The Davenport gazette., 1852-04-08
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Arrival of the Steamer
1T
Crescent City.


Ngw YoaK, March 80.
The steamer Crescent City, with the Califor
MIA mails and 400, 900 on freight and 250 pas
sengers, arrived a, ten O'Clock. She reports tn
total loss OF steamer North America, from Sal
Juan, bound to San Francisco, on the evening
the aath February, twenty miles south OF Accu
pulco; passengers and crew saved
The most important item from California u
the destruction by fire Of the city Of DownlevlIIe
which broke out on the 2lst February. spread
ing in all directions, and leaving every part o
the town in complete ruins, except the suburbs
| in which, fortunately, most OF the warehouse
were located. The principal sufferers by ths
IRE are Craycroft $4,000, Langdon $4,000
Morris $4,000, McNulty $4,000, Wood $io,'
900.
The Whip Convention assembled at Sacramen
Ito, and after a stormy session, elected w. !
Stuart, J. T. Goodwin, H. H. Clay,-Mudd
and R. w. Heath, IS delegates to the National
Convention.
The Democratic Convention met on the 23d
They also, had stormy session, and elected
delegates TO the Baltimore Convention, Messrs
Richardson, Holden, and Lyons. Neither con
venton instructed the delegates to vote for Pres
ident and Vice President.
Attempts to call convention to amend the
constitution, still carried on. The princIpai. a.
terations desired appears to be that provision
which prohibits slavery in the State.
Considerable defalcations have come to ligh'
among public officers The Treasurer OF Gala.
yeras county is said 10 have absconded with
slO,00O OF the public money. The Treasnrers
of Sacramento and Trichune are charged with
similar offences.
The party Of Mr.. Bartlett, Of the Boundary
Commission, have arrived at San Diego. Near
ly all their animals were lost by death.
The yield Of gold at the mines had somewhat
diminished, very little rain having fallen during
the last fortnight.
Crime was on the increase
The weather continues fine, and the crops are
springing up luxuriantly.
New OsLEass, March q.
Kossuth was waited on by many respectable
citizens, and made great address to the com.
mittee Of reception. He intima'ed that his
Louisville speeches concerning MIR. Clay, were
entirely misrepresenied. He intends addressing
the public next week.
Washington, April /.
HoUsE.-Mr Penn reported bill giving lands to
Iowa for railroad purposes He complained that the
disposition of the House to doing Justice
M. Al ssr haI ipo1f IN
men to Stand up for their rights He willing to
make the bill test of the disposition of the House.
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, accused the members from
the old States OF ssaving off Western measures TO get
action upon their own.
Mr. Meacham severally denied the accusation, de-
ciaring ,ha, nearly the whole of the appropriations Of
the Deficiency Bill were to be spent in the West;
without taking the question, the House went intc
committee Of the whole on the Homestead Bill.
New York, March 30.
fre broke out in this city last evening, in store
No. II William street, occupied by Chatserfed s
Topping, auctioneers, and the store Of Stephens 5
Co., importers Of fancy goods, both were destroyed
Loss not ascertained. but il is heavy.
FATAL AccIDESr.-A brick house in course of e
rection on Pearl street, fell Saturday. There
about fourteen mechanics employed upon it at tn
time, all of whom were buried in The ruins. Fiy
dead bodies have been already taken out
CAIRO, April2.
Last night, about eleven O'Clock, fire brok'
out in the Cairo Hotel and entirely destroyed
the building. Loss about ten thousand dollars
Not ascertained how fire originated. Hotel wa
kept BY Mr.. Halpiu. Il burned down very
quick. There is scarcely roof TO shelter th
people here.
BosroS, March 30.
A. o'clock this morning, FIRE bioke out i
fremont Temple, formerly theatre-Ioss $500,
600; insurance So, 1000, in Eastern Offices
Thirty-two tenants, OF various professions, los
all they possessed Mr.. King, the artist, lost hi
beautiful bust of Webster, and many valuabl
paintings and works OF ert were destroyed. :
One building was entirely demolished by th
falling ofawall.
In PREss.-A new volume OF elocutlon
ary exercises is announced as forthcoming
Iby Thomas, Cowper,hwait q Co., Phil'
delphia, as follows: "The Standard Speal
ler. containing exercises in prose and poe