Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-01-27
MUsCATINE, IOWA -FRIDAY, JANUARY q, 1s5A

you might fund on many fashionable lady but it a
pearcd in odd contrast with Bloomersm Mrs. NJ. h
an Intelligent expressive face, with fine eyes Gerri
omith IS Dlrly, good-looking old gentlemen, aud b
costume ls Ike any other plain dressed citizen. ri
eccentrctes OF DO til make them objects TO he stare
at,whch, perhaps, they do not object 30.
FOREIGN.
The shock Of an earthquake was felt at Geneva 4
Italy on the 4th nit.
There are full so 600 Mortnons in Great Britain. an
The number Is being augmented daily.
Two elephants. well taught for the purpose, ar
performing at London theatre. One of them pel
forms the wonderful feat Of standing on his head
Letters from Naples anpcnnce that another ancien
town has been discovered, al feet under ground
between Acerno aud Scaari 1t is stated that it doe
not resemble Herculaneum or Pompei in any respect
Omar Pacha, the Turkish commander of the flee,
destroyed hy the Russians at Snope was found lvnl
on the deck Of his frigate with his leg broken AM
his head terribly wounded He is now a pris - II
the arsenal at Sebastapol. The other prisoners kert
all wounded Or burnt.
| Letters have been received in England, from per
son IN Australia, who il relied on that gold ouarry
has been found near Geelong from 100 to l3 feet ro,
the surface of the earth from which Iump weighino
l9o pounds has been taken in solid piece. 1t Is sun
| posed to be inexhaustibe.
On the 18th OF November, an officer was shot in st
PeterSburgh, Tor having furnished to RadZwitch the
Secretary OF Prince Gortchako the materials for hi.
| correspondence with 0mer Pacha This i the fr,t
execution that has taken place at st. Petersurph for
nve-ahdtwenty-years. Radziwiteh himself was shot
| on the spot
tragic story has recently been pnlilsbed of the
massacre of an entire regiment of soldiers by the Rms
san emperors orders, on field day. on account of
Their alleged completely in conspiracy. The signal
Tor moving down the ranks was given by the empe.
ror, who suddenly rode up to the commanding officer
and blew out his brains with pistol.
Paris letters state for the information of ladies' that
curs are entirely the fashion there now and even Ia
dies OF advanced years wear their grey eurs as era.
couSy as young ones do their ringets Of auburn and
US' ao M a. lo as the halr will admit even to the
waist, n frnt) There are DO great pulls at the tenn
pie, such az are worn in New York The narrow
fronts to the boEncts forbid them now.
MONARCHY IN GREAT RRITAIS.-The New York
Sun predicts that Queen Victoria win be the last mon
arch OF Great Britain. She will be so for while ~
all events whether she have a successor or not, The
sun bases its prediction upon the ighenmcnt of the
British people, and upon the alleged fact that the pres
t monarch and her consort have secretly favored the
designs OF Russia against Turkey in contempt of pub.
nc opinion. If this be 50, and it be brought to light
so as to be known aud believed Qneen Victoria may
be tie last Of British Monarehs
Nr. Soule, the American Minister at M.drid. has
fought duel with the Marquis de Turgot No damage
done. Lord Hondon, the British Ambas ador. acted
as Mr. Soules second. Young Soule has also had a
aue with some young sprg OF n,bilty, with like re-
suits The dress of Mrs. Sonle, which eaused these
TWO d9c Is SAID TO have been OF velvet made at Paris
by Palnyre, the fxorite dressmaker of Queen Isabel
Ia The dress was ornamcnted with golden lilies and
not highneehed as has been said but as low as mod
esty would permit mother of family to wear. Her
head was ornamented with golden wreath, from
which hung two acorns which fell gracefully over the
left ear.
A RECKLESS YOUNG MAN--Edgar Ney, grandson
OF Marshal Ney, aid-de camp and first h.ntsman OF
the Emperor Of France, is in prison for Debt Imme
daey on his accession to the high Offices to which his
Majesty appointed him he commenced a career Of ey
travagaaee which very soon brought the sheris down
upon him. and as he could not pay, he was in mmed.
ate danger of prison. The Emperor released him from
MS awkward pretlleaiaent In 4 Few months he was
again IN siGar position, and his family was OBLIGED
to extrieate him. though the requiring liquidation
was really enOrIaous The foolish follow put his neck
third time into the moose, and his friends and hi.
sovereign refused to interiereany further, he IL now
and has been for some weeks, at the Debtors Prison
at Clichy.