The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-09-05
ARRIVAL or THE AMEl,1c.
HALIFAX, Ai,o a

bly, had adjourned and the attention Of ,he Frs
nation Isl now principally occupied with tba .soeh
ress Of the President through the provinces. mos.
some few exceptions he appears 10 haya' WIN
favorably received BY the people. oeeh
Jenny Lind is giving concerts 10 crowded ,nr
ence at Liverpool, and was 10 sail FOL New yo
in the Atlantic on the 3lst. VIZ
districts Of England and Ireland; other crons
orally promise well the cutting is now raI s.u,
and the weather very fine FOR harvest ope, saa
ENGLAND. THE chief feature Of English NV
is the Queens speech upon the pro,opa,; a,@s
Parliament following paragraphs ara i, M %
possess any general interest: 81 look for n. ~.
beneficial consequences from the measure ,,,;',
has been framed with view TO give nv oso ,,"
in Ireland fair participation in our ren,r nope
tive system. am encouraged 10 hone IN, IL.
treaty between Germany aud Denmark wh;.s
has been concluded at Berlin, under nv 'o "1ea
ton, may lead, at disian, PERIOD to he ,s,,s
ration Of peace in the north Of Europe. Icon,;v
ne 10 maintain the most friendly relation ,.;o
foreign powers"
Among the important bills introduced bv Il.
listers which have fallen through, are the j4w;'t
Emancipation bill, The Swings Rsnk bill and ,sa
Lord Lien'enancy OF Ireland abolition bill. "e
At a concert given al Liverpool on FRIDAY /,
Jenny Lind, the house was crowded TO utfoca,;,.'
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She is said to be more beautiful and accomnl"n.i
than ever. The Atlantic being too fun Of ~,
sengers 10 acc ommodaie her entire suite mort.
them are passengers by the America. ''A
/ FRancF.--The General Assembly was nro,o
gued on the 10th inst Ministers now hays II
things their own way.
Accounts from the Provinces stale. that n.
weather was exceedingly wet and nniayo, able Il,
harvesting, in consequence OF which there has
been an advance in wheat.
DENMARK AND TnE DUTcHIEs. An accountfrom
Headquarters represents that an engagement h,d
taken place on the 9th; the attack on the y NJ Of
the Danes was precipitated on account of the ex.
| plosion Of the Laboratory OF ARTILLERY General
| Willisen, by which there was a great / s. Of III.
and properly. Nine persons were killed bv ,hs
explosion and had been buried; thirty FIVE wer.
wounded, some severely eleven are put down !,
tnissing many bodies were so mangled that thew
could not be identiied % cadets Of the Artillery
school are among the killed Scarcely hous.
| in the town escaped from the CONCLUSION. Tn.
effect OF this catastrophe on the public mind il
very depressing.
About noon yesterday, the day on which N.
explosion took place, the Danish General ID.
vanced with large bodies OF men to the very verge
Of the right wing Of the Srhleswig Halsiiener's
position; the latter retreated 10 the main bodyb..
yond the bridge, and sharp struggle ensaea,
which gradually extended to the eastward as lar
Dnbenstadt; il lasted some hours The Dane,
ouinumbered the llols,einers; the latter advanced
on the Danes with fixed bayonets and lond hus,as,
and drove them from their shelter. The Dane.
fed in such hurry that they LEI, behind Their
killed and wounded, which is with them mos,
uncommon circumstances.
Dates from Hamburgh, state that il had ben
determined to remove the Department Of Var
from Kiel to Rennsburgh. Intelligence from d.
seat of wat, is 10 the effect that cessation Of
hosiiliiies has taken place, and that negotiations
were on foot al Schles~ig between the French
ard Russian Envoys, in order 10 pu! an end 10
the efiusion OF blood.
From Copenhagen, il il said that The King Of
Denmark, during all this broil and trouble h,s
been pursuing his amotrs and dlssipa'ions, aid
Il that announcement has been made OF his elan.
destine Mari iage, BY lovely young dessnssa
Of that city.
ArsrRtA.-The butcher Haynaa, has re.
from the Austrian dolninon., 10 Join the traiOr
Gecrgry in his exile
S.als.-The Corses have been dissolved, and
new election will take place.
q Lord Howden, The English Minister, has been
a well received b. the Queen. Her Majesty hn
I. com le'e'y recovered
i ROMAN S Arss.-It is said that some Of ID,
great powers recommend the Pope 10 grsntn
accommodation 10 he States Of the Church, On
the model OF one which Austria has eisea 10
Lombardy.
i LOUISVILLE, Ang. 28,6P. "
] A man by the name Of Fisg. dissipa'el char
acfer, shot woman AT Mrs. Reniro's hoase By
thu name 81 l.ise huckhorn ard then killed hin
self by using the same pistol The man !, dead
and the VI oman not ex pee ed 10 iive-ths eireuur
stance transpired to-day about 2 p NJ.
There are ieet inches water in the canal and
falling.
PORTLAND, Aug "a.
The gravel uain on the Kennebec and poH.
land rail road was thrown off the track this
morning in Cumberland, killing four men and
woundng several others severely. Timber ana
stones had been malicionsy placed on The track.
MONTREAL, Aug eia.
A dreadful fire took place last night ia Ii,
suburbs Of ST. Lawrence, destroying l25 housi
and $50 900 worth OF property.
/ MILWAUKEE, Aug2s
i The cholera has broker out here very sever-lr
One hundred and nine deaths occurred on FIR
day and Saturday last.
i WASHINGTON, 90
The papers this morning contain Mr.. Mcker.
mans resignation OF the cretary- ship oil the u.
terror, addressed 10 President Fillmore II y
dated Washington, August Goth. tie says us
peculiar nervous temperament UNITS him lor ne
harrnssng and arduous nature OF the duliesa
an officer.
| Editors of newspapers who give notice Of W
Washing Pamrhlet, and send copy oftheir paptrtos
tanning IL TO 80 Nassau at. will have copy o. hs
pamphlet forwarded TO their ottce---1he Duslne"
World.
We gaze notice Of the above imposition na
'ormer number and again this week, SO thai :"
presume We are entitled 10 two copies!
j A MosT EXTRAORDINARY LEAP,---or rather a
traordinary leaps-were lately made by asOfa
mare, the property Of M. William Zimmerman.
OF Pottsville, Pennsy lvania. A lad Of aoou
twelve years OF age, son Of Mr.. Edward Hughes
was riding the animal 10 water, when, being o..
ten BY dog, she shyed and ran; her first nOef
performance was lraping over wagon ioaa.a
with manure, which she cleared at bound;'hs"
taking up the road TO Btnyman's mines, sM
turned, ran down the railroad TO where ap,.s'
crosses the Wolf creek; here she paused, gamer
ed her energies, jumped and passed entIe'y owe