Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-06-24
THE NEW s.

hepuUllCdnS maze a CLEAN sweep, electlnS
all the city officers.
The Democratic State Convention of
Georgia met at Milledgeville, on the 18th,
and re nominated Mr.. Brown for Governor
by acclamatioE. Resolutions were adopted
reaffirning the Cincinnati platform, express
ing confidence in the ability and patr oiisn
of Mr.. Buchanan, and approving of the prin-
ciples of his inaugural ard annual message
on the subject of slavery.
AT Pit,sburg, about 2 O'Clock on the
morning of the 18th, fire broke out on the
steamer Endeavor, which soon comnunica-
ted to the GazeIlc. The Endeavor was still
;tloat. NJ freight on either boat. The En-
deavor was insured in the Pennsy lvania
Company of Harrisburg f,r 81 400; in the
Quaker Jisy for $1,000, and in the Great
Western Of Philadelphia, 1880. The Ga
zelle was insured in the Eureka of pttsburs
Tor $4,000.
At Boston, on the 18th, all the business
houses were closed, being the anniversary of
the battle of Bunker Hill.
"A meeting was held at the China Insu-
rance Company's office, at Boston, on the
10th, to take measures for sending provis-
ions to the inhabitants of Fayal Azores, who
are reported to be in starving condition
One thousand dollars were subscribed on
the spot, and a committee was appc inted to
solicit further subscriptions.
There was Il large attendance at the
Eclipse Course, Long Island, on the 10th :,
to witness the great trottng IN itch between
Flora Tempe and Princess. The California
mare, Flora, bent Princess in two straight
heats Of three miles each. She made the
second heat of three miles in minutes and
50 10 seconds. Stakes $4,000.
The gates of Lock No. %, of the We'll
land Canal, near Thorald, G. W., were car
ried away by the schooner Quebec on the
10th. The rush Of water caused the en-
bankment to give away several feet. CIR eat
damage was done to the grain feds. The
water is now shut off, and the flood is grad
ually subsidinS. A large force Of men will
commence to repair the break when the
water Subsidies sufficiently.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th
saws sThe views of the Administration as
to the rights of natura';zed citizens who may
return to Europe, ana showing how far they
are entitled to tn, protection ct this Cow
ernment, were yesterday promulgated by
Gen. Cass, in a letter from the State De-
partment to A. V. lIofer, Of Cincinnati
The Secretary states that this Government
will not interfere IN cases where individuals
voluntarily return to countries to which
they owed military service or the period of
their departure for the u -
"A disastrous fire occurred at Galena on
the night of the 18th, destroying the Galena
Classical Institute, will. its contents. The
building was owned by trustee and valued
at $l2 600 insured at $4,000. Tie Library
consisted of 500 volumes, part of which was
saved in a damaged condition. No insu-
rance. The apparatus, philosophical and
chemical, telescope, SC, owned by Prof.
Foster, valued at 800, insured for ST 900.
There had been fire in Galena every Wedn-
esday night, for four successive weeks,
doubtless the work Of incendaries.
- The bark Orion, fifty days from the
Congo river, was taken to New Y York, on the
14th, in charge of Leuts. Dallas and Camp
bell, and was anchored under the guns of
the navy yard. Her captain, Mr. llama,
died of broken heart. The Orion sailed
from this port on the 2lst Of January, and
arrived at Sharks Point, on the Congo riv-
er on April 10th. Here she was seized by
the English steamer Triton, but was subse-
quently transferred to Commander Brent,
of the u S. ship-ofwar Marion, who on
examination, became convinced that she was
a slave trader; he accordingly put the prize
crew on board and ordered her home. A few
days before she sailed, the barks Ardenis
and Emma Lincoln were also seized at
Sharks Point by Commander Brent, and
they would probably be sent home also.
The ship Ballou, of Bath, Me-, bound for
St. Johns, was wrecked on the 10th, near
Machias. is persons were drowned, includ-
ing the captain and his daughter.
Two parcels of Pixies Peak gold assay
ed at New York, yielded as follows: One,
consisting of shot and scale gold, taken
from the mountains near Denver City, is
worth $l7.SS in coin; another, from the
South Platte river, $l9.8l in coin.
The preliminary examination was com.
menced on the 18th, in the case of the SLAYER
bark Orion, recently brought to New York.
and the testimony of Lieuts. Dallas and
Campbell was taken. Lieut.. Dallas stated
that Capt. Hona admitted to him that he
was employed to take the Orion to the coast
Of Africa, where he was to transfer the
charge of the vessel, which was thereafter
to be employed in the slave trade. The pris.
oners under examination were d. Morgan,
first mate, and twelve of the crew. The evil
dence as to the character of the vessel was
somewhat minute, but the Commissioner
held that it was insufficient to hold the &C
cused, and they were accordingly discharged.
FOREIGN Battle Fought, and inn
mense Loss of Lye!-The steamship Anglo
Saxon, with Liverpool dates to the Sth, pas
sed Farther Point on the 18th. Advices are
four days later. The Anglo-Saxon brings
most important news from the seat of war;
A great battle has been fought near Milan, in
which the Austrians were defeated with the
loss Of 25, 900 killed and disabled; 5000 Aus
TRANS We're taken prisoners. The French
loss is stated at 10000. The Austrians have
evacuated Milan Emperor Napoleon in his
dispatches to the Empress at the Tuileries
claims a decisive victory, saying his army
took 1000 prisoners, disabled $4,000 and
captured three cannons and two standards.
lie estimates the loss of his army at 5000,
bu it was rumored that the French loss was