Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-24
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS
"A vessel called the VIM. Raynor was
capsised in the harbor Of Oswego, N. Y, on
the 10th. A man was found dashed to the
rigging, dead. The vessel went to pieces,
and all the crew persisted.
New York dispatches to the Goth state
that the foreign news had depressing effect
On stocks. The banks have discounted a
million and half to enable the country
banks to move the produce Of the west. The
St. Louis merchants have resolved to receive
notes Of all solvent banks at par.
The FL Paso and Fort Yuma wagon
road expeditions were at Fort Chadbourne,
Texas, on the 18th of September. Severe
rains had delayed their progress over the
plains, and caused sickness in the camp, in
Guiding that of Leach, the Superintendent
The Fort Kearney and Honey Lake wagon
road expeditions under Masraw wero at
point 20 miles west of Fort Laramie on the
9th of Sept. All we'll.
FoREIeN. --The steamship Europa arrived
at New York on the Goth, with Liverpool
dates to the 10th, and 100000 in specie.
Nothing later from India. There had been
a terrible storm on the English coast. The
American ship S. b. Kimball, from Sunder-
land bound to New York, was lost. Her
crew were saved. The American crisis was
severely felt in England and France, and
money throughout Europe was advancing.
Specie was being shipped to America. The
King Of Prussia was feared to be dying.
Catharine Hayes, the singer, was married in
London to Mr.. Bushnell, of New York. Re-
liable accounts of the meeting of the crown
ed heads of Europe leave no doubt that one
,, Of the principal objects thereof is the reduc-
ton Of standing armies, in order to ease the
fundamental position Of representative coun-
tries, the increasing difficulties of obtaining
loans rendering reduction Of expenditures
Indispensable.
A merchant in Boston, worth his mill
lions, wanted, few days since, to raise
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thousand dollars per Ivy for three hundred
and sixty-fiye days, and could not procure it.
Pap rs have been filed in the State De-
partment at Washington, proving certain
Quaker gentleman in the State of Maine to
be extensively engaged in the slave trade.
Some of the groceries and saloon keep
ers in New York have issued shinplasters.
Hon. Timothy Follett, of Vermont, died
at Burlington, on the 18th inst. For many
years Mr. Follett was largely interested in
politics and business pursuits. His age was
Sc.
Information has been received at Wash
ington that Walkers filliGuster expedition
is to leave New Orleans and Galveston OF
the LIST of November. They do not expec
to meet with serious if any opposition from
the federal officials. They propose to lane
at some point in Costa Rica on the Atlantic
coast, and then march to San Jose, capita
Of that Republic, which they expect to reacl
in two days. Their calculations are tina
when they capture it the whole country viii
be in their possession. The aggregate O.
the fllibuster forces are from 700 to 2,OO(
men.
w. P. Landon and Mr.. Wilson, clerk
in the Surveyor Generals Office at Salt Lake
have been forcibly driven off by the Nor
mons and compelled to seek safety in Cali
fornia. These facts are communicated in {
letter received at Washington on the 10Th
All the Mormons have left Placerville ani
Carson Valley and gone to Salt Lake for tn
purpose of s'defending Zion.''
ONO ELEcrIoN.-A dispatch from Cincin
natl Of the 10th says: Forty eight countie
official, with reported majorities from tn
rest, give Chase 1917 majority. All the Re
publican State ticket except 3!ekenderfer TO
Board of Public Works, elected. Legisla
ture two thirds Democratic
FoRE1sN.-By the arrival of the steam
ship North America at River du Loupe, OF
the 10th, we have Liverpool dates to the 9TH
There was nothing later from India by thi
arrival. A Russian man. of-war had beel
sunk in the Gulf of Finland, by which ca
lamity 400 lives were lost. The Spanish
ministry had resigned. The day Of depar
ture of the North America was being observ
cd in England as a day of humility ant
prayer on account Of the troubles in India
Business was entirely suspended. Nor
troops are held in readiness for India, ant
10000 additional militia were to be embed
led into the army.
The following financial intelligence is
communicated by telegram from New
York of the Goth:
Money continues stringent. Best class
paper 8 per cent. per month. Business
however, continues to revive gradually
Specie stands at from per cent. to par;
and has downward tendency. The amount;
held by our city banks is no less than ten
millions, and compared with their liabilities
they are in q stronger position than they
have been for years past. 1t is rumored
that several of our banks are preparing for
al early resumption Of specie payments.
! The Legislature of Missouri convened
at Jefferson City on the 10Th. The House
organized by electing j. G. Childs as Spea K
er.
Omo.-It is now certain that Chase has
been re- elected Governor by about 1900
majority. All the Republican candidates
on the State ticket. from present appearan-
ces, are likely to receive larger majorities
than Chase, except Blickensderfer, who
rams behind in nearly every county.
PENNsYLvAN1A-The returns of the Penn
sivania State election are so completely one
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