Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-31
THE NEWS.

- N""'-"sioh vi otDOHIl OClOO. uclo .
gates from all parts of Indiana, mum erine
some 500 or 600, WIS in session at Indian
apolis on the 2stl', Bishop Ames Of the
Methodist church presiding. The object u
the Convention i to promote the interests
ct Sabbath Schools in tho Sta.s, and in.
crease their usefulness and imp ,rtance.
Various questions have been discussed and
acted upon.
Notwithstanding the postponcment OF
the Disunion Convention over Loo delegate.
from nine or ten States met at Cleveland on
tn. 2Sth and organized. Warrins Robin
so.,, of Ohio, President; with Nice-Prcs-
dent ,'one FROM each Free State. Business
committees were appointed. Addresses were
made hy Parker Pillsbury, Abby Kelly Eos.
ter and others. Resolutions strongly con-
dcmning the action OF the Committee oil
Arrangements in postponing the Convention
We're passed unanimously. The Business
Committee reported series Of resolutions.
setting forth the antagonism of freedom and
slavery, and the impossiblity and guilt
of any attempt at union thereof; recom-
mcndins slaves to raise in the spirit Of sew
enty six and achieve their own freedom.
FoREIGN.-Thc steamer Persia arrived at
New York on the 2S,h, with 9.H, 900 stcr.
ling in specie, Oil passengers and Liverpo j
dates to the 9Th. The fin ncial panic in
England continued, and several additional
failures are announced. There is al,o a
fearful financial panic at Vienna. The
banks Of Holland and Belgium advanced
rates Of discount. The health of the King
of Prussia remains critical. Psrsi a
powder magazine Mt Joundepore had been
exploded by lightning-over 1000 persons
killed, and 800 houses destroyed. Inai..-
The Indian mails were received ut London
on the 18th; no new facts of Importance
Accounts al concur in proneuncins the
prospects of the Europeans as more cheer
ing. observation-disclosures had been two ar
rivals from Australia with ej20, 900 sterling
in gold.
"A protect signed by several promine n
citizens of Kansas was fled on the 10Th
against fraudulent returns of Oxford pre-
cinct. johnson C unity, in reply to which,
after personal investigation, Walker and
Stanton publish Il proclaim i,ion in the Her.
aid Of Freedom of the 20 b, expressing the
determination IT, reject the entire vote of
Oxford and give certificates to the Free
State candidates. The proclamation pro-
uccdinsensc excitement among the extreme
pro-slavery men. Threats of vengeance
were made against the Governor and Secre-
tary. On the 10th protest was made
against the assembling of the Constitutional
Convention at Lccoinpton.
"A great slaughter of men, women and
children in village of Yucatan, about 60
miles from Merida, the capital, is reported
by the arrival of the brig Mountain Eagle
at New York, on the Goth, from Sisal. The
outrage was perpe'rated by party of Inti
ans from the interio-, who entered the vii
lage with friendly demonstrations. Very
few IF the villagers escaped M.,re than
five hundred bodies had been found, and
moro were being discovered daily in the
wonds, where they had attempted to escape
but We're ovcrtakcn aud murdered
Besides the State Bank of Missouri, the
Merchants Bank and and the Southern
Bank suspended at S.. Loui. on the Goth.
FoREIaS.- Tho Baltic arrived at New
York ON the Goth with f72, 900 sterling, lGO
passengers and Liverpool dates to the I4th.
The American ship Lexington wa, totally
lost near Verratia.
Thirty-fou horses ran for the Czarowitch
Cup, and the first trial resulted in dead
heat between Prioress, Elphin, and Queen
Bess On the deciding heat, Prioress, the
American horse, won by length and a. half,
amid great cheering. The value Of the
stakes exceeds $4,000. Tho American horse
Lecolnptc is deud.
The King of Prussia VII. slightly better,
but his condition is still very critical
The dispatches from India state that Gen.
Nicholson had defeated the rebels at Majaf
liar with the loss of their gun-. Gen.
iiave.>"k had also defeated the rebels near
o'tno"r' on he 10th of August. The gar
son ut Lucknow h-de gallant and viciori-
"llS sortie. capturing th>.uns of the mutt
neors and also supply of p,~visions.
The Singapore mutineers ha ,-.an again
defeated by Major Eyre. :
The rebels were threatening .Allallaba0
and Bcnarce.
Large bodies of troops wero MARCHING
from Calcutta towards Allahabad. Troops
Were also arriving at Calcutta from England,
their transportation having been effected
with great lapidity.
A dispatcl, to tile London Post says the
British forces had attacked Lucknow Castle,
,,,sl.,C 4 I,n srA: I'll I
upon the enemy.
The garrison q: Cawnpnre WAS calamity
holding out, and would be relieved by the
middle of September.
The Interior DEPARTING nj at Washing
ton has received information that the Snake
Indians, who have steadily refused to take
part with tho Mormons. have become in
censed against the United States on account
Of II drover lately killing woman and
child and firing at II war chief of til, tri be
Immediate measures will be taken to repair
the mischief.
Daniel Emerson. charged with swim
ding Xenford 4 Brothers and other parties
in New York of $4,000. was ARRESTED at
st. Louis OIL the Goth.
"A. .. P. Nicholson was, on the 9th,
elected U. s. Senator from Tennessee to sue.
eeed john Bell, whose term expires in 1869.
The destruction of the sugar refinery in
Cincinnati on the evening of the Odd was un-
doubtedly the work Of an incendiary. The
first alarm was caused bya terrific ex plosion
which blew the roof from the building, and
then the flames burst out in full force
$4,000 worth of property was destroyed.
IOWA NEWS.
machine mandatory in Davenport was de-