Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-06-07
News ParagraDlls.

Gen. Scott, like Marlborough, has never
lost battle. The fear of the rebels is that he
never will.
A regiment of sharp shooters, styled ellis
worth's Avengers" is being recruited in
Albany, N. Y.
Jas. Watson Webb has been appointed en-
voy extraordinary and minister plenipotentia-
ry to Brazil.
In the Wheeling district the Union candi-
date has 5000 majority, in the Parkersburgh
district 10000.
The Cincinnati Enquirer givesa istofforty-
four river steamers laid up there in consequence
of the river blockade.
Mrs Margaret Mosselyn, a resident of Pine
Plain, Michigan, gave birth to twins last week,
though she had reached her 59th year.
The Government has chartered the fine
steamer City of Louisiana, belonging to the
st. Louis & Keokuk Packet Company. She
goes into the service at once.
Matt Ward, the Louisville murderer, is Wis
iting Atlanta, Ga. He is, of course, received
with much attention, and doubtless finds that
hot-bed of traitors congenial to his tastes.
A Massachusetts, manufacturing house is
turning out in great quantities new pattern
of under skirts of ''red white and blue" We
trust, after this, no lady will object to "show
her colors.'
DR.. Hall in the Medical Journal in a long
and able article advocates Swinging as cure
for consumtion. We are of the opinion that
it will also prove most eficacious remedy
for treason.
They have white whale, weighing two
thousand five hundred pounds, at the Aqua
rial Gardens in Boston. Before being put in
| to the tank he was sixty-four hours out OF
water, but is now quite lively.
Lieut.. Col. Farnham, who by the death of
| Col. Ellsworth is commander of the Firemen
Zouaves, was in the Mexican War, is an eff
Gent officer, and it is believed will prove wor-
thy to fill the place of his predecessor.
A crib of timber, descending Chaudiere Fall,
| c. E., recently, became unmanageable, sped
with the swiftness of an arrow and went over
into the boiling cauldron below striking a
little island, it went to pieces, drowning five
out of nine men who had manned it.
The accounts from Kansas all speak favora-
bly, of the crop prospects. Corn was high
enough for the first hoeing week ago, and
was lookiilS "cH. spring soWll "Ieitl loohs
as we'll as man can wish. The whole country
is one vastmeadow with grass up full six inch
es high, and growing as fast as a rich soil, hot
sun and plenty of moisture can driveit. Cattle
show signs once more of fat.
Accounts from Chill state that the reports
respecting the earthquake at Mendoza are
even worse than previously received, as it has
been ascertained that upwards of eleven thou
sand people persisted in the dreadful catastro
phe The details of the sutferings of the sur
vivors are very sad, but throughout Chill
everything was being done to relieve the dis
tresS
Some Of the Virginia papers have denie(
| that there are Indians in the confederate army
but the Raleigh On. Co. Register states thai
200 Cherokces have been enlisted by Col
Thomas, the Indian Agent The Register
says they are expert rifemen. "They know
nothing of military tactics, but show then
their work and then they have only to be tol(
when to cease fighting. They fight in theil
own way, and every one for himself"