Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-12-09
MUCH Iy-LITTLE.
D0xGSTiG.
Texas IL divided into "a counties.

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Texas Is divided into "a counties
| The late Senatol Athcrton of New Hampshire. lief
IN estate valued at $500 600.
!, Tbs nxd population of California, scattered owe,
On area OF 80 e00o 900 Of acres, amounts 500 00O
citizen of New Haven Offers a reward of $40 TO,
the discovery OF vandal who stole a rosebush from
his childs grave.
The magnificent ioness belonging to Van Am
/ burghs Menagere died on the Floating Palace . fev
| days ago, at Troy, Ind
Martin Mullen, Of Madison. Indiana, has a col,
which 1t s said has rotted twenty miles in one hour
/ Ia feat never surpassed but once.
One OF the plans suggested for the depletion of Un
cie sans overloaded treasury is TO reduce postage to
one cent
man named Leonard, was lately sentenced to the
Penitentary for twenty seven years, by a Chicago
| court He was convicted OF rape.
The Propeller independence, owned at Detroit. ex.
ploded her boiler at the head of Portage on Lake S
peror on the night of the 22d ult killing the Ist en-
gineer, two fireman and one passenger. Boat and
cargo total loss.
Meetings of the soldiers who served in tho war of
isi2 have been held in Pittsburgh and Harrisburph
Pa. Tor the purpose of appointing delegates to the
National Convention of officers and soldiers which is
to neetin Philadelphia OF the sth of January next.
Thlty-one Of the nine hundred officers Of the United
states Army have died off since the first of January
last This in time OF peace, is a very large percent
age oil deaths proving beyond question the hazarous
nature OF the services they at all times called tn
render to their country.
Buslness mas resumed almost its wonted activity in
New Orleans and the papers there saw the nopnlniion
Will soon be as large ever. Thousands arc t,ckng
to the Crescent City to fill the places and rean th5
golden harvests OF the thousands who died from vel
low fever, last summer.
The extra session conventioH-in whie6, "a counties
were represented met at Salem, Illinois, on the 2jth
ult Resolutions wers passed in favor of an xtra ses
sion otthe legsstre, an address was alfo,,ted and
eetnntiee q swent was appointed to- carry the ad-
sdres ata resoiationsto the governor
; dimcnlty il now existing between the publishers
and lopfneyman printers in Cincinnati; the latter have
estab>ied new Bin of prices the publishers object
not only to the prices, but also to the rules sought To
be forced upon them. Some Offices have resolved in
the event OF a strike, to employ females
The Methodsts are talking ahbat the proprety of
iormhg 1re insurance society of the Methodist Eps
copai Church to have its principal office located in
CINCINNATI, or some other important city, There are
some $40 900 900 worth of churches and parsonages
In the United States.
Thirteen years since in the vicinity Of Pittsburr. a
man who was involved in some difienltv s,,dden,S
disappeared, and the citizens surprising t6at he had
drowned himself dragged the river to hnd his body
Few days since, in taking off the decayed roof of
country chnrch skeleton was found in the loft living
under handkerchief attached to a rafter Exan;nn
tion OF the handkerchief resulted in finding his name
ana thus solving thirteen year mystery-he had com,
mitted suicide.
In the progress of the Martha Washington trials the
question haVing arisen as to whether an officer had
l1ght under any circumstances to break the seal nf
letter addressed to another person udpe Mel can saJ
That III any person opened a letter under anv pre
tence whatever he liable to be prosecuted under
the post office laws Ii suspicious letters came il
would be better to send them to the Department |
they had no authority to open them neither had the
marshal, police, nor that court
The New Orleans Crescent of the 10th give, the
particulars OF tragedy, which was enacted in that
clty ON the day previous Mrs Helen Sage an actress
9Go had lately arrived in New Orleans from Cin,.;n
natl. was shot by } Betttord French Schoolmaster
at her clearinghouse, after which he shot hjrnseM
lie died INSTANTLY The lady was not dead at last ac
counts Beitford for some time had been endeayorng
TO induce her to leave her husband aud clone with him
Her refusal caused the sho, ting She is rcprrsepfcd
as being very beautiful.
The total area of the United States Including the
Territories is2 2,3sl .l23 square miles The territorial
extent Oh the Republic nearly ten times as large as
that OF Great Britain and France combined threa
times as arge rs France Great britain trsti,
Prussia Spain, Portugal, Belgium Holland and De3
mark together one and a-hat times as large as the
RUSSIAN Empire III Europe one-sxth less only than
the area covered by httynne or sixty EMPIRES States
and kepabhes; o equal extent with the Roman En-.
pre- or hat oi Alexander, neither of which is said To
nave exceeded 5000 900 square miles, The total area
Oh North America is o,373,64s square miles.
The New MoroR--THE EEicssos EsGIsE.--The
invention of Ericsson, about which tie New yoIk
city press said so much few mouths ago whic,, was
10 be driven by air instead OF steam as motor aud
"aich haa the advantage, among Others that the air
was never To be hot enough to burn any one when Tie
boiler bursts BOW condemned and abandoned Ma |
lor Barnard concludes Theorctcal Investigation of
the oaioFic Eagne, IN App'cton's Magazine ia |
winch he asserts that ''the machine whose nertect
success was announced only six months ago--as the /
most important invention of the age after an eo,t
or performance so feeble that it ought scarcev To 10
called a 'tra trip II DOW condemned as old iron' "
. NEBRASKA FERRlToRY.--This vast tract of country
lies between the Western borders of Iowa and MS |
souii, ana the oase OF TIE Rocky mountains. 1t may
e carved al no distant day into some four or five new
States The idea has long existed that the region
west Oh Iowa would not admit of civilized popu
Ratleh-that the cline was uncongenal-that there |
was s'h aosehee OF SOIL OF timber, and other induce
ments lof Immigration and settlement. Late reports
dssipate these ews, and bring in evidence that the
country IN It's wilderness state presents as tempting
prospects Tor the adGenurng pioneer as any section
OF tue West which has heretofore been settled by the
whites.
An interesting letter from Gov Stephens, in charge
OF the Northern Pacific Railroad exploration and sur
vey, written at Fort Benton, ON the upper Missouri
river, under date OF sept. 10th, is published in the
Boston Post OF the END ult. in which it is stated
that 1.-THE pass in excellence exceeds every expectu |
ton. 1.-The ascent in both directions says the let
ter, sis gentle, and it would seem that the whole range
had been sunk at this point for the express purpose Of
allowing the passage OF railroad According to the
barometer is more than two thousand five hundred
feet be ow the South Pass but would not venture to
pronounce 1t more than thousand feet lower until
the result Is tested by subsequent examination Gov
Stephens expresses the belief that the Missouri river
is navigabe up to the falls situated about thirty miles
from Fort Benton very lttle however is known of
the river in that region very few white men have
ever been there. At the falls the river about four
hundred yards wide, aud the whole volume of the
river leaps about forty feet.
The tomb most admired in the New York cemetery
is Charlotte Candees-a young lady who was killed on
her seventeenth birth day, by being thrown from
carriage. The tomb is said to have cost SIS OOO and
Is OF the richest Italian marble. The principal front
is that OF niche or temple where stands beautiful
statue OF white marble, OF life size said to be an exact
likeness OF the deceased. TN either side are two an
gels IN kneeling posture, pointing towards heaven
and Keeping watch over the tomb The design in
some respects, is beautiful but proflson of orna-
mens burdens the mind. and it turns away for some
more plain and simple, yet tuuchngly appropriate
the top of broken column simply bearing the words
"0ur Little Lamb The Pilots Monument is one of
the finest and most interesting and erected to the
memory OF the pilot who lost his life on board the ship
inturn in New York Bay. The column is thirty feet
hgh and is sarmounted with statue, with one foot
upon an anchor, and its right pointing heaven
ward. The monument is in plain sight Of the BAY
aud stands there to ncite every pilot who enters that
bay to deeds OF daring and danger for the rescue of
his telow-men, when in danger from the warning ele
ments.
The Empress of Russia is distinguished needlewo-
man, as is also the Ex-Queen OF Flance.
The sum expended in search of Sir John Franklin.
| amounts 10 over five millions of dollars