Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-05
THE NEW s.

THE NEWS.
The Bedford (Pa.) Gazette, of the 2sth,
publishes an article authoritatively declaring
that President Buchanan will not be can
didate for denomination by the Charleston
Convention.
"A fend in human shape, a German
named Arndt, murdered four of his children
with an axe, near Cedarville, Lee county, ILL.,,
on the Goth. He made no resistance when
arrested, and assigned no reason for the
murder
"A dispatch from St. Joseph, No., Of the
29th, says that three men arrived at st. Jo-
seph to day, bringing $l2,5oo in gold dust
These parties disposed If $S. 900 at Omaha,
making total Of $40, $500 from the Kansas
mines.
The Kansas Constitutional Convention
adjourned sine die on the night of the 29th.
The business of the Convention was disposed
of with tolerable expedition; the questions
Of the apportionmsnt and temporary cap
ital being the only measures which offered
serious obstacles. The constitution was
adopted by vote of "a to ID, all the Demo-
Gratis voting against and refusing to sign it.
1t is radically anti-slavery. but differs from
the Leavenworth instrument, inasmuch as it
does not extend the right of suffrage to ne
groes. The State Legislst ure will consist
of 70 Representatives and 2l Senators. To.
peka has been selected as a temporary Cap
ital, Lawrence being competitor.
FoRElaN.-The steamship Anglo Saxon,
from Liverpool on the Goth inst, passed Far
ther Point, G. E., on the 29th, bound up for
Quebec. The papers contain nothing addi-
tional in regard to the basis of peace. The
discomfort resulting from Napoleon's hasty
course was apparently on the increase, par
ticularly in Italy. Great agitation existed
at Florence. The provisional government of
Tuscany had issued proclamation describ.
ing the basis of peace as betraying the fair
est hopes that the Tuscan government par
.icipated in and were the sentiments of
the people, and declaring that the Tuscans
Will not be replaced under the yoke and in.
fuence of Austria against her will and
rights. MoIena and Parma are said to be
in state of revolt. At Turin the Emperor
was accused of being traitor to Italy. His
portraits had to be withdrawn from view in
the shop windows, to prevent them from be-
ing broken. The Austrian troops remain
in the same position as if in active service.
The Queen of Portugal is dead. The Vienna
correspondent Of the London Times says:
''The representatives of Austria, France and
Sardinia will soon meet at Zurich, to conclude
the treaty Of peace. There will be no Con-
gress of the great powers called to ratify the
treaty, the Emperors of France and Austria
having agreed to settle the difficulties without
the Intervention of neutral powers" The
Paris correspondent of the London Post says
that both of the Emperors are convinced that
the basis of peace agreed upon by them is in
many respects impracticable. The English
journals continue to ridicule the terms of the
peace. The Post, Lord Palmerston's organ,
attacks the proceedings at Villa Franco with
some severity. The Paris correspondent of
the News says: "There is a feeling of disap-
pointment and even of indignation among all
who took a sincere interest in the object of
the war. The Emperor has seriously lowered
himself in the opinion of all classes"