Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-05-13
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Gen. Ransom, one of the heroes of the late
Red River battles, arrived in Chicago on the
Sd. His wounds are improving.
Government has recently seized oil tn
N ,rth and East river steamboats,, at New
York, for military transportation purposes.
Gen Hurlburt has been relieved from the
command of the 10th Army Corps. Gen
Cur ISIS is in command of the District Of
Cairo. ..-.rE s.. t.5.-
There were twenty -four deaths among the
rebel prisoners here last week. only three
of which were from smallpox. Sickness and
mortality are decreasing
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives
has decided by vote Of 10 yeas to II nays
that the capital should not be removed from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia. rlr g.o
Mr.. Augustus Hemmenway is the richest
man in Boston. He is taxed on $276 900 Of
real estate and So 900, 900 of personal, or q
total property Of $2.275,0O0.
The draft in New Jersey commenced on
the Sd last. The deficiency to be supplied
amounts to $3.50 men. In Minnesota the
draft is also to take place Immediately.
Mr. Morrill,, of Vermont, in recent speech
in Congress estimated the apnual product Of
precious metals in this country at $l45, ,co0,-
900.
An inquest was held in St. Louis, on Mon
day, on the body of a child year and half
cd that had starved TO death by the neglect
Of drunken mother. t
The 9th, 10th, 18th, 18th and 18th Indiana
cavalry, numbering 5000, have left camp for
the 'front.' They 60 as infantry, not being
vet furnished with horses.
Jacob Strawn, the great cattle King of Iii.
nols, has donated $1,000 to the Mississippi
Valley Fair, and his wife $780, This is the
largest cash donation that has yet been made.
Gen. Steele's has return ed to Little Rock
with the loss of his wagons and part of his
artillery. We hope this is the last chapter
Of that ill fated expedition.
a suggestive petition to Congress: eve,
the undersigned children of Eagleswood,
Psrth Amboy, New Jersey, beg to have slav.
cry abolished, and not have any more chill,
dren SOLD"
The secessioni.ts of St. Louis are in a
panic of alarm. The Provost Marshal has
already arrested several rebel firms and is
after more upon the charge Of supplying aid
and comfort to their friends.
Charles Noyes, who robbed the United
States Express Company of 100000. and
was under sentence to the penitentiary, es-
capped from Jail at st. Louis. last week, by
means of false keys to the doors.
There are at present twenty-three days.
stock of provisions on hand at Chattanooga,
and twenty-five days at Knoxville; and
there will be at least thirty days supply at
b tn points by the first of May. The cars can
now supply the army, and accumulate fifteen
per cent. .
The famous Stuyvcsant pear tree, in New
York city, is once more in bloom The tree
is 2l7 years old. 1t was brought from Hol-
land by Governor Petrus Stuyvesant in 1647.
The Tribune says it is much decayed, and is
liable to 60 down at any moment.
The Naval Academy is to be removed back
to Annapolis, that place being cheaper, and
in many respects better adapted to the pur
pose than Newport. 1t is expected that the
Government will save from $75, 900 to $780,
900 annually by the change.
The debt of Great Britain reached its max.
imum in 1915, at the close of the great con
test with Napoleon, when it amounted to
fS6l ,039,0 The lowest amount it subse-
quently touched was in 1858. e769,082, 900.
The Russion war increased it to e8O8. 108 900.
At present it amounts to 979l, ,574, 900.
The Government cavalry depot at st. Louis
is an immense establishment. Since October
last 17,549 horses have been purchased at
$3.50 each, making an outlay of over s., ,200.-
600, and the stalls for the animals number
over 1000. TIE pumber of horses now on
hand is 300 A camp of instruction is
attached to the depot.
The iron mountain of Missouri is situated
in the geographical centre of the State. It is
an almost solid mass of specular ore, rising
from level plain 260 feet Its base covers
500 acres. The ore contains 81 per cent. Of
iron, and yields one ton OF pig to two tons Of
ore. 1t costs about so cents ton to quarry;
little if any blasting is required.
1t is said that the Cathedral in Mexico is
the largest building in America, it being five
hundred feet long. four hundred feet wide and
seating thirty thousand persons. One picture
hanging on its walls is SO ornamented with
pearls that it is said to be worth $24, ,00O, 900,
and the most extravagant magnihcence is dis
played throughout the establishment.
Miss Sallie Pollock, convicted by military
commission at Cumberland, Md, on the 11th,
and sentenced to the Western Penitentiary of
Pennsylvania during the war, was brought to
Pittsburg; but the Warden would not receive
hor ,,ntocc ccho cnhsook n
discipline, and it was supposed she would be
taken to the female prison in Massachusetts.
The St. Louis papers publish list Of indi-
viduals and firms who contribute One Tbous.
and dollars each to the st. Louis Sanitary
Fair. Among others we notice "A Friend,
Lewistown. ILL.," The same gentleman who
thus anonymously contributes so large sum,
has for several years past given the same
amount to two or more Of the leading benev
olent societies of the country, besides con-
tributing constantly and literally to almost
every worthy object which comes under bis
notice. Yet he studiously avoids notoriety,
and never allows his name to appear in con-
nection with his charities.
"BARBARous WAHFARE"-The London
Times and It's echoes have much to say
about the "barbarous" manner in which the
war against the rebellion is conducted by us.
But what will they say to the fact that the
allies in Denmark opened FIRE upon Sender
burg without notice, and killed 80 innocent
women and children? e.
f~ Wealth is not ACQUIRED, as many per-