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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1859
Page
4
A telegraph dispatch is cited as the source for a report published in the Debuque Daily Times. The item outlines a brief, factual notice attributed to the Telegraph with no additional context or details.
Latest dispatches describe the Weser arriving in New Yong with London dates, reports of Prussia proposing Rhine observation corps, Messina disturbances, Piedmontese actions near Peschiera and Verona, and naval movements including French and English ships along the Adriatic. Reports from Vienna and Milan detail Solferino losses, Italian maneuvers, and Paris and London commentary on the broader conflict.
Reports from Morice and Vera Cruz dated to the 13th note a Teviot voyage with 2 250 000 in eneore and continued liberal disorder in Yucatan after ex Governor Berre ra’s capture. Juarez issues a manifesto seizing church property while a forced paper currency and loan plan are floated. Marine losses include vessels along Tampico coast and a French bark. The Tennessee delays to relay despatches and a San Domingo governor is named in a separate tangent.
Mention of Lecomptonites and Milton Latham for governor J O Donnell as lieutenant governor Jno Beach for Congress from the Northern District. In Humboldt County gold discoveries excite hope while the Columbia and Willamette rivers run high causing property losses. Clipper delays slow business and harvests promise ample home use.
A San Francisco despatch reports Frazer River rising 12 feet in four days at Fort Gale with beach houses overflowed and some swept away. Mining suspended. coal found near Queensborough. Gov. Douglas and Col. Moody surveyed north of the river entrance. Torwood steamship carried 76 000 dollars in gold. Columbia River 45 feet above low water. Cascades to Vancouver region largely submerged. Charles L. Scott nominated for Congress from the Southern District.
Washington reports that Judge Black delivered an opinion upholding the general right of expatriation as indisputable. He argued that both native and naturalized American citizens enjoy equal protection and allegiance to the United States, regardless of their birthplace, abroad or at home.
From New York July 15 the Bar will meet tomorrow to express professional mourning for Rufus Choate. Also reported are two drownings in the Passaic River of Robert Vincent and Alfred Curry from Orange New Jersey after their boat was struck by a steamer.
The court session in Battinonsz on July 16 concluded the long trial of Horace H. Day et al v. John Hellman et al. over the exclusive right to manufacture import and sell India rubber and elastic goods. Judge Giles presided with closing arguments by Hon. John B Latrobe. The case unsettled a major issue facing dealers nationwide and bears toward a Supreme Court review.
In Recamoxo Virginia July 15 a dispute between the Enquirer and Examiner leads to a firing when Aglett first shoots then Wise fires in the air Reconciliation requested but refused The quarrel stems from a late controversy over intervention versus non intervention. In Worcester Massachusetts July 15 Edward H Hemiaway president of the People s Insurance Co wealthy and unmarried man dies by his own hand from temporary insanity caused by illness
Large numbers of Camanches and Kaw Indians gathered at Walnut Creek. The Kaw in alliance talks with the Camanches aimed at punishing residents of Council Grove for hanging two of their tribe. Two companies of troops stationed at the Arkansas crossing, but not enough to deter possible hostilities.
After days of extreme heat the Lovievinza area in Kentucky recorded a thunderstorm with a gale. Trees and shrubs were prostrated and several buildings unroofed in the southern part of the city. No injuries reported.
In New York on July 16 officials of the New York Central and Pennsylvania Central plan to avoid westward freight increases. They expect the next Legislature to raise canal tolls on profits, while maintaining low rates. Flour freights from Buffalo by rail reportedly cost as low as 28 cents per barrel.
In Circuit Court Judge Nelson issues an injunction against Lockwood Bros New York prohibiting sale of ladies skirts covered by Osborn and Vincent patents.
In Savannah on July 15 the Democratic Congressional Convention nominated Peter E. Love as candidate for Congress replacing J. L. Seward.
A Kansas Convention vote concluded after lengthy discussion and maneuvering that the northern boundary of Kansas is set along the original Nebraska line, as reported by a dispatch from St. Louis.
The Metropolitan stage hosted M Blondin walking a high rope toward the roof with a heavy balance pole. He completed the ascend and return amid cheers, while Col Lum Smith watched anxiously. The performance drew intense reactions from the audience.
An advertisement extols a daily Medical Discovery claiming to cure erysipelas and related humors. It cites Boston and Waltham cases, noting six years of suffering resolved after three bottles. It asserts widespread cures among own friends and relatives.
The Dubuque notice highlights Dr Easterly at Third and Chestnut selling family medicines under his supervision. It promotes Io dyne, Sarsaparilla, Fever and Ague Killer, and Cough Balsam as popular valley wide preparations with extensive patronage. Also notes sale by Williams & Potter at 4 Main Street and mentions a state bank building address Molony's.
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