Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-11
VOL. XVI-------:NO., II.
GE.EANByGS.

The English are anticipating another
nutiny in India. .--- VFZIeb @tG1D
Forty-three Confederate dollars for
one dollar of gold in Richmond 2g.gCE
It costs $4,000 to dig 600 feet oil we'll
in Pennsylvania. ~ -.r s7usiyf
There are 10000 miles of teIepraph
wire in running order now. -
. Of the 1000, 600 Jews in the world the
United States has 1900. COO. s.- .r. b
| A four-legged turkey is among the
latest California novelties. M 80 ua
The Moravian government allows wo.
men who pay taxes to vote. "'c99ii
The bad liquor in Philadelphia is now
called coal oil whisky. a-i.j-y fl .rlGiro
The number of physicians in the
United States is %, 543 lawyers, 37,l63;
clergymen, 1853. .-,....,.- o.. ,.-,,; -
The Suez Canal between the Mediter-
ranean and Red seas is nearly COM
pleted.
The fish Oil of the Eastern fisheries,
which sold for nine dollars barrel q
few years ago, now brings $40.
The Indian troubles ON the plains
having subsided, the gold shipments are
hoW coming along regularly. Hlati GA
A rebel officer writes from Charleston.
1--WE have all the liquor we can drink
for ninety-tive dollars per gallon, or two
dollars per drink. y D.. ,:F s..
The captured rebels Marmaduke and
CaDeil arrived al st. Louis on the Sd,
and have been sent to Johnson 5 Island,
Lake Erie. .'t
il new pirate-the Chickamauga-is
ut large on the Atlantic She has cap
tured several vessels, whose officers and
crews have reached New York.
There are now three female American
eculptOrs, to-wit: Miss Eosmer, Miss
stephens, and q Mrs. Freeman now in
Italy,, who is just becoming known to
fame. -..-. -..... 81.
. Last week tenement house at New
Piatz, Ulster county, New York, was
turned, and three children that had
been locked in q room during the tenn
porary absence of their parents. perish
ed in the flames. -.,-.- ...y.-.
The Chattanooga Gazette of the 1st re-
ports 81 railroad collision near Calhoun,
| OF the road TO Atlanta, On the I9th At,
| by which five soldiers were killed and
f: Is wounded. Neither the names Or reg
inAenta Of oftieunfortunate men are given.
! Cleveland and Erie, as well as Buffalo.
have been excited with reports ofrebel
expeditions from Canada across Lake
Ene. The lake towns and cities gencr-
ally are taking proper aud effective pre-
cautions TO prevent any OF the threaten
ed raids for robbery, piunder and Ge-
| struction, ...-
IN the battle few weeks ago, in
which the Union troGls in the Shenan-
dCail Valley, "settled the new cavalry
ommander' Rosser, it is said that
Gen. Sheridan became enthusiastic over
the capture OF eleven rebel guns, aud
offered a thousand dollars fIom his own
purse to any company which should
take another one, to make up a dozen.
There was recently a trial of speed
near Fortress Monroe between the IRON
( ciads Saugus and Canonicus. Both arc
OF the monitor class, and were launched
about a year ago. The distance over the
| ccurse was eight and one-eighth miles,
aid they came to the buoy together in
sixty -four minutes. The water was
rough at the time. The trial of speed
wns considered nc hi"hlv aati~r -. ry
| Lieut.. Cushing's expedition TO destroy
1 the ram AlDemarie, was one or the bold
est achievements Of the war. The for
midable iron-clad was in the Roanoke
! River, eight miles above the point where
Il empties into Albemarle Sound; and
the banks of the river, which does not
exceed 200 yards in width, were lined
y .th rebel pickets. AT one point pas
sage Of 20 yards, defended by cannon,
bad to be run through. Lieut.. Cushing's
| Ilitlle vessel ran this gauntlet in safety
ard a torpedo was exploded under the
| Aihemarle. At the same moment the
guns Of the latter were fired, sinking the
snail vessel OF the attacking party
| Ihay all had to take to the water. Only
the Lieutenant and one other man eS-
capped capture or drowning. Lieutenant
Gushing has arrived in Washington
lie has been promoted two degrees and
VIII doubtless receive the thanks Of
| Congress.