Daily national Democrat., 1860-06-06
Eastern News.

The Overland mail which arrived Sunday
brought dates from st. Louis to May l4th-
one day later than those received by the
Pony The intelligence is meagre
The Covode Committee have made the i'm
portant discovery that several members ofthe
House, during the tendency of the English
Iill, changed their votes about the time that
the checks are dated The Committee in
tend to probe the matter
Mr.. Bingham's bill, declaring null and void
all Territorial acts in New Mexico, establish
ing, protecting, or legalizing slavery there,
WAS carried through the House by seven ma.
jority
The New Orleans Pcayune contains sum
mary of the news by the Clyde, from Tam
rico via Vera Cruz, on the lst inst. Mar
qaiza had escaped from prison. Gen Garla,
yrmerly Minister of War under Zuloaga, had
enrolled under the Constitutionaists
Mons. Somny, successor to NJ Gabriac,
Minister of France, is expected shortly to ar
rive Gen Vega evacuated San Luis, and
meeting Gen. Orega at Salinas, he was de-
tated losing his baggage and artillery
Aiamon was about leaving Mexico to repair
bis last disaster
The State Department is in receipt of i'm
portant news from Mexico, to the effect that
Iramon's power is broken, if not entirely
gone. 1t is now determined 10y the Admins
iration to urge action on the Mexican treaty,
aud to take it with the proposed amend
ments
Lord Lyons has received no instructions
from his Government touching the English
policy in Mexico.
Dispatches from Minister McLane state that
Mrlmon's Government has accepted the basis
OF adjustment proposed by the French and
English Governments, accepting the provi-
sions for civil aud religious toleratious.
G en-. Scott has issued orders for detach-
ment of troops from Carlisle Barracks and
Newport Barracks, to proceed to Fort Leav-
enworth also from the Eastern Department
General Recruiting Service, to reinforce com
panies now in Utah.
Mr.. Morrills tariff was rushed through the
House by Al majority
Eli Thayer and Horace Greeley, substitutes
for Oregon delegates to Chicago, are instruc-
ted to vote for Bates.
A Washington dispatch dated May 18th,
says:
The Senate had session of six hours on
the Homestead bill, with an animated discus
sion upon both sides of the chamber Mr..
Wilkinson's amendment, which was carried
IN Committee yesterday, protecting pre-
emptors who had settled for five years, and
placing them on an equal footing with Others
hereafter, which would have relieved large
BODY OF small landholders in the West, was
voted Out by the Democratic majority, and
me Senate bill, with its original imperfec-
fool al. IL, 90
originally reported.
Inc Iouse will never accept this miserable
naEe-shfl as a substitute for its vigorous and
healthy measure.
INDIAN DISTURBANCES AT WALKrRs RNEr
AND MoNo.-0n Sunday night, Gen. Clarke
received dispatches from Monoville and
Walkers river, sent from Carson Valley by
telegraph, asking him to send troops to pro-
tect them against the Indians The dispatch
from Mono. which is signed by ten persons
after stating that the Indians had killed O
party of fthree.men on Owens river, goes on tC
state to the following effect:
That great fears were entertained for the
safety OF the immigrants by way of TularC
ana Merced, who could not possibly know O
'ne Indian outbreak, and would therefore be
Wl their guard 1t was also feared that the
Indians, being routed in the north, woult
aiI IiI back upon that settlement in great force
Efforts were being made to organize two com.
Iahles of volunteers, numbering from eighty
" one hundred each; but as they were with
% Cut arms and ammunition, they prayed G Gen
Oarke to forward them five hundred stanC
VI arms, hive thousand rounds of ammmuui,
0oh and company of his dragons.
1he dispatch from Walkers river is signed
Oy'weiye persons, and says
Ihe undersigned residents at West Wal
aers river, pray for assistance for the pro-
lection of our lives and pronertv. there being
'qal settlements in this valley, and be
w, 1Seen four and five thousand head of stock
t"e Indians are already committing depreda
Nou'' and we have no means of defence.
lhls dispatch further states, in brief, the
oeIT ,1ars OF the settlers, and asks that company
- o troops be sent to their assistance.
ALABAMA.-The Athens Banner. published
a5 nj 'ne Democratic heart of Alabama thus in
cu'ahce rebuked the seeessionists: The news
''Vh Charleston this morning sounds equally
al tempest in teapot" Let politicians
"a S1'ringents for the adoption of an mplac-
M. le issue, 1z fume and splutter as they
Use We the people, will look calmly on
co uuoC be alarmed-and, when the time
m 10 act, will stand by the Government
.b;1S .ue 9road platform of the Constitution
on ''ueu oy the stares and stripes of this I'm
@Rs. John Howes, of Wethersfeld, Conn
o;nt I remarkable woman Sho weighs only
al 4 49,