Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-09
Omnibus.

VuuauuSs
The Mississippi rises in the Territory OF Minnesota
some 5000 miles from its mouth.
Fawns have been introduced into the public squares
at Philadelphia. Squirrels, peacocks and innumer
able birds have already been domesticated there.
During July, the contractor removed from New
York City Barren Island 773 dead dogs 425 horses.
LAT cats, 10 swine, 81 and other dead animals,
all numbering 1852 and 442 tons of other street oal
The U. s. garrison at Newport, KY, is to be enlarg
ed by the extension Of the grounds and the erection
ofaddtional buildings in tie rear of the present bar
racks.
The maintenance of tie Russian army absorbs far
more than half of the great revenue of the empire not
withStandiug the very small pay of officers as well as
com mon soldiers.
A gang of robbers has been discovered in Bartholo,
new county, Ind at the head of which was DR.. H. g.
Smolley, hitherto of unblemished reputation and a
member of the Church.
There are more than 100 settled ministers in Boston,
besides about 80 connected with the religious
press and societies there are published IL daily, 90
semi-weekly and so weekly newspapers.
In the trial OF fugitive slave in Ohio, the plea
was set up that the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was
unconstitutional. Judge Mclean decided that it was
constitutional and sent the slave back to Kentucky
The directors of the House of Industry, Boston,
covered of master to whom they indentured boy.
$500 for bad treatment to him. A caution to hard
masters that even poor boys entitled to humane
treatment
Gov. Wood, of Ohio, before resigning tho governor
ship for the purpose Of accepting diplomatic ap-
pointment, granted pardons to thirty notorious
offenders, among whom are said to be many of the
worst in the pententiay aGd the least deserving OF
clemcncy.
Oregon and Minnesota will soon be asking for cd :
mission into the Union States. Eighty thousand
inhabitants have been heretofore deemed sufficient
number for that purpose, and both these Territories
will come up to that mark in a very short time.
A few days since, the express train on the Water
town and Rome Ra.sy,d. {New York; was stopped by
grasshoppers They lighted on the rails in suc num-
bers that when crushed the wheels revolved on the
oily matter, without any onward motion.
George Copway, the Ojibway Chief, is about to visit
the extreme West for the purpose of collecting
of the finest specimens of the western Indian tribes,
such as have the best intellectual and physical deyel
opment with view to exhibit them at the Worlds
Fair.
The Memphis Appeal relates that, a few days ago,
while barrel of -four being lowered from the
upper story Of warehouse and when yet at consid-
cradle elevation, it slipped and fell upon negro stri
king him full the head and forcing out eye. The
skull was not even fractured, however and the negro
was doing WE'LL
In New York city, there are 271 religious societies
Romish churches, 35 Presbyterian, 10 Episcopal
40; Methodist, 36 Baptist, S5 Dutch Reformed, 10
Congregational, Z; Lutheran, 6; Universalst, 5
Quake rs, 4 Unitarian, 2; Jewish synagogues, IS all
others, 27.
There is giant in Spain, Ca native of Lachar, in
the province of Grenada) who is nearly nine feet in
hight and only twentythree years of age. He eats
much as five men, and walks with extreme rapidity.
He is described as great coward that he will allow
a child to ill-treat him.
plaster model of the Washington Monument is
exhibited in the Crystal Palace. Attached to this are
boxes in which the visitors invited to drop pit
tance to aid in the construction of this great national
work. 1t is estimated that the monument, when fn-
ished will cost 81 100000 II is designed that it shall
be 625 feet in hight So far, it has only reached
hight of l3S feet and the amount already expended is
about s2O0,O 600.
The pretended discovery of Mr. Paine is reported
realized in Europe. A late foreign paper gives an
account of successful attempt TO produce gas from
water at rate which will prove a saving of at least
fifty per cent on the present cost of coal gas. Mr.
Gamble, scientific gentleman connected with gas.
works and railways has made report confirming the
discovery He considers it the greatest discovery of
the age.
Nearly twenty-one years ago, seven young men OF
Cincinnati formed themselves into society, to have
an annual meeting and supper as long any of their
members should survive. For several years these
meetings were held without vacancy--until 1882
but death stepped in and claimed of their number
then he came again, and again, until now but one
remains and he will sup alone at, perhaps, the last
meeting of the "ast man." What great truth will
be there set before him. and what lesson taughtthe
vanity of all things earthly!
The earthquake which visited Cunana, and other
parts Of Venezuela, on the 18th ult was of the
most disastrous ever experienced in South America.
So violent was the first shock that although it lasted
about two minutes only yet, in that short space OF
time it destroyed every house but one in the principal
part of Cumana, and buried many of the Inhabitants
beneath the ruins The population Of the city is COM
puted at nearly 5000 souls II was founded IN 1923
$50 years agoaad is of the Oldest towns of any
note on the American continent.
David Wilson an old Revolutionary soldier, and
native of New Jersey, died, after very short illness
in Dearborn county, Indiana in August, 1853, aged
one hundred and seven years two montns and ten
days. He had, at different periods of his life, twelve
wives and the time of his death. the father OF
forty-seyen children, Whilst residing in Pennsy!ya-
MA near the old Redstone Fort his wife gave birth to
five children in eleven months! This extraordinary
man. when in his one hundred and fourth year moved
one week for Esq. Pendleton Of Hamilton county, o.
about two miles from Cincinnati, during which he
moved one acre per day OF heavy timothy grass. He
was about six feet six inches in hight Ills frame was
NOT supported by ribs as the frames of ordinary
are, out an apparently solid sheet of bone supplies
their place. He could hold UP his hands in vertcie
position and receive blow from the fist of powerful
man on the lateral portion OF his body without ncon
yenience. He served throughout the entire Revolu-
ton, undersWashington was engaged in most Of the
Indian wars since. and was the companion Of Marion
and Rodgers and many other distinguished and early
pioneers of our western and southern wilds.