Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-02-07

news brought by the Africn, being all that
we perceive Of any imp ertance:--
THg DANUBE w are without anything
respe cling the ins sion OF the - Lruascaa,
EXCEPT the following IN the Waadefer, OF
lVen2a:
"The Rnssians eros led the Danube At
TultseAa. and tayoredbv theobseuilty [ the
Ine!.t. they reached the right bank in their
boats and surprised one OF the weakes; gar
risons, and after making great carnage. re-
crossed the river laden With booty, and tax
ing with them number Of prisoners. There
was considerable loss on the part OF the Rus
slams, as the Turks fought with desperate
courage.
Amongst the slain is Pacha, but his
name Is not mentioned. Tne Inhabitants OF
rultscha He'd into the country with their
wives and children and did moi return until
.oug after the d ,ra-:ure Of the Russians.
TIE Turkish force in the D,brudscha is es-
Itimated at 81, 900 men, mostly raw recruits,
however, the flower OF Omer Pach,'s army
having gone to the Crimea, against which II
3 said Omer strongly protested and still re-
mains mu n dissatisfied.
GRAAr ERtTAix.-R ,hard Cpbs'cn I'd
dressed his cons.itu nj al l. cis, - ia
iier the ..ttack on S.bastop, Is & eel, ssll
should be how to eetant Il. Other peak
lers ID b Sod I'd meeting almost uaani-
lmous,y IN favor vi Tie war.
Tie fate Of the British ship Bernice miss
ing since 1853 from Shanghai is discovered
the Europeans on board having been muir
dered by the Lascar crew and the ship burn
ed. The assassins are captured and ex-
|eeuted.
Buffalo, Jan. 80.
The engine house and machine shop of
the Buffalo and Brantford Railroad at Fort
Erie were entirely destroyed by fire this
A. NJ between the hours of one and three
O'Clock. There were five LOGON tivssin the
engine house Owing To a very hav.
snow storm prevailing anl preventing eros
sing into Canada BY means o. boats. Il was
not IN tire power u Cur D par'ment to rem
her any assistance. As the buil.ing Stood
apart no others wer, barn d. The l1ss IL
not less than SEQ 900, aud mfy be more.
epct.dina on ibr ainnnnt Of damage H. the
o,.nmu,vea Nljch ", re- nnt insured. The
auilti! Is ere partil lv insured. The FIRE
rign4t, IN the oil f5cn.
LU4-vlLLF. Feb. ?.
A ire occurred in tie G ,.t Hoa,e 'ist
Vi Tx destroying two rooms occupied by
Mss NJ Jkeah. tn actress. who lost all her
wardrobe. Tie mage amounts TO $4,000
n $4,000.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.
Ex-Governor Nancy died at enc o'clock.
His lass will be regretted by the whole COM
muni,y lie was a wealthy man, and while
Mayor distributed double the amount OF his
salary in charities.
HALrlMoRE. Feb 2.
A destructive fire occurred in Gainesville
Georgia, consuming IS buildings aud 1000
bales cotton.
MONTREAL. Feb. 3.
The west wing of the Orphan Asylum,
Blaupus near Quebec, was destroyed by fire
Yesterday. Loss about $4,000. The H.
,titution contains about 90 patients, but
none were injured.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2.
The loss by fire in this city last night
amounted TO $l25,000 wholly covered by
insurance.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 81.
An expedition is being organized here by
the Government for the purpose Of securing
ur,her infor nation relative to a Railroad
route to the Pacific. Capt. Pope with a
iorce Of $50 troops IS TO proceed to Slnos
| de Estevado to ascertain whether water is
lubtainabls by means of artesian wells.
| CINCINNATI Jan. 81.
/ The train on the Ohio and Mississippi
IR. r. ran off the track yesterday near
North Bend. The baggage and pass niger
cars were smashed and number OF passen-
grrs injured out Fortunately none dangerous
ny.
TOLEDO, Jan. 80
Eve men cutting ice off the wheels OF a
terry boat were ,hrown into the river by an
accidental turning Of the engine. Two were
drowned and one had his limbs broken.
SPORTS IN CALlFoRsIA.-The following