 1t is impossible TO make the Departments ~
this time self sustaining but that il will beeoz d,
so, ultimately, whom the country shall be deusf 4
~ populated. |. says that Pennsylvania M' q.
York, Connecticut, Dhcde Island and hasacst =
sets yield profit to the Department Of seal
oop annually, while the thinly peopled SorihEi ~,
and Western States yield three and a halt r9
''o''S 'Sss s""A suS IL ISCtH-
mends the pursuance OF liberal policy in TIA y
management of the mail service, particularly il a.
that Of the Ocean Mail lines, and concludes ~,
follows:
LET Congress, then, act upon the asesrasef -
data for Ocean service, upon the sound praa. n ,
pies of inland mails, which have been 50 irsF. IL,
mental in developing the country, and repre-
dict that in less than ten years time the L. 20
partment will prove self-sus,anng 10 oil hs IpaE
branches. -;
To abolish the ranking privilege would BE-
to cut of all communication between The Rep
resentative and his constituents thus licensing NE
corrupt course of action in the Halls OF Goa Inc
gress, and enabling the Representative to pGr H..
sue it with but little chance OF detection. 70
longer ne.lec. fostering ocean mail service IL s'e
to abandon 1t to Great Britain and France, tins tes
making our merchants subseryient to, and our II
fost Office Department dependent upon i1eF
steamers The people will net tolerate anySeh
experiments, and it is therefore useless 70 " -
tempt them" ~
foRNEY EAPERiMENTING-It appears that " 4 %
Chevaer Forney, the other evening, sta laa a,
private convention OF disaiiected Demecua ~ i.
Philadelphia, proposed the expttimens Of brig
ing out Mr.. Douglas as an independent Pra Y
Dental candidate, without further loss Of lnt
aud without regard to The Charleston CeOves =.
ton. 1t seems, however, that the motion W "
coldiy received by Forney's associates ~ pr
preferred the old plan OF adhering TO the USAGE !,
OF the party. This is evidently the polio!
Nr. Douglas himself; and his cordial supps'
Of the Cuba thirty million proposition iatca. +.
that poor Forney is in danger Of being sh " oi
m the cold to fight his own battles aslin1n "
administration. We have always adrocila nc
the policy OF indepenfen. popular Presidents -
nominations; but Forney il hardly the nsa y
initiate the movement.-IN Y. Herald ~
Ia Memphis, q few days since Cyrus Votfg pb
deliberately shot his brother in.lss NAaan y
Stewart, killing him almost instantly. The sni 20
motive Tor the crime was that Stewart bad uA Cit
red Oberly's sister in spite of bis violent Tp
sitIon to the match. The murderer hedS.@
last accounts had not been arrested.
NOM NNAN :.