Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-10
nissilners to investigate the affairs Of State
TIL T. NEWS.

i The steamer Sultan was burned te the
waters edge near St. Genevieve, No., a:;3
O'Clock hi the morning of the I'd. Fifteen
or twenty lives were lost. Among the lost
are d. u Moore, Clerk; Henry Eli, Pilot
Joseph Blackburn, Watchnan all the cabin
crew, an{ the bar-kecper, name unknown
Two ladies' and two gentlemen who were
passengers are missing and are supposed to
bt lost, The full particulars are not yet
received here. The Sultan was bound for
| NW Orleans with full cargo, which with
h' boat is 4 total loss. Boat valued at $685..
OO. Insured for $1,000 Cargo consisted
otl000 tons flour, pork, lead and wheat.
NJ insurance on freight.
The brig Lion, of Boston, from Aux
BaI ges, Was recently lost on lriqua Island.
'e If the group of the Bahamas, with all
hanGs except one seaman.
The dead body of youEg man was
lounl on the morning of the 2l, in the dock
at the foot # Beekl..an street, N. Y. He
had been stabbed co the neart. The body
had large stone strapped to the back. lie
was weil-dre>sed, and had he miniature of a
young woman hanging from his neck. Two
men have been arresy ed on suspicion of be.
rg his murderers.
-Chas. E Brown, President of the A tlas
Bunk, of Boston. died on the 2d.
"A rumor fr"m Washington states that
The English fugitive, Ai>op. is in that city to
ascertain the views OF Gov ernment ,ncern.
ing his extradition, in case it is demanded.
The New York Times says that Col.
BurnI,an's regiment of Volunteers recently
organized i'll that city has been accepted 10y
the p e,iIeat, and the other regiment au-
thorrze b. he new bill will be taken from
Pennsylvania.
"A fire in Cambridge, Mass, on the morn
ing of the 81, destroyed the stores occupied
by Little, Brown & Co., for the storage of
stereotype plates, printing stock, &c. Part
oi tEc' pa co "oic oa'eu' 4Hc losS WIZ
reach nearly $4,000; insured for $4,000
of which $4,000 is in England.
"A dispatch from Richmond, Va, says
the tobacco factory of Crosby & Winfree, of
that city was destroyed by fire this morning;
loss $4,000, insured.
"A Washington dispatch of the Sd says:
A commercial arrangement will be made at
some point in Africa, fford;ng the best ia
cilities for purchasing animals suitable for
our climate for expectation. Lieut.. Beae
has submitted to the War Department re-
port concerning the road surveyed and OPEN
ed by him last summer, from Fort Defiance
to Colorado River 1t confirms previous
stat ements. He passed over the road. meet
ing with snow only once and then not
enough to cover the ground. The climate
WAS such that there was no occasion to use
tents. The bill to supply the deficiency for
the fiS"al year ending ye,r from jane nexf,
is under consideration in the House. it APP
S 100000 Of wh!cI,neaIy, S.
100000 is for the. army, aud $l,469, 900 10
supply the deficiency in the revenue of the
Post Office Department. The House Crm-
mttee on Public Land will reporC but few
bills giving lands for Railroads, and none to
til" States winch have already received
grants for such purp 'ses. Tire Senate con-
iImed the following appointments as Lieu
tenarts q the Navy John G Walker, Jno.
Il Mitch IL, Francis l. Ramsay, Richard N
Meade, j Marshall, q Campbell, Robert
BOYD, Jr., Calvin 7 Thomas, Charles q Car
penter, Andrew j Mccarthy.
\ Washington dispatch says the House
military committee have agreed to the Sem
ate's amendment tc {" g volunteer bill, and
it will accordingly pass.