Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-27
THE NEWS.

The Nsw Orleans Picayxns, Of thsl7th.
lsarns from tho Galveston Nssss that Corti
mas has rs-erosssd the Rio Grsnde, 30 miles
above Brownsville, with 300 men.
"A lady BY the nans Of Mrs. Bulger jump
ed of the Suspsnsion.Bridge at Wheeling,
on the 22d, and was drowned. Temporary
insanity, in consequence Of the recent death
# sister and child, is the calse assigned
for the deed.
CoSeREss.-Jan. 2sd-In the House, MI.
Barksdsle spoke on the question Of organi.
zation, and argued FIR union to defeat the
Republicans. The Democrats, South Amer
leans and Anti Lecomptonites, all protested
to stand in the attitude of hostility to the
Republicans, should unite to defeat the
latter. The Democrats, he said, have man.
Tested every disposition to unite with the
South Americans and Anti T.ecomptonites
on a national basis, until their spirit Of con-
eiliation has become exhausted. Rather
than the nominee Of the Republican party
should be elected, a man who received no
vote from 10 Of the States Of this Union,
rather than his State and section should b.
dishonored by the election Of Mr.. Sherman
he would repeat the declaration of Mr..
Pugh, Of Alabama, "Let discord reign here
fcrsver." Mr.. Oorwin was called out by q
remark Of Mr.. Barksdals, bat o report of his
speech is not given by telegraph.
Congress is doing nothing Of general
interest. Senator Douglas made q speech
in the Senate, on Monday. on his resolution
instructing the Judiciary Committee to bring
in bill for the better suppression Of in
surrection. He took tho ground that the
President has power to suppress invasions
from one State to another.
"A dispatch from Cleveland, of the 25th,
says Marshal johnson was IN Ashtabula
county, the previous day, to serve summons
on J. r. Giddings and John Brown, Jr., to
appear before the Senate Committee. Gid.
dings is in the State of New York, but was
telegraphed, and will no doubt proceed to
Washington forthwith. Brown could not be
found, but copy Of the summons was left at
his house. The probability is that he will
obey. Both are summoned to appear on the
s0th inst.
"A great battle was fought near Coloma,
in Mexico, on the 21st of December. 1t took
place between Miramon, with 5000 troops,
and the Liberals, numbering 1000, under
Rojas and Ogazon. The action lasted five
hours. The Liberals had 600 or 700 killed
and wounded, and the Conservatives 300
Miramon captured five field pieces and 5000
prisoners. On the oath, he took possession
of Coloma, and sent a detachment to Mama
nilly and seized two vessels, the Gen. Vega
and Lapuarte, and armed them. Their
destination was supposed to be Mazatlan.
A dispatch from Washington of the
Gath says no testimony has been given be-
fore the Commit oe If Investigation in any
way duplicating Republicans with John
Browns raid. Reaf's testimony was de.
tailed account of the organization Of the
Brown Provisional Government, In Canada,
which has already been published. He ties.
tilted that he went to England in 1858, and
knew nothing about Browns ooe, atoms
after thpt time. He was requested to exam.
| inc &C, tain letters found in Browns bag, to
see if he could identify; but testified that he
knew nothing about Browns correspondents
or the authorship of the letters. 1t is evident
hat some members of the Committee have
been disappoit ted in Rea'f's testimony, he
having testified to nothing Of any import.
ance that was OF before in evidence.