The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-02-23
PARAGRAPHS.
Richmond, Va, Feb. 10th.

The Democratic State Convention assembled
here to day, and temporarily organized by tho
choice Of Mr.. Payne, Of Fauquier, as Chairman.
which is triumph Of the friends of Henry
Wise.
st. Louis, Feb l5
According to official returns Of the asscs-
sors Of Kansas, the population Of tho terri
tory is G9,oj0.
New Orleans Feb l6.
The delegates elected from this city to the
state Convention, arc largely Administration.
The Armada quicksilver mining case has
been decided in favor of the United States.
Boston, Feb16.
The shoemakcrs in Lynn, Natuck, Haihill,
Marblehead and other several towns have
been holding meeting preliminary to strike
for higher wages. The movement is said 10
embrace operatives in all the principal shoe
and boot manufacturing owns throughout
Massachusetts.
re- The Mississippi Legislature has passed
law divorceing all married persons within
the limits Of Tint state who live apart for tho
period OF three years. DISTRESSED hearts,
Will now take the road leading to Mississippi.
ee.s" The speech OF Mr. Douglas was
made on the 23l inst, and it ii stated
that the first remark Of J ohm Hickman
after listening to i was, g Upon thy bel
" shalt thou 20, and dirt shalt thou eat
all the days Of thy life
/ pa. While Ohio was extending her
inequalities to the Legislature and Tx.
eca,ive Of Kentucky prolsiayery mob
in Bracken county (ky) we're driving
eighteen peaceable men, women and
children, out Of the State for doubling
the justice Of Slavery - Xarheye.
| By" Miss Thompson, in Tennessee has
recovered sl5,Ooo in suit for breach &c
! promise, against man nanel Patterson
4 The excited great interest, as the most
eminent counsel in the State were engaged
upon it. The verdict is the heaviest ever re-
corded in case Of this kind in Tennessee.
nen. The oil excitement in Venango
and Crawford Counties, Pa, is equal to
the gold fever in California The whole
basin Of Oil Creek is full Of it. It is
only necessary to bore some 200 feet ia
TO the banks to get full stream of the
oil, which is equal to the best whale.
rea~ The Augusta (Ga) Chvaicle
blames the Northwestern Locofocos for
not going for Smith, but says if tho
! House never does worse thing than
elect man like Pennington for Speak
err, the Union will never be dissolved.
PopULoUs-The little Island of Bar
BADGES, it may not be generally known,
is the most denscly populated country
in the worli, with area of 1G6 square
miles, it contains la, 8Gl inhabitants.
Iay- | is thought to be positively as
certaincd that the moon has neither wat.
er nor clouds--at least on the side which
is turned toward the Earth.
sB- The New Hampshire State cleo
ton takes place on the 18th Of next
month both parties are engaged in an
active campaign, as the result will show
what may be expected from New Hamp-
shire at the Presidential election in the
fall.
! FINALE AND FARCE OF THE CURTIS
AFFAlR.-THE NEGREssKs ADOPTED
A We last week stated that the Curtis case
had been finally settled by the County
Judge requiring a new bond Of Curt .
for the support, education&e., Of the two
negro girls, under the sapposition that the
* bond would OF course be signed. Iii p
pears however that the bond contained .
clause nanumtting the children, which
Curtis refused to sign. Why this refusal,
our readers may judge for themselves. A
new hearing was had last monday, and
the question Of the custody Of the COLD.
rem was settled, for the present, by Cur'
tbs. in consideration Of certain covenants
!. and-we quote from the article on file in