Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-07-02
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
From Saturday morning to Monday
evening, "a deaths Fl ON sun-stroke occurred
in New York and Brooklyn.
has been recalled from the expedition to
Utah, where the present force will be placed
under command of Gen. johnson exclusively.
The supposed object of this movement is to
make diversion against the hostile Indians
in Oregon.
OBIrUAKIEs.-Hon. Robt. T. Conrad, ex.
Mayor of Philadelphia, died at Lancaster on
the 9th. Job Tyson, ex.member of Con-
gress from Pennsylvania, died in Montgom-
cry county the same day. Maj. H. @. Wann,
assistant Quartermaster Of the q. S. A., died
at Washington on the 28th, of hemorrhage
of the lungs. Dyer Ames, Wall street bro
ker, was drowned at Yonkers, N. Y, on
the 2Sth, while bathing. Mr.. A. was, until
recently, cashier Of the Farmers Bank at
Bridgeport, Conn.
The Republicans of the st. Louis Con-.
gressional District in Convention on the 2Sth,
nominated Frank p Blair, Jr., for re-eec-
ton to Congress by accamation. Resolutions
Thos Jefferson, denouncing the administra-
ton, opposing negro equality, advocating ex~
tnction of slavery in Missouri, and the re-
moval of negroes tom the State. Three full
tickets are now in the field in that District
American, Democratic and Republican.
From THE PACIFIo.-The steamer Moses
Taylor arrived at New York on the 18th,
with California mails of the 5th and ST, $780,
900 in treasure. The excitement concerning
the Frazer River gold mines continues.
Three thousand persons have already left
San Francisco for that region. The Califor-
MIA mines were yielding largely accounts
from every section were highly favorable.
Agricultural prospects in the State were
never brighter, and full harvest is conf.
IDENTIFY anticipated. A fire broke out at Ne.
vada on the 23d of May, destroying nearly
all the business part of the city. Loss
$l40,000, Sanandras, in Calaveras county,
was entirely destroyed by fire on the second
of June. Ten buildings were burned in San
Leon, on Jackson street, May 31st. Loss
$4,000. The papers contain more than the
usual amount of murders, assassinations,
casualties, etc. Advices from Ore gon to the
24th OF May announce general Indian out
break there. Colonel Steptoe's command on
Snake River was attacked on the 10th of
May, and forced to retreat with loss Of 80
privates, three officers, two howitzers, bag
gage wagons, and nearly all the animals.
Three companies of Dragons and one of
infantry were engaged with 800 Indians.
Of the officers killed were Captain Wilder
and Lieut.. Gasson. The name of the third
is not given. The schooner Laura Keevan,
from San Pelmo, bound to Santa Barbara,
has been lost at sea, W th, it is supposed, all
on board. Among her passengers was o. L.
Ayres, the artist.
FoREIGN.-The steamship Arabia arrived
at Halifax on the 28th, with Liverpool dates
to the 10th. Debates took place in both
houses of the British Parliament, on the 18th
and 18th, concerning the American imbroglio,
in which general temperate spirit was
manifested. In the House of Lords, Lord
Malmesbury made the significant remark that
England had materially aided Spain in resist.
ing the efforts of the United States to annex
Cuba; but it she persisted in supporting the
slaye-:rade, 1T aods highly probable that the
present anxiety Of Great Britain ,oouM be
changed to indifference. On the a3d the
Arabia passed vessel in the distance, sup
posed to be the Niagara. 1t was supposed
the point for uniting the telegraph cable had
not been reached. She reports gale on the
25th, which may have interfered with the
operations OF the expedition.
Twenty inquests were held in New York
on the goth, in cases of deaths from sun
stroke. There were also several cases in
Brooklyn.
"A duel was fought at New Orleans, on.
the Goth, between Mr.. Hanton, of the True
Delta, and Mr.. Gilbert, Of the Crescent, in
which the latterw was shot and fatally injured
"A destructive fire occurred in New Or
leans on the Goth, The steamer Empire,
Brig were burnt to the waters edge, and the
ship Hannah Croker and Fanny Fosdick
slightly injured.
The Ninth Congressional District Re.
publican Convention of Indiana met at
Plymouth on the 29th, to nomin ate a can.
didate for Congress. The Convention was
very largely attended. Hon. Schuyler Col
fax was nominated for reelection unani-
mously.
The shock of an earthquake was felt at
New Haven, Ct, at II O'Clock on the night
of the 29th. 1t was light one, yet caused
crockery to rattle, and was distinctly felt by
many persons who were walking out. The
direction of the vibration seemed to be from
south to north. The shock was also felt in
Waterbury and other neighboring places.
The Vermont Republican State Conven-
ton held at Montpelier, on the 29th, nomi
mated Hiland Hill, of Bennington, for Gov
ernor; Burt Burnham Martin, of Chelsea,
for Lieutenant Governor; and Henry NJ
Bates, of Northfeld, for State Treasurer
Senator Collamer, Hon. VIM. A. Howard,
NJ. c., from Michigan, and others, addressed
the Convention, which was largely attended
and enthusiastic.
The Times Washington correspondent
of the Goth avs, orders have been issued for
the redisposition of the troops originally
destined for Utah. Col. johnson is to re-
tain command of that portion remaining in
Utah, while Gen. Harvey is to return to the
command of the department of the Vest
These arrangements are made under the be-
liet that the Mormons are sincere in their
pacific protestations, but should it prove
otherwise, it is made discretionary with
Gen. Harvey to abrogate the present and
enforce the previous orders. A considera-
BILE body of men is to be pushed forward
Immediately to Fort Shalla, in Oregon, to
act against the hostile Indians.
R1oH GOLD DIaGINGs ON FRAZER RIVER
The last arrival from California brings some
interesting particulars concerning the newly
discovered gold diggings along Frazer river,
in Washington Territory and the British
Possessions, to which over 5000 persons
have receptlv pona from California lot
ter from Fort Langley, on Frazer river, da-
ted May 25th, says the diggings at Hips
Bar, one mile below Fl. Yale, are acknowl-
edged to be the richest ever seen: Old
California miners say they never saw so
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