Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-11-11

The movement Of the United States
troops on the frontier Of Texas con,in.
use, and the indians are taking advan.
tage OF the removal Of troops from the
south western frontier, and have recon-
menced warlike incursions. A party of
Apache Indians. charged with the nur-
der of California emigrants, are con
fined at Fort Fillmore.
The Missouri Republican SAYS ,ha,
there never was time lie st. Louis.
when there Yves such scarcity Of coal
Tor foundries and iron manurac, ,res
Several oil the former are closed, or al.
most SO, and but few il ans are working
full time.
The population OF Turkey i'm Asia is
l3'7oo.OOo. and that Of Turkey in Eu
rope, 1900, 600 making total Of
nearly 30 900, 0o0; nearly equal to The
population OF France, although the
country is not so ,hickIy settled. The
population Of Russia nearly doubles tina,
o! Turkey.
A large nail. consisting mostly of
New YORK city letters, and includinp a
very heavy foreign mail brought by the
Atlantic, was recently destroyed by fire
upon the Lake Shore Railroad. while
the train was in motion. Some eight or
ten bushels OF charred and blackcned
remnants were picked up and sent on
to Cleveland, to await the orders of the
department.. A large portion OF the
New York mail was made up Of bills
of goods, invoices, notes, drafts nc.
ceptances, &c.
Gen. U. F. Under, Of Illinois, dis
.inguished politician and stump sneak.
er, we see il stated has now taken the
stump In favor Of the Maine Law in
| Illinois.
Ex-senator flanagan of Indiana ha.
also been making speeches in favor o
the Maine Law in Indiana.
Both these individuals have exoer;
enced the evil effects Of intemperance
aud are qualified 10 exert great deo
oil influence to suppress i, ti.roughou
the land.
The Fort Hamilton House, on Lon.
Island, destroyed by fire on Sunda
night week. was valued at S45 900. /
mad 'front.' OF 800 leet, with one of tn,
finest piazzas in the world. and couls
accommodate $50 guests. s25, 900 worth
OF furniture was also destroyed. Mr.
Clapp, the lessee of the house, no doub,
owes his life to a faithful New 'ound
fand dog. which, on the breaking out @
! the fire, ran to the door of his MASTER.
room, and threw himself against 1t vic
lently until he awoke him. and upor
opening the door, found his dog serioas
ly burned. while resolutely Struggling
TO save his masters life.
The Martha Washington case befor,
Judge Mclean. al Columbus. O., is FRO
crossing slowly. Several hundred viii
nesses have and are to give in theil
testimony and by the time the trlal i.
concluded it will have cost the State %
Ohio some $50, 1000. On Saturday, DC
tober goth, Jshn Whately, a clerk O
hissane, was on the witness stand, all,
confessed hat he perjured himself, OF
his examination before the Commissions,
er. last spring, us 10 Kssane havins
shipped Twelve hundred boxes candle.
on the Martha Washington Hs swear,
he knew Of no such shipments bu
was Indnced By kissane to perjure him
sell. The conlt ssions VI this wines
caused great excitement among The
| prisoners and their counsel. twill b,
recoliected iha: kissane was convicted
both In his Cincinnati and Lebanon
trial, as TO forging he checks. last win
ter, for over Sl4, 900, on two Of on
Gil. banks.