Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-24
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Over $4,000 acres Of land have been e..
tered at the Dubuque Land Office, since tho.
present officers entered upon their duties.
Wheat of the present years growth has
made its appearance in the Augusta (Ga.)
market, and commands 81 25 per bushel
\ Gold is being shipped from New York to
London in large quantities. Thela steamer
aving taken out about three quarters of
"a million-nearly all in ingots
An Ohio Agricultural Society offers pre-
miums, to be awarded at the next fair, to
the ladies who display the greatest skill in
the art equestrian.
The new banking law of louisiana re-
quires banks to keep on hand one dollar in
cointo every three dollars of liabilities,
exclusive of circulation.
A man named Patrick Fitzpatrick was
killed in Galena last Saturday week, by the
falling OF a mass Of earth from the top Of
a deep cut in which excavations are GO
ing on.
The N. Y Tribune Of the End inst, saws
that money is getting to be quite abundant,
and that considerable amount Of surplus
capital is now remaining idle for want Of
borrowers.
About eight hundred Mormons have left
their camp ground at Keokuk, on their
way to Salt Lake city. About 5000 in all
have arrived there and 800 more are ex-
pected.
The Presbyterian General Assembly which
recently convened at Buffalo, have decided
that promiscuous dancing is inconsistent
with Church membership. 'sWhat consti-
tutes promiscuous dancing,' says the Bos-
ton Atlas, "they will probably decide at
some future meeting"
The indianapolis Journal saws that hor.
ses are now selling at very high figures in
that market. The average prices are from
twenty-fv to fifty per cent. higher than
they were a few months ago. 1t is common
for ordinary horses to be rated at $50 and
800. They are much in demand.
1t is stated so great is the unhealthiness
of the Isthmus Of Panama, that out Of
1000 Irish and Dutch laborers sent out to
build the Railroad, not over 100 are alive at
the end of six months, and it is calculated
there will be dead laborer for less than
every foot of the road.
The following act relative to Legitimate
children has been recently passed and ap-
proved in Massachusetts,: When after the
birth Of an illegitimate child, his parents
have intermarried or shall interma rry, and
his father has acknowledged, or shall after
the marriage acknowledge him as his child,
such child shall be considered as legitimate
to all intents md purposes.
The Zeuglodon is the name of huge an
tcieluvian animal, the Skeleton of which is
now being exhibited entire in st. Louis, by
DIR. J. N. Mcdowell, the founder of the
Missouri Medical College, and of the Muse
UNI of Natural History. This animal is
much larger than the mammoth-the skele-
ton being loo feet in length. 1t was dis
covered in Washington county, Alabama,
and is the only one of the kind known to
exist.
At the great commercial Memphis con-
ventlon, recently, resolutions were adopted
on the subject of direct trade; the Pacific
Railroad; the Tehauntepec Route Manu-
features Education Steamers from the
Southern Ports; Diplomacy concerning
Cotton; and an Address to Congress on
the Oronoco, Amazon and La Plata rivers.
The Convention adjourned to meet at
Charlest9n, 5. c., on the End of April
next.
A MIR. Bowles died on last Sunday night,
in st. Louis from a singular cause. cow
belonging to him died from poison or the
bite of a mad dog, day or two before, and
was dragged to the City Commons. He
went out to skin the animal. While so en-
gagged he cut his finger slightly with the
knife he WAS using and getting some of
the rirus or painonous matter from the
dead COW into the wound, his hand and arm
began to swell in a few minutes. The
swelling increased and finally peryaded his
whole body. lie died twelve hours after
wards, after most acute suffering.
The President of Peru has issued a moa-
important decree, relative TO the nayi "a
tion OF the Amazon, and Offering Tie
greatest encouragement to settlers uce
as exemption from export and import duties,
grants of land, and freedom from taxation
for twenty years, the free grant Of deeds,
implements for cultivating the land, &c.
The exploration Of the branches OF the Am
anon in Peru will BIO made by government
steamers, provided expressly for that pur-
pose.
Major Mordecai, OF the Ordinance corps.
and two other officers of the army, have
been detailed TO Mexico, to make another
thorough search for the silver mines of Dr..
deorge A. Gardner, for the suspension of
which, On account Of the Mexican war. his
claim of nearly half million was brought
against, and paid by the treasury of the
United States. In the meantime, the iury
having been discharged, in the late rial Of
Or. Gardner, for purjury, and another tri-
al having been superseded by the other
matters before the Criminal Court at Wash
ington, we presume that the case Of tho
said Gardner will be continued over To
the September term. Before that timo Ma
jor Mordecai may perhaps find those mines