Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-12-16
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: -On the 7th, the Legislature Of Virgin
: unanimously passed resolutions approvir
of the sentence on Cook and others, and =
fusing to interfere. o s.,s. .s--srT,er ,s.-
The National Executive Democrat
Committee met at Willard's Hotel, in Wasl
ington, on the 7th, and fxed upon Monda
the 28d of April, for the time
meeting of tho Charleston National DEN
ocratic Convention, All the, States wei
represented except Maryland, Georgia Gel
ifornia, and Alabama. ..gmr., of;a,, .,....
FoREIGN.-The Persia arrived, at Ne1
York on the 9th With Liverpool dates to th
26th ult. Austria is rep orted to have rails
cd another difficulty regarding the Europeal
Congress, and the invitation, to the variou
powers were in obeyanse. The regency
question, it is said, causes the difficulty
The Morning Post characterizes the disarn
ament proposition as an absurdity. 1t also
believes that the perliminaries which the
Government considers necessary previous
to tho assembling of Congress are in fair
way Of settlement. Spain was en- artering
steamers, and contracting for stores in Eng
land, to prosecute the war against Morocco.
Nothing has yet occurred in Morocco.
Mrs. Wood, wife of Fernando Wood,
Mayor elect of New York city, died on the
morning Of the 9th.
-Theo. Sedgwick, the U. s. District At
torney for the Southern District of New
York, died at Stockbridge, Mass, on the
9Th. ~ ~ "
The entire Republican State ticket in
Kansas is undoubtedly elected, by msjorities
over 5000. Every county yet heard from,
excepting Leavenworth, gives Republican
majorities. Holdman, Democratic candidate
for Congress, is ahead of his ticket SO far.
The piano forte factory on Wooster st.,
New York, belonging to the Messrs. Brad
bury, was destroyed by fire on the 7th, to-
gether with large stock of pianos and ma
terials. The loss is $685. 900, on which
there was $40, 900 insurance. The building
was owned by Henry Boomer, and was fully
insured. At noon the rear wall fell, and it
was feared that several 6remen were buried
in the ruins.
CONGRESS 9M.-The Senate was not
in session to-day, having adjourned over
till Monday.
In the House, a difficulty arose between
Messrs. Kellogg and Logan, Of ILL.,, which
might have resulted in personal violence if
other members had not interfered. The diff
iculty originated from the dispute about the
charge Of Mr.. Kellogg that two years ago
Horace Greeley was planning and scheming
with Mr.. Douglas, in the parlor of the latter,
to re.elect him to the Senate by selling out
the politics of Illinois: Mr.. Logan resented
the charge as an effort to depreciate Mr..
Douglas in the estimation of the South by
associating him with Mr.. Greeley. He de-
Mr.. Kellogg as shrinking like a
spaniel in the corner to avoid the RESPONSE
bility Of bringing forward proof of his
charge-whereupon Mr.. Kellogg advanced
towards his colleague with apparently
hostile intent, and Mr.. Logan at once put
himself in the attitude of defense. Great
excitement prevailed. The belligerents were
restrained from violence by members seizing
hold of each of them, and order was at
length restored.
1t is thought an election Of Speaker will
not take place till next week. Only two
votes have as yet been taken.