Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-29
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that free colored persons Of African descen
are authorized, upon complying with the
same laws that qualify white men, under the
provisions of the constitution of the State
to be electors for Governor, Senators anC
Representatives. The decision of the Court
was rendered in compliance with resolu-
ton Of the Legislature, passed last winter =
The decision is in direct conflict with the
opinion of the United States Court in the
bred Scott case.
Loefner. the Cincinnati murderer who kill
ed his wife. assassnated N. I. Horton, COM
mitted the crime of arson and then butcher
ed himself, is final. pronounced cured by
the physicians of the Hospital, who have
been minstering to his wounds, and will be
arraigned before Judge Pruden for preimi-
airy examination on two charges of murder
and one of arson. Persons who were born
to be hanged never commit suicide.
The present Newfoundland line Of tele-
graph is to be abandoned. 1t has cost more
than a million dollars. A road was cut for
it with immense labor through 400 miles of
dense wilderness, and it is now found i'm
practicable to keep it up through the ice of a
Newfoundland winter. The company's agts.
are now making sounding of the coast, with
the intention of running the Atlantic cable
down from the banks Of Newfoundland to
some point in Nova Scotia. 1t is not IL lit
tie singular that everything in the progress
of telegraphing has to be learned still by
the most expensive failures.
The troops do not appear to fancy the ex-
! petition to Utah. Of the advance party,
when they reached Fort Laramie l40 had de-
serted. At this rate the whole force will
evaporate before it reaches Utah.
The last slave in the State of New York
died at bittle Neck, Rock Island, few days
ago. Her name was Margaret Rine, and her
age 70. She belonged to the Van Zandt
family, and refused to be manumitted, and
they took care Of her with great pleasure till
she died.
Mr.. McElrath's name has been withdrawn
from the n. Y. Tribune. he style of the
firm is now ''Horace Greedy " Coz
Two men calling themselves George Lee
and John Mcclure, We're lately arrested in
| Dubuque for passing counterfeit money, and
putin the calaboose. From this they es-
capped, and proceeded up the river, robbing
one of the passengers of a gold watch on the
way. Mr.. Carpenter got track Of them, ar
handouts upon them, put his prisoners on Il
boat bound down the river. Early on the
morning of the llth, they broke open their
rooms and jumped into the water, and Were
never afterwards seen, being probably
drowned. They were desperate characters
and boasted of their villainous exploits.
WHAT NEXT 1t is proposed to hold Il
National Chess Congress, which is to meet
at New York on the 9TH of October.
The only part Of the frog which is eaten
is the hind legs.
Eight hundred persons and firms in Chi
cago pay $40, 800 year for the privilege OF
sell Ing liquor.
The Medical Society of New York have
offered prize Of $50, for the best essay on
scarlet fever.
SINGULAR CASUALTY. The last Genesco
Republic says: On Thursday last, the Con-
| ductor of the gravel train on this section OF
the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, had
his arm broke in a very singular manner
lie stepped off from his train at Annawa n
and offered his left hand to friend. who
shook it so heartily that he broke his arm,
above the elbow.
Warsaw, H., has recently been infested
with burglars and countelfciters \ vigil
lance committee of citizens has been organ
lied, and on the night Of the Dist inst, tore
down the house of Mrs. Webb who is accused
OF harboring the evil doors.
| General Walker is still making speeches
in the Southern cities, where he is called the
''Herc of Ncaraugua.o
The potatoe rot appears to be very troub-
lesome IN the lower part of the State of New
Jersey. In Monmouth County the farmers are
ploughlng up their land, previously planted
with potatoes, aud design re- planting it with
turrips. Thousands of hills have been dug
up, and the potatoes are much rotted and
entirely useless. The rot is a so quite prev
a ent in other parts of the State, but it is
thought Monmouth will be the greatest suf-
ferer.
Some eight mad dogs have recently been
killed in Philadelphia, and hundreds of 9TH
er dogs not mad Here is the way the ami
mails are disposed Of after being caught:
Dea' h by hanging is the usual method en-
ployed by the catchers to dispose Of their
victims. A moose is fitted around the neck
Of the animal, the other end of the rope be-
ing attached to a beam overhead The ami
NAL is then lifted up to short height and
suddenly dropped. Scarcely has he fallen
again before he is struck on the back Of the
neck with large club, which puts an end
to his existence. The operation is most
simple one, not drop of blood being spill
ed, nor any unnecessary cruelty exhibited in
the animals destruction. By this means
dogs are disposed of at the rate of one hun
bred per hour. Their carcasses are then
disposed Of to individuals for various pur-
| poses.
The greatest party, says the New York
Post, which probably ever occurred in the
United States was given by Mr.: Wetutore. of
Newport, 4. l., on the evening of August
! lotll: O,e. 400 carriag.s drove to the res
ldeIice of Mr.. w., and between 1000 and
1900 people partook OF the repast prepared.
The supper alone cost $4,000: The ladies
were dressed in style beggaring the Eng
lish language to describe. The amount of
money involved and lost in the fee could
not have been less than $4,000. We leave
the reader to draw tile moral of such ner.
Torrance.
LAFAYErrE.-The Aldermen of Boston
have passed an order that the bells shall be
rung and cannons fired on tile 9TH of SEN
TENDER next, in commemorate on of the cen
tennla anniversary of the birth of LAFAYETTE,
The N. Y. Times thinks there were %
lives lost by the sinking of the J. N. Harris
Cd Long Island Sound. The cause of the
disaster is to be judcialy INQUIRED into
The officers of the Metropolis are severely
censured