Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-03-17
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bill reversing and annullng the sentence passed upo
Thomas w. Dorr, by majority of one vote.
IL is proposed at Cincinnati to build suspensio
bridge across the Ohio, at elevation of 7s feet aboy
the height OF the flood of '32-cost $500 ,oO0
VIM. Webb, aged l6, recently ran away from Lou,
vile with susan Roby, aged -, and got married ne
ther. OF their mothers knowing they were "out.n
Illinois is the second Stite in the Union, in respec
to the length of her railroad lines now built or in prc
grsss. Ohio has 4l9l miles Illinois, 1919.
The block of stone which the Pope sent as contri
button to the Washington Monument, was smashed t
pieces by some unknown person, on the night of tn
9th inst, at Washington.
The Scientific American contains a communicable,
OF III. A. Frost, of Worcester in which he claims h
have invented a marine locomotive which will
cross the Atlantic in four days.
| bill has been introduced IN the U. s. House O
Representatives by Mr.. Cutting, to secure the rights
OF citizenship to the children of Americans born il
foreign countries
man by the name Of F. Cartwright formerly O
Deiaware county, N. T., was seized by mob of one
hundred men, and hung, at Big Prairie, Wisconsin q
lew days since, without judge or jury.
! No family can now pretend to live in New York in
any degree OF elegance, less than five or six thou
sand liars year. Reat and breadstulfs have gone
| up fully 80 per cent since last May.
captain John Travis, of the Pistol Gallery at New
Orleans, short time since, snuffed candle twelve
times successfully with pistol shot, at the distance Of
The common council OF Vernon, Indiana. have pass
ed an ordinance levying tax OF two dollars on all
do5s over twelve inches hgh and of fifty cents on all
OF that height or under.
Notice is officially given that the New York CRYSTAL
Palace VIII remain open during the year 1854, and the
directors promise that it shall be as attractive and
brilliant as during the past season.
The aggregate val ,e of boots and shoes made last
year in Massachu etts is s37 900 0O0 or more than AN
the other States combined-and far exceeding that of
any osher manufacture in the Commonwealth.
The Insurance companies Of St Louis have un1er
consideration the building of a steam "tnen which il
to be irsproof and is to be used as protection in
case OF hire among the steamboats, and also to secure
them against the ice.
petition is in circulation up north asking Con
gress 10 grant Fort Atkinson and its surroundings to
Iowa Tor educational purposes. This is good move
and ought TO prove successful there is no further
use for the Fort such.
On r,cent trip of the steamer Reindeer from New
orleans TO st. Louis, young man, detected in the
act OF stealing watch fro IN lady was punished bv
the passengers by having 20 lashes administered On
his bare back and then set ashore
The anti-betting law of Ohio forbils recovery from
the stakeholder by either party. The superntendens
o the p'of only can sue for and obtain possession of
te Stakes such Is the decision OF Judge Pearson at
a recent term OF the Dauphin County Court
slight shock OF an earthquake occurred in Ssx
Francisco o. the sth January. Terrific earthquakes
are SAID to have been quite frequent in California In
former years, and the oder residents predict that the
stately oriek edihces IN san rancsco will some day
be leveled to the ground by earthquake.
The silver quarter dollars now issued from tho n
:. Mint are unlike the emission OF 1853 being with
oIt the rays around the eagle bat now the arrow
head on each side of the date is retained which WAS
dao 'eu at tle same time with the rays, to mark the
distraction between the present and the previous lera
standard OF purity.
The dead body OF man with his throat It. was
alscoVered IN barrel OF whskey at the Madison
(ind) wharf, a few days ago. The barrel had cen
lying on the wharf some time bat how il came there
Is MYSTERY 1t was supposed the body was en- hiet
Tor dissection. The barrel WAS consigned To Alfred
Kelly, Lld1ga, Ind.
There Is again scarcity of seamen in co1seore,, q
OF SO many OF them having gone into the iysh and
! iflcn NEal 'etVlte-whefe prize money is supposed
10 oe some hd;icenieat: The rate OF wages al New
ork Is quoted at $50 per month to Eur DC with sl0
advanced, SlsaS20 per mouth TO the West Indies and
coating, with one months advance.
The Court of Inquiry in the case of the oss OF the
San Francisco, appears to have run into mere per
sonar contest between Col. tates, the commanding of
hcer and several of the snbord mates ON board Most
OF tile witnesses concur in the statement that the con-
duct VI Gates was OF tha most reprehensibe char,r
ter and he recriminates by charging tAem with mis-
conduct
The Illinois Legislature, at its recent session al
dressed memorial to Congress PRAYING for q rcnsa
OF tie duties on sugar and mpasses The Sscretarv
OF the Treasury in his last report recommended ths,
Tue duty or tax ON linens wines, Watches and other
articles in which the rich udulge (the duties m hicn
amoant near IS G00,000) be removed vhi,st tha
TAX on sugar and moasses which the poor consume
amounting to nearly the same sam, il omitted from
the ilSt OF Tree articles This is Mantle ty unjust
Mr. Lawrence mysterioa>ly disappeared at New
Orleans, few days ago. A mcsmeric subject "a la
dy) who was acquainted with him. profe.se 10 nave
witnessed his mui der, while in G aIylyant state
before the fact OF his disappearance was known her
she stated That two msn assaied him the Levee at
nltht, murdered and roeled him, and then embarked
on ship which soon after left port Mr. Lawrence's
hae, the only vestge u him. was Afterwards found ON
the Leyee.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at Chester Facto
ries, (Mass.,) was blown up on the evening of the
azhd ut;, 10y keg OF powder being placed in it and
tired with slow-match. The lire was ext nguislled
but the church and hXtares are perfe wret k tho
injary being 50 great that it will be impossible to re-
pair the building. he cause of this outrage probaLI
lies IN the fact that temperance league held thery
meetings IN the church.
The Roman Catholics in Minnesota far ont number
all other denominations bishop Cretin of the Cath
olic Church, has it in contemplation 10 build Cathe.
dra at st. Paul during the present year. at cost of
500 O0O The Mehodists have four separate churches
IN the territory and two missions among the Indians
The Presbyterians have six churches and six mis-
sions the Calvanstic Baptsts have three churches
and the Free Will Baptsts one. The Episcopaans
have regular service at two places aud the missona
ries who regularly visit on foot, every village in the
territory.
Smith, who was arrested for mail robbery at New
Haven, Conn.,, lew dsys ago, has had his hands in
the u y mail bags for the last two months up TO his
elbows He was in the habit of stealing by the sack
fuL and OF burning what could be of no use to him
About bushel basket full of letters were found in
his possession when arrested the accumulation of the
previous two days estimated that money drafts
&c, &C., to the amount of sl50,000 had been missing
on that route, during six weeks previous to his arrest
smith 1t IL understood, makes defence but pleads
guilty His wife visten him in prison, the other day.
In the same jail was confined Jennings, convicted of
the murder OF Mrs 'iradey, sister of Mrs. Smith,.
The visit was sad one.
Santa Anna has imposed door and window tax
upon the Mexicans. 1t is said to be onerous.
Raw flesh is still eaten in Abyssnia and Mr.. Par
kyns the most recent traveller in that country, pro
noances it good when eaten warm from the animal.
The street-sweepers Of Paris are organized and dis
ciplined in half military fashion, The entire Jivi
sion is about twenty-five hundred strong, and wo-
med.
Three deserving soldiers and black man recently
attempted to escape from the Barb adoes in q small
boat but driven far out into the sea- Starvation
them lots were cast to decide who should
die; the blood of the victim was sucked from his
veins by the black man and one OF the other soldiers
both Of whom afterward went ravins mad and jumped
into the sea. The survivor, who did not taste the
blood or flesh Of his companion, rescued after
eleven days, by the boat drifting the coast Of ST.
Domingo.
AN APOLOGY FOR TUE ART OF FLYISG.-A singn-
lar spectacle presented itself recently to the public In
Champs Eysces, Paris. man with contriyance
six hundred bladdefs illed with hydrogen gas at
tached by band To his waist, descended the great
OF the Champs Elysees with an extraordinary
&c erity, running and bounding frequently distance