Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-10-09
News Paragraphs.

The new postal currency will be thinner
and stronger, and bear washing like cloth.
They estimate at Washington now that the
internal revenue or tax system will yield
enough to pay the interest OIL the public debt.
The emigration from Ireland continues very
large, and large numbers of laborers are COM
ing from Can 4da but laborers continue in
adequate to the demand.
Rev. James Hoge, D. D., a venerable and
we'll known minister of the Presbyterian
Church, died at Columbus, Ohio, on the 22d
ult., in the sOth year of his age.
Brigham Young's new temple at Salt Lake
is built of granite, nearly completed and the
most splendid structure of the kind in the
country.
Gov. Yates has succeeded in securing TO-
900 stand of arms from the General Govern
ment, for the use of the Illinois State militia.
There are now more than ten full regiments
organized.
Col. Trusten Polk, lately captured in Ar.
kansas, is the Mi souri, u S. Senator who
was expelled in January, 1862, for completely
with the rebels. Since that time he has
been yagabord in the South.
The great Aspinwall elm in Brookline,
Mass, was blown down by the heavy gale
Friday evening. Emerson states in his Trees
and Shrubs of Massachusetts," that it was
known to have been 181 years old in 1887.
which would make it now POI years old.
A boy named Henry Lower, living near
Peckhamrye, o., lately went to sleep in
cornfeld in the full moonlight. When
awakened he was totally blind, and it is feared
he will never recover his sight. Medical men
attribute his loss of sight to the effect of the
moonlight.
There is considerable excitement, in the
salt market at different places. Holders in
St. Louis ard Chicago anticipate great scar
ity, and are not disposed to sell at any price.
The market in each place appears almost bare,
and the general opinion is that all will be
needed that can be had.
There are now nearly five thousand prison.
ers at Camp Douglas Chicago. They arc
comfortably lodged, fed and clothed, and the
percentage of mortality among them has been
unusually small. A few attempts to escape
with outside connivance Of Copperheads have
been made, but without success.
VIM. Wilson, street cotton broker of Mem
phis, while walking on the street, on the 3Oth
ult., was shot in the head by man named
Carter, butcher. The shot was instantly
fatal The cause of the tragedy was a belief
by Carter that criminal connection existed
between Wilson and Carriers wife.
Eight hundred prisoners who were CAP
tured by Rosecrans at the battle Of Chica-
manga, and who have been confined in the
military prison at Louisville, were on Friday
forwarded to Camp Douglas. Chicago, III,
under escort of strong guard. They will
be kept at Camp Douglas until sent on for
exchange.
In the report of the state Board of Agri-
culture for Ohio, it is stated that the number
of sheep killed by dogs in 1862 was thirty
six thousand seven hundred seventy-eight,
and during the same period twenty four thou.
sand nine hundred and seventy-two were
injured, the total value of the canine destruc.
ton being $139, a47.
Three more steamers were set on fire by
rebel incendiaries at St. Louis, and burned.
last Sunday evening. There is good ground
for the suspicion that regular plot exists
among secessionists along the river to burn
steamers. by the burning of the R. Camp
bell, Jr., at Milliken's Bend, last week, TWEEN.
ty-hve lives were lost.
Only few days ago we chronicled the fact
that paymaster on the Great Western road
Of Canada had absconded with large sum of
money. A similar case on the Grand Trunk
has occurred. Mr.. G. NJ. Symons, freight
agent at Point Levi, according to the Toron-
to Leader, has vamoosed with $3.50, 900 10 his
possession.
j. M. Lamb, the individual who last win
ter purchased the monopoly Of carrying news
papers to the Army of the Potomac, was ar
rested and sent to the Old Capitol Prison, for
attempting to convey quinine to the rebels.
The parcels were carefully concealed in bun
lies OF newspapers. 1t is believed that a
arge business has been done. Other arrests
will soon be made Of parties implicated.