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


Of the Grsnd Jury sys,. q In 81. Louie
Several Judges are sooristo be @eiecstd.
and questions as 70 what win be their
lu ture decisions, ia regard TO ssSunjav
La"s. &C., are freely propo0ndrd.so
candidates.
An importan, case is being heard be.
fore arbitraiors in PhlndrIphis, in
which Amos Kendall aud associates.
are charged with tho i'm pxpprr aud Sc
ere; appropriation 10 their own use. oi
some $50 900 OF funds belonging To the
Washington and New Orleans Telegraph
Company. H5zs ss afs
A dreadful accident occurred AZ the
New York r Williamsburgh Ferry land
ing. on the Williamsburgh side. on the
18th. The ferry boat ran against the
lower end Of the slip with such force
as to perciriiaie i2 persons into The
river and ..eight Of the number were
drowned. a'H9at ~
The Grand Jury Of Bureau County
have presented the Chicago and Rock
Island RAILROAD as unsafe for the trans
mission Of passengers. The action Of
the Jury grew out of the recent death Of
Pratt and Phadden. engineer and ere
man. son that road, which, the coroner's
jury declared, resulted from its bad con-
ditiOn. gEtfa es 58fE IS a9aFa VI
A piece Of Outrageous cruelty was
lately committed upon two noble horses
IN Ormsel. Allegnny county, N. y
They were raced eighty miles for a stake
Of $4,000. the winning horse making
the distance IN eight hours and eight
minutes. including the -,oppages. and
the other dying in less than an hour al:
ter the race. w IS @h $3.50 'psu
Money at the east is becoming very
scarce. Few bills Of the best ella IS can
be passed under l2 per cent, from which
rate up'to 10 per cent the general run OF
business is doicg. Call loans Z per
cent. Railroad bonds are almost un-
saleable at any price. Stocks OF all de.
scriPtions continue 10 decline. s.,s
An extensive conaagrs ,ion occnrred
in Milwsukie on Sunday last. Ii. was
the work Of iacendiaries and CONNIE need
in a werehouse on Higby's Pier. The
loss is estimated at $50. O09, with
scarcely sny insurance, being mainly
bread stuffs. The Mayor has offered a
reward o: $1,000 for the ares, OF The
incendisries. 80
Al the Nat ionsl Exhibition, OF Horses,
at Springfield Mass opened on the
18Th, neatly 400 of the finest animals
in the Union were entered. Distin
guished men were expected 10 make al :
dresses The goth was selected for a
magnificent banquet in "A mammoih
tent. cnpa BILE Of accommodating 5000
personS.Gyag YbHl gafng Il hsa3r
i The accounts Of the merciless lepre.
da.ions Of the Indians in Sonora are
truly startling and melancholy. y The
rsayages. were numbering the whites. ia
Guiding the women and chill hrrn. IS here
ever they could BE- found. From sp.
pesrances, the pale aces In q shorfti
would be totally esterminaietl, unless
Santa Anna should speedily push, forward
- large forces,o protest. ;hsm.sps 1
= The genealogical CONF chi ION al CHI
caso was avery interesting one. The
exhibition of lrui,s was .considered 10
be the largest exsrs seen in the north.
wcs'. Mes.rs. Avery e. Cumstpck. of
pBurling lon, Iowa, sent aAA 25 varieties Of
pears. 20 al peaches, ssndul5esof apples.
The next meeting Of the Association
will he held al Burling,on in this State.
in 1851, on the Goth day oi Sepsembe !
NO last four days. 'sabai 'fss y7e1 y
q In New Orleans. on q reccni SATURDAY
light. bout 500 sla yes assembled on. an
open lotin Tehouri oulas street, and.
stree ching forth their arms, c commenced,
singing with stunning effect Hiarned
out that fans teal colored o preacher
told his congsegatio,ndlat at III o'clock
onthat nightlthc comet 'wouId come N
collision with the earth and demotish
il, bat th0sssw ho were found withIheir
arms stretched .oshcaven. watching The
coming OF the catastrophe. and singing
a hymn Of welcome, were TO be transla
ted bodily mo Paradise. In conse-
quence. The mob assembled. but the po-
lice made q dessast vi orthem o arrested
sixty,and the rest all fed. The pris.
oners were fined IS each, or in sdeiaal;.
to fifteen lashes eac.,aes ssi