Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-01-04

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Great Britain spends annually for war
E62, 900, 900, for education Elee,000.
r OF xinc 81, 0o0, 600 4ouM$S oopsumed N
ually; Of which A 30 are id1in1ted sheets.
The South Csrolins Secession Ordinance
was passed on the apniversasy of the land
ing Of the Pilgrim, Fdtherss3 asssa
Mrs. EisabithfFitsb poisoned her child,
N. H., on thesltlhs inst, 5 4sNssa
From the first Of. October to the first. Of
April, 3l2, 600 barrels Of oysters were 'eaten1
In New Orleans, costing about 3624 900. !
Jacob Grebel was killed In Evansville, III.
last. week, by being crushed beneath . fall
ing wall, beneath which he was excavating> q
cellar. Il
It is believed that 1000, 900 Of Italians
in arms, flushed with the wine of victory,
will take the asld in the Spring 70 perfect
tho unity Of Italy.
The earnings of TIE N. Y. Central R. R
for 1850, win probably foot up $1,000, 900,
or $4,000, 600 moro than when stock sold at
1900 The present rate is about 74o.
Dr.. Hunter, who has served q term in the
New Jersey State Prison for having only
thirteen wives, has been arrested IN Brook
Ign tor marrying the Joartssnth.
All the arrangements are made in London
for having, in 1869. an International Exhi-
bition on scale more imposing than that
Of 1851.
Hon. E.. D. Baker, U. s. Senator from
Oregon, is on q visit to his brother in the
town Of Barry, Pike county, Ill. He has
alan vsoskoJ NJ r :uooln M SDrsunHn1N
A French frigats called the Isis, which
left Brest on the 10th Of April last, sailed
round the world and entered the harbor
Of Brest again in two hundred and ten days
The Pittsburgh papers say the sum Of
five million dollars is annually expended in
that city for strong and malt liquors con-
sumed by the people. There ara 76S licsns-
ed taverns.
Father Chiniquy, of the st. Anne French
Colony, in Kankakee county, ILL.,, who has
been spending some time in Europe, return
ed by the steamship Canada, at Halifax, on
the 26th inst.
J.. l.. Exter, aged 81, fell in love six years
ago, with Anna E. Mix, eight years of age
On the 4th, she being just fourteen, he ran
away with her IS she was going to school,
and married her at Wstervleit, n. Y. .
The New York authorities have allowed &
company to lay pipes through all the streets,
to convey ''hydrogenated fuel" or other
heating agents, to every house, just as gas
and water are now conveyed. Sowe move
onward
Daniel Epperly, an old and respected cit
izen of Hickory county, No, was killed or
the 18th inst, by an Itishman, who is now
on trial fox murder. Mr.. E. undertook to
arrest him for an assault upon msn named
Hall.
A luna.ic climbed the mast of propeller
at Chicago, on Christmas day, saying that
the Democrats were after him to kill hin
for voting for Lincoln. Or an effort being
made to get him down, he leaped to the dock
and was instantly killed.
Roller, white man, and six negroes, were
summarily executed at Pine Level, Ala, last
week, for attempts at Instructions among
the negroes. The white man was convicted
on the evidence Of his own brother, who
was permitted to depart.
George Markelin, German shoemaker
residing in shanty at Hoboken, n. j.
was discovered lying upon the floor of his
shop nearly dead from exhaustion and cold
He had been seven days without food or fire
having taken i'll and been helpless all the
time. His recovery is doubtful.
Mr.. Cough states that he is not q rich
man as many suppose. His taxes, all told
only amount to $52. He also states thai
when be commenced lecturing, an agreement
was made between himself and wife thai
one-tenth of ali his earnings should be giver
to charitable purposes.
Edward Brown, o wholesale liquor mcr
chant of Philadelphia, was endeavor;ng tt
collect bill from Dennis Mccarthy, on The
18th inst, when the latter shot him. The
ball took effect in the eye, causing immedi
ate death. Mccarthy gave himself up. f.
alleges that it was done out Of self-defense
The delegates to the South Carolina Con
vention were not sworn. Mr.. Memminger
of Charleston-who would be Union man
if he could be-suggested that they take tn
oath, but in this he was overruled. This
sentiment given was that they ''came to ur
make, not to make governments, therefore
there was nothing fer them to support"
The ground on which Gov Dennison, O!
Ohio, refuses to surrender to Gov. Iagoffin
of Kentucky, the man Lago, charged with
enticing slaves from kentucky, is that, by
the laws Of Ohio, negroes are not property
and therefore he does not recognize the
alleged act of Lago as criminal ofense.
Lola Montez, who brought upon herself q
paralytic stroke by smoking too many Gig
arettes and leading life Of unnatural ex-
element generally, is now living in Seven
teenth street, New York, under the name OF
Fanny Gibbons. She is a regular and de.
vout attendant upon religious ceremonies.
A writer in the London Shipping Gazette
styles the iron screw steamships now exten
sively employed in navigating the waters Of
Northern Europe, as ''sea-going cofins.'-
No less than six or seven of them were lost
Give foundered} during gale in October,
the loss of lite amounting TO two hundred
persons. s.s
DR.. David Wickham. of New Jersey,
charged with the murder of Mrs. Cole, has
been convicted of manslaughter. There
was an insurance on the life Of Mrs Cole,
in which u ickham was Interested, and in
tered arsenic, which was detected in the
stomach on examination after death
The Rsy f. H. Chaplin. in an address
delivered in fremont Tenn pie, Boston, On the
evening et Fee 18th. said the crisis in ou,
natioraiitg is 6 cruoible in elements, and
public li'ivYty is &, be tried to the uttermost.
Further .asna,ks were made in a like strain
8 and received with applause. The house
was crowded
Mss lamar Davis. 2 noted i:iterate lite
rary woman. farrpus l:,r bad cory, vigo-
ro,,s STYLE ami ,i,a en.,tr.,sy side Of all aues-
tions, has lee, arrested j. Salem, n. j.,
for passii.,t .,".n;erfeit money. Her hook
OF greatest ir.se,.SicEs Mas "a reply to ':Uncle
Toms Calin. .ne tied Southern Slavery as
it is." Her husband has refused to 20 bail
for her alleging that she is insane, and he
had rather she be taken in charge by the
authorities.
At wedding Lear Springfield, when the
clergyman stretched out his hand to i'm ploye
the blessing, the bridegroom, thinking. i,