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

The steamship Star Of the West arrived
1T New York on the 4th, with $50 passen-
gers. the California mails of Sept. 4th, and
81 .26S,0O0 in specie. The California State
election on the ID ult., resulted in the entire
success of the Democratic ticket. Weller
was elected Governor by probably $4,000
plurality. The State has voted to pay its
debt. Columbia, Tulomnar county, had
been destroyed by fire. Loss $600,OO0. VIM.
Bean had been convicted OF embezzling gov
ernmenL treasure from the branch mint.
Col. Harlasthy's defalcation from the same
establishment is $l50,000. Mining was be-
ing carried on successfully. The Carson
Valley people were agtatng for a terrific
rial organization for that quarter. We have
an account of the frightul massacre of an
emigrant train by the Indians. From Ore
gon we learn that tile Constitutional Con-
venton met at Salem on the 10Th ult. We
have intelligence from Washington Terrific
ry IF the murder of Col. Ely, Collector eff
the port of Townsend, by u party of Indians.
His family had escaped. Eight Indians had
been arrested by the residents and would DO
hung Hon G. Venable, our Minister to
Guatemala, died of cholera on the 2Sd OF
August. This epidemic was raging at
Guatemala and San Salvador. 1t now APP
pears that the Central America had 440 pas
sengers, and $l,21S,S3S in specie when she
lett Aspinwal.
The Bremen bark Lima arrived at New
York on the 9Th. with three survivors of the
Central America, whom she took from the
British brig Mary. bound from Cardenas to
QueenstowI. Their names are j. lice, I'd
engineer; Alex. Grant, fireman; and Geo.
Dawson, passenger. They dritted eight days
in small boat without anything to eat be-
fore being rescued by the brig.
The steamer Ben Carson, was run into by
the steamer Gate City, about two O'Clock on
Sunday morning last, near La Crosse. The
Ben Carson sunk Immediately in fifteen feet
of water, and is considered a total loss. FIT
teen deck passengers, whose names have not
a. vet been ascertaned, were drowned. On
board the Carson, were seven persons who
had been living in Minnesota "A father ard
mother, with family of five children. The
parents and two of the children were among
those who lost their lives.
The Pennsylvania Legislature convened
at Harrisburgh on the 9th. Governor Pol
lock delivered his message, suggesting mea-
sures for the relief of the banks and public.
The financial intelligence from various
parts of the country still abounds with ac-
counts of failures and suspensions. The
following banks are reported failed or dis
credited: Lee Bank, Mass, Charter Oak
Bank and Exchange Bank, Ct, Bank of
Watertown, N. Y, Ware Bank, N. H., and
Bank of Lima, N. Y.
Foreign news to the ODD, by the City of
Washington, which arrived at New York on
the 9th, exhibits great activity in England
in sending troops to India General o Neil
at Cawnpore, was compelling all the high
caste or Brahmins, whom he could capture,
to collect the bloody clothes of the victims,
and wash the blood from the floors; their
movements being accelerated by the appli-
cation of the cat. Afterwards the Sepoys
were hanged, one after the other.
"A New York dispatch Of the 7th says
the money market is rather more quiet. AT
meeting O. merchants, a number Of leading
bank officers being present, a resolution was
unanimously adopted requesting the banks
to increase their loans at once 81 100000,
and eventually SO, o00,00 TWAS thought
the proposition would meet the appreciation
of the banks.
Since the publication of the notice of
the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Oath of
September, up to the rrcsent tilne5 nearly
$4,000, 900 worth of United States stocks
have been sent in for redemption.
The returns from the Georgia election
| Indicate the re election tc Congress of the
Hon. James Seward, in the ist District.