Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-25
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
The high water is already doing damage
on the Lower Mississippi. A dispatch from
Memphis Of the 10Th says the water broke
through the banks at Salute, miles above
Vicksburg, on Wednesday night, destroying
E. North's plantation and flooding the eoun-
try.
The express train going East on the
Great Western Railway, ran off the track
near Hamilton, (Canada) on the night of
the 18th, demolishing the engine and cars,
killing four or five persons, including the
engineer, and injuring several others. There
are but few particulars obtained as yet
"A dispatch from Washington of the
18th says it is a generally accorded fact that
nearly all the members of the Cabinet are
opposed to calling an extra session of Con-
gress. The question Of calling an extra
session will not be determined till it is
known whether the Mail service can be
carried on by certificates, instead of cash,
until another Congress shall make the ne
cessary appropriation.
A dispatch from ST. Louis of the 18th
saws Mr.. Allison arrived at Independence
the previous day from Pixies Peak. He re.
ports it humbug No money there, and nc
probability Of there being any. Per contra.
dispatch from Lcavenworth of the 18th
says man named Walsh arrived the pre-
vious day from Denver City, % days out, via
the Smoky Hill route lie reports the road
covered with emigrants, proceeding in every
imaginable conveyance. He brings $fOO III
gold dust, which was dug in twenty days.
An atfray took place, recently, at Ham
ilton, Calhoun county, Kansas, growing Out
of = political meeting, resulting in the wound
ing of several persons-one dangerously
During the meeting, which was in pursuance
of call to organize the Republican party, a
disposition was manifested by persons politl-
cally opposed to break it up. At the close, a
general melee ensued, in which the assailants,
said to be pro-slavery men, were compelled to
retire. Resolutions were afterwards adopted,
ordering the participants in the attack to leave
the Territory, under the penalty Of death
and company was organized to carry the
same into effect. Judge Halton, Probate
Judge of Halton county, is reported to be
severely wounded.
The Overland California mail with dates
to the Goth ut., arrived at St. Louis on the
2l.t. The defeat of the Pacific Railroad
bill in Congress occasioned much dissatis-
faction at San Francisco.
"A new fillibustering expedition to Mic
aragua is in preparation. 1t is to set out
from the Pacific side, whittier Gen. Walker
has gone. The Arizona scheme is, according
10 the same authority, feint-Gen. Hen
ningsen and his companions really aiming
at the theatre of their former glory.
1T is announced on the authority of the
N. Y. Heralds Washington correspondent,
that there will be no ezra session Of Con.
gress. 1t is thought the Post Office De
partment will cut down the service and lop
off many unnecess airy expenditures.
Tho Pennsylvania Democratic Conven
ton, at Harrisburgh, on the 18th, was con
trolled altogether by the friends of Mr.
Buchanan. The entire policy Of the President
was adopted as platform. The only rcsolu
ton that aroused any debate was the endorse
ment of Gov. Packer. The resolution
endorsing the Governor was voted down by
yeas 81, nays 81. Forney's Press contains {
call for another Democratic State Convention
at Harrisburgh, on the 18th of April, "t(
vindicate the interests of the party"
- The accident on the Great Western
(Canada) Railway, on the night of the 18th
happened between Hamilton and Dundas
The storm had washed away the bank, ant
the engine ran into chasm nearly 20 fee
deep, carrying with it the baggage and pas
senger cars. The scene was most horribl,
one. A terrible storm was raging at the time
and torrent of water was rushing through
the chasm. There was the utmost difficulty
in rescuing the dead and succoring tn,
wounded. The cars were completely wrecked
and the engine buried itself in the soil. Tn
night express train passed over the spot il
safety only half-an-hour previously. ST,
persons were killed, and from ten to fiftee1
wounded.
| Hon. o. Fl. Smith, an old resident ant
ex-U. S. Senator from Indiana, died in Ind
annapolis on Saturday night last Q9th.)
"A dispatch from Washington of tn,
22d says the Postmaster General has dis
missed thirty one special post Office agents
TINS etfecting saving of $4,000. Til,
Postmaster General makes a statemen
showing that it will be impossible to con
vene Congress in time to meet the grea
bulk of the responsibilities, without yirtu
ally excluding from Congress the represent
atives of several sovereign States. In tn
judgment of the President, the lesser evi
was to wait until the first Monday in De,
cember, when Congress will be full.
FRoM TIE PAolFIo-The steamship Qua.
ker City with dates from California to thu
9th inst arrived at New Orleans on the 22d
Business at San Francisco was good. A
grand volcanic eruption at Manila, Sand
witch Islands, occurred on the 23d of Janu
airy. A whole village was destroyed by thu
lava. No lives lost. The eruption was
still active on the 10th ult.