The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-30
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MrNru,s, May e.

MEMruis, May -
q, Monday night, a. o'clock, the steamer
!. .,;,,,;a, from ST. Louis TO New tflea"s'
~. !, nine hundred tons freight, consist
ar tobacco. flour, corn, bacon, oats, he"P'
lead and beet cattle, caught hre at me """.'
and was totally consumed, setting hre 70 'he
,harfhoa, Of Shaw s. Co., and ferry boat, whscn
,e,e burned. The fire spread SO raPidiy 'r''
the boats papers, money, &C., could not DC say
al svcral persons are supposed 10 have been
burned or drowned. The barkeeper OF the Con-
s,,ution, the only person belonging 70 mo Oo"'
!. missing Be- ond this all is uncertainty, a.
,houch il is believed some three or iour o'".'s
pcr,shed, as they were seen BY persons on -.
wharf so surrounded BY flames as to cSc'uuo ~
hone Of their rescue. Oar Of fifty cattle, nine
,aao their escape to shore. The total loss q
n,onerty cannot fall short Of 100000. The fer
~ boa, was insured for $4,000. Shaw oos
estimated loss So, 900; insurance S8,ooo' ~
sti,uion valued at 25 Joe; insured Tor sslo,ooo'
C1SclNsAtr, Nay 23-5r. n.
4 fire this morning abou, two O'Clock, destroy
ID Two or three dwellings in Deer Creek valley.
Another about eight O'Clock burned ten dwell
inas, mostly frames, on Sycamore, near Wood
ward street
INVASION OF CUBA
New YoRK, May 24-5 P. M.
The Chic, from the Havana, whence she sailed
on the eth, arrived this afternoon. Gen. Lopez
landed at Cardenas on the 18th, and with 500 men
took the two garrisons. Six hundred surrendered
after losing three OF their number. General ex-
citement prevailed at Havana. The city wss
under martial law. Several thousand militia had
been enrolled. Troops had been dispatched to
Matanz s. 1t was reported that troops were col
iected at Women's Island; several vessels had
started for that place. The Spanish steamer
Pizarro had returned with los prisoners French
and German. The OHIO, Falcon and Georgia
were compelled to anchor at the entrance Of the
harhor.
Gen. Lopez landed from steamer which left
New Orleans on The yti. Several other ve .sels,
containing in all some 1900 or 1900 men, had lett
New Orleans previous to the Creole, but where
they are to land is not known.
Arms were being delivered to the militia.
Resident foreigners and all called on enrol.
There we're 400 troops in Matanzas; 500 more
were dispatched from Havana at | A. NJ. to rein.
force them, and march against Gen, Lopez.
Rumor says that the force under Lopez had in
creased TO two thousand-,hat he was already
half way TO Matanzas.
Ga the 10th, news was received al the Havana,
that a large force was collected at Women's
Island, near Cape Cartouche, Yucaian. Gene
raj of Marines, with several vessels, and about
5000 men, started imme lately for that place
The force on the Creole with Lopez, which ef-
fected landing, was only small part of,he ex-
petition. II is known that some ten or twelve
vessels have felt New Orleans ana different parts
OF the Gulf, probably to !and simultaneously al
different points.
1t is reported tina. Gen. Lopez had broken up
the railroad 10 Cardenas in several places. The
merchants, bankers, &c, in Havana, were re-
moving the money, plate, into the Fort for safety.
CaptainSchenck protested, through The American
Consul, to the Captain General, and demanded
safe anchorage; he was refused, and told that il
he did not like it, he might go to as soon as
he pleased-the Spanish Government woi.!d no.
be responsible for the safety Of his ship. None
ofthe passengers. except those having passports,
were permitted 10 60 on shore. No communica-
ton was allowed between the passengers While
in port not even between the officers permit
was obtained from the Captain General. The
Ohio was detained more than ten hours after she
was ready for sea, waiting for pilot to transfer
her passengers.
New YoRK, Nj, %
Mr.. Ayers, stock exchange broker, in Wall
street disappeared some days since. He had in
and also the proceeds Of enormous transfers
Various respectable persons are losers, and We
hear his default put down at $4,000. lie was
said 10 be deacon or elder OF the Presbyterian
Church, and fror, his standing halt the conf
dence Of some Of our wealliiest merchants
PHILADELPHIA, May p.
Arai!rcad bridge, about 10 miles from this city,
was accdentty open while the train was coming
from Baltimore, and The locomotive and tender
We're rrecipifated into schooner. The injury
sustained was slight; but owing to The accident,
passengers and mails had to be sent by boat,
which LETT Philadelphia this morning.
WAsHlsGTos, May lfth.
II is said that the old fte leaders Of The Dem
ocra'ic party are coming 10 the support of Mess
Cass and Foote and Mr. Clay's Compromise. Al
letter will shortly appear from Messrs. II. J.
Walker, Of Miss; Barber, OF Va; Dallas and
buchanan, of Penn; Judge Woodbury., o. N. ";
and Cave Johnson, Of Tenn. There is much anx-
icfy as to what course Mr.. Webs sr will take.
The RAPrINGs.--The mysterious noisca,
originily Heard in Rochester, II. Y, have
extended to other places. The N. Y. Tri