Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-03
VOL. V.--.-NioI. Il t.
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The Asylum for the Blind, located at Iowa CITY. N
now in successful operation.
Happears, from the Pension Office Report. that
Land Warrants have been issued to the amount OF
9,9s5 800 acres! la5 80 ,ssss
air. La Fore, respectable citizen Of Ruokvile, In
an died few days SINCE while under the Influence
OF ciSfoorm, administered for the purpose of prod:l
eng kensibility during surgical operation u.
Nankn, which has lately fallen into the hands of
'ne ehhese insurgents, was formerly city of great
SIZE ana spleidor before the imperial residence was
\ removed to Pekin $50 ta = - - - !.
on the 18th ult, the entire village of Gorrona IN
the route across the Istnns to Panama, was DESTROYED
oy hre, with the exception of one Office. el -
Lapland giantess measuring seven feet two inches q
and weighing twentyour stone (foufteen pounds, i
being exhibited at Aberdeen. ss.. .,.., e ~
Land Warrants, at New Ycrk, ON the 10Th. wsrp
dull at sl6i for l60 acres, ss3 for so acres ana sts for
40 acres. s@Ss1-s
1t ls.said that special bearer Of fdispatehs~ bas
been sent to Santa Fe. An additional military force
VIII be put into requistion to maintain the alleoet
cai OF the United States to the disputed Territory in
NeW sieSioo. blNsp asi.ssFfH s4aizae 81 vi A sEf
lhe Yellow Feyeris reported is very severe at Rio Il
de Janero 1t has been especially fatal To fort:upcr
recently arrived in the country although many of tb
od residents as wel as natives of Brazil have beea
carried of by its violence. s4s sa .4 M $
Inc notorious person known as Parson Brownloyr. "a
Of Tennessee has been appointed to Office bv the ~
eat administration, which seems to have an esnecatst
regard for renegate Whgs.-5s vias3s5 ,4 ss1 sssfs
The aboltioniss OF Illinois met in convention at o.
tawa, ON the 18th ut They endorsed the Pittsbury
Platform, and resolved that the time had come wher
the Christian Church should exclude from Christi
fellowship and character. all shareholders and ~
apologsts.' t2t ssesaisas i,ga .HGgasaa2
From what we read and hear OF the Australian "a 49,
mines we coRcnde that the chances of theniner thc
are not as good as they arc in California The Esng
mines are shampered with government taxes and re s.
nlatons, from which ours arefreeand long may they
remain so. ssa i9a .ftsssens.s - ~ -a.ss
"A murder was committed at Council Bluffs o acoap,c
ofiweeks since, the victim being &c. Samuel. sur-f
posed to be from Columbus, Oho., One B. lluer was
suspected Of the crime, and in spite Of the thorties
the emgranta took him, tried and hanged him., He.
protested his innocence 10 the last. Ita8a :, M 90
Maj Long, in one of his excursions on the west Of thu
passed over desolate region lxt 47-5a
degrees north, Ion 40 degrees wes-swhere he found
a lake on which there were banks ofpule salt and a.
white foot under the surface of the ground q
there was strata of pure rock salt.
"A suit was recently brought by the owners Of the
steamer Atlantic against the owners Of the. propeller
0sdensbrg for running into the former to the immense
destruction Of life, as our readers viii remember. The
trial took place al Columbus, Ohio and the damages
were, laid at 100000. -. 50. -. ~.
Corporal White of ,he 4th Artillery was sene need
BY court martial to be shot to death for attempting
to kll Major Pemberton. President Pierce mitiqated
his punishment to solitary confinement ON bread and .
water for thirty days and the balance of his term Of
eniisttaent to hard labor, wearing ball and chain.
IN illiamsburgh South Carolina resides woman
named Singleton, who is now in tue one hundred and
inst year Of her aga, and well and hearty at that
she is undoubtedly the Oldest human being in the
world although Capt. Reiey of opinion that some
'f the Arabs whom he observed in crossing the Cree
Desert were fully two hundred years of age. u .e
ssah young aud pretty woman, Gas the papers saya
with anialaat child IS exhibiting in Boston, She ls
! yerrahle flowing beard and whiskers, and shayes
three times week, as regularly as q man. Tho pa
pers state that she IS not ahumbng, and Of asms.
hefemc, very different from Barnun horse
2 Ihe tram of cars on the Mansfield road cnlnmuni-
eating with Cincinnati, on thai Gath Inst, moving at
he rate OF 30 miles an hour descending grsdesS
10 feet TO the mile,were thrown of down an enilank.
aent near bridge. and eighteen cars were smashed
% pieces, killmglthe conductor and the engineer s
+ A numerous afiiay took place at the Fonr-Mie
House, near Gaienas one day hast week. Two lrisL
men coming out ef Galena, were attacked at that
place by Gerinan. named Watcher, and onc killed.
and The Other sobady injured not to be expected
40 hwe. diiheaityl which occurred q year or two,
ago is said 10 bay at the .bottom.s 81 Isl tSsAsss
2 AT Bowling Green, O., Valentine Sage, in d fit IL
nssanty caused by the excitement of ten days pra
racted meeting, killed one Of his ehildlell, and as
enpted to destroy his wife. He il now r.ying ma
liac in Perysbargh jail but has perfect knowlesgea
That he has done and jnsties the act on the gronad
hat the child Is now in Heaven. IA a.ts .;3sss
The grand jury in the district Of San Francisco lad
gnored the bill against Capt Sampson, Of the hlde
pendenee, for manslaughter but say il they had the
power they wouldbrmg bills against tho owners ana.
agents of Vanderbilt line for miserable outfit and un
and negligence, which caused the loss
VI over one hundred lives FL. s.s.ts,,s
Capt Skinner, of the ship Hermann tonched at the
stand OF Juan Fernandez, ON the 9th of March, for
water, and says he was surprised to find there SET
ement OF about three hundred inhabitants who were
iirectedb by Governor. Great kindness was shown to
he mariners, and the vessel was amply supplied with
prov sions. Capt. Skinner stopped at this island two
years ago and lfouad4it ulinhabited., rss4s
Late foreign advees give account of a rebellion
n China -the last country in the world where the
spirit was looked for The rebels have
aiken Nankin with force of $4,000 men. Ksing, ene
Of Emperor's commanders, has been killed. The En-
peror has called the people for help The rebels are
steadily approaching the capitol. Their object seem
to be theestabishnlent of a new dynasty. oe H,A
The Alton Courier says the Missouri river is running
out fl and strikes against the Ilnossh with
such tremendous force TO cut the bank away To an
almost incredible extent. Nearly mile and halfof
telcgraphic wie stretching along the bank at that
point, has been swept into the river The Courier
says: rWhere we rode along in our eonseyaneeon
The public foad,neas this place. three years ago
Is now 100 feet cut IN the stream of the sweeping Mis-
g 81 es2s g'is5af fEa .ssfs.fs45
The Wilkesbare (Pa) Times, osthe 22nd ats says
IA N attempt was made to blow down the steeple on
the square, on Sunday night last Holes had been
bored IN three Of the posts surrounding the hel and
charges Of powder put in secured by plugs. A small
gimbiet hole served to introduce the match. Twoof
the charges went of about midnight with sound like
the discharge Of cannon splitting the posts. but not
seriously entngerng the stability Of the steepc The
third charge remained on Monday morning. The de-
sign was evidently to throw the steeple Gown on tho
main building to destroy IT.
The Albany Transcript says that the husband of
the famous womans rights advocate, Mrs n .. Smith,
j. poor, brokendown man, in consequence of the