Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-01
News p0ragrnplls.

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News Paragraphs.
The Governor of New Hampshire has ap-
pointed Thursday, November 2Sth, to be OBJ
served - u day o. thanksgiving in that
state.
The taxes on free negroes at the South
ore to he increased, and II MT paid the non
tax pay ers VII be sold into slavery. Tha,
looks like fighting for freedom!
Hamilton &C. w is painfully sgitated
4 few days ego a gi,I fourteen years of ags
gave birth to t~o children, male and female.
he msle child is black, and the femal,
child is white.
Three hundred and ninety emigrants lief,
New York Tor Hayt' on the 10Th INST. They
we're all colored except one white man mar.
red to black wife, and two white wome,
.,th negro husbands.
The hog crop of Ohio promises to be very
| large In the largest tcg raising districts
| the price asked FIR hogs - 50 gross, anG
| corn, depending on ,ocaton, Can be bought
At from l0@2' cents per bu~hel.
The item Of powder is not by any means
present 900 600 OF musket rounis wuul,i
consume $40 keys Of 25 pounds each, equal
10 10000 pounds; 100000 kegs would
therefore 20 long way.
The ADVANCE in freghts and the increasing
nnssness on all the roads leading from The
ii>,issippl New York ls turning tn. at
rtion o. capitalists to railroad shares, anu
prices re rapidly improv ng.
The work on the dome Of the Capitol a,
Washington has neen renewed, and Is push.
I'd forward as rapidly ~ possible. Some OF
he new rooms are beng frcscoed, AMI in
Ither spects the building is helng polished
up and pat IN order fer the use Of Congress
Seamen are very scarce, II, advantages Of
Fered by the government having induced
large numbers TO enter the navy. Wages
70 liverpool ard flavre re $iS per month
With $s5 to $50 advance !; to the West In
lies SIS per month with trcm SIS to $50
advance.
The currency Of the South is now Confed-
rate Treasury notes, re1eemable az no par
icu!ar time or place State war bonds. bias.
ed on Whatever the Governors can conGsca,e
ard steal bank issues Of nor-Specie paying
interpretations; village shin pIasters, AMI
- good for drink" tickets of whisky sell
era.
The allotment pay rolls Of the Gov.
rnment are popular among The troops, and
promise the happiest results. An Ohio regi-
nent IN Western Virginia sent home. the
other day, $40, 0OG the Tth Pennsy yania,
$1,000, etc. The plan needs but to lie bit
generally known and understood to work
we'll.
Calvin Huson. Jr. Esq OF Rochester. N.
Y, who. in company with Hon. Alfred Ely.
xas taken prisoner Ut the ba tie o, Bull Run,
led re. entity at Richmond, Va, where he
studied law in Gov. Stewards office, was a
ripe scholar, and a graduate of iiobert Col
iege.
Cen Mcclellan has taken another step IN
the way OF insuring our tro"ps from repe
'ition Of the Big Bethel ard similar plumbers.
In addition to carrying ont a unif form sys-
EN- of clothing for or troops code of da'
and night signals has been adopted, and IL
10 BE- used for countersigns, SO that there
need he no more danger OF our regiments
firing into each other by mistake.
Thomss Widely, who d;e'l while seated at
the breakfast table ut his residence in Bslti-
n'r", on the L. h inst. WAS the founder Of
the Independent Dgd.r Of Qdd-Feliows IN
tbe United States The authentic origin OF
the now Furnishing Order may be considered
IS dating from the 26,h Of April, 1919, at
which time was organized Washington
lodge No |. which was assembled. at the
Seven Stars" tnyrrn in Second street, kept
W Wiliism Lnpton, under call from
thomas W,ldey.
1.-THE DIS harse of 1uty at this time. in
wolves the discharge Of caucon, rifles, and
rnuskets -Lonisuille Journal.
"CRoss " EXAMINATION. - {" Mr..
Parks" SAID lawyer to witness.
81 understand you to cay that the de-
fonda IS a professor Of religion -
! oes his p'ac,lce correspond With his
profession :" u never heard of any
correspondence or letters passing be-
rween them.'' "You said something
,bou; h's propensity for drink. Doss
he drink hard ?" "No, 'htnk he
drinks as easy as any man | ever saw"
''One more Question. MIR: PARKS
Have you known TIE isfeuds'.t long
lime VII are bis habits loose or
otherwise 20 1.-THE one he's got now
IN, think, is RI her tight under the
arms, and TOO short wasted FIR the
'ashion.'' You can take your seat,
Mr.. Parks"