Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
Harper's Ferry investigation.
.Lay III .s -at New YORK. Jan. 80. a.

F.. .AHy ~ 12 New YORK, Jan. 80. q
Tribune's Washington Correspondence -
In the voting, to-day, for Speaker, Mr.. Riggs
gave his vote for Mr.. Pennington. 1t would
have elected him, but Mr.. Briggs, who has
repeatedly pledged his vote for Mr.. Penning-
ton, refusing to give it, Mr.. Riggs then
changed his vote from Pennington to Mr..
McClernand, but will again vote for Penning-
ton, whom his vote will elect.
HeralTs' Correspondence. -The Harper's
Ferry Committee met to-day, but did not
examine any witnesses. The letter Of Hyatt
was read, but no action was taken, the Com
mittee preferring to wait until Mr.. Hyatt
appears before them, on Wednesday. Hon.
S. E. Sewell, of Boston, acts as counsel for
Mr.. Hyatt. There is little doubt that, in the
event of Hyatt refusing to answer the ques-
tons propounded to him by the Committee,
he will be deemed a contumacious witness,
and arraigned before the bar Of the Senate for
contempt His reasons for not answering will
then be the same as he gives in his letter.
This will cause his committal. A writ of
habeas corpus will then be issued for his
release, and thus the question will be brought
before the Supreme Court of the United States,
and be legally attested. "a, asra'-- -
Mr.. Hyatt will arrive here tomorrow. Mr.
Redpath of Maiden, and Sanborn, of Concord,
Mass, it is said, will not appear. Mr. Howe
will Wait the legal test to be made by Hyatt
before appearing Giddings has not yet
arrived, and may assume the same position
taken by Hyatt. Realf is notified to appear
on Wednesday, when the Committee will
probably question him on some new point
Since the discharge Of Judge Orne, the
Committee has said that, if he had not been
stopped by the Chairman, he would have
shown that Brown was % miles from Potta-
wattomie on the night that Wilkinson, the
Doyles and Sherman were killed. .a.
.-... ... o.. NEW YORK, Feb. L.
Tribune's Washington Correspondence -
The Committees will be announced next week.
Mr.. Sherman will be Chairman of Ways and
Means, and leader Of the House. Mr.. Grow
will be at the head of the Territories and
others, who were members of the 34th Con-
gress, will probably be restored to the positions
they then occupied. Nothing is yet deter
mined, however.
Mr.. Realf is discharged by the Harper's
Ferry Committee. Mr.. Hyatt will appear
tomorrow. 81 - q FL "a
Mr.. Wendell has refused to answer certain
interrogatories propounded by the Printing
Investigating Committee, and is allowed tim9
to decide whether he will answer to that
purport. If he persists, imprisonment may
be the consequence. f 1A 81 a..
Herald Correspondence The city has
been wild with rejoicing, during the night,
over the election Of a Speaker. It is partici-
pated in by all parties who have suffered more
or less financially in the delay of organizing.
Speaker Pennington and Messrs. Sherman
and Hickman were serenaded at Wizards by
Writer'S Band, accompanied by large number
of citizens and residents Of the District.
Wizards Hotel was thronged with people,
and the sentiments uttered by the speakers.
Sherman and Hickman, were bold and decided
against the extension of slavery. The seren-
aders proceeded to the residence OF H. Winter
Davis, but did not find him at home. They
then proceeded, about clock, to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Grow, and called him out of his
bed, who responded in a short speech. v,