Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-27
THE NEWS.

72 Wall street, N. Y, committed suicide b,
hanging himself, on the 18th.
, Jack Henderson, clerk of the Surveyo
, General, and Mr.. Marshall, the Pro-slavery
Governor elect of Kansas. arrived ut Wash
ington Oh the 18th. Mr. Winston has beer
appointed Marshall of Kansas. lie is tho
same person who was some time ago ap
f pointed Indian Agent of that Territory ant
removed.
A Washington dispatch of the 10Th say.
the Senate committee on Territories, in thei,
report, say they do not approve of the ordi-
nance accompanying the Lecompton Consti-
tuition, and therefore oppose its acceptance.
They do not regard it as any part of the
Constitution, nor will its approva or disap-
proval affect the validity of the Constitution
if Kansas is admitted into the Union as rec
commended.
The Kansas correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat says that the Topeka Leg
islature re-asseinbled on the 10th The cod.
flying committee reported complete code
"f laws; concurrent were resolutions intro
duced setting forth, that as the President AL
vocates the passage through Congress of the
Lecomrton Constitution, Gov. Robinson be
requested to correspond with Governors of
States friendly to the peoples government
of Kansas, to solicit aid in case it should be
necessary to resist such encroachments upon
the principle of republicanism. The elec-
tlon in Atchison county, on the Sth, for
member OF Council to fill vacancy caused
by the resignation of Carr, (DomocraD
Congressman elect, resulted in the choice o
Challiss Oem.) over Wheeler, Free State,
by 25O majority. On the 4th OF January
the same county gave over 100 Free State
majority.
| FoREIGN.-The steamer Baltic from Liver
pool Sd inst. arrived at New York on the
10Th. The steamship Levia than was sue
cessfully 1oated in the Thames on sunday,
the 3lst of January. The final floating of
the great ship was effected with perfect
ease. The Levathan was towed by four
powerful tug boats to her mooring opposite
Deptsford until ller internal arrangements
are complete. The Prince and Princess
newly married, quilted England on the I'd
on their continen til tour. In the city of
London, and along the route, there was
perfect ovation. No further newg of i'm.
portance frem India or China.
The Pacific Hotel, at St. Louis, was
burned at 3 O'Clock on Saturday morning,
Goth. Eight or ten persons were killed
and MANY seriously injured by jumping
from the windows. A dispatch of Saturday
says it is impossible to obtain the particu-
lars "r the names of the killed and wounded
The Method st Protestant Church at
Cincinnati, on Sixth street, near Race, was
partly destroyed on the night OF the 18th
by the explosion of defective gas pipes. At
about O'Clock, some Is persons assembled
in the basement for meeting, when strong
odor was observed. An effort was made to
discover the leak ng; light was applied to
was extingushed by buckets of water
Qniet was almost restored when the explo-
sion took place, tearing up the floor, shat
terihg the walls and making wreck of the
basement. In the church above half of the
pews were torn up, windows blown out, and
portions of the floor were blown high as the
o,,1 ,ff ba,
and blown into the street The explosion
was heard the distance of half a mile The
wind 'ws OF many buildings in the vic nifty
Were destroyed. Eight or ten persons were
severely wounded; 2 or 3 not expected to
live
The Ship Diamond State, formerly called
the james Kay, was burned at Philadelphia
on the morning Of the 20;h. Valued at
Sc 900, and fully insured.
William J. Clarke has been sentenced
to death, at Dsnville, Pa, for the murder of
his wife. TIE trial Of Mrs. TwiggS, for the
murder of her hu> band, has been postponed
till May next.
1t is stated in despatch from Wash
ington of the l9t', that NJ. For .yth, the
American Minister, has recognized the new
government of Mexico. Grave questions
are likely to come up at once in consequence
Of the decree restoring tie coutiscated
church property. 1t is said that purchases
to the amount OF several mil lions have been
made by American citizens, and that the
property is to be taken from them.
1t is understood that the Democratic
Senators have agreed in caucus to dispose first
of the bill providing for the increase of the
army, and theu take up the bill for the adj
mission of Minnesota into the Union. To
the Minnesota bill an amendment will be
made, providing for the admission of Kansas
under the Lecompton constitution, said con-
stitution so amended as to drop the clause
which prohibits the people of Kansas from
altering it till 1864.
The burning of the Pacific Hotel, at St.
Louis, last Saturday morning, proves to have
UCCu q IuOI0 tCI liz 10
was reported yesterday. There were about
a hundred persons in the house, between
forty and fifty of whom are missing. The
following are the names of persons so far
known to have been killed: Bruce McNitt,
Burkhart Wurst, Paul Sturrill, Mrs. Jenny
Jones and child, of st. Louis; johnson, of
Chicago; Henry Rochester and 7. Hart
Strong, Rochester, N. y; WIN. Saunders
Taylor, Geo. Crane, Miss Jones, residences
unknown; Chas. Davis, VIM. Cunningham,
Terre Iiaute and Alton Il. r. Mis-, Hunter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard, nine persons in one
It on, names unknown, and negro boy
Seriously injured-James +. Gary, reporte,
Tor St. Louis Leader; Elihu Hays, Nav
York; Jonathan jones; Mr.. Towns; WIN
Turner and sharpe Watcl,men of the house