Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-12
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The papers at ST. LOUIS are advertising LOT
a Governor.
The small pox is prevailing to an alarming
extent in New York city at this time
Secretary of War Cameron, who has been
on a visit to Fortress Monroe, returned to
Washington on the 9th inst.
The London correspondent of Wilkes Spir-
it of the Times writes that Pope Plus won
$4,000 betting on the Derby races
Only 21,596 people emigrated from Ireland
last year. The remittances sent home from
America in 1860, amounted to $2,s94,66O.
The crop prospects in England and every
where on the continent of Europe, are excel
lent, better in fact than for several years
previous.
Horace Bishop died in Adrian, Mich, recent
ly, aged 100 years. lie served four years in
the revolution, and stood sentry over Major
Andre at his execution.
The Charleston papers say that Capt. Mercer,
now in command of the steamer Wabash,
which is now blockading the port of Charles
ton, was reared in the Orphan Asylum ofthat
city.
BY his will, Cavour, who was never married,
has left the bulk of his property to Einardo
Cavour, his brothers son. and there is a be-
quest of $4,000 livres to his native city of
Turin, for an infant school.
The loss by the recent great conflagration
in East Boston, amounts to half million dol
lars Other fires in Boston on the same day,
one of which destroyed twelve three-story
dwellings, on Hudson street, destroyed prop
erty, exclusive of the above, amounting to
over 100000.
The Spanish proclamation relative to the
American war, says the Queen is determined
to observe the strictest neutrality between the
Federal States of the Union and the Confede-
rate States of the South. With this view it
is prohibited to arm, build or fit out privateers,
no matter under what flag, in any Spanish
port.
A Louisiana paper says, majority of our
exchanges come to us printed on half sheets
only. This is owing to the scarcity, as well
as the high price of paper at this time. The
city press have all got down to single sheets,
and if we are not soon in receipt Of a supply
of paper at the South, the Southern press will
have to suspend almost entirely, unless we
Immediately establish more paper mills.
PosrIoN OF DEMOCRATS. Col. Forney
writes from Washington on the 1st to the
Press as follows:
1t is gratifying to perceive that nearly all
the Demo cratic members of the new Congress
now in town, voluntarily announce themselves
on the side of the administration without
qualification Some of them, it is true, put
in protest against Mr.. Lincoln, but the ma
jority are undoubtedly sincerely resolved to
bolt through all the measures that may be
asked for by himself and his Cabinet minis
tiers. Up to this writing none of the Repre-
sentatives of the Breckenridge party have in
dictated their disposition to support any policy
which looks to the embarrassment OF the Ad-
minstration. have conversed with several
of the Democratic Representatives from the
loyal States, and find them all resolved upon
voting the largest supplies, and upon sus-
tanning every act which the President, for
the purpose of protecting this government
has deemed it necessary to resort to.