Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-24
THE NEWS.

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i CONGRESS-. s.-Feb. 15th.--The Senate voted
to recede from its am mendments to the Post
Office Bill, and it was passed and received
the signature of the President. Warrants
were directed to be issued for the parties
who refused to attend the Senate Committee
on Harper's Ferry. A bill abois hing the
franking privilege was adopted, there being
only two votes against it. '. 80
In the House two ballots were had fol
Printer, Defrees lacking one. The vote
stood Defrees 81, Glossbenner 80, and
Gales & Seaton, l. Mr.. Grow introduced a
bill to prevent the sale of public lands
except to actual settlers until ten years after
their survey, bill for the admission OF
Kansas into the Union and Homestead bill.
Mr.. Duell introd uced resolution requiring
the P. M. General to communicate copies of
all resolutions or instructions to the POST
masters as to the opening and distributing OF
newspapers supposed to contain incendiary
matter. Referred to Committee on Post
Office A large number Of bills were pre-
sented and referred.
Stephen Whitney, the most wealthy
citizen of New York except Mr.. Astor, died
on the 10th, aged seventy years.
AS was anticipated, notwithstanding
tho conflicting testimony as to the identity
of Hazlett, charged with being one of the
associates of John Brown, at Harper's
Ferry, the jury has found him guilty of
murder. . -. ..........r IN r,,.
| AT the Connecticut Democratic State
Convention, held at Hartford, on the 10th,
Themas d. Seymour was nominated for
Governor by acclamation. Twelve delegates
to Charleston were chosen, eleven Of whom
are in favor of Douglas. A national salute
was fred and great enthusiasm prevailed.
The doings of Congress on the 10th
were Of little general interest. The election
of printer was postponed one day. 256 bills
and resolutions, merely for the purpose of
reference, were introduced into tho House
larger number than ever before introduced
in single day. There were 46 the previous
day under the call of the several States. No
previous opportunity had been presented for
the political budgets. . ..-.
-Brownsville, Texas, advices are to the 9th.
Important unpublished disclosures made as
to the completely of the Mexican authorities
with Cortinas, it is believed, will decide the
question of war. '.7.'.
The long-talkedof agreement between
Com. Vanderbilt and the Pacific Mail Co.,
now running opposition lines in the Cali
fornia trade, has been made. The Wander
bilt and Roberts, steamers are to do the
whole Atlantic service, and the Mail Co.,
the service on the Pacifc-the revenues of
the line to be divided 80 per cent to the At
lantic and 10 per cent to the Pacific, with
the exception of the freight upon treasure.
1t is not proposed to put passenger fares
back to the old rates, but they will be mate-
rally advanced. 1t is believed with this
combination of interest very profitable
business can be done without danger of
any opposition being established.
"A dispatch from Washington of the 10th
informs US that in order to show that Kan
sas had the requisite population under the
law of Congress to entitle her to admission
as State into the Onion, Mr.. Army has sent
for certified copies of the registry and census
taken last year, and for copies of the vari-
Gus election returns of last year. They have
not been forwarded by the Secretary of the
Territory to the State Department. From
certified copies of the returns which Judge
Army has obtained from the clerks of some
of the counties in Kansas, he concurs with |
Judge Petit and others, in the opinion that
there are over 100000 inhabitants within the
boundaries prescribed for Kansas in the
Wyandotte Constitutions. In Allen County, |
which is on the N. Y. Iudian Reserve, there
are over 1000 persons and in Linn County,
which includes the Miami Reserve, there are
over 300 registered voters. These are two
Of the extreme Southern counties, and owing |
to the troubles growing out of the claims OF
the Indians to the land, Judge Army states
that the settlement has been retarded.
CoNaREss.-Feb. 17.-There was nothing
of special interest done. The Senate was
not in session and in the House, special
committee of three was ordered toinquireinto
the expediency of removing the benches and
replacing the chairs and desks in the Hall
Of Representatives, and to report the cost
and time the change will occupy; the cleo
tion of Printer was postponed till Monday;
the Senate bill to abolish the franking priv
ilege was read aud referred to select COM
mittee of five; and the House adj ourned till
Monday. ..-. ..r. ....
GYAdvices from Bogota state that the
Catholic clergy had collected all the Bibles
distributed by the London Bible Society,
and burned them in the Public square. The
British Minister strongly protested against
the proceeding. Jones-doughty Jones, for
merly of lowa-the American Minister, was
present, countenancing the outrage. A full
statement of the affair has been sent to
Washington. Will not Jones have to employ
Req. Henry Clay Dean to write another
speech for him, in vindicatiou of his conduct
on this occasion? .a gr..,,...
The COLLECTION OF DEBTS IN WISCONSIN.
An important bill, amending the Collec-
ton Laws, has been passed by the Legisla-
ture of Wisconsin. It authorizes executions
to be issued at once upon judgments render.
ed. Under the presentlaw, execution does
not issue until the close of the term of Court
following such Judgment. 1t will be seeD
that the proposed change will considerably