Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-07-25
News Paragraphs.

The Boston banks have nearly ss,oco,ooG
in specie on hand.
New Orleans still remains healthy, and it
is thought now that no epidemic will prevail
there this season.
| Two hundred men were raised in two hours
at Lafayette, Ind, after an enthusiastic war
meeting Saturday night.
Gen. Grant has taken Gen. IIalleck's,
place at Corinth, and has removed his head
quarters from Memphis to the latter place.
1t is stated that five brothers in the 5th
Vermont regiment, of the name of Clayton,
were all killed in the recent Virginia battles
II Is estimated that there are now on fur
Tough fifty thousand enlisted men, most Of
whom are in condition to rejein their regi-
mentS.
The city council Of Baltimore have voted to
give bounty Of Sl00 for each recruit enlist
ed 10 that city under the new levy for troops.
Baltimore has changed somewhat.
Col. Trigg. an uncond tional Union East
Tennessean. the choice of Parson Brownlow
and MIR. Maynard, was confirmed as District
Judge in place Of Judge Humphreys.
The wheat crop OF France promises to
yield an sbupdsnt supply this season. The
| corn crop, also is doing well, and French ag-
rcuituralists believe that but little if any corn
will be exported.
The Board Of Trade o. Chicago, have de.
termin, to raises battery for the Govern
nent and at a recent meeting resolved to SUBJ
scribe at least $l2,0 900 for this purpose, and
the money was raised on the spot
The steamer Emile, which recently return
ed from her long trip up the Missouri river
to the Rocky Mountains, BROUGHT down o
young, live, ferocious grizzly bear. At pres
ent he is at st. Joseph, No.
Since the beginning of the present year,
about two thousand five hundred Mormons
have arrived at New York, and have gone
West to swell the number of Brigham Young's
followers.
Ericsson, who made the Monitor Dahl
gren, who made the cannon; Jenny Lind,
who made music; Frederika Bremen, who
made domestic fiction that is read in thou
sands Of American homes-are Swedes.
The firm Of A. & W. Sprague, Of Provi.
dence, r. l., of which Gov. Sprasuc is a men,
Der, have offered to continue half nav to oil
heads Of families in their employ (over
3OO) who will enlist for the war, during their
service,
A surgeon, writing from McClelan's army,
speaking of operations upon the field at the
time of the battle CT Fair Oaks, says he re-
moved limbs and cut out bullets without
using chloroform, the patients being so excl.
ted by the noise of artillery and musketry as
not to mind the pain.
The twin daughters of. j Orittendep.
Of Chatham Conn, were drowned on the
afternoon ofths 10th, while bathing in the
Connecticut river. One Of tho si,ls had eor
in deep water and sunk, and the other. in at.
tempting to rescue her sister, met with the
same sad fate.
Vice-President Hamlin has engaged to ad.
iress pnplic meetings in. different parts of the
state Of Maine for the purpose Of aiding en-.
lstments of new volunteer regiments. Mr.,
}harl~s Hamlin, son Of the Vice President.
las been appointed Major of the 18th Maine
eeiment
1nniana rs ablazc with excitement. The
''ople are flying toaTins. aud secession sym.
'athizers are having rough time. Treason
Fill find it necessary to be dumb IN the loyal
'tates while the present ground swell is in
rngress, at least.
There are two bomb shells surmountine
he pillars at the grand entrance to the ex-
cutive mansion at Washington. In one Of
hese is wren's nest, the entrance to which
through the fuse hole. Thus a notice of
he fact says-love has entered with her mys
,ries the death-chamber, and from that
oomy tenement shall issue flutterinp life and
ing.