Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-06-27
News Paragraphs.

Nicholas Longworth, The Cincinnati mil
%lionaire, has contributed $500 to feed the
families of rebel soldiers at the South.
The railroad between Hsrper's Ferry and
Winchester, which was torn up a second time
by Jackson in his retreat, is again in running
order.
The Omaha (Nebraska) Republican tells
big stories Of the Salmon river gold diggings.
One is that two miners had tsken out $780,
900 in two days. Another that the dirt aver
ages from $50 to 500 per pan.
The number of horses in the world is est.
mated at about 81, 0OO, 900; of this number
the United States have 5000, 900. The gen.
eral estimate has been eight to ten horses in
Europe for every 100 inhabitants.
Tho Newfoundland seal fishery is very
successful this season, and great excitement
prevails. From $4,000 to 80 1000 seals have
been caught, the catch in a single day aver
aging 300 or 1,4oO.
So urgent we're the necessities of our
wounded at the late battles on the Chicka-
homlny, that it is stated that in lieu ofproper
materials for making soup, horses we're or
dered to be killed, and their flesh prepared
10 supply the deficiency.
Mrs. Styles, Of Peru, Me-, commemorate
her 96th birthday, April 7th, by spinning
nine knots of linen thread. The old lady is
healthy and cheerful, possesses GOO eye.
sight, and can without spectacles read and
do fine sewing as well as in early LIE.
That Gen. Joe Johnston's wound in the
battle of Fair Oaks was not SO Slight as the
rebels would have us believe, is evident from
the fact that he has not yet been able to
resume chief command. Indee !, 1t is ASSERT d
on good authority that he had three ribs
broken.
King Ohio, of Greece, must have have hid
a rather uneasy me of it during his twenty
years. reign. There has BEEN reyolts in his
kingdom in 1888, 1884. 1885, 1910, 1913,
lS47, lS4S, 1852, and the French occupation
Of the Piraus in 1854. and now the insurrec-
ton Of Nauplia in 1862.
An idea of the financial strength of our
Government may be gathered from a state
ment made BY Erastus Corning recently to
Secretary Chase, to the effect that the United
States could command at once 800, 600, 900
on twenty-five year bonds, drawing six per
cent. interest; bat the Secretary prefers his
proposition for the issue of $3.50, 600, 600
Treasury notes.
The passage of the law continuing the pres
ent State officers Of Missouri in power until
1864 shuts out a number of candidates for
Governor, among whom were Jas. II. Birch,
democrat, and Sample Orr and George W.
Miller, Upionists. At the August election
nine Congressman, members ofthe State Leg
~islature, and county officers are to be chosen.
The prompt dismissal from the services of
Surgeon Hays Of the 10th Pennsylvania, by
the Secretary of War, is an act of justice
that is all the better for being prompt. Hays
was a surgeon in charge of the wounded SOL
diers from Port Republic, and on arriving at
Washington left the poor fellows all night in
the cars, while he enjoyed a comfortable bed
in a hotel.
President Lincoln has ordered that the
house of the traitor Gen. Lee, SO carefully
guarded by Gen. McClellan's orders, should
be at once occupied for hospital purposes
This place contains the only good spring of
water In that vicinity, and our soldiers were
not permitted to approach it, being compelled
to drink the warm water Of Pamunkey
river instead.
On the steamer Fox, captured near New
Orleans, were found two bags of mail matter.
In the mail was a correspondence between
parties in Europe and Mons. Deynoodt, the
Belgian Consul at New Orleans, duplicating
the latter in running cotton through the
blockade, Gen. Butler sent Tor NJ. Deynoodt, |
and acquainted him with his having the let
ters. NJ. Deynoodt protested his innocence
ofthe charge but the correspondence was
strongly against him, and Gen. Butler has
rororred the matter to the State Denart ment