Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-11
oTflE NEWS.


J. M 4hodist General Conference co
y menced its session at Buffalo, on the LIST,
"A private letter received from an AmeI
lean firm at shanghae, states that NJ
) Townsend Harris, cur Consul General j
japan, is dead. ao-la5lta 2 H1,', 30 ao-.s i''' q
! One hundred guns were fred at Sayap
nah, Georgia, on the 81, III honor Of the with
drawal OF the Southern delegates from I'll
Charleston Convention. aEH@ O. GAa' Z,
l. "A special dispatch fr,m Washington. t.
the New York ReraW Of the aoh ult., ha
the following: at nppe.rs ,h,t there i
something in the wind Gen. Scott ha
suddenly been recalled to Washington by
telegraphic dispatch. Il suppose tia
with his usual promp.itude he will at ono.
start for that city. What the result Of tli
may be it is impossible to foresee.'' s'''.
| --Gov.. Cumming las informed the Presi
dent that Utah is in a condition Lorderipp
on anarchy, and some action is, therefore
necessary on the part # The Government.
to relieve the territory from present impend
ing evil. lie alludes to the bands OF despe.
radoes whose conduct renders the tenure OF,
life and property uncertain, and requests
either that Judges will be seat out in place
OF those who have deserted Utah, or author
ize the Probate Courts to exercise the now.
ers claimed by them, anil granted by the
Legislative Assembly, or ad,pt some other
means of safety. He req uested that 500
soldiers be retained there, as the withdrawal
of the entire army would be injurious and
unjust. ri gal. " -r-..,a -s. sa
FoReIeN.--By tho arrival Of the Canada
at Halifax on the I'd, we have Liverpool
dates of the 2lst ult. There is nothing vet
determined in regard to the great fight be.
tween Sayers and Heenan, for the Cham
pionship of England. 1t is emphaticaly
denied by both men that either desire the
battle to be considered as drawn, and it is
claimed for each that either could have won
iE few minutes more. 1t is. said that
Heenan is ready to renew the fight at an
hours notice. and that he will accept of no
other trophy but the belt, which he came to |
win, and which he believes he can win
ngain, and that he will not leave England
until he brings the late contest to o due
conclusion. The fight between Lynch,
and Shaw, English,nan, for the
championship of the light weights, was won
BY the latter.
The Seceders at Charleston, on the Sd,
'fter lengthy debate, adopted resolution
'djourning to meet in Washington, on the
econd Monday Il lth) of June. A resolution
vas adopted providing that an address on
he grounds on which the Southern States
eceded from the Convention be prepared
nd published, together with the proceedings t
# the convention. t
On Monday, Both ult., small tenement T
It Orange, N. j., occupied by Jonathan
Iobs, a blacksmith, was burned to the t
round, and Mrs. Hobs and three of her +
hildren perished, and another child died q
oon after from its injuries. The house was i
l
ct fire to, under the stairway, which pre-
ented the family from getting out. 1t is !
that Hobs himself set the fire, and
Ulcers are in pursuit of him.
George Erber, baker, of Beardstown,
H., committed suicide on the Sd, by shoot
himself. lie stood in front of mirror and
discharged the pistol, the ball taking effect
n the lower jaw, on the right side, ranging
upwards, tearing off nearly the whole side
md back Of the head, killing him instantly.
No cause is assigned for the act, but he was
supposed to be laboring uncer insanity,
'aused by politics. He leaves c wife and
hree children.
The Methodist Conference was in ses.
lion at Buffalo, on the Sd, Bishop Scott pre-
'iding. The order of each day till the subject
8 in manner exhausted is the presentation
If petitions and memorials from the various
conferences, the mass Of which are upon the
ubject of slavery, asking for change of
he rules. Ex-President Fillmore appeared
n the hall, and resolution was unani-
nously adopted inviting him to take a seat
IN the platform. He was received by the
Bishops and cordially welcomed, the confer
,nce rising in a mass.