Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-01-21

w 1.-THE Kwa ~
-OrdeveA nave been Issued from ~ War
Departing osimilar TO those which wee sent
to Kanse$ pending the 5osmsr trtab1j vis.:
to use tI2S4 h and 81 composlsss troops
now the a. sposse eossitafso 70 enforce
The. the law. ~ 4orins ahe Pint dls1drOsnee' y
~--On The 0sh., smob broke into the fail
at Omahs, Nebraska, and took ont two priso-
I ners named Brodeh and DAly, awaiting trial
FOR stealing horses, and'hanRed them with
out mercy ar trial toutls limb Of estree,
some miles distant. There. appears to be
great Indignation among the abiding cit
isens Of that neighborhood in consequence
Of the bold Outrage. sa-'.'rt - 9.
Five slaves were killed BY the explosion
Of steam boiler in the grist and saw mill
Of Henry Webb, at Hamstead, New Kent
county, Va, on the 10th inst. g. ga
CoNeasss 17th.-ln the Senate,
after some unimportant business, tho death
Of Mr.. Harris, Of Illinois, was announced,
and Mr.. Douglas, to the evident disappoint.
ment Of nearly 1000 spectators, who ex-
pected to hear an extra speech, read in .
low tone of voice brief sketch Of the life
and public services of the deceased. Mr.
Shields and Davis followed in sulogy, after
| which the Senate adjourned.
In the House, eulogies on tho late Thorn
a. L. Harris, member from Illinois, were
delivered BY Messrs Morris, of Illinois;
CLARK, of N. Y; Adrian, Of N. J.. and Stew
art, Of Nd. The usual resolutions of re-
spect were passed and the House adjourned.
Jan. 1sth.-In the Senate, very little bus
mess Of importance was transacted. The
Pacific Railroad bill was under eonsidera-
tion. +. y s.. .,.-., 4...li &, s.
The House passed the Ss...at. hill nu,bor.
ial"g inc issue OF american registers, and
the on...ge of names Of the steam ships
America and Canada. Also, the Senate bill
repeating the fishing bounties law; also, q
bill confirming the aggreeate salary Of land
Office registers and receivers at $4,000 per
annum also, bill to revive and continue
in force without restriction or limit of time,
the bounty land act Of 1884, l849 and 1854;
also, bill providing for re- payment Of
lands erroneou,ly sold; also, a bill author
izing the parties who settled in the 10th and
Seth sections Of land before they were sur
veye,1, to pre-empt the same also, bill
appropriating $4,000 to run, mark and es-
tablish the western boundary of Minnesota.
In the Missouri Legislature, the House
bill for the suppression of border difficulties,
amended so as to place sc, 900 in the hands
Of the Governor, authorizing him to proceed
as he thinks proper, passed the Senate on
Monday. II. ...a sa.a q
On the 18th, the House Committee on
Territories ordered the bill for the organization
of the Territory of Dakotah to be reported.
The boundary proposed for the Territory is
the Rocky Mountains on the west and Mime
sofa on the east. 49,
The overland mail from California arrived
at St. Louis on the 18th, with dates to the
Gath ult. The California news is unimportant.
The dates from Honolulu are to Dec. ID. The
whaling ship Rajah, of New Bedford, was
wrecked in the Ochotsk Sea, on the 18th Of
October. Thirteen persons were lost; among
them Capt. Stewart, of Fairhaven, Mass.
The Kansas troubles are assuming
frightful condition. The Kansas City Jour
nal Of Commerce, of the 18th, says that Judge
Williams, of Fl. Scott, had Just arrived, IN
route to confer with Gov. Medary, concerning
the troubles in Southern Kansas. He repre-.
sents Fort Scott and neighborhood under a
reign of terror. Business was suspended.
Women and children were being removed to
places of safety, and the citizens were under
arms and on guard night and day. a.s
CoSaRRss.- Jan. ls'h.-Iu the Senate,
the ayes and noes were taken on the seve-
raj amendments to the Pacific Railroad bill,
all of which were rejected, and q substitute
by Mr.. Bigler adopted, when it vas agreed
that the bill with it's many amendmen Is, be
printed, so that the members might under
stand in what shape the matter now actu-
ally stood. The Senate then adjourned
The House was in COMMITTEES Of the Whole
on the Presidents Message and the Diplo-
matte appropriation bill. Without arriving
at any conclusion, the committee arose and
the House adjourned.
FoRE1eN.-The steamship City of Wash
ington, from Liverpool 9th inst, arrived at
New York on the 18th. At Vienna panic
prevailed under the rumor that Austria
would send troops to Belgrade. Italy is in
very unsettled state, particularly Lombardy.
News from all parts are pregnant with alarm.
Steps have been taken in Lombardy almost
tantamouat to state Of siege. The SpaL>
ish Ministry declare that Spain will never
sell Cuba, and protest against tie insulting
hypothesis to the contrary implied in the
Presidents Message. Spain has obtained
full satisfaction from Mexico foI the Tanpi-
CO affair. Bombay mail of Dec. 9th has
reached England. News unimportant. A
largo army of rebels had been defeated by
the commander in chief The amnesty was
slowly, but surely, thinning the ranks of the
rebels, giving promise # early peace.