Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-03-09
News ParngraDlls.

News paragraphs.
John Ross, the Chief of the Cheroks
Indian nation, is in Washington. .....
, The wreck of the steamship Northerner
lately lost upon the Pacific coast. was sol,
for $40! Her original cost in New York
in l847, was $230,000. -.u as a.Hl.
A South Carolina paper notices tho dsstl
of an old mule, whose age was known will
certainty to be 81 years at the time Of hi
death.
The steamships between New York ant
San Francisco now transport about two
thousand passengers monthly, and freigh
to the value of four millions. .g -.
1t is stated by the English papers thai
Lord Macauley, out of an income Of Sc, ,O0C
year, spent at least $4,000 in acts Of
charity. '..' LAH
The sudden disappearance of Kossuth from
London has led to the inference that he has
gone to Hungary. Revolutionary purposes
are no doubt on foot there. ..,.....
The "Third Party' men of Rhode Island
have fraternized with the Democrats by
nominating the same men for Governor,
Lieut.. Governor, and Attorney General.
The salt springs recently discovered at
Grand Rapids, Mich, have been ascertained
to yield 25 per cent. of pure salt that is,
one barrel of water will yield bushel Of
salt. .'-e"ItaSi H''
A new Douglas paper has just been started
at New Orleans, called the State Rights
Louisianian. 1t places the name Of Doug.
las under the. head, and declares him q true
man for the South.
A Miss Hendrick, of Wayne county, KY,
was found dead in her bed, at Daughters
College, Hsrrodsburg, on the I'd inst. Her
death is supposed to have been caused by
swallowing needle. -.-..........
The Central California and Pixies Peak
Express Company" organized at Leaven
worth last N onth, have bought out the old
Pixies Peak Company, and will extend the
route through Utah to California. riaaa.
The Spiritual Magazine, published in
London, of Feb. 1st, denies the truth Of the
assertion that Mr.. Harris is a seceder from
Spiritualism and has assailed it in his dis
courses in England. ... .
The lace makers of Belgium, in order to
make their material look white, dust it with
white lead, and thus, by bare possibility,
this poisonous substance may find its way
into the SKIN of the fairest of the fairt
Afidavits have been filed at the Post
Office Department, sustaining serious
charges against the Postmaster at Haverill,
Mass, which are to be investigated at once.
Other Massachusetts Postmasters are accus-
ed of completely with lottery sellers.
Mr.. Frederick Southgate Brown has petit
toned the Louisiana Legislature to permit
him to leave off the latter part of his name,
leaving it Frederick Southgate, because Old
John Brown has rendered the name infam-
Gus.
A conductor on one of the city railroads
in Cincinnati was fined $25 the other day
for forcing man to give up his seat TO-
lady - woman. The court held that no
woman could claim seat already occupied
as right. Will you mind that, ladies!
E. A. Andrews and his wife have been
arrested for setting fire to large brick
block in Delavan, Wis. Andrews paper
The Sovereign - was printed in the block,
and it is charged that he and his wife set it
on fire for the purpose of obtaining the
insurance.
Silver Lake, pretty little sheet Of water
commenced to disappear through ono OF
tuOS0 CuElOUe SuUtCIlouCoA P5SooSVo WAAOA
seem to penetrate the earth in the low
country, and connect with the streams lead.
ing to the Gulf.
Some of the citizens Of Pittsburgh are
disposed to resist the mandate of the
Supreme Court, ordering a tax to be levied
to pay the interest due on the Pittsburgh |
railroad bonds. They have held public
meeting, pledging themselves to resist the
payment Of such tax.
The Virginia House of Delegates adopted
a resolution of thanks to the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company and its officers, for
the effective assistance rendered by them to
the State of Virginia in repelling invasion |
5nd maintaining public tranquility, during
the ] ohm Brown raid, and the execution Of
the criminals at Charlestown.
> Among the delegates to the Chicago Con-
vention, appointed by the Pennsylvania
are David Wilmot, Andrew q.
Reeder, Thaddeus Stevens, Samuel A.
Purviance and Henry D. Moore. The dele
CATION is made up throughout of able men,
and is strong for the nomination of Senator
Cameron. The convention has headed its
electoral ticket (selec;ed at the same time)
with the name Of ex-Gov. James Pollock,
one of the most popular men in the State.