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

THE NEWS.
st. James (Catholic) Church, Montreal;
was destroyed by fire on the night Of the 4th.
Loss 100000. The fire originated in The
hot-air 1ues.
The Washington correspondent of the
N Y. Tribune Of the 9th says the Admins
tration has auth horized the Marst3 of Kan
sas to offer reward of $3.50 = ch for the
capture of Montgomery and Brown, and to
increase his posse to any nuA(ber desired:
Hon. Thomas J. Bay, Democrat, was
elected to Congress frog the ''Five Points"
district of New York pn the 9Th, to fill the
unexpired term of USn John Kelly, resign
ed. Barr's majority was 2,o59 in u total of
1851 votes.
The vote the Illinois Legislature by
which Dough was re-electedto the U. S.
Senate stoof Douglas "a; Lincoln 46. An
immense owd was present. The announce
ment Of 'the election was received by tre-
mendi g cheering, followed by wild hui
The Democrats fred 100 guns. Their
gre excitement in the city. Both II
~ burned Immediately after the election
FoKE1eN.--The steamship North Ameri-
can, from Liverpool 22d ult., arrived at iial-
flax on the 5th. News not of exciting char
acter President Buchanan's message was
printed in most of the leading English jour
nails. The prol ositions therein in relation
to Cuba, Mexico and Central America were
generally unpalatable. The excitement in
Ireland as to the arrest of the Phoenix Club
was dying out. Two or three additional
arrests had been made, but nothing of mo-
ment has transpired. A Club is said to have
been established in Kerry by person en-
gagged in the insurrection of lS4s. Monta-
Icmbert's appeal having been heard in the
French Imperial Court, his sentence was
modified from six to three months impris
onment, retaining the fine Of 5000 francs
Uongress.-Jan. 6M-In the Senate, Mr..
Harlan spoke forcibly on the propriety of
Congress locating the route of the Pacific
Railroad. The capital required is $780,
10000 nearly one third of the surplus
capital of the country Few native individ-
uals or companies can control so much, hence
it is sure to be a monopoly, perhaps a foreign
one. What security, too, is there that the
contractors, having secured the $1,000, 900
in cash and l0,O00,O0O acres of the best
lands for constructing the road through
fertile district, will advance one step across,
the prccipitous mountains and sterile plains
of the interior? geographically there is
little difference between three central routes
surveyed. Either can be built in ten or
twelve years without deranging the financial
condition of the country, therefore, he was
in favor of the Central Route as the centre
of the population. MIR. Harlan was severe
on those msmbers of Congress who after
having spent half a million in explorations
published immense quarto reports illustrated
with pictures for those who cannot read,
wanted to shift on the Mail Contractor, the
responsibility Of locating he road, lest they
should offend their constituents in not secur
ing it for sheir particular locality. Mr..
Iverson (of Ga mads-a strong sectional
speech, and moved that the bill be recon-
mitted with instructions to report bill for
1.-THE construction of two roads, a Northern
and Southern one He characterized the
triumph of Douglas as victory of Free
Soil Democracy over Abolition Whiggery,
and declared he would not turn on his heel
to choose between the Wilmot Proviso and
the oquatter Sovereignty of tho Senator from
Illinois. Mr.. Iverson proclaimed himself,
n unmistakeable terms, disunion man,
under the aggressions Of the North. Let the
Senator from New York (Mr. SewarD be
elected President, and in his Qverson's)
opinion, more than one Southern State would
take immediate steps to secede. As he be
ieved the dissolution of the Union was near
ut hand, he was unwilling to vote money
and lands for road which was sure to be
located outside of the South, hence he want.
ed the South to have route equal with the
N orth, which shall aid her while in the
Union and belong to her when out Of it,
The Senate here adjourned.
I The House was engaged in discussing the
tariff question and a proposition for buying
presents for the Texas Indians without def
mite action
The Democratic State Convention OF
New Hampshire met at Concord on the 9th
Nearly four hundred delegates were present.
Hon. Asa f. Cate, of Mortified, was unani
mously nominated for Governor, and Mr..
Frederick Vose for Railroad Commissioner.
"A bill was reported in the Missouri
Legislature yesterday, authorizing the Gov
ernor to raise and equip volunteers to repel
an alleged invasion of the Western frontier
from Kansas, aud appropriating $4,000
for that purpose. This looks warlike, but
we appreheEd it will end in smoke.
"A disastrous conhagaration occurred
at Memphis, Tenn, on the Ssh. Twelve
buildings on Front Row, between Adams
and Washington streets, were burned. Loss
nearly $8O,0O0. Forsyth and Jamison, and
Sturgis & Son were among the losers. Sew.
eral persons were injured by the falling
walls
The N. Y. Heralds Washington cores
pondent says :-"Senator Bigler is author
lied by the Committee on Commerce to re-
port against Ship Canal around the Falls
of Niagara. The House Committee on For.
eign Relations had referred to Mr.. Branch
of North Carolina, the bill placing a million
dollars at the lisnnsal of the President for