The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-09
SCI.D SERIES. VOL. II. NO 13
TERMS, SI.5O IN Advance.

under greater political disabilities than those
row imposed by the naturalization laws Of
the United States
Resoloed, That the people ofthe West, the
commerce of whose lakes and rivers-in spite
of the neglect of Democratic Administrations
and Congresses-has grown to oe three-fold
greater than the whole foreign commerce of
the country, will hold hcnceforth, the empire
of the government, and should unite in iiau--
gurating national policy which will open
and improve the rivers and harbors of the
country, and highways over the interior of
the Continent for the great and growing
commerce of the plains, and that railroad
to the Pacific by the most central and prac-
ticable route, is imperatively demanded by
the interests of the whole country, and the
Federal Government ought to render imme-
date and efficient aid in its construction.
The Times adds;
Each resolution as lit was read was received
with loud cheers. A motion was made to
addopt them without further discussion, but
it was afterwards withdrawn. Speeches pro
and con were made by w. Y. Roberts, I.
d. Thatcher, Mark W Delhay, Chas. A. Bras
comb, VIM. 4 Philips. DR.. Danford John
Ritchie, II. P. johnson. n. j. Parrot, Thom-
as Ewing, Jr., Henry j. Adams and others.
A strong effort was made by Messrs. Hat
terscheidt and Tholcn, of Levenworth, to
obtain full endorsement of the principles
| ofthe Philadelphia Platform. The Discussion
was confined to two or three resolutions, and
conducted in the beast temper and with mar
ked ability. When Mr.. Ewing had conclu-
ded his speech a motion was made for the
adoption of the resolutions as reported by
the Committe Amid intense excitement
| the Chairma called the affirmative, and was
answered by wild, thrilling and deafcning
shout of"Aye," from the whole Convention.
"As many as are opposed will answer no.
moment silence not one ngative-and
before the chair had announced the result of
the vote, the old hall rang with cheer on che'r
for the Republican party Of Kansas. One
universal feeling ofjoy and pride pervaded
every heart. Free Kansas for Free Men-the'
struggls of years to be terminated by glo-
rious Republican triumph!
The closing proceedings were quickly des-
patched. On motion of Mr.. Pomeroy, the
following gentlemen wers appointed by the
several delegations: ...-
The Central Territorial mmittee-James
Blood, WE. Lawrenc, Douglas CO.; A. G.
Wilder, VIM Tholen, Levenwofth CO.; A.
Larzelere, Doniphan Co.; B. Grey, Wayan-
doote Co.; H. II. Williams, LykiGs' co; John
Ritche, Shawnee CO; George Graham, Nema-
ha CO.. S. d. Houston, Riley CO.; j. G. Burnett
Breckenridge co., C. Pomeroy, Atchison
co; VIM. A Phillips, Arapahoe co, John Chip
Johnson Co.; A. d. Richardson, Mining Dis
trict ...
Mhe Committe met and appointed the fol-
lowing Executive Committee IS. G. Pomeroy
Chairman; A. C. Wilder, Sec retary; James
Blood, VIM Tholen, John Richie. H
Two EMPERoRs IN THE FIELD.-The late
advices from Europe inform us that FRANCIS
JOSEPH, Emperor of Austria has, like LOUIS
NAPOLEON, determined to take the.feld, and
command his army in person. He was born
in August, 1880, and is therefore about 80
years old. He come to the imperial throne
in lS4S, having succeeded his uncle, FERDI-
NAND /, who abdicated in his favor. He
| ,,.rr;aJ u, 1SSi D,,,coSs Ap,ot;, E,,no,,;.
daughter of Maximilan Joseph, Duke of Ba-
Were. Young as he is, he gave proofs of
Ewise foresight and diplomatic skill, in 1854,
by the adroit manner in which he avoided
being involvedin the Russian war. In the
diplomatic preliminaries which preceded the
present war, however, he was manfestly out
maneuvred by the French Emperor, who,
though the real author of the war, provoked
his rival to strike the first blow. The COM
bat is really a duel between the Emperors of
France and Austria, into which the bitterest
personal hatred largely enters.
The war, though only three weeks begun,
has thus brought two Emperors and a King
into the field How forcibly does the pres
, ent condition of things bear us back to the
old drama, in which the First NAPOLEON was
the chief actor, and all the sovereigns of
Europe subordinates-when all Europe was
a camp and all its thrones, unsettled by the
storm of war, were floating about like wrecks
on the tide? Is that mighty tragedy, so
sternly arrested at Waterloo, to be reproduc-
cd now, and allowed to sweep on the fearful
finale .... ..- -.a ..... -...
BosroN. May 29.-The steam-frigate Min
nesota, Capt. Dupont, arrived below this a.
I'm. and anchored iu President Roads. She
has touched, since leaving China, at several
of the principal ports OF the East Indies, at
Muscat, and last at Table Bay, Cape of Good
Hope, ..r. .......
Sine has on board the crew of the bark
Chrcmon., charged with mutiny, sent home