Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
THE NE WS.

. The Illinois river boat J. B. Carson, bount
up, sunk in the Mississippi near Alton OF
the 10th, with valuable cargo of.groceries
The cargo is almost total loss. The boa
was valued at 10000, insured for $500
"A fire at Sparta, Wis, on the 10th
destroyed the Sparta House and three othe'
buildings. The Monroe County Bank was
in one of the buildings, but its books and
eafe were saved. The boarders and guests
at the Sparta House had a very narrow es.
cape. The house was owned by A. Denny
and occupied by S. F. Holtrook. Total
loss not less than $4,000, partially cover.
ed by insurance.
"A dispatch from Washington of the
10th, says the Pennsylvania Democratic
members met in caucus that day and de.
cided to cast their votes as a unit on the
Tariff question. If they fail to get the bill
before the House on its own merits, they
will cndeavor to tack it on some appro.
priation bill. They will continue to vote
against loan bill and against the reissue
of treasury notes until action is had on the
tariff.
Hon. Sherrard Clemens was unanimous
ly nominated for Congress on the first ballot
in the convention held at Wheeling, Va, on
the 18th.
-Rumors were current at Boston on the
18th that Mr.. s. McGowan, Treasurer of the
Mutual Loan Fund Association, has decamp-
ed with the funds belonging to the Associa-
ton. The amount is not known.
Samuel F. Jones, late cashier of the
Colchester Bank, Colchester, Conn.,, was
arrested in New York on the l4th, he being
an alleged defaulter to the amount of $7O,-
900 on the above bank.
"A dispatch from Washington of the 18th
says the Committee on Ways and Means are
still mable to come to conclusion on the
tariff, but it is probable that a bill revising
the present act will be affixed to one of the
general appropriation bills to report. A re.
port to this effect is prevailing.
FoRHlcN.-The screw steamship Prince
Albert arrived at St. Johns, N. B., on the
18th, with Galway dates to the 5th inst. Par
lament assembled on the Sd; tho Queens
speech was non- eommittal, and entirely 81
lent upon the war question. The effect, how
ever, was to depress the Funds, both in Lon
don and Paris. Warlike rumors continue
but they are contradictory. The Queen also
threatens to use force against Mexico. Bread
stuffs and Provisions were quiet but firm.
The report that DR.. Tate is to be trans
ferred from the Sixth to the Fifth Auditor of
the Treasury, and that Senator Jones, Of Iowa,
is to take his place, is contradicted in dis
patch from Washington Of the 10th.
The dry-house of the Austin Powder
Company, at Akron, o., blew~ur n the
morning of the 18th. Several tons of powder
exploded. All the buildings in the vicinity
were injured, but no person killed.
--Advices from Jacmel, Hayti, to the sOth
ult, say, the revolutionists having been COM
pletely successful, business had revived to its
former briskness. Coffee was coming in freely
from the coast and the interior. The most
cation of the Emperor and downfall of the
Empire.
A dispatch from Washington of the 18th
says "there is strong probability that the
Committee of Ways and Means will report
one or more tariff bills next Monday. The
indications are more favorable that revised
tariff will pass the House at last the Senate
is more doubtful. 1t is said that Mr.. Phelps
is determined to launch his bill, and trust it
to the current of the House."
The House of James G. Hall, in Atwater,
Ohio, was entered and robbed of $500 in
bank bills, on the night of the 18th. Mr.. H.
had returned that night from Philadelphia,
where he had just disposed of drove of cat
tie, and had the proceeds thereof with him.
He offers 81 900 for the conviction of the
thieves and the recovery of the money, or
reward of $500 for the recovery of the money.
The GENTLEMAN WHO DIsAPPRovEs OF THE
USE OF MONEY AT ELRcTIoNs.-Everybody has
heard of the Temperance Lecturer who gave
point to his morning appeals against drunken
ness, by offering an lawful example, of the
Tice every night, in his own person. Mr..
Buchanan is like him. He deplores the cor
rupt use of money at elections, and straight
way proceeds to ''illustrate," by doing it him
self He grieves over political bribery in a
letter to Pittsburgh, while the money is still
in the pockets Of the voters he has bought in
Philadelphia. He laments the misuse of
official station, while he is fresh from packing
Brooklyn Navy Yard with two thousand men
who got workmen's wages for voting the
Democratic ticket. He bestows upon one
partisan fat Army Contract, upon another
an extravagant job of ship building, buys from
one Fort remarkably dear, sells to another
Fort remarkably cheap, empties the Treasury
to fill the pockets of his political leeches, and
then SIMULTANEOUSLY lifting his hands and
eyes to Heaven, he groans aloud over the cor
ruption of the Black Republicans! His letter
in regard to bribery and corruption is
reprinted at every Republican Court as an
argument against Republican Government,
and the next steamer will take out the Illus
trations he has furnished to enforce his argu-
ment. Al6any Evening Journal.
FRAUDS IN TIE NAVY DEPARTMENTAL
Washington dispatch to the Cincinnati
Gazette, under date of the 14th inst, says:
1t is shown before Sherman's Com "llttee
that, while l 800 men were employed It the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, in May last, the num-
bsr was increased to 2,4O0 on the evs of the
November election. In Philadelphia, eleven
hundred were empieyed in May, and seven
teen hundred in October. In both there
were instances where the numbers were
reduced after the elections, showing motive
| for the increase.
The testimony covers eight hundred pages.
The report will be ready by Wednesday.
Secretary Toucey has been furnished with