Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-11-13
News Paragraphs.

At the head Of the editorial column of the
Carlisle (Pa) american, we find the f,llow-
ing: "For Presidentin ls64-Abraham Lin
coin, of Illinois"
The Chief Of Police of Cincinnati has dis
covered plot to burn that city. It was
revealed bv letter which was taken out Of
the Post Offic by mistake and read. The plan
was to Set fire TO fur sections Of the city
simultaneously.
An unknown man was discovered dead
under the bniers of the Laclede Iron Wo ks,
at Bremen near st. Louis, on the morning of
the 31st ult tits supposed he crawled under
them the night before, and was literally
roasted to death.
Brigaler General Louis Blenker died at
his residence, inNew Jersey, on the 3lst ult
lie was native of the Grand Ouch, Of Hes st
Darmstadt. acd received the appointment OF
Brigaier General in the 5. s rvice in 1861, =,
but was discharged in NJ arch lsst.
The people around Marquette, Mich, ere
wild over the rich deposits Of silver in thai
neighborhood. In one local. y it was believe
that fifty tons Of ore cou'd be got ou. in a
week. The veins are usually well d;fned
and of character to be easily mined.
While Rev. Mr. Clark was pr aching to
the people of Sac amento, Mclean county
Kentucky, on Wednesday. % h ult., gam
nf guerrillas attacked the congregation, a fish
ensued, and one man was killed AMI three OF
four wou.ded. The guerri!las were routed.
The first offirial execution of "bush.
whack. r. in Missouri. nv han in., took place
at Jefferson tity on the 30th ult. join
Nichols was the vic i'm. The execution wa.
hed in accordance with the sentence of q
military commission and the approval Of the
President.
The lady managers Of the grand Sanitary
Fair at Chicago gave a dinner to number
of Governors, s .nators and other distin ,uish-
ed gentlemen of the Northwest, on Thursday
Among the representatives Of Iowa presen'
were Col. Stone, Governor elect, and Hon.
James Harlan a.
COL Charles R. Elicit, late commander OF
the M'rine Brigade, and. son Of the celebrated
civil engineer of the same name, died sud-
denly at Bunker Hill, ILL.,. on the 3Oth ult-
He commanded the ram Queen of the West
when she ran the batteries Of Vicksburg.
His age was only about twenty-one.
Substitute swindt rs are ut work in Ohio.
They induce nes ly enlisted volunteers to de-
sert, paying them 500 and u. ward and thel,
taking them to Albany,N Y and other places
in the East where they sell them as substi-
tutes for S400 or more. A fellow engaged in
this infamous business has just been arrested
at Cleveland.
In the battle Of Gettysburg, among the
reported killed on our side. was young man
from Birmingham, Pa. His parents sought,
and, as they supposed, found his body, and
taking it home had it decently buried. Judge
Of their surprise when few days since Their
son returned alive and we'll They had buried
a rebel bearing striking resemblance to their
own son.
sylvania zinc mines, in Laucon township,
Lehgh county, on the Goth ult. Fur ,ilers
belonging to an engine, used for working the
mines, we're blown to atoms, together with
the buildings in the vicinity. Fortunately
the workmen were absent at dinner, and only
one mana teamster named David Binder
was killed and one, named Edward Diehl,
was seriously wounded.
Josiah Quincv, of Boston, and the recently
deceased Lord L. ndlurst. W, re both born on
the night Of May 81, l772; the same physi
clan attended their en'ry into the world he
was called from one ho, Sc to the other to
attend t. this duty. He was nr Joseph War
ren. who thr years after f II q, Blu, ker Hill
Josiah Quincy was edu.ated at Cambridge, in
Massachusetts. AMI John Leighton Coplcy,
afterwards Lord Lyndhurst, was educated ut
Cambridge in England.
At factory in Portland, Me-, nearly l 900
bushels of potatoes are "conc .ntrating' for
the armv every day. All the water is ab.
sos bed. leaving about five pounds Of nutrimont
to the sixty p,undS VIII ch a bushvl Of pota
toes averages, and that concen ration il
ground Up giving it the appearance Of Indian
meal 1t is cooked by returning the water
to it in q boiling state, and keeping it hot
from ten to fifteen minutes when it swells
like starch, and assumes the appearance of
potato prepared for the table.
The Zanesv lie (Ohio) Courier says that
on the 20th ult six or eight young gmls
mysse' iousy d'sappta, from. Zanesville and
Putnam. One Of then fortunately left note
in her room, stati, G that they were going in
charge Of q rita n Captain to the South. to
act as NURSES in the military hosp ta's. The
parents Of the young adventures were ago.
nized with G. lei, when they disc vered they
hal gone, and immediately despatched some
gentlemen after them In every instance the
moral character Of the girls was unexser ton
able, yet their minds were influenced, and
they were, in q great measure, led assray by
that modern, yet dissra ,eful amusement, ol
",natrimonial advertisements" " -