Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-27
the ruins. and hundreds of excited men are

engaged IN removing the fuoDlsn. LII
wounded were promptly taken charge of b
friends, or sent to the hospital, where thei
injuries are Immediately attended to. Sew
eral of the wounded cannot possibly recov
er. The loss OF property is upwards of $50,
900.
Later.-A dispatch of the 22d says til
loss of life is not so great as above stated
The names of those positively known to
among the dead are as follows: Henry Fl
Rochester and Thos II. Strong, of Roches
ter, N. T.; ii. M. Gregg, Chas. Davis, WIN
Cunningham, Geo. A. Crane, Evan J. Wat
kins, Mr.. johnson, Mich; Ephraim Doane
Chicago; Miss Hunter, supposed to be dead
Bruce McNett, Burkhart Wust, Paul Ster
rill, VIM. Faylor, j. Wagner, DR.. Lord, Gin
cinnati, bodies found. Others taken out q
the ruins were so burned that they cannot b.
identified. Seriously injured-Mr. and Ms
Hubbard, Boston, latter fatally Elisha IIage
VIM. W. Terrence, Jas. G. Gcary, VIM. iur
ner, Mr.. Sharpe, Mrs. Jonathan Jones. -
The funeral of those not identified and ia
ken care ofby friends, takes p ace on Wcdnes
day. Other bodies are supposed to be ii
the ruins. Vigorous search is still being
made.
- Five steamers were burned opposit,
New Orleans yesterday morning (22d.)-
They were the Virginia, Montauk, Jane.
Montgomery, Sherman and S S Prentiss
Loss $40, O,O0O-partially insured.
On the evening Of the 18th, while the
convicts ia the State Prison at Sing Sing, N
T., were filing into the mess room for sup
per, five of them rushed for the river, which
is frozen over, thinking to escape on the ice,
They were pursued and fired upon by the
guard and all brought back, when three,
named John Spence, Peter Devlin and
Quinn were found to be wounded. Spence
and Quinn will probably die.
More fighting has occurred at Washing
ton. On the Goth, an altercalion took place
at the dinner table at Browns Hotel be-
tween Hon. James B. Clay and Mr.. Cullom,
late Clerk Of the House. subsequ ,ntly, Mr.
Cullom struck Mr.. Clay with his open hand
in the face. The same morning ex-Lieut.
a. G. Rhind posted Commander Boutwell, as
liar and a coward near the Navy Depart
ment. 1t is understood that the difficulty
originated several years ago on the Pacific,
but was recently renewed before tile Naval
Court of Enquiry. Rhnd was required to
give security not to fight duel, and WAS
subsequently arrested under the third sec.
tion OF the ant-dueing law for posting Com.
Boutwell, as a liar and coward
"A dispatch from Washington of the 2lst
says the anti-Lecompton Democrats in Con.
gress have abandoned the design of publish
ing an address to the people. Mr. Seward
is among those who are expected to speak
at an early day on the Kansas question,
which it is supposed will be taken up on
Wednesday or Thursday.
"A large antiLecompton meeting was
held at Columbus, o., on Saturday night.
Jacob Reinhardt was chairman Resolutions
were adopted denouncing the Presidents
course on the Lecompton question, and en-
dorsing Douglas and Cox. Speeches were
made by Judge johnson, of Kansas, Payne,
Morton, Gelger, and others.
FOREIGN. - The Africa arrived at New
York on the goth, with Liverpool dates to
the 9th inst. Ihe news is uninterc ting to
our readers.