Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-01
VEEE NEWS.

on the Goth. The cook and one fireman
were killed. She had full cargo of flour
and provisions. We have no further par
ticulars as yet.
The British war steamer Jassaur from
Jamaica, was lost on cruise, on the 4th Of
March. The officers and men, sixty in
number, took the boats, ten of these were
subsequently swept overheard in a heavy
gale. One of these boats, containing the
captain and nineteen men managed to reach
the southern coast of Cuba; but the other
boat containing thirty men, has not been
heard from. The party saved suffered ter
ribly from cold and famine, and were on
the point of perishing when the boat was
driven on the Cuban shore.
Jonathan Post, Baptist preacher, and
wife were killed at Harris, Marquette coun.
ty, Wis, on the 25th, by their insane son,
The lifelcss bodies Of the elder and his wife
were discovered by ncighbor in the door.
yard of their house, about IL A. NJ, with
their heads split open by an axe The deed
is supposed to have been done about nine
clock, in the absence of the other mem
bers of the family. The murderer is about
thirty years of age, and has been insane fol
several years. He was supposed to be harm
less until this unfortunate occurrence. lie
made no effort to escape, and was secured
by an officer.
"A dispatch from Leavenworth of the
2sth says the rush to the gold regions is
beyond precedent. Upwards of 1000 per-
sons had arrived since Friday. The sub
urbs were covered with companies in camp
Dates from Denver City (gold regions) Of
the l4th ult. are received. The average
yield with rockers is 81 to $50 per day.
Ditch companies are forming to carry water
from the Platte to Cherry Creek-20 miles
The overland California mail, will
dates to he 4th inst, arrived at st. Louis
on the 9th. No news Of general interest
from California. Passengers by the mail
coach confirm the accounts of recent battles
between the troops and the Camanches.-
The Oamanches had killed several familie!
in Denton county, Texas, and run off thei,
stock. Both the Camanches and Apaches
were committing depredations on the Mai
Company al along the route.
FoKEIGN.-The steamships Niagara ani
Alps arrived at Halifax on the 9th, from
Liverpool, 18th inst. They bring nothing
definite on the War question, and no othel
news of general interest.
The last Salt Lake mail reports that the
Indians had notified the cmigrants to Pixies
Peak that the great Father had not yet bought
their country, and that they shall not live il
it; and as an earnest of their intentions, they
had already waylaid and murdered several
emigrants. The intelligence is said to be
reliable, and should warn the emigrants tc
travel well armed and in strong parties.
The steamer Nat Holmes, bound from
Pittsburgh to st. Louis, with $50 passengers
mostly emigrants for Pixies Peak, collided
with the David Gibson, bound from New
Orleans for Cincinnati, with cargo of sugar
and molasses, opposite Aurora, Ind, on the
night of the 2Sth, and both sunk Their
cabins hoated off, and from fifteen to twenty
persons are supposed to have been lost on the
Holmes. One account says that only about
one hundred were saved. The Gibson had
but few passengers on board, all of whom
are supposed to have been saved, but two OF
three of the crew are missing. The Gibson
was owned in Cincinnati, was valued al
Sis, 900, and was insured for two thirds that
amount. The Holmes was owned in Pitts.
burgh, and valued at $4,000.
Later. No lives were lost on the David
Gibson. The Nat Holmes had Sc passengers
43 of whom were lost The survivors lost all
their clothes and about $4,000 in money
Total loss-boats and cargo-about $500, 900
Insured for $l75,00O.
FoRE1GN-The mail steamships Kangaroo
and Persia, with Liverpool news to the 10Th
Of March, arrived at New York on the 30th
Continental advices had been very warlike
and military preparations continued undated
An outbreak in Central Italy is almost daily
expected. Breadstuffs firm and quiet in the
Liverpool market.