Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-11-07

prevalent in usually reliable and we'll in
formed circles, Of the late ntion on the part
1t the Administration to remove Gov. Halk-
rr aud Secretary Stanton. is without the
least fonndati"h."
"A Baltimore dispatch of the lst says
Gov. Lyon has withdrawn HE proclamation,
calling out the military, and negotiations be-
tween committee Of citizens representing
the Mayor, and the Gorernw have finally
resulted in an announcements. that the Gov
ern"r, being satisfied that the arrangements
made by the Nay,< for preserving the peace
and securinga an uninterrupted exercise Of the
rights Of suffrage are sufiei; Mt, the military
will not - made use of.
The Ncbra>k correspondent of the N.
Y. Times, under date of Oct. 22,l, gives the
following intelligence, which is important
true
"News have just reached here from our
frontier Mormon settlement OIL Rock Fork.
Platte River, near tse mouth of Beaver, that
some seceders from the Mormon church at
Salt Lake reached the settlement few DAYS
since, bringing The news that large force
of Mormon militia, under Brigham Young
and II. q. kimball, were preparing to leav
Salt Lake City with provisions for six
weeks campaign in the mountains, and thus
il possible t" stop the p: ssage of the L. S.
troops. Although the positive destinati on
was secret, yet it was generally supposed
that at the pass in the mountains near Bear
River Cutoff, or at S,eeplc Rocks, the
stand would be made with an almost GER
tanty OF whipping out the entire force sen,
amongst them"
Money matters were quiet at New York
on the I'd. The Woodstock (vt.) Bank wa.
discredited at the Metropolitan Bank.
FROM CALIFoRSIA.-The steamship Star
Of the West arrived ut New York on the
I'd, with lis passengers, $d0o, 900 in gold
($5oO,OO0 of which is for Eur peg and Sa'
Francisco dates 10 the 10th Oct. The off
cial returns Of nearly all the counties in the
State, give Weller ll,736 majority over
both the other candidates. The total vote
was about 10000. The Senate stands 81
Democrats to 5 Republicans, in the Assem-.
bly, "a Democrats. 9 Republicans, Alneri-
cans and 4 Independent. The majority ir
favor of the payment of the State debt l.
about 100000. The rumor OF the exodu.
of the Cars n Valley Mormons to Utah i.
confirmed, and the ridiculous repor. that d
battle had occurred between the U. s.
troops and the Mor,nons ut Salt Lake i:
contradictcd The crops in Ca ifornia arc
more than sufficient for home consumption
More troubles with the Indians in the Gads.
cen purchase are reported. The news OF
the commencement of the panic in New
York did not create much xcitement in
California. The late trial of the Treasurer
Bates, had resulted in Il verdict in favor o
the State to the full amount of the bonds
100000.
Dates from Lsa,mpton t. October 22l
state that Gov. Walker has issued another
proclamation relative to the votes returned
from Niece County, which are thrown out
for The same reasons that governed his &c.
ton in relation to Oxford Di-trict, in John
son County. The proclamation states thai
in neither case has he gone behind the re.
turns and disclams all right to do 50; but
the vote, were rejected in consequence o.
fatal defects. What uiN the '.Nationa
Democrats" do now?
A locomotive on the Iazelten Pa
Railroad, burst its boiler on the Sd, in uaz.
elton, killing the engineer and fireman, anil
scalding two braks,nen badly.
three slaves, en- ruute from St. Louis
to Virginia, in charge Of their owner, OH
steamboat, were seized at Cincinnati on
the 81, by writ of habeas corpus issued by
Judge Burgoyne. They were subsequently
released on writ Of habeos corpus sworn
out by their owner before Judge Carter.
The steamship Arago, from Havre and
Southampton, Oct. 2lst, arrived at Ne"
York on the Sd, with 1O2 passengers and
$l2OO 900 in specie. Her news is unimportant.
kansas letters of 29tl state that only
33 of the 80 members of the Constitutional
Convention were present, and nothing OF
great importance had been done. Gov.
Walker and Secretary Stanton were at Law
renee ON the goth, and nothing was said
about leaving the Territory.
"A bill legalizing the suspension of the
banks If Missouri till the first OF Now. 1853,
passed the House on the 81 by Is majority.
The Republicans of Boston fired 100
guns on tho Common on the 4tb, in honor
OF the election of Banks. -.r
The depot OF the Illinois Central road
st Cairo was, with all its contents destroy.
ee by fire on Sunday night, l>t. including
fonr,frcight cars and engine house. Loss
5000, 900. Part of the building was occu
pied 10y the agent, clerks and express men,
who lost everything. A package of $1,000
belonging t" the Express Company was de.
stroyed, and package Of the same amount
belonging to Adams, G. alam T. Co., was al
50 destroyed. Insurance not a>certained.
Richard Carter, President of the An
Bank of La,nosue, Pal was shot
dead ut the Lawrence Hotel, philadelphia,
on the 4th, by Thomas ". Smith, of Cecil
Ind. Smith fired first four balls
rom his revolver, and two after Carter fell.
Smith was arrested. The difficulty origina-
ted about an adopted daughter of Carter,
whom he alleged Smith had scduced. Smith,
on the contrary, states that he met the girl
at boarding school, and married her. lie
discovered that she had been
the mistress Of Carte. She had child
four month. after marriage. The shooting
WAS in revenge.
a GRFAr Bon. N DouBLK SESsE-The
State Of Virginia has been victi,nized at a
.tupen,ious rate. For eight years, the
work of bnrj ny n Tunnel through he Blue