Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-16
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Arrival Of tAs Illiasis


Nxw YoRk, May IA.
/ The steamer Illinois, from California.
reslhed this per, yss.sed.y.s She brings
' fhs msis s.ss.s,. GherEpe~slwsre an
,isis.'ea the rptf c's 'slNe~ g.
"a. eoehs - ii. Golden AEe,
which fnsIlv strAnded on a smooth hill OF
sand, wcald be got of without IN entire
| loss.
The Caliiornia Legislature was to ad-
| journ on the 3Oth Of April. A stringent
law against gambling was ono Of the most
| importsn, snaetments Of the session.
Alter the repeated unsuccessful attcempts
to'eiect az s. Senator. il Vas lnticipa tsd
another attempt would be made, but with
little prospec, fits accomplishment.
A company OF adye nturers under the no.
torious Col. Walker, had gone down the
coast under the preteDse Of establishing .
culoiy.
The affairs Of Adams & Co.., sre ported
to be in perplcxed condition, and suits
| have been commenced against tho retiring
| partners in the East.
Great complaint is made in San Francis.
CO Of the financial management Of her mu-
nicipal officers.
Sandwich Island dates are to the "a ult
The building o, the Sailors Home was a.
bout 70 be commenced ct Honolulu.
The Islands were quiet and the king pop
ular
fillitustsss Death Of a cid cisisen -xsns
Expsdftien, &s.
A dispatch from Washington intimates
that the State Department has knowledge
OF the organizations of fillibustering ex-
ped in this city against Peru, under
Gen. EchiniQne. whose reinstatement in
power is the object.
In the Superior Cour, this A. II. atem.
porary injunction was gr nted agsinst the
Commissioners of Emigration, prohibiting
the use Of Castle Garden as an emigrant
depot, and directing them to show cause
why the injunction should not be Perma-
nent.
The propeller for the Kane Arctic Expo
dition arrived here this P. n. Her consort
10 almost ready, and they will doubtless
get off by June 18th.
Boston, May "a.
Some commission was caused in the house
to day By the expelling Of Joseph Hiss of
Nnnnery and Mrs. Patterson notoriety--
Tie cHtcTtu anu EtsuWtu Ms saIn-
ted seat twice and each time was removed
by the searjeant at arms by orders which
passed the House unanimously. I, is pre-
sumed HISS actsd in this most singular man
ner under adyics of bis counsel. Messrs.
Benz. F. Cutler and Benz. Dean have pub
llshed an address announcing his expulsion
from the House as arbitrary ann done on
friyilous grounds,
WAsHlSGroS, Monday, May, l4th.
The following changes have been made
in the Patent Office. Mr.. Chauucey Saydon,
Of KY, Assistant Examiner OF patents. is
to be Chief Examiner at a salary of $500
per annum, and WIN. Reed, of Delaware,
a. ]. jerks, of Rhode Island, Thos. II.
Hodge, of New Hampshire, and Isaac d.
Tall, OF Michigan, to be assistant examin-
ers, each at a salary OF $500 per annum.
The Judges Of the Court OF claims to-day
appointediS ,muel II Huntington, OF Conn,
clerk of the said Court.
PHILADELPHIA, May, Ii.
The Jury in the case of Jas Darnaub.
charged in the U. S. Greet Courth with
piracy, in being ncerned in the slave
trade with the brig Gray Eagle, last night
returned verdict Of not guilty.
PMLADEtrHiA, May. Il.
Capt lngraham in reply to the invitation
Of our citizens says he must decline the
profered honor as circumstances require
his immediate presence In South Carolina.
PHILApELPHIA, May, II.
Gorshe's drying and graining powder
mills at Wilmington exploded this morning.
No lives lost and no personal injury sus-
faippd