Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-09-18
News Paragraphs.

much longer. lie is III his SlSt year
The Hon. Greene G. Bronson, formerl,
prominent New York politician, died las
week at Saratoga. -.. ...
1t is believed that nearly fifty colored reg
iments will be ready for service in the South
west by the 1st Of October.
The st. Paul Press says that the frost exper
fenced there was slight in comparison will
that in Illinois.
| A. Fl. Stephens, the rebel Vice President
has gone to Europe, to intrigue for help ant
recognition.
There were 565 deaths in New York city
last week, 3S2 of which were children under
five years of age. .r. ..-.... ..
An Indianapolis dispatch says the Morgan
horses have been sold. One thousand 81,
hundred and three animals were knocked
down, realizing SIS, ,345.
Instructions have been issued to the effec
that deserte:s from regiments whose term
has already expired, shall be compelled te
serve out the remainder of the term.
The speaker at the Copperhead meeting a.
Rensselaer,, Jasper county, Indiana, whose
arrest his partlsans had mustered eight hun
dred strong to resist, was II. II. Dodi, o.
Indianapolis.
The Chicago and Lake Superior steamer
Sunbeam was lost, with all but one person
on board, during the recent heavy gale, while
on her downward trip, from Superior The
number of lives lost is between 80 and 40.
| A man named Reaben Flanagan, who had
been drafted in the town of Oswego, hung
himself because he didn't want to 60 soldier.
ing. The Coroner was sent for. and the
Jury returned verdict of exempt"
Several women of New York city have sent
in claims to the Comptroller for the loss o.
husbands killed during the late riots. The
estimates ofvalue ofthe deceased vary greatly
ranging from ten thousand as low as two
thousand dollars.
Gen. Sibley's expedition accomplished SC
little that even the Indians laugh at it.
They got back to their old grounds almost
as soon as our troops. But it is believed
that the big scare the redskins got will do
something toward the desired end
| The relief bark, Mary Edison, sent to Ire
land by Mr.. A. L. Stewart, laden with pro
visions for the starving poor, returned tc
| New York on the 31st ult. She brought 13G
passengers, free Of expense to them. Among
the number are fifty young women.
The acceptance OF the Mexican crown by
Archduke Maximilian has not been confirmed
His father-in.law, the King of Belgium, recon-
mends him to insist upon conditions which
would be equivalent to refusal of the crown.
In case ofacceptance, he would lose his rights
as Prince OF Austria.
The Chicago Journal says the extent OF
the loss sustained by our Western farmers
by the late frosts is quite heavy, amounting
to millions of dollars in the aggregate. The
tobacco crop is almost an entire loss, while
the corn and sorghum crops have suffered
quite materially in many localities.
There is much excitement in Kansas, grow
ing out of hostility to Gen. Schofeld.. The
Mayor of Leavenworth has been arrested
Gen. Schofield visited Leavenworth, Kansas,
last week, and met with very cold reception.
But two or three citizens called upon him.
Conservative rule is at discount in Kansas.
A young lady in Cincinnati drowned her.
self in the Ohio, because her lover tantalized
her by walking before her windows, with
| another girl. He really loved her, but knew
so little Of the heart of woman as to think her
capable Of enduring this kind of treatment
He was the first one to come upon her dead
body.
| The bids for the contract to construct the
two mile brick tunnel under the lake for sup.
plying the city of Chicago with better water
were opened by the Poard of Public Works
on the Sth, and the contract will be let in q
day or two. This great and important work
is to be completed in two years from the date
of the letting of the contract.
Gen. Magruder, the hope of rebellion in
Texas, according to the latest intelligence
from New Orleans, was killed at Galveston,
Texas, by one of his own Lieutenants, in
August, and for the same offense that cost
Van Dorm his life. The news seems to have
authenticity. Magruder was esteemed an
able officer. He made his mark early in the
war, in Eastern Virginia, but has done moth
ing since worthy his fame.
The st. Louis Republican says, that there
is perfect hegira of the disloyal citizens oi
Western Missouri into the interior of that
State. Those passing through Lexington
are represented as pale-faced and haggard.-
The spectacle was most woe-begone; many
of the melancholy crowd had not even shoes
to their feet A few had some miserable
vehicles, in which they were transporting
what little they could save from the wrecks
of the homes from which they have been
driven.
GEN BUTLER. Gen. Butler, in speech he
| M or Nvbi cforninn nirbt n Nau,
Hampshire, on his way to the White Noun
perheads. He said:
'In two years we have seen three-quarters
of million of men raised" Before the SEN
tence was finished one of the Pierce demo.
Gratis asked in sneering air:
Where are they now?'
'Some of them,' replied Gen. Butler, 'le
sleeping beneath the sod; and others are still
| fighting the battles of their country, while
you remain here at home aiding the cause oil
| traitors
In another portion Of his speech General
Butler said:
Will you volunteer
| A voice replied, No
You voted for BRECKENRIDGE said voice
to Gen. Butler, alluding to the last Democrat.
ic National Convention.
YES said Butler, and if were so COW
ardly as you l might be tempted to deny it.
He then went on to show to these New
Hampshire partisans that one might very
properly vote for a man under certain Cir
cumstances and oppose that man under GER
tain other circumstances. When Judas Is
CARROT was true follower of his Master, he
was no doubt worthy example to be follow.
ed; but he was not aware that a man, tc
preserve his consistency, must continue tc
follow Judas after he had betrayed his Lord.