Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-10-28

MIS-. Dioomer Is Iecturlng In chicago.
f A destructive fire occurred at Lewis.
ltown. Pennsylvania. on the 9Th.
Passengers now travel from Chicago
TO st. Louis in Is hours.
In Utah they open their balls and dan.
cling parties with prayer, and close with
a benedic,ion.
Within a few weeks, several gangs oil
slaves have made their escape from Ken.
lucky.
Sin thousand licenses to sell liquor
have already been granted for the pres
ent year in New York.
The overland emigrat ton to California
this year will be about 10000, 10 Ore.
gon 10000. rs
The gallery Of paintings in the Crys.
tai Palace, New York, contains six hun
dred and forty pictures.
Al the last Assembly Of tho Establish.
ed Church Of Scotland. FIVE ministers
were formally deposed for drunkenness
The cars on the Rock Island and Chi.
cago Railroad are now running to Shelf.
field, 45 miles distant from Davenp port.
The Indiana Asbury University. loca-
ted at Greencastle, Lucien w. Berry, D.
d.. President, has over 400 students.
"A new constitution was, submitte ed 10
the voters Of Delaware. at their recen
election. and rejected by a lsrge vote.
The Navy Department has late ad
vices from Commodore Perry's squa d .
ron. he was on his way TO Jeddo.
Two trains of cars brought into Chi.
cago, one day last week. one ,houss nd
passengers. Every body seems to be
on the move.
John Gibbons, Of Salem, Ohio, was
run over by the railroad train last week,
al White Pigeon, Ia, and was ground
into fragments.
It's said that James Gordon Bennett
1 editor ofthe New York Herald, has been
in this country thirty years. and was
naturalized only three years ago!
AT recent fair in Kentucky, six
shousand dollars were paid for bull
The farmers Of that State are said 10
have gone half mad on the subject oil
stock breeding. a9.a
The Canal Loan Of 81 500, 900 has
been paid up by the Trustees. and the
Illinois and Michigan Canal is now the
unencumhered property .oi the former
State. gas
The Chinsse insurgents continue to
advance on Pekim. Money and provis-
ions were scarce there. fleet OF En-
glish and American ships blockade Hong
Kong. aaibr h. ba at aq
young lady who had been in n som
noient state for over a month At Harris .
onburgh, Va, died recently. The rhy-
sicisrs pronounced !. psralyzation of.he
sloma CHI. % "a sHs soe,s,1h u. sff4 SO
Koszta has been liberated from his
present dursnce By the voluntary &C, OF
the Austrian Government. He is to
leave Smyrna Immediately FOR the Uni
ted S,aies. ssl ~
The steamboat Clarion. while on her
down trip. burst one Of her boilers nea
In Crosse. Two Of the hands were
badly scalded, and others slightly. No
one killed. 7eaf.sa s5U So
The Crystal Palace. in New York.
closes the last Of December. 1t is pro
posed 10 keep the building standing, and
to continue to use il as a permanent ex
,hibiton OF Manufactures. s''s
Gen. Winfield Scott now residing
in N. Y. City, has received notice, like
all other citizens, to appear on parade
ground and "train'' as one ofthe militia
ot.the State, or pay rs cents. a 555 l.3.
The news from Mexico is. tina, SANTA
Anna intends to proclaim himself EN-.
peror. as soon az his plans can be com.
pleted. and his proposed army Of So.
600 men ofganized.
!, Mr.. Miller, OF Washington. fell back
wards and died while praying al q ca mn,
meeting held ear Belfast. Me. He had
been powerfully exercised about the !
conversion Of two OF his daughters.
A Virginia farmer has introduced
successfully ! beautiful vsriet y'of whea,.
called the White Mediierra mean. from
which he hnslobtained the extraordinary
yield Of forty.two bushels to the acre.
There has been another difficulty be.
tween the Sioux and Chippewas, near
the ST. Croix, in which one. Chippewa
was killed. and Sioux wounded. The
wounded Indian belongs 10 Little Crows
band. sg1aag hs.as ga1.yilos - -
The wisconsin Methodist Confer.
encs have resolved TO request the next
General Conference to specifv an early
day, when stockholders Ia the Me,ho-
dist Episcopal Church shall fee their
slaves OF leave the Church. nAap sfa3
w A destructive Ore occurrdla as sProvi
dsnce. 3. l.. on the 10th inst. consu.
ming properly 10 the value Of fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars Among the
losers are Whitaker f. Sons; Arnold
Lerick. S,sene and Cardy. p5s
The Atlantic brings intelligence OF
the death Of Fran cois Domique Arago,
the distinguished French Astronomer,
whose contributions to science have |
classed him among the highest in the
list Of European savsns. gsi 5as ssseaa
An attempt Was made by some tends
TO blow up the steamer Dan'l Hillmanj
on her recent visit TO St. Louis. II The
steam pipe blew Of. but the boilers did
not burst. AZ the parties are susp ted
he matter will undergo an Investigation.
James G. Hall. Esq, who was shot 10