Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-11
THE NEWS.
Patrick Kenan murdered his mistress
Julia Green, in q fit Of jealousy, at New
York, ou the night of the Cd.

Julia Green, in fit Of jealousy, ut New
York, ou the night of the 2d.
"A dispatch from Washington of the &c
says the Judiciary Committee Of the Senate
have decided the Indiana case in favor o.
Messrs Bright and Fitch Mr. Yulee, Chair
man of the Senate Committee on Post Off.
ces, is preparing bill for postal REFORM
The proposition of uniform increase on let
ter postage has not yet been agreed to, a
desire being expressed to have two rates
3 cents under three hundred miles, and 8
cts. over that distance.
Cape Hay ten advices of January 18th
report everything quiet there, but measures
were in active progress for the organization
and permanent establishment of the Repub
lie. The new political movement has enlis
ted the sympathies and support of the COM
mercial class generally, and important aid
had been rendered Geffrard. Soulonque and
his army were in very destitute condition.
He had placed his family on board vessel
at Port au Prince, and there is no doubt of
his intentions Of making his esccpe from the
country.
"A house in the outskirts of Allegheny
City, Pa, occupied by a carpenter nam ed
Rodgers and family, teok fire on Monday
night, 31st ult. :, and was totally consumed.
Rogers, his wife, and three children, were
burned to death only one of the family,
boy eleven years of age, was saved. Their
charred bodies were recovered from the
ruins next day. A Coroner's inquest was
held, but nothing was elected to indicate
the origin of the fire. The father was in
toxicated when he went to bed
CoNcREss.-Feb. 3a.-Nothing important
done in the Senate.
The House passed, with amendments. the
Senate bill relative to the New York Indian
reservation in Kansas. 1t sets apart 32O
acres for each individual Indian who re
moved from New York to the reservation
assigned them under the treaty of 1888.
in the Senate, on the Sd, Mr.. McCau-
dies was confirmed as District Judge in
Pennsylvania, vice Irwin, resigned. Judge
Black was confirmed Governor of Nebraska
Six lives, instead of FIVE as stated here
tofore, were lost in the burning residence
of the carpenter Rodgers in Allegheny City
on Monday night. The unfortunates were
Rodgers, his wife and four children The
Pittsburg papers publish full account of
the terrible calamity.
The overland California mail, with
dates to 10th ult., three days later, arrived
at st. Louis on the Sd, % days out, incIud-
ing % hours detention. General Kibbey
was still prosecuting the war against the
Indians in the north with great success. He
had killed quite number and taken over
200 prisoners. New diggings had been dis
covered about so miles northwest from Gila
River. The mines were yielding in some
instances as high as fifteen dollars to the pan.
Secretary Cobb, in his report to Con-
gress, which he submitted on the Sd, after
various methods by which the
estimates could be put down, reiterates his
opinion heret tofore expressed, that the pub
lie debt ought not to be increased by loan,
and comes to the conclusion that the pres
ent tariff should be so modified as to
supply such Deficiencies as may exist to meet
the immediate pressing exisencies of the
Government He recommends the re- issue
of treasury notes for one or two years,
which can be done by extending the provis.
ions of the act of December, 1857.
Philip T. Colby has been appointed U.
S. Marshal for Kansas
On the night of the Sd. the Memphis
Branch Union Bank of jackson, Tenn, was
robbed of a large amount Of specie and pa
per, and the clerk murdered As yet there
is no clue to the perpetrators.
The st. Louis Republican of the 5th
publishes letter dated Salt Lake, Jan. IA,
stating that Judges Sinclair and Cradtough
will leave the Territory in the Spring, being
satisfied that their presence, as Federal off
GERS in administering laws, is merely far
cial. The letter adds: "rhere is no loy-
ality to Government among the Mormons
that, while to certain extent, they respect
forms of law, they neither recognize nor re-
spect its spirit. Neither murder nor any
crime has been or can be punished.''
CeNGREss.--Feb. 5th-In the Senate, Mr..
Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported substitute for the
Secretary of the Treasury's recommends
ton of economy. The substit te proposes
to economic 100000 for the services of
1000 persons employed in the collection of
the revenue. The bill will be printed and
called up at the earliest opportunity:
In the House, nothing of special impor-
tance was done.