Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-13

therefore, " years OF age.
Until this winter, it has not showed in
Houston, Texas, for seven years.
The fisheries of Lake Michigan are said
to produce 100000 annually.
All free negroes found in Arkansas after
January I'd are to be sold into slavery.
A white man and twelve negroes were
drowned ut Savannah, Co., on the 3Oth ult.
Sixty. FIVE Americans in Berlin, Prussia,
had n thanksgiving dinner, with beans,
turkeys and pumpkin pie.
Bracket, the Boston sculptor, has modelled
an excellent bust of John Brown, which was
ordered by lady.
BY the explosion of camphene lamp last
Tuesday, in New York, house was fred,
and six persons burned to DEATH
Minnesota ginseng is selling in the Saint
Louis market at IS cents per pound. Ginseng
will hereafter be one Of the exports Of that
State.
The State debt of Virginia is 1929, 1885, $50,
on which the annual interest is $l,787 1928,
or about dollar head for each inhabitant
free and slave.
A man named Morgan, in the neighbor
hood of Bristol, Tenn, has been held to
bail in bond of $1,000, charged with
whipping negro man to death.
At the late fire in Sheboygan, Wis, the
records and papers in the County Supervi-
sors' Office were all destroyed. The county,
it is thought. loses some $50 900.
James G. Nevis, formerly Judge of the
Supreme Court of New Jersey, and for over
forty years member of the NewJersey bar,
died ut his residence in Jersey City on
Wednesday, the 2sth ult.
The late John E. Cook was born on the
| 10Th of May, was sentenced to death on the
10th of November, executed on the 10th Of
| December, and his child was born on the
10th of last July.
A new court house at Covington, Fountain
county, Ind, which was recently completed
and cost $44 200, was destroyed by Ore re-
Gently. The edifce was one of the finest
specimens of architecture in Indiana.
Gerritt Smith has returned to his home in
Peterboro, but DR.. Gray advises him to
refrain from business and correspondence,
and receive visits only from his Immediate
friends, in order to avoid all excitement.
They are no more polite in Oregon than
they are in Iowa the editors, we mean.
For instance, the editor Of the Oregonian
calls the editor Of the Adoertiser "liar-a
thick skulled bog-trotter-an addle-brained
fool % Rather personal.
The Nashville (Tenn.,) News says that
the bill introduced into the Legislature, q
few weeks since, compelling all free negroes
to leave the State, is declared to be uncon-
stitutional, both by the opinion Of eminent
lawyers and of the people.
Kansas is liberal community. Twenty
days residence there entities man or wo-
man to apply for divorce, and twenty
minutes suffice, as the song has it, "to set
the prisoner free."- In nearly no time the
wicked husband ceases from troubling, and
the weary wife is at rest.
The Charleston Courier, of recent date,
says it has the best authority for Stain e
that measures are in progress for general
meeting of the presidents and directors OF
the Southern railroads to provide for the
Southern manufacture of locomotives and
other railway equipments.
A company has been organized with q
capital of half million dollars, for the
purpose of bringing water from the Platte
river, six miles above Auraria, by ditch
across the plains to Denver, Auraria and
Highland, in order to supply tie city, far.
lners and miners along the line of the ditch
with water.
Several colored damsels, while at party
in Baton Rouge, La, fell to quarreling, ant
the strife of tongues finally became one OF
fists. A reporter thus sums up the results
of the encounter: The principal damage
was to the dry-gooas; some Of the poin
lace became point less some Of the silks
were converted into lutte strings, and the
victor left the battle field with a triumphant
air and nothing but hoops!
Mrs Niles, of Manitowoc, Wis, lost 6
valuable watch, which was presented to hel
deceased husband by some parties jim this city
and having advertised the loss, she after
wards found it out doors hanging to stake
and an attempt hal been made to efface the
inscriptions. The circumstances indicated
that some persons had taken it,and finding il
impossible to erase the marks Of its identity
generously returned it. For meanness, the
act has scarcely parallel.
From every corner of Texas accounts Of
unprecedented cold weather arc received anC
losses recorded. In some places cattle
sheep and goats died in considerable
numbers. In some places even domestic
fowls were frozen stiff on their roosts.
During the recent cold snap thousands Of
fish in Matagorda Bay and adjacent waters
were chilled to death. Many floated ashore
but the largest number drifted with the
current into the Gulf.
WR. w. Hann4n, of Terre Haute, Ind
who was sent for by Gov. Willard, to come te
Virginia and help his effort to save Cook
from hanging, had personal experience O.
Virginia vigilance, which has just come out
Arriving at Harper's Ferry, he bought one o.
John Browns pixies and Helpers book, in.
tending to use them on the stump in Indiana
against the Republicans. On his arrival al
Charleston, he was seized by three soldiers
and placed in confinement as an abolitionist
of which the pike and the book were suff-
Gent proof. All his protestations did moi
save him from spending a night in Jail, bu,
the next day proof of his identity was giver
to Gen. Taliaferro, and he was released.
Ton CoRwIN AND Mr.. SHERMAN.--The
Washington correspondent of the New York
Evtning Post writes that he understands
Tom Corwin has fixed upon time when he
will desert Sherman. Meeting one of his
colleagues the other day he said swell -,
l have concluded upon time when I shall
abandon him and try somebody else." SIN.
deed !" replied his colleague, a little alarmed
"aohen is your timer" Corwin looked very
grave and solemn as he replied, in low tone
of voice, "When Ga briel blows his trump
wThe Baltimore Patriot gives its cor
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