Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-10-30
News Paragraphs.

The Official returns from Pennsylvania |
place Gov. Curtins majority at 1898.
The Michigan State Fair realized over $lO,-
O0O a much larger sum than ever before.
The Pittsburg Dispatch says that Gen.
Heron is now at his brothers residence in
the vicinity of that city, quite i'll from swamp
fever and chronic diarrhea, contracted in
Louisiana.
James I. Castle, editor of the Tecumseh
(Mich.) Herald, rot on a spree IN Chicago,
one day last week, and was found dead next
morning on one Of the back streets, from
causes unknown.
The public debt on the first of September,
1853, was one thousand two hundred and
twenty eight millions eight hundred and
thirty two thousand and seven hundred and
seventy-one dollars.
A correspondent writing rom Paris states
that plaid is now Il the rage. Every lady
wears plaid shawls, plaid ribbons to her bon
net and plaid neck ribbons, till the whole
Boulevard begins to look Ikea walking check
er board.
The receipts of money paid by drafted men
now amounts to nine millions, which it is ex-
pected will be increased by one or two mil
lions more. The whole of this sum is to be
appropriated to recruiting under the new
proclamation Of the President.
1t is reported there are yet eighty eight
thousand deserters at large. A great num-
Der have been caught and returned to their
regiments but perhaps as many have IN the
meantime escaped from the army. 1t is sug-
gested that as partial remedy to this great
evil the government should pay 500 instead
of $50 for the arrest Of deserterS
| Gen. Herron's division, of the 18th Army
Corps, at last accounts had left the vicinity of
More anzia, La, and gone to New Orleans,
with the intention Of joining the rest of the
corps in the Texas movement. Gen Heron,
WHO has been north on leave of absence, was
a st. Louis on Monday last en- route for New
| Orleans.
Nebraska must be lovely place to emigrate
to- In the nifty Of the South Platte river
they have had no rain for almost year, and
clouds of dust and sand arise from what was
once the bed of the river The ranches and
ls:ns swarm with f1eas, and there are the
best facilities in the world for being miserable
and uncomfortable
A man, name unknown, was killed on
| Thursday of last week, near Glencoe station,
on the Chicago and Milwaukee road, by
jumping from the train while in motion. He
was trying to steal ride, and jumped when
he saw the conductor approaching. The
train was immediately backed, but he was
quite dead when found.
In a recent march from Knoxville to Cum.
ber,and Gap the brigade Of infantry under
| Col. F!tZroy de Courcey made sixty miles IN
forty-two hours This is the best exhibition
of military pedestrianism that has been chron-
/, iced during the war, and the President has
directed the Secretary of War to present his
compliments to the heroes of this expeditions
| feat
Francis Dolphin, who died at Baltimore On
the 18th. had an eventful career. He was a
native ofBordeaux, France, was taken to
| Hayti by his parents at an early age, where
he alone of his family escaped the massacre
in that island. In the war of 1912 he was
captured on board of a private, by the Brit
ish, and confined in the notorious Dartmoor
prison until 1915.
4 Memphis dispatch furnishes additional
proof of the duplicity ofthe rebels. Many of
the prisoners captured IN the fight at Golfers
vile, Tenn, had in their pockets oaths ofallegi-
ance and passes. through our lines, which they
had obtained by swearing to their loyalty.
Only the most stringent measures and sum-
mary punishment can teach these Williams the
sanctity Of an oath.
A great city is sp,inging up in Nevada
Territory, called Virginia. 1t already con-
tains 10000 to 1000 inhabitants although
it is but two or three years old. 1t is located
in the heart of q wonderful! productive gold
and silver region. The Territory of Nevada
is fillin5 up with population with unparalleled
rapidly. Steps have been taken to ask for
admission into the Union as a State.
A son of Congressman Ross, of Illinois,
committed suicide at Ann Arbor, Mich, a few
days 40, By cutting his throat with razor.
He was in his Goth year, AMI student in
the Michigan University. tie left a note
stating that he committed the act because he
thought his life was no benefit to himself or
friends, but disgrace to both. He was evil
IDENTIFY victim Of melancholy.
Indiana has been officially credited with an
excess of sixteen hundred and eighty six men
over her quota under all calls, whether for
volunteers or under the d aft. Not content
with what she has done. Indiana is forming
eleven regiments, seven of infantry and four
Of cavalry, in separate camps, all ofwhich her
Governor expects to be filled by the 10th Of
November.
BY the recent orders for recruiting dis
tiacti IN is made in the bounties paid to vol
unteers and drafted men. The latter get only
800, while the former receive $302,or $4O2,
if they be veterans. Ifregiments in the field
re-cnlst, they will be credited to the quota of
their State and rs far as possible to that of
their county or district