Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-22

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a. 5-Hon. Daniel CLARK, 4 man Of true bet
,o and good head, was elected an.l.s en TIE lat
10 by the. Legislature Of New Hamps hire,
~ represent that State in the .. 8. Senate. mat.
'O Hon. Schuyler Oolfa4 wss zrsnapipat
q for Congress by rshee Repsblioans ofAthe 9
i DistEist Of Indiana, in q convention
II Plymouth, on the 18th. OF fcourse he wi
! bs reelected. 7gvs~g ,svzas OF aniLlGu
3 In The ,bslcony Of The, West House,
: Sandusky, Ohio, fell on the lAths vhil
z crowded with people xitnsssipg = fireman
< Tournament: aent.: Ten or twelve peEsons wei
; badly injured mods bstDdi4lnoo ovaa
FoRElaN Burning Of the iRoyals Palat
9 at Palermo. % By the Niagara, whic
arrived at Halifax on the 18th, tbripgin
news from Liverpool of June, I'd, it i
? confirmed that Garibaldi had entere
Palermo and established his sheadquarter
. there after q fierce combat and q bombard
; msnt BY sea and land. The opopulsoe tool
, thsroyal palace from the troops and burnt
4 it. u Tbs bombasdment continued at lates
advices. ii rl1.5a4ls g.r ssi-.a.l ,Eag a.,
4 n-Aeapuleo advices Of May 726th ,state
that's violent type OF yellow fever 9waa
raging there, from the effects Of which
upwards OF 500 deaths had occurred within
the six weeks previous. Among those who
had died were the American Consul and
some twenty Americans. Those who had
the opportunity were fast leaving for the
interior of Mexico.g st l. .3:lH .sa&o llzs'A .
a dispatch from Washington of the 18th
says Francis P. Blair has resigned his seat
in Congress. He intends to 60 before his
constituents as candidate for reelection.
Lord Lyons leaves Washington for Can:
ada in time to meet the Prince Of Wales
about the lst Of July. His Lordship has no
information as to the Princes movements,
but thinks it possible he may visit Washing.
ton, as he expects to remain on the Continent
six weeks. q1s -staz u1 81 IL aa2 saa as
"A New York dispatch of the 10th says
the arrangements Of the Japanese Reception
Committee are fully completed, and promise
q Jets to them of unusual splendor. Large
prices are paid for the hire of the windows
along the line of the procession. The front
of the Metropolitan Hotel is already decorated
with hundreds Of Japanese and American
flags. That part Of the hotel set apart for
the Embassy has been decorated with taste
full magni6cence, embracing several novel
features, the reception rooms being panneled
with finely executed paintings Of Japanese
subjects. arlA & - a=igSiIs-s
The overland mail, with San Francisco
dates to the 25th ult., arrived at Springfield,
NO., on the l4th. Japan dates of April I'd
state that Prince Goitairo is not yet dead, and
there are hopes of his recovery. A private
letter says the Prince when on his way from
his private dwelling to the Palace in Yeddo,
with his usual guard Of 1e, was attacked by
party of IS. Six Of the guard and four of
the assailants were killed and several wounded
on each side, including the Prince among the
latter number, The guard fought bravely
during the attack on the Prince. 1t is sup
posed by many that a revolution is impend-
ing, which, if successful, will result in the
speedy expulsion or death of all foreigners.
The Government has taken extraordinary
precautions to protect themselves and the
city from assault Guard Houses have been
established along the road to Yeddo, and the
Guards armed with muskets. Goitairo is one
of the most powerful men in the Empire, and
rules s5 provinces. -.--.....
Letters by the Niagara state that the
Great Eastern is not to leave Southampton
for New York before the 23d inst.
-Thaddeus Hyatt, who has been several
months incarcerated at Washington, for
refusing to testify before the Senate Hsrper's
Ferry Committee, was ordered to be dis.
charged by vote of the Senate on Friday last.
-Lykins county, Kansas, was visited by o
severe tornado on the 9th inst, at 8 o'clock
4. Il. At Ossowatcmie and vicinity houses
were unroofed and much damage done. The
house of Abraham Holiday, two miles from
Ossowatc mie, was blown to pieces, and Mrs.
Holiday killed. At Indianapolis several
buildings were destroyed. At Stanton, D.
W. G. Baker and children were killed. Ru-
mors were prevalent of further disasters
in the vicinity.
The Japanese Embassy visited New
York last Saturday, and passed up Broad
way through crowd estimated to number
from 100000 to 300, 900 people. The Japan
ese, accompanied by the New York and
Philadelphia Committees, rode in open
barouches, snc were escorted by q division
of military, comprising all of the most
effective regiments of the city and number
ing upwards of 5000 men. The Japanese
were delighted with their reception and
quarters at the Metropolitan. The hotel was
illuminated at night with 5000 Venetian
lights, covering the entire fronts on Broad>
way and Prince street. 3 sl5eas4t4 .
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TIE WONDERFUL PoNY.-The '.Pony Ex-
press" is exciting great deal of interest
in California-much more probably than
any other object. The benefits accruing to
that State from cutting down the transit
time to 81 days between the Pacific and the
Atlantic by means Of that animal-are
more than people here iInsgine. It now
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by means Of this medium and the telegraph,
| ty send communications from the Pacific,
and to get returns from the Atlantic States :;
l pphoroae nv the sea ronke IL takes from 90 Van