The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
New YoRK, June 10, 1851.

the steam snip wnicn Was 70 nave saiieu
yesterday for Galway in Ireland, were
guilty yesterday Of wha. is generally re,
garded hero as great outrage, viz: the
sale Of the vessel al auction and refusal 10
take tho passengers (who TO the number Of
30, with their baggage, were all aboard)
upon the promised voyage.
The owner or owners kept their purpose
profound secret until the sale had been ac-
tually consummated. OF course, the pas
sengers were Indignant beyond measure,
and, with all their command Of language
land several talked freely in more than
one tongue) they found il impossible to
] "wreak upon expression more than one
half the wrath occasioned by this gross dis
appointment.
j p. T. Barnum, Esq, was among the in
tended passengers, and he was greatly in
licensed, declaring he would prosecute the
owners to the extent of the law. The at
tempt to make the public believe him a
party to the fraud, regard as in the high
est degree unjust and malignant. Mr..
Barnnm is a much better man than any Of
those who speak oil him with such disres-
lpect and opprobriam.
! The passengers Of the n. America are
lassured OF transfer to the Pacific, to sail
for Liverpool on Saturday, but the most OF
them we're earnest to 90 ria Galway, no,
only to make the shortest voyage on rec
lord, but to see old Ireland. OF course an
action will lie against the owners. ! have
heard one man say, aud probably others
agree with him. that the project Of running
steamships between this country and Ire
land direct, was unsavory to British mer-
chants, some Of whom may have taken this
course to defeat the experiment. But Of
course, this is a mistake. Probably the
whole secret is, that the n. America had
so small number Of passengers that her
owners would have lost money by The yoy-
age; and what is more they were very anx.
ious to sell her, and Mr.. Vanderbilt was
very DESTROYS to buy her as censor, for
the Steamship prome,heus, and with her
TO complete his Nicaragua line, As he did at
the auction yesterday.
lam in momentary expectation Of seeing
or hearing the fall Of building in Wall
street just opposite where am now writing
Many OF our stores are held together by
leaning on each other. The one opposite
has been SO unfortunate as 10 have its fel-
low pulled down within few days, and the
result is that sundry awkward looking
cracks up and down the whole height of the
building, indicate that this noble edilice
cannot stand the loss Of its partner, and is
about TO ,opple into the street. However
the sailors axiom, "as long as she cracks
she holds seems 10 have been adopted b,
The occupants, and the workmen in the ad
Ijnining cellar, and they laugh at The voice
Of warning.
The news telegraphed from H. Orleans,
June IL, stating there was another very
disastrous conlagration in San Francisco.
destroying property 10 the amour, Of Si5,-
100000 as is regarded here, this morning.
rs humbug. Ii not, think il il great,
Exaggerated. Adams g. Co. have received
no information of i, from their California
house. We shall look to them for any rel
able news. Their great California Elk.
press per "Cherokee" will arrive on the
goth, and we shall then get the truth.
Speaking OF Adams & Co., il is astonish-
ing to see what variety Of stuff they car.
ry in their express. Some weeks ago, II
saw there, boxed up like so much merchan-
disc, the body of Professor of - Col
lege, on its way from Philadelphia TO Con
nec,icut; few days afterwards | saw, in
The same Office, mummy, en- route 10 some
curiosity monger; and this morning, there
IS a live green-turtle at tho door with il.
flippers pinned down, aud On its capacious
belly, he is consigned to Col. Stevens, the
admirable and justly popular host Of the
magnificent Revere House, Boston.
CAMEL and Wall were convicted ofmur.
der, and sentenced to be hung on the eth
inst, but Governor Hunt has respiied them
until the 10Th day Of September next.
$4,000 baskets of Strawberries, valued
at $2,560 were sold in our market yes,er
day; and the average returns of that fruit
alone are estimated at $4,000 TO 1000
per day. In addition TO these the Erie
Railroad brings about $4,000 baskets per
day, and the boats from the Rockland land
ngs as many more, and presume there
are at least 100000 baskets brought from
Connecticut and Long Island.
Five stage drivers were arrested on
Monday md talon Iacora III, Io.,. IL