Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-10-29
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lsteA accounts htting cut . formidable ~
peditien assiast Ecuador. u
- The pending Sifissi.ies between
eur Gsveranent and tba. u Chill are in 4
fair Wy ofPsaobk .d5,ussont.
- Prince MssxicoG, ~ great Russiaz
diplomasise, began lie Is = cake and pit
seller in the streets Of g. Petersburg.
~ An oyster bed three miles lsae
one mile wide, and . foot deep has recently
been discovered in Long Island Sound. :
i ~ The Italian question still perplexes
Esrope, and war prepaasisns ere going o.
in France, Austria and Sardinia. ~
- New York takes the lead Of States
in Thanksgiving. Gov. Morgan has ap-
pointed the 24th Of November for that per,
pose. &F. 7 ~ -Ar".sa { "a
~ R. H. Sylvester, Esq, Editor Of
losea State Reporter, has been elected
School Superintendent in johnson County
A compliment richly merited. t.g
s@ 1t is rumored that the House Of
Bishops refuse to restore Bishop Onder.
dunk, Of New York. But the report 10 70,
fully confirmed. 1a 1as 4s@
~ The Democrats Of New Hampahise
have nominassd Hon. Asa p. Cate for Gov
erner. No delegates to the Charleston
Convention ware appointed. @a '
~ Tho death Of Senator Frederick b,
given rise to qnits spirited contest b.
tween Gen. Denver and Gov. Weller f.,
the vacant Senatorial seat.
M Quarts mills are being introduced
at the Pixies Peak mines. The Rocky
Mountain Boys are having . nico it'll.
squabbls over their Territorial question.
| ~ Washington writer's indulge The
belief that the S~a Juan dispute will b.
anicably adjusted. t 'a...i -
Paper bullets are the weapons eon,em
plated. a.,.... s.....
~ The latest advices from France an
noance the sudden death from apoplex "
Of the U. 8. Minister, Hon. John Y. Mason
He received his appointment under Prssi.
dent Pierce. and Vas faithful Representa-.
two of his country's dignity and interest
~ The s.. Joseph Josrnal of the l4th
chronicles the death Of Gen. John Calhoun
late Surveyor General Of Kansas and Ne.
braska. He was native Of Massschu,
setta, and figured quite largely in the early
history Of Kansas. ".@r
~ 1t 10 understood that the Rcpubli
cans will contest the seats Of Me.srs. Scot,
and Barch. Congressman elect from Cali
fornia, on the ground that they were elect
ed by the State on general ticket aod
and not by districts.
~ The Austin Gazette has information
that the Camancbes would attack North
ern Iowa during the coming winter.
The above looks like an oversight oil
the comp"sisor or sensatio" paragraph
But we give il for wha; it is worth.
~ The steamship Philadelphia ha.
been seized At New Orleans by the U. 8
Marshall and her Captain and crew re
tained in views Of judicial proceedings
She is suspected Of being employed in q
6llibustering expedition.
~ We learn from the Republican tina,
/
the citizens Of Omaha have been throw n
into Juror Of excitement BY the discov
cry Of an extensive and organized gang Of
thieves and robbers. The headquarters Of
these bandiui were at De Soto, w ashinR ton
county, and their Geld OF Operations EN-.
braced the principal cities and villages on
the lower Missouri Slope. Their Chef il
Vaughn, an Elk Speaker Of the Honse oil
Representatives Of the Territory. He and
another Of his confederates were appre-
hended, but subsequently made their es.
cape.
D0 The screw steamer Fox, Capt Nc
Clinton, sent by Lady Franklin to the Ar.
tic regions in search Of the traces OF Sir
John Franklin's expedition, has returned
to England, having been completely sue
cessful. At Point William, on the north
west coast Of King Williams Island, : re.
cord was found, dated April Is. ls4s,
signed by Captains Crozier and Fi.zjames.
The record says that the Ersbus and Ter.
ror were abandoned three days previously
in the ice, FIVE leagues to the N. N. w.,
and that the survivors, in all amounting 10
los. were proceeding 70 the great Fish
River. Sir John Franklin had died June
II, lS47, and the total deaths to date had
been nine officers and fifteen men. Many
deeply interesting relics Of the expedition
were found on the western shore Of King
Williams Island, and others we're obtained
from the Esquimaux, who stated. that af
ter their abandonment, one ship was
crushed in the ice and sunk. and the other
forced on shore, where she remained. The
Fox was unable to penetrate beyond Bel.
mont Straits, and wintcred in Brentford
Bay. Minute and interesting detsils Of
the expedition srs published. Several
skeletons Of Franklin's men, large quaint
ties Of clothing, &c., and duplicate record,
up 70 the abAndment Of tho ships, WAS die
covered.
~ The County Judge gives notice IN
to-days Register that the proposition IA
restrain sheep and swine from running ..
large was adopted At the late election