The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-17
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resolntion. y Inquire into me circsnssance
attending NE invasion Of Marperb Ferry, 81,
been appolnted. The Coonuiteee consists o
litsls.
NJ. Pugh submitted resolution whica lie
over, instructing the COMMITTEES on Tsrritorie
30 enquire into the expediency Of repeating !,
much Of the act for the organisation of u,
Territorial Govesnmenk Of New Mexico an,
Utah ~ requires shas ~ laws passed b. ,hes,
Territories shail Be sabnittsd 70 Congress To-
approval aud rejection
/ Mr.. Mallory, Of Florida, gave notice Of hil
intention to introduce bill to regulate apt
increase the pay o. the Navy.
The Seuate proceeded to the election OF 1
| Chapiaiu. On the first ballot there was NJ
choice. The second ballo, resulted in the cleo.
1on o. Rev. D. Gurley, who received IS vote
out Of So
Several petitions were presented, ~hen III,
Senate adjourned till Monday next.
HousE.-Mr. Vallandingham remarked thu,
she courtesy he extended to others at I'LL time,
ne was resolved TO exact for himself at ever,
haxafd, and therefore last evening he had ths
right to expect the courtesy Of an adjournment
| e he did not thea wish to address the House
He repeated what he had paid, that the men
who endorsed Helpers book containing insur-
rectionary sentiments, and intended to SOW The
eeeds OF discord and strife and civil war, waa
not ht to be Speaker Or member Of this House.
The gentleman from Virginia, Mr.. Wilson, the
other day went further, and said such . man
was not fit to live, yss the Republicans received
this remark az mute o. fishes, and gentle q
lambs. They must regard this observation from
him not a. menace but sober truth. He had
be served with notice from the Republican
side that they were determined not 70 listen TO
any further rernarks from him For this he did
not care, He would tell them that the country
held its breath in suspense. and listened 10 the
slightest word which falls from lips Of gent emen
here present. This Union had been threatened.
He occupied position Of neutrality He was
not Northern man, and had no sympathy and
very little good feeling for the North. He was
bound to il BY no ties whatever except by the
| strongest Of all ties, q common language. q
common country, least fall was he Northern
| man with Southern principles. He was u s
man With o. s. principles He was for giving
| the South al that belonged 10 il, the fugitive
slave law, the right 70 slavery in the territories
and whatever rights the Constitution confers.-
Our fathers made this compact, and he would
yield to it not = grudging but . ready obedience
| in all its parts. Applause. He was NOT proc
slavery man or a non-slavery man, but had
serene Indifference on the subject. He thought
bs occupied the constitutional ground OF gu.
fathers in whose DAYS the people were animated
BY patriotism, and had not as some have now an
anti>savery God, an anti>slavery Bible, and an
anti slavery Constitution. He avowed himself
Constitutional man. He said Mr. Corwin had
been detailed to lead the forlorn hope of the
Republicans and TO be shot down at the Mala-
kef. He could never conquer.
The next census would show that the Valley
OF the Mississippi has a majority Of the people
oil the country, who would administer gov>
eminent for the benefit of all people, and have
lent themselves SO long to the North to make
cause against slavery, and help to fight for
Northern masters, WAC, il successful with Sew
ard or any other Republican, would divide the
epoils amongst themselves. they would not
tsten to the voice of patriotism. Let them be
governed by self-respect. Let them lay aside
their fanaticism and be Western sectionalists.-
de dssp!sed them much for their servility to
the North as they could despise 'sservility in
others to the South.
Mr.. VallaDdinghsm.-He came now to speak
OF painful and difiicnlt suhject-dsunion-
which had become as familiar as the most ordi-
nary word of salutation; there was not day
but what they heard the croaking of the saven
and the mourntul and dirg-likc wall. BE was
against disunon now and forever. He held to
one Union and Constitution, one destiny, which
could not be fulfilled except as united people
and by the immediate, total and unconditional
destruction Of the sectional and anti>savery
Republican party. (Applause.l
After further discussion the House proceeded
to ballot for Speaker, with the following re-
suit: Sherman 10; Bocoek So; G,lmer %;
Scattering .. LA being necessary to a choice.
Bonham had the floor. He gave way to
WiBsl0w, who proposed another vote and then
adjourn, saying Bonhsm would have the floor
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TIE House then proceeded to vote. Sher-
man aud Bococs each received the same num-
Der as before; Glmer Is; Scattering Is.
5th Ballot--On the ballot Messrs. Haskins, of
n. T., Hickman Of Pa, and Shwartz, OF Pa,
went over to Mr. Sherman. This action was
much applauded.
The House then adjourned.
Charlestown, Dec. IA.
The town is rapidly filling up with strangers
to witness the approaching execution. The
system of excluding citizens, adopted on the
occasion of Capt. Browns execution, is not to
be repeated. Gov. Willard, of Indiana ac>
companed bv Mrs. Crowley, of New York, the
sister of Cook, and the Hon. d. II. VOORHEES,,
Attorney General OF Indiana arrived here yes
terday and visited Cook. The interview with
his sister was most affecting. In the day DR..
Stanton and his wife, of Indiana, and Miss
Cook, and Miss Hughes a cousin. They also
visited the prisoner, presenting a scene Of grief
and anguish scarcely TO be described. They all
promised to see him again, but through the adj
vice of Gov. Willard, each wrote him few
farewell lines and all the ladies have left for
their homes, the male portion begging to re
main with Cook till the last. Arrangements have
been made to have the body of Cook taken 10
New York for in:erment. Some of Copies
relatives expected to>day. His body will
be sent TO his mother, at Springdale, Iowa. The
bodies Of Green and Copeland, it is thought,
will not be claimed, and will be decently inter-
red near the gallows, The prisoners this morn
ing we're cheerful and making religious prepara-
tons for death. Cook was much cast down
after parting with his sisters, but is now calm
and collected, awaiting his doom.
Challestown, Dec. Is.
The Hotels aud private honses are all crowd
ed. A strict surveillance is kept on strangers,
though those who came from curiosity, and
well vouched Tor on tie question OF our pc
culiar institutions, are all allowed to remain.
Three gentlemen, friends OF Coppic, visited him
Yesterday. He lived with them in Ohio dur
ing his boyhooJ, and they speak of him as
having been a quiet and inotfensiye youth
They will remain with him until alter the exc
cutiop, and take his body to his mother.
Governor W lizards interview WIN Cook last
evening for the purpose OF delivering message
to the prisoner from his sister, Mrs. Willard,
was very affecting. Governor Willard is much
attached 10 Cook and ~ept over him as 1t he
was his own son. HIS lamentations could be
be ard throughout the building. The prisoners
are al. calm and resigned. To-day they have
been engaged in spiritual exercises under the
direction of the Rev. i. q. North, with much
| apparent devotion. The galiiows were erected
this evening. The negroes will be hung between
| Ii aud II O'clock and the whites between IL
aud o'clock, TO morrow.
Washington, Dec. 10.
The Senate, in executive session, yesterday,
confirmed the nomination OF John Hart as Su-
perintendent OF Public Printing, and A. J. Par
ker Attorney for the Southern District Of New
York, in the place OF Sedgewick, deceased
Other nominations were not definitely acted on
| Mr.. Stalworth, Democratic Congressman oil
Mobile District, is still PROSTATE At home from
the effect Of his recent attack.
The Democratic Senators held caucus this
morning to further the consideration and ar
| raogament 0f the Standing Committees.