Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-15
VOL. VINO. As.



quite abundantly from Savannah.
jonathan Harrington. the last sutvivst
of the battle OF Lexington, died on the
26th ult.
Hendrickson. who murdered bis wife
at Albany, N Y, has been seitenced 10
be executed on the 5th May. -.
An Engiishman has obtained a pat.
ent for grinding hay into meal for fod-
der. bgs s7s.s gdE
Russia came in possession o. her ,er-
ritory in North America by right Of dis.
corery. in the sixteenth century.
The town treasurer Of Dover, N. H.,
has absconded with two or three thou.
sand dollars belonging to that town, and
three thousand six hundred dollars from
Stafford bank,
James Williams. old and rich, was
shot, mile and half from his residence
in Caswell county. N. c., and instantly
killed. Nine balls were found lodged
in his breast.
Thomas n. Talfourd, distinguished
lawyer, orator, critic and poet. died sud-
denly from spoplexy, while addressing
the Grand Jury at the Stafford Kssizes,
England, on the 18th Of March.
The store Of McNulty & Owen, in
Louisville, KY, was robbed OF betwssn
$1,000 and $4,000 on the morning ,.of
the Goth, and then set on fre. The
damage by the fire is estimated q, from
5000 TO $4,000.
Is -
The low price Of molasses in Louisi-
ana, seven cents per gallon in cisterns,
is said to be owing mainly 10 the Scare
ity Of cooperage.
To make one OF the finest Cash.
mere shawls requires the work Of q
family for a lifetime. They sell ia
Cashmere for abost i've thousand dol.
lars.
"A, a late term, Of court In Henry
county, Ind, the mem bers Of the bar and
the jurors pe.itioned the Judge to re.
sign. and finally insisted on his agree,
ing in writing never to attempt to hold
"a court there again. He promised. The
cause for the dissatisfaction is not sta
ted. faa
Mrs. Hammer, who was found guilty.
Of illtreating her child at the late quar-
ter sessions of Philadclphia, was sen.
fenced on the 18th ultime to six
months impriso ament. by Judge Kelly.
Among series OF cruelties, il was
alledgsd that she applied red-ho. iron.
to his naked flesh, leaving a terrible
scar. @H
The Knoxville (Ill.) Journals says new
company 10 construct a railroad from
Bath, in Mason county, via. Lew istown,
Knoxville and Henderson, to Rock Is
land. makinga continuous line from ST.,
Louis 10 jacksonville, Bath and Rock
Island, was incorporated at the late
special session.
Mr.. Carmichael, and another gentle.
man, who has been contractor on the
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, were
in town last week, on q tour Of exami-
nation OF The Muscatine and Oskaloosa
road, with view Of taking contracts.
They came BY way Of the Southern route,
through Richland aud Fremont, and re-
turned by the N"rlhern survey. Mr..
Carmichael has at this time a contract
al Muscatine. Hope they will soon get
TO digging in This county.
Oskaloosa Herald.
Mrs. Wilson. the narrative Of whose
captivity, and suffering amoHg the Ca
manche Indians has drawn tears from
many an eye that was urused to weep
ing, has given birth to half breed boy
since her rescue-one Of the results Other
painful captivity for which her touching
narrative had not prepared US.
The statement in the above that the
child is a half-breed has been subse.
quenlly contradicled.
There are on earth 1000 COO, 900 in.
habi,ants; Of these, 80, ,223. .s33 die eveiy.
year.
"Ye Wecli Fenetic Advocate" SAYS:
"Ye best kof drops for yung ladiz liz tn
drop de praklis ov dressin thin WIN do
go in nit air!f
l; is common TO speak Of thoss
whom firl has Tilted as her victims.
This is very grave error; her real VIC
tim is the man whom she accepts.
Several skirmishes have recently oc-
CURED betwe en- the whites aud Indians,
on the Missouri and Iowa frontier, in
one Of which Pawnee was killed. A
lassoo was thrown over his shoulders.
and he was dragged some two miles
over the g,ound by man on horseback.
aud when loosened, was senseless. Itis
alledged that the Pawnees have deter
mined to prevent emigrants passing
through their country. A bad feelisg
is said 10 exist on the part Of the whites,.
and war of determination is threatened
against the Indians.
Miss WEBsrKR IN PRlsos.-Mors
than year ago, Miss. A. Webster pur.
chased farm on the bank OF the Ohio
River opposite Madison, Indiana, where
she has resided since that time. With,
in few months. several aersons, held
as slaves, have disappeared from that
neighborhood. an affidavit to which fact
was sufiiciest to authorize the issuing
Of warrant for her arrest. Upon the
return Of this warrant, without the in.
PRODUCTION Of single witness to prove
any act on the part o. Miss Webster 20
show that she ever induced salve TO
leave Kentucky. she was ordered 10 give
bail 20 the amour! Of $40, 900 that she
would leave the State in ten days, aud
in default thereof TO 60 to jail. Not
being able to give bail, she 10 now in,