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Newspaper
Weekly Jeffersonian
Location
Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1858
Page
2
Foreign notes on slave flag disputes and Atlantic Telegraph plans mix with harvest prices. News from Canton, Utah, and Mormon movement, plus a deadly ship disaster in Milwaukee area and a severe flood in Guairro. A sea serpent sighting adds local color. Watertown bans Bible readings in schools amid broader education debates.
A panther was killed near Oswego, N to Oswego last week, six feet ten inches long and weighing 150 pounds. Other notices include traveler Madam Pfeiffer's return from a fourth voyage and Rev. John Seys named agent for the American Colonization Society in Indiana and Illinois. Strawberries remain plentiful in Cincinnati markets selling from 5 to 20 cents a quart. over a thousand bushels were in Fifth Street market in one day. The Atlantic telegraph faces delays. Adams house of Chicago introduces 3 o'clock dinners for business men. Kansas City is on Missouri's western border and set for future importance. Fire losses in Albany total under $1200 for six months ending June 16. Weather in Australia reported as 43.5 C noon heat and nighttime near 94 to 106 F indoors.
Terrible tragedy reported from Kansas Territory where Gaius Jenkins of Lawrence was killed by James H. Lane on Friday. Lane wounded in return fire. public outcry and threat of lynching followed. Jenkins had disputed Lane over a land claim near Lawrence. Lane claims justification. Lane is in custody awaiting trial as reports of the incident spread. Subsequent dispatches note Gen Scott leaving New York for Washington and U.S. authorities pressing Martinez over the rissau treaty.
The Canada Company's screw steamer Nova Scotia, Captain McMasters, passed Cape Race on her maiden voyage to Quebec with 94 passengers. The Europa, from Boston, reached Liverpool as trade in the Liverpool market remained dull and wheat prices barely held. Weather hindered crops. News notes in Britain and India details military movements, command shifts, and ongoing campaigns with several dates and names.
The Star of the West arrived with California dates of May 9 and June 3 from the Isthmus. It carried over 400 passengers and nearly a million and a half in specie. It connected with the John T. Stevens, which represents the port of Mosenilla blockaded by iron vessels. News is broadly uneventful with markets quiet and prices stable though certain goods fell. Mining reports and crops show promise, and gold dust flow increases money supply. Indian conflicts, fires in San Francisco, and unrest near Vancouver Island are noted, with no decisive events.
Despatch from Memphis reports the steamer Pennsylvania exploded near Ship Island about six o clock Sunday morning burning to the water line. About 350 passengers were aboard with an estimated 100 killed or missing. Dia na Imperial and Prisley rescued survivors from the water or shore.
A Steamboat disaster near Cairo draws about sixty passengers from Cairo, bound for St. Louis. Officials fear rising water may flood the town, with Ohio levee breaches and Mernd City submerged. Estimates place 50 aboard and up to 250 lost, as passengers are ferried by flat boats to safety.
Lord Napier received despatches from the commander of the West India squadron disavowing recent naval actions and stating orders to bring suspects to account. The President and Cabinet were informed, with expectations that England's forthcoming despatches will explain the instructions now ten years old. Arrest of Andrew Tilson for threatening his wife and a death aboard the frigate Merrimac are also noted.
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