Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-02-10
MUCH IN LITTLE.

required ny law to wear badges.
The people Of Long Island are discussing the uues
ton OF making their island into distinct State from
New York.
The city of Chicago has never invested singh
dollar IN stocks Of any OF the numerous railroads tina
centre there.
The Governor of Louisiana, in bis message to th
Legislature comes out strongly in favor Of the annex
alton of Cuba.
The Michigan Liquor Law was decided to be con
sntionai in the Supreme Court of that State at De
trot, on the lst inst.
For lack of business just at present. most of The
principal wholesale firms the St. Louis levee, cloSs
their houses at p. NJ.
The New York Democrat demands that the army
ocers who abandoned the san Francisco in the Kilby
be court martialed.
Several of the leading papers of Illinois have de
cared themselves to be in favor Of annual sessions
the Legislature.
Grant Thorbarn was dismissed from the New Yori
Custom House for goins among the goods with lghl
winch was not IN a magazine lantern.
The Cincinnati and Marietta, and Cincinnati and
farkersburg Railroads were consolidated into ont
road bearing the name of the former on tbs Sd inst
Church Fairs are considered upon the whole, mex
pedient by the Synod of New Jersey in consequence
OF attendant evils and particularly because OF the oc
easional distribution of articles by lottery
The Chicago merchants have commenced forward
ing produce over the new route to New York and Bos
ton--via the Canadian, as it Is called the Great
western Railroad 1t is the shortest road to the east
The Grant County Herald, (wis..) publishes state
ment OF a cure of wound inflicted by the bite of a
mad dog, by the application OF "mai stone > and
vouches for its genuineness.
large number of the convicts in the Jefferson
rententiary, Indiana are employed in manufacturing
coarse woolen cloths, which find ready sale in the
South, for negroes wear, at fair profit.
teegraphc cable weighing 3,52s pounds, three
oartns OF an inch in thickness and mein length
was stretched across the Hudson river from Fort
Wa hington to Fort Lee, on the 2sth nit
1t is stated that Leutze is now busy at work on q
large painting representing Washington at the battle
OF aionmouth, with the arrest of teneral Iee This
work OF art has been ordered by Mr. Lcavtt of Brook
lyn, who pays $40 900 for it.
Gov. Foote, Of Unionsaving notoriety, has sailed
hand, and that this celebrated confederacy of inde
pendent soveregntes is bound to be disspated into
thin air Immediately, if not sooner.
Tne new ritual of the Order of the Son. of Temper
ance, Tor which premium of one thousand dollars
was offered nearly two years ago, has been printed
and working Divisions.
Inc experiment of making plate glass at Cheshire
SAID 70 be quite successful and revival in the glass
business Is the consequence. The proprietors of the
glass business at Lenox are making experiments with
the sand taken from the top of Mount Washington.
JtflSEs nave gwen IL as their opinion
ta all tat Is necessary to put an end to the Erie diff
hculties, Is for Congress to pass bill making the
Railroad from the Ohio line on the West to the New
York State line on the East. military aud post road
Judah Touro, Jew, estimated to have been worth
rom million to million and half of dollars, died
at New Orleans recently. The bulk of his property
is reported to have been left to different charitable in-
stitutions in that city.
CHANCE FOR AN ENTERPRIsIsG YoUNG Mantle
iiayrse Indian Chief. in Oregon, offers thousand
head oi horses to any respect BILE white ycupg man,
weil recommended, who will marry his daughter, a
girl OF about eighteen settle down among them and
teach tlem agriculture.
Asw days ago a serious land slide occurred on the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad But few moments
after the cars had passed an embankment gave way,
leaving the track suspended eight feet in the air. 1t
the cars had been little later they would have been
preciptated some hundred feet down into the river
The Great Western Railroad through Canada. is
said to be built on scale OF soidity unsurpassed.-
The average quantity of iron to the foot is about eighty
pounds and the cost of the road per mile, $40 000
me engsh Oh tne road or the ditance from Windsor
to the Niagara Falls is 22S miles. ~
The Legislature of New York has two bills before it
looking to the prevention Of the evils of intemper-
ance by legislation. One bill proposes to enact law
bearing close analogy to the Maine law, the other
proposes to treat drunkenness crime and to pun
sh it accordingly. 1t is probable that one or the 9TH
er OF these bills will become law.
Mr. Bodisco the Russian Minister, whose death has
already been announced, has filed the Office for IL
years He was born in Wallachia of poor but aris-
tocratic family, and about fifty years ago entered the
public service of Russia. few years ago he married
MISS Williams, oil Georgetown. He leaves q fortune
estimated at $500 000 which his wife and five children
will enjoy.
The annual meeting of the Americon Colonization
Society took place at Washington City ON the 18th
uH The receipts OF the Society for the year have
eeen e over $4,000 and the expenditures amount to
1naxst l-G..A nAn rrl
mas sent out during the year hundred and eighty
tnree emgrants aud the present of the So
ciety are inadequate to the most pressing demands.
NJ. Bedni, the Popish Nuncio, about whom there
has been so much excitement lately in the principal
cltis OF the Union. issued the ORDER when Governor
OF Bologna for aying the skin from the forehead and
hands OF Dgo Bassi, an anointed priest, who Joined
the republican party struggling to revoutonize italy
and then causing him to be shot, This barbarous act
has caused all the manifestations OF popular indgna-
ton against him in this country.
POLITICAL PKRsEvERENcE success ALWAYS attends
perseverance,. In the year 1926 Hon. Marcus Morton
received eight votes in Bost n for Governor. The
next year his vote was increased TO IL. In 1921 il
reached a. In 1898. TO 53l In 1884, it was precise
y the same as IN 1928. In lS32,it reached l,2l7.-
In 1856 Mr. Morton was elected Governor by ths peo-
pie by one majority, in lo2,O66 votes given in the
State. His vote in Boston was 3 1902. In lS49, he
was elected by the Legislature, having received 46l9
votes in Boston.
MARRIAGE AT Fathers DEArH Bed Major s.
r. Hobbe, First Assistant Postmaster General is ly.
ing hopelessy i'll of consumption, in Washington.
Is said there was an affecting scene in the sick
ehamber OF this nleman, on the 10Th ult. His
daughter Mary was there in the presence of her pros
trats and almost dying father united in holy wedock
ny the Rev. Mr.. fater to Nathan Reese, Esqr Of
Newburg, N. Y. The fond father, apprehending his
speedy dissolution requested that the nuptals should
be celebrated before he had seen the last Of carth
MAJOR H0bbe was at one time member of Con-
frnyr NnU N,.lr ~es. -
ment is uni ersay conceded that he ever faithfully
ana assidnolsly discharged his responsible duties.
FOREIGN.
The fashionable boots now worn by Partisan ladies
are made OF morocco, with kid tops, high heels and
buttoning up at the sides like gentiemens he price
is 81 80 per pair.
It's runiored that the Spanish people are ready to
depose their present sovereign Queen Isabella for her
alleged proigacy, and that the duke of liza is likely
to be her successor on the throne of Spain.
The Murray river, Australia, is navigable for yes-
sells 200 miles from sea. Vessels had ascended that
distance the navigation perfectly SAFE the depth
of the water varying from Is to 36 feet.
Nine American prisoners are still kept in custody at
Havana and compelled to act as scavengers, on the
charge OF being engagedon board SLAYER from which
were larded cargo of negroes, upon each one OF
whom the Governor General levied his dues.
Gold is pouring into England in large quantities
from Australia--over million and three quarters o
dollars having recently been received by three
sailing vessels. The total value of gold shipped last
year from the single port OF Victoria is estimated
thrtysix million dollars.
NJ Breant. of Paris lately left 100 600 francs TO th
Institute to be by it awarced TO the dscoyerer Of thu
cause OF the cholera or cure for it. The interest
the money is In the meantime TO be used in rewardn
or encouraging the authors Of any lesser dscosere
in medicine.
| The present opinion seems to be that Louis Napc
leon TIA rake roMiy nrofuafe aud exile will nrny