Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-15
& THE NEWS.

jority in that county is .l34S-a, gcin OF At
on Fillmore's voto.! BY returns from the
State 50 far Rollins gain is about $500. .
There are now some hopes Of his, election
-Seventeen wooden buildings were des-
troyed by fire in St. Paul ON the 4th. Less
estimated at $4,000; insurance sl2,0 700.
II B. Payne, Il Cleveland, was nomi-
mated for. Governor by tie Ohio Democratic
Convention at Columbus on the 9th. On the
first ballot-Paype,. lS7; .Ranney, 80; Nc
Dowell, GA. W. II. Iyttle, Ct Hamilton,
was nominated for Lieutenant Governor
Whitman was nominated for Supreme Judge.
Morris, of Monroe, was nominated for Treas
urcr of State on the 9th ba lot. j. Reinhart,
of franklin, was nominated for Secretary Of
State, and A. Backus, Of Lucas, fer Beard
of Public Works. Resolutions were ADOPT:
ed endorsing the Dred Scott decision of the
Supreme Court, approving the administra-
tion,o Of Buchanan, and the doctrine of pop-
ular sovereignty, as announced in the Kan
Nebraska act, and fayoring an independ-
ert treasury for Ohio.
7-Adyices from Leayenvorth to the Sd
state that Woods and Knowiton, compan-
ions Of the men hrng on Friday, were being
tried by Judges Of the Vigilance Committee.
The people arc intensely excited. :.
THE SIEGE OF LAWRENCE RAISED ,ry THE
~ J~,,.~, Tho K,,sos Uo.,1J . 4
Free 7om Of the. Sd says GOV. Walker has
received dispatches from the commander
of Fort Riley to the effect that a large force
Of Cheyenne Indians had reached that sta
ton. An attack was hourly expected. The
fort has no fcrtifcations, and has only one
company of infantry. The Indians have
driven away the settlers, and committed
several murders within sight of the post
Walker immediately sent Col. Cook to their
assistance, with all the force under his COM
mand.
Missouri ELEcrIox.-Thirty- eight coun.
ties give Rollins 4,17S majority. Clark,
Dem, is elected to Congress- for the Third
District vice James P. Green, who was elcc :
ed to the U. S. Senate. y
:. tennessee election returns indicate
Democratic gains throughout the State. :
The Leg stature probably Democratic. Re-
turns not sufficient to determine the Con.
gressional results.
-Tlc question OF who was the bravest
son of New York in the Mexican war, has
been definitely settled by the New York
Common Council. tcstowing Gen. Jackson s
gold sn,l boz on Lieut.. Col Barrett, Of Gen
Dizch's tst regim cnt, New York Volunteers.
The late Secretary Of the Navy, Mr..
Dobbin, died at Fayetteville, Va, on the
4th, i =.
AIiB "a ELECTION B. Moore, Dem
cesat, is: elected Governor. There was no
opposition to him. !, !
Walker evacuated Lawrence on the Sd,
with all the troops except 40. The ostcnsi-
bic cause, Indians attacking Fort Riley, is
regarded as e. fuseto get the'trocps Away
Tie ycte en- tie Topeka Constitution stood
652 for against. State ticket elected.
"A dispatch from New York of the sth,
says the only new fact developed in the Cum
ninghan, case ID niote Of fand given by hsl
On the 10th Of January last, in payment Of
articles furnished for the famous party CIV
en- shortly before DR.. Burdell's death. The
note is against F. 4. Cunningham. =
;. MIssyuKI, ELEcrloS.-.The success Of Rol.
Inns, independent emancipationist, for Gc7.
ernor, seems quite probable. Fifty coun.
ties give Rollins 4,72l majority gain oyel
Fillmore of 1926. Richardson, Scott an,e
: Nation, largely aherd for Supreme Judges
Returns from the election in North Car.
olina, Tennessee and Texas show that th
Democrats have carried everything, O
/. course, In Keutucky,,tfe Knows. N othins
have elected scme Of their candidates, 81.
, the Democratic gain is large.
: "A disastrous gale on the, sal,: Of Jul:
caused great loss Of life among the efshernler
on the north shore Of tla; Province of New
Brunswick: The hliraa.icki Giea,,sr,. Q
that date, learns tliA sistyb boats have besl
lost, supposed to have been owned b. par
. ties living between Neguac and 1hroadie
} and that fifty-one dead bodies fha9e ,see'
picked up between these two places. It j
calculated that two hundred boats were on
: Fishing. and many more disasters, it is fear
ed, have occurred.
"SoUArTER SovRRE1GNrY."-S Senator Ad