Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-02-17
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Bedini was burnt in efiyy at louisville recently.
man named Rosbach, fell down in the streets OF
Louisville few days since and broke his neck .
Much distress has recently been occasioned in Nash
vile by food in the Cumberland river. "a s.-Y
Seven hundred aud forty emigrapts arrived at New
Orleans on the 18th nlt -.
Twenty-Five vessels arrived at New Orleans on the
18th from sea- Stirring times on the l,evse. &.
southern paper says Miss Julia Dean has been o {.
hred S}00Co for sixty nights in California.
Mr. Forrcs, is paying an eaga cement al the Nation
al Theatre, Washington.
Hoes PACKED AT vIscEsNE.--The season ba
closed with l6,5O0 This is but a small advance on
last seasons operations 4- i' EltiF tt
Gas is furnished at PttsburgliNat at 81 so per 1000
feet AWheeling editor thinks an extrayagai price
for the quantity used.
Elder Thomas Campbell. the father Of Alexander
Campbell, died at Bethany College, Virginia on the
3d inst.
a murder was committed a week or two since. by a
railroad aborer in Wisconsin -cau:e ariarrel-ca;lse
OF the quarrel, whisky. 81,
Twenty-six reformed criminals nave been recently
sent to the United States free emigrants by the
London Reformatory Institute.
Over $4,000 have been subscribed in Massachu-
setts to erect a monument at Plymouth to the Pill
grms
1t is said that by tae Gadsden treaty the Mexican
Government have agreed to sell about forty millions
OF acre; of land in the Mesla Valley for $40 900 000
The Iyon Mountain and Pilot Knob, of Missouri, are
the largest and most extraordinary deposit of iron in
the known world.
Land in the vicinity OF Cairo, ILL.,, which sold one
year ago TOR eight dollars per acre. cannot now lie
bought for forty dollars
A man by the name of Wells was shot in Augusta
a. m ,nd
Immediately. Young was acting in sc fdefence.
A man residing in Pottsville, Pa, while la orng
under nit OF intoxicaon deliberately CIT of the nose
Of his little daughter. agH
The committee of the Virginia iegislatiro to which
was referred the temperance petitions have reported
that u Is neXpedlent to pass q prohibitory liquor
law, or to refer the question to vote Of the people.
There was destructive hail storm at Cedaryille
Ohio, on the 10th ult. Som of the hail stones mea-
srired four and Ave inches in length, bit how many of
them We are unable to say. -vf. trs' 4 -
From the Milwaukee Sentinel of the 18th. we learn
that two OF tie most worthy citizens of that I.ce
father and son, hive recently becone deran red in
consequence OF their belief in spiritual manifestations.
$4,000 worth OF coal was sunk, and several lives
lost, By storm on the Ohio river the gt of the
22nd ut. The storm exceedingly furioIs the air
being filed like fog with driving sleet or ha that
made the night one Of great suffering.
A Jeremy Didiler in philadelphia diddIed a pawn
broker out of thirty dollars by leaving six dozen cham
pagne bottles. tiled with water from the Delaware
and neatly packed in baskets in pawn for that amount
of luere.
M,d dogs appear to have created considerable ex-
eitement in the vicinity OF Monmouth ILL.,. The mayor
OF the city has issued Proclamation reqrg all do
to be shut up--dooming u death a that are found
running at large #H.h s
On the 4!h inst a man by the name of Joseph
tarst, while working III stone quarry near ST. Louis
was killed hy the falling OF bank Of earth upon him
His body was horribly manged aud the weight was
: uci that he was killed almost instantly.
ON Friday. Sd inst, quarrel originated between
Mr.. John Hutchinson and Mfr. Wells of NJ, Sterling
H. in the fore Pant OF the day wien they separated
and meeting again in the afternoon after being knock
ed down by Wells Hutchinson arose and stabbed him
so as to cause his death sool ater ..s
On the 18th ut., John Carne,ils an old citizen Of
lafayette county, Mo- wh.ls under the influence of IL
temperance. attacked one of his servant girls, viii
knife, whereipon scufie ensued and Cornelius fell
backwards from the door, his head str:ick lorbr AZ
ing his neck. ,1tE
Richard Ragan was shot in Westport No. on the
18th ut, 10y his nephew a Mr.. Clark. One bail O..
shot passed through his neck and another thr ugh his
wrist. He is not supposed to be dangerously wound
ec. Ragan was intoxicated, and had been making
some efforts to shoot young lark.
Mr. A. Nj Smith, wife and two children arrived at
Council Bluff from salt Lake, on the 18th January
having made the entire trip with four mules and
light wagon. Nr. Smith is thus enabled to add his
testimony in favor of the fact that the South Pass
is practicable winter tossing OF the Rocky noun
tains.
A negro recently burAed alive near Natchez
for striking white Nearly fourthonsand slaves
from the neighboring plantations were present As a
moral lesson written in characters of heiirc Nh.
merous speeches were made by the magistrates and
ministers of religion (faceo,isly so caled) to the
slaves warning them that the same fate awaited them
il they proved rebellioas to their owners.
WASHINGTON TERRIroRY.-The Democrats have
nflad narNp fy.t AS Al.
nominate a Delegate to Congress. The Wings have
called convention also. The election was to take
place on January 30 Tn, Legislature is to assemble
at Olympia February q. Col. J. p Anderson, F.
Chenoweth and Hon. Wm. Strong are candidates for
Congressional Delegate.
The trial of Charles r. Drew, ft nery of Chicago.
for the murder of DR.. Gs in September last has just
been concluded in the courtcf sessions San Francisco
Drew shot ellis under the belief that he had sednced
his wife. Verdict, manslauyhter The district attor
ney stated before the jury that twelve hundred mar
ders bad been committed in that city and county with
IN the last four years and that only Que man had been
convicted before jury. sat
The eastern stage arrived at Quincy, iii on the sth,
WITH the top part smashed to pieces. After leaving
Clayton the stage upset at sliding place. Three of
the passengers were severely injured and were taken
back 80 Clayton for medical aid, lady from Louis
vile was badly hurt; man by the name Of Lynch
had his back seriously hurt and the physician thought
it was broken. DIR. Boude of Oxford Ohio, had his
collar bone broken. The driver was also injured con
siderably, but able to come on
A terrible tornado swept through so,lth.we stern
Georgia, on Wednesday night, the 1lth ult. 1t was
attended with incessant thunder aud an unusually
heavy fall OF rain and hail. Its track was from quar-
ter to half mile in width, within which everything
that did not bend was broken Frustrated Scarcely
q tree except OF small size was left standin fences
were blown down, and in some cases oi es were un-
rooted and capsizcd. The only lives lost were two
children in Lee county who killed by the ailn
OF tree across wagon in which they were rid NJ.
X, FOREIGN. a
Sixty shipwrecks were lately caused by great
storm in the German ocean. great number OF lives
were lost w
IN the Sandwich Islands the small pox Is raging
fearfully. Not tar from 20o0 members OF the church
OF Oahu have died since last May, aud the number
out OF the church is much larger than OF those in it,
CmNA--Great hopes are now entertained OF deci-
sive success to the insurgents at the North They have
shown much skill in approaching the Capitol often
turning the TANKS of their enemies by choosing new
routes aud thus preserving their strength for the deci
sSe struggle. No engagement however has really oc-
CURED .sch noald prove their ability to stand the
bruns If w, fought battle, such as they may expect
before tn, capture # Pekin, and we do not think the
termination of :s,,e stl,,s.r .rle isat hand.
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