The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-09

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Washipasoh, June ..
Tie Japanese princes accompanied BY their
principal officers, snd the general commission
have proceeded 70 the Executive mansion to-day
noon. 70 take leave Or the President The latter
received them In the blue rom n company with
Gen. Cass and several other gentlemen. The in
tercourse vas cordial and Of comparatively long
continuance The President, among other things,
informed them that he selected for the commits
sio,, sever.I Of the most gallant officers q our
navy, who in peace were most kind, but IN war
We depend upon them for our defence. lie trust
ed however. that they would never be required
70 operate against Japan.
The distinguished visitors, through their inter
prefer, expressed their high appreciation Of the
Presidents address a on former occasion al
lnded to. tn. h ,ndsomr reception with which
they have met and 0f the may kind attefu ~
bestowed on them. The President presented to
each Of the Princes rye gold medal bearing his
lkent - and suitable inscription, struck ~ the
Philadelphia mint, and als0 number o. beauti-
fully bound illustrated American books. These
were received with eyid, mt delight At parting
the hand shaking was mutually cordial. and the
interview throughout was Of gratifying and
pleasant character.
There seems 20 be but little, II any doubt, that
the Hsuse bill for the admission Of \ fnsas into
the Union will pass the Senate, whether with or
without amendments il uncert, lin. SIN tor Big
Ter to-day, declared he would vote for the meas
ure without qualification.
The two houses dis greeing on the question OF
restoring the mail service, committee OF con-
ference has been appointed consisting OF Sena-
tors Pearce. Yulee and Cameron, and Rrpresen-
tatiyes Coifax, Washbarne, Of Me, and Crawford
The President has signed the bill viii, h in
creases The pay Of navy officers about % per cent
The r. NJ. General has answered the call con-
corning Mr.. Fowler's dedication. He makes
some extraordinary revelations. II appears that
his accounts were never legally settled during
tn whole term Of the present administration,
but were adjusted BY fictitious system IN appa-
rent violation Of the letter and spirit Of the law.
The accounts are settled quarterly, but three
months elapsed usually before any quarter =
closed up Weekly returns are made to the ~
nance Bureau Of the Department, showing the
actual deposits against which draft may De made,
but it has been the practice in the Auditors o.
fee in adjusting Me Fowier'- accounts IN the last
three years, when balance was found against
him at the end of quarter, instead o. requiring
il to be paid or report It to the 4. General
as the law cnntemplates 70 credit MIN for The eur
rent returns Of the ensuing quarter, made TO the
finance Office, thus enabling him to use the re-
GENTS of one 10 meet the deficiency Of the other
and concealing defaication throughout.
Since the II use amended the Pacific Telegraph
bill b. throwing the construction open to the
lowest BIDDER, il has been discovered that Ger.
tain gigantic monop tly intends If the Senate con
cur in this amendment, to bid 50 low 40 to pre-
vent snY other party from procuring the contrac;
at living rat /, thus securing the entire control
Of I'll " phing from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and increasing the p,wer OF the monopoly aud
ed to, TO still more dangerous extent than now
The Select p .cfc Railoai Committee h Id a
meeting af the CAPITOL this evening. Sixteen
| members were present. Messrs. Hamilton, Da
Wis, Of Nd, Rice, Of Mass. Farnsworth. Of H.
and Blair, Of Pa. we're absent After some dis
cussion relative to amendments. motion r.
amend the bill originally agreed upon by thu
| Committee for central route by inserting the
! Southern Texas, Ell Paso and San Diego route,
! was carried by vote OF q to 5. The question
!! then required upon reporting the bill to the
/ House as amended upon. then question arose az
/ to whether the friends Of an extreme Northern
| route would be allowed to move an amendment
! in the House to the question.
| Mr.. Curtis, the On irman. responded that he
| should not allow any more amendments, but
should call the previous question, thus shutting
| oil all amendments and debate.
This settled this question of the Southern
| road. The vote, on reporting the bill to the
/ House AS amended. was then taken and de-
teated b. a vote Of ayes TO nays.
/ Col Aldrich, Of MIMI, changed his vote for
the reasons given above.
The Committee then adjourned to meet again
to-day.
Additional to last nights House
Washington, Dune 8.
The Honse sent the the Sergeant at Arms after
absenteea who returned with number of them
and many amusing and ridiculous excuses were
made. A great deal of titne was consumed
The House did net adjourn till very late hour.
New York, June !
The tollowingis the correct version Of some
portion Of the news by the Prince Albert, which
wa wrongl, printed, owing to the blunders Of
the Telegraph;
81. Johns, June 6.
The stcamsh Prince Albert arrived at the
Bay Of Brlton al o'clock on the morning Of
the 9TH inst. She brings Galway dates of the
23d Of May and Liverpool dates by telegram Of
the 2ath of Nav.
The Srian accounts are conflicting.
Gatibaldi had entered Palermo and assumed
the dictatorship
Scilan official dispatches claim victory over
Garibalai AZ
The proceedings In the House of Commons In
dictate that the Government will be unable to
carry the Reform Bill through this season, and
they will virtually determine TO abandon il.
The result Of the great Derby race was sent in
the telearaphe news by the last steamer. I'm
pire ran forward throughout the race. but came
in at the end the sixth horse. being long dis
tanced By the Einner, Thornanhy
II is rumered that the Emperor OF Russia
cnnfamnl1trI yiSitino Paris
1t is also reported that the Moniteur was
about to publish speech bv the French Am
bassador to the Sultan Of Turkey Of .i.-.
nature.
The friends Of the Grand Duke Of Tuscany
continued ne agitation AZ kloreaee tor his res.
toratioh. s
The Government had seised important docu-
ments, contai:ing instruction. for an insarrcc-
ton in the States Of the Church, Callabria &c.
Prince Gortsehekoff had issued circular, ex-
planning the reason why the Turkish Ambassa-
dor was not admitted 70 the Diplomatic Meeting
Of Christians Of Turkey.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
LoNnoS My asth.--The Sieilian news Il very
meagre and conflicting
Tits reported and some authorities nsscrt ear
neStlv. tht Garibaldi had entered Palermo with
5000 infantry aud SOU re cavalry. and that the
Ne potlltns were lay ing down their arms.
1t VS. also stated that Garribaidi h a issued d
stirring procl ,mation, stating that he assumed
Professionally the Dictrto ship of Sicily. He was
received with the greatest enthntiasm ut Paler-
mo. The news Lacks reliable confirmation, and
some regard u ~ premature,
Ihete-was great panic d. Ncssina among the
authorities
The official dispatches of the 2ad and p3d
OF MAY assert that the insurgents were beaten
twice, driven from their positions, and pursued,
and that one Of their leaders, Rossilini Peito.
was killed.
London Misunderstanding Bros report bread
stnifs dull. Sugar dull and declined s.. Coffee
dull and inferior qualities declined a sod. Rice
STEADY. Spirits Turrentinc s5s 6dS,sss.
Liverpool BreadstufFs.-R 8. & Co. report
-four dull ads. 6dl6s0s Whest quiet. sales Of
red los 5d@los Cd; white. llstal2s id Corn,
very dull, sales Of mixed SIS Cd; yellow, as cd
Cl3as white, SOS 6d@37. Provisions --Wake.
field, Nash 4 70, d. \. 4 90, and others repor,
beef heavy, and MI prohibitions slightly declined.
Bacon inaetiye but firm. Lard dull, and quota
tons barely maintained s5set5Ss. Prui,ice mar.
Epf E4,f. r., d a