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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1859
Page
3
Teleprinter note from the Telegraph appears in the Dubuque Daily Timeka archival snippet. It cites a telegraph report with brief details, but the visible text provides limited context or names to specify events or outcomes.
The Bremen steamer Weser has arrived with London dates of the 4th. Reports from Milan and Vienna describe Piedmontese and Sardinian movements, the siege of Peschiera, and battles near Solferino with heavy Austrian losses. Telegraph dispatches note French observers on the Rhine and potential troop movements toward Verona and Peschiera.
The overland mail dated the 24th reports political drift with Milton Latham for Governor and J O Donney Lieut Governor. It notes gold discoveries in Humboldt and the coast range, while Columbia and Eeta rivers rising. Business dull due to overdue clippers. Harvesting progresses and yields look ample for home use.
Later from Mexico notes July 18 with Vera Cruz dates to the 13th. Teriot carries $2,250,000 in specie while Berre ra’s capture ends Yucatan revolt. Juarez proposes a forced currency of 18 million and a universal loan, plus a confiscation of church property. Tennessee detains to relay despatches. several ships lost in storms near Tuspan Tecohilla. Annapusc sinks at Tampico. Judge James Gamtie named to Supreme Court after Burnside’s death.
A St Louis dated July 18 reports from San Francisco with Fraser River rising 12 feet in four days at Fort Gale. Beach houses overflowed and some swept away. Mining halted. Coal found near Queensborough. Gov Douglas and Col Moody toured north of the river entrance. Steamer Torwood carried 76000 dollars in gold. Columbia River 45 feet above low water. vast areas submerged between the Cascades and The Dalles. Charles L. Scott nominated for Congress from the Southern District.
Attorney-General Black, at the President's request, opined that the United States holds a universal right of expatriation without class distinction for native or naturalized citizens. Both are equally free from political obligations to other nations, and allegiance remains solely to the United States. The Hanoverian arrest of Ernst cannot be justified unless the original right of expatriation rests on sovereign consent, a point Black asserts cannot be established.
From New York July 15 a Bar meeting tomorrow will express regret at the death of Rufus Choate. A boat from New Jersey men Robert Vincent and Alfred Curry were lost after colliding with a steamer on the Passaic. A $2,000,000 shipment by Vanderbilt and City of Baltimore is expected tomorrow. A Boston party of Newton Perkins faced looting and a hidden passage escape for 14 hours after a dining-room assault. Venezuela reports a Negro insurrection. murders rose as rebels were beaten in several engagements and interior communication was disrupted.
The Bathimons July 13 report notes Hon. Judge Giles presiding in Horace H. Day et al v John Hellman et al. The case over exclusive rights to manufacture import and sell India rubber goods concluded after two weeks with closing argument by Hon. John B. Latrobe. Dealers nationwide fear the ruling may reach the Supreme Court.
Recanona Virginia July 15 the Examiner reports Mr Aglett fired List then Wise fired in air as Aglett withdrew the dial and sought reconciliation. The quarrel stems from a feud between the Enquirer and Examiner over intervention versus non intervention. Worcester Massachusetts July 15 Edward H Hemiaway president of the People’s Insurance Co committed suicide by his own hand this morning, temporary insanity caused by illness.
The report notes indians from Camanche and Kaw tribes gathered at Walnut Creek near Council Grave, with attempts to form an uprising to hang two tribe members. Troops were at the Arkansas crossing but deemed insufficient to prevent a potential hostilities flare up.
A severe gale and heatwave hit Lovuevituz Kentucky on July 16 with temperatures between 95 and 100. A thunderstorm accompanied by strong winds toppled trees and unroofed several buildings in the southern part of the city. No injuries were reported.
New York reports no change in westward freight policy. Presidents of the New York Central and Pennsylvania Central reach a full understanding that the next Legislature will raise canal tolls on current profits, keeping low rates. Flour freights from Buffalo by rail run as low as 28c per barrel.
In Coorgestown New York on July 15 Judge Nelson granted an injunction in the U S Circuit Court stopping Lock wood Bros of New York from selling ladies skirts that infringe patents owned by Osborn and Vincent. The ruling blocks continuation of the alleged infringing styles in the market.
Savannah Ga July 15 The Democratic Congressional Convention nominated Peter E Love as candidate for Congress in place of J L Seward.
In St. Louis on July 16 a special dispatch to the Bulletin reports that after a lengthy discussion with wing pulling and maneuvering by both parties, the Kansas Convention today elected the original Nebraska line as the northern boundary of the state.
Spectators praised M Blondin's dangerous rope walk atop the Metropolitans third tier with Col Lum Smith on his shoulders. He crossed and returned slowly amid cheers, weighing 130 pounds, while patrons felt chills at each near slip and marveled at the feat and nerve of the daring act.
The fragment praises a “Medical Disbovade” claiming cures for brain insanity and death from a disease. It cites Boyt of Boston who improved after six years with three bottles and Osborne of Waltham with a salt rheum combo, claiming many others including Mass. Jeipelan and Grove were cured in weeks.
The Dubuque notice extols Dr Easterly’s self supervised medicines, including iodynes sareaparilla fever and ague killer and cough balsam, praised for widespread use in the Mississippi valley. Available through Williams & Potter at 64 Main Street Dubuque, with local bank ads for State Bank of Iowa Molony's Building issuing 9 to 4 hours.
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