Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-24
News ParaSraDllS.

The Kentucky Senate rejected the bill
prohibiting the marriage of cousins yeas
l., nays 10.
There are but 26 miles of railroad COM
pleted and in operati on in California, but
hundreds of miles have been projec:e ed.
The census of 1860, it is thought, will
show az aggregate population of 80, 900, 900.
Great people this universal Yankee nation
A service for the baptism of infants was
held in St. James, Church, Chicago, on the
10Th ult., at which water from the river
Jordan was used.
For seducing Miss Christie, of St. Mary,
G. w., an individual named Wier has paid
$4,000 as a compromise to her friends TO
avoid prosecution.
Mr.. John Warner, of Peoria, has taken a
small contract to deliver 5000 tons OF ice
in New Orleans, before the 1st OF May next.
The job amounts to 5000.
VIM. Fee, for the murder of Mrs. Casey,
q poor woman whom he first outraged, has
been sentenced to death, in Wayne county,
N. Y, and will be hung March ODD
The Lccompton State committee Of Cali
fornia, by q vote of II to Is, have rejected
the advances of the Douglas wing for a
union, for which the latter were very eager.
A Spaniard recently took poison in the
Jail ut Havana, after avowing himself to be
the murderer Of % people. Who can deny,
after this, the doctrine of human depravity?
The Republican State Convention of
Illinois, to elect delegates to the Chicago
Convention and nominate tickets for the
general election, will meet at Decatur, May
Esd.
The Chicago Board of Trade have resolved
that branch mint ought to be established
in that city for the reception of Pixies Peak
gold, and through express established
not via. St. l.ouis-to bring it in.
Kate Lecount, few years since the belle
of st. Louis and worth a property of $780,
900. has applied Tor admission to the poor
house. A scamp who married her swindled
her oat of the money and deserted her.
The President has ordered at the National
Armory, at Springfield, Mass, $4,000 mus.
kets for Southern use, to be stationed at
Charleston, S. c., Augusta, Ga, Baton
Rouge, La. ; and also 5000 rifles from the
Watertown and Watervile Arsenals.
Pittsburgh enjoys a scandal case. The
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naughty behavior toward her by the Rev.
j. NJ. Smith, of the Presbyterian Church
The clergyman denies the charge, and the
case thus far is not strong against him.
When the twelve hundred clerks employed
in the Bank of England leave the building
in the evening, detachment Of troops are
marched in to guard it during the night,
although burglars could not penetrate the
solid vaults in six weeks.
Large silver smelling works have been
erected in San Francisco for the purpose of
reducing the silver ore from the great mines
lately discovered near Washoe Valley, in
Western Utah. This ore averages about
$4,000 per ton.
a homicide occurred at Chicago last week.
by which man named Henry McAuley lost
his life. McAaley attended ball on Mon
day evening in state of intoxication and
insulted lady. Her brother, P. F. Shcsken,
demonstrated and was struck by McAuley.
The next day Shesken sought McAu ley and
beat him so that he died ca Wednesday,
The present whit r, though not Of unusual
severity has been marked by one unusual
event, viz the freezing over Of the Hudson
river, twice, all the way from New Y ork to
Albany. During the cold tnap in December
last every ferry between Albany and New
York Was closed, from ice having formed
throughout the whole length Of the river.
Sleighs were sed with safety as far down
as Tarrytown.
According to the Richmond correspondent
of the Pctersbursh (Va. News, John NJ nor
Bolts speaks thus Of Mr.. Memminger's
speech: ''Fitty four years ago, Aaron Burr
was tried for his life in the same Hail for
being suspected of holding the same views
and advocating the same cause Mr.. Mem
minger has substantially urged-to- wit to
dissolve the Union and establish Southern
Coufederacy.'
PLAN OF DoING Posi- OFFICE SERVICE BY
EXPRESSES The pl"n Of turning over the
work OF carrying mail matter to tie Experss
is not without its friends even in |
Congress, if we may judge from limitations