Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-18
BY TELEGRAPH.
Arrival Of the Empire City.


wall arrived at this port, 8 II. b.
She brings 900 passengers and ns,,l
81 400 900 in treasure.
The late difficulties with the Granadia
omcials, which led the American Consul n
Panama 10 strike his flag, grew eut Of tn
imprisonment Of one VIM. II. Hunter, al
American citizen, on a charge of theft.
New York Items.
New YORK, Oct. is.
The HefOrmer's Convention last nipht
renominased city ticket made up principal
~ from those already nominated and head
ed BY Flsgg, present comptroller and sof
candidate for some Office.
The Hard Shell General Committee las,
night nominated Sta ticket selected
from the tickets Of the other two shells
Treat excitement was created in the
neighborhood Of Washington Square to-day
by the service Of ] 500 wrts Of ejectmen,
from the U. s. Circuit Court, upon the in.
habtants Of some thirty acres of land
claimed by two ladies, who are attempting
to establish their title to the property
-valued at several million dollars.
Fire At Albany.
ntoahy, Oct 10.
A fire occurred this morning in the frame
buildings on the pier north of Patton's
steam mill, occupied by G. X Shevre, agent
Of the Philadelphia Propellers, and Van
Santwood & Co. steam tug agents. Allen
Mitchell, provision store aud Washburn
g. Huisey, grain store.
Allen T. Mitchell lost everything, insur.
ed 81 500. Washurne g. Halsey lost a..
O0u, insured.
Double Murder.
BALTIMORE, Oct. l6.
DR.. Haydell, of Cumberland, and his clerk
named Graf, were both murdered near
that place on Sunday night by German.
The Doctor wss enticed from his home nm
der pretence of being wanted to visit a sick
person. Their bodies were horribly mnti.
lated. The murderer has been arrested.
wearing the clothing, wstch, &c. BELONGING
TO the Doctor.
The Yellow Fever on the Increase.
BALTIMORE, Oct. I6.
At Norfolk on Saturday, there were sew.
en- new cases of fever among the returned
refugees On Sunday three deaths includ.
ing two OF the new cases. The authorities
advise none o the absentces to return before
November. @Ht's's
Important from Havana.
New YORK, Oct l6.
A letter from Havana states that dis.
patches have been received there from
Madrid, condemning the action of Gen.
Concha, in maintaining the volunteers in
arms, during time Of peace and quiet.
Attempt to Murder.
MiL@AUcEE, Oct. l6.
Hiram G. Adams, banker of this CITY.
was shot in hi. Off ce this P. NJ. by a Ger
man named Asham Feiuer. Fe;ner had
ONE to demand money from another per.
son, which was refused. Fener then fred
a double barreled pistol, one ball striking
the wall and the other wounding Adams
very dangerously if not mortaliy.
No signs of the steamer Atlantic.
The Ann Arbor (Mich.) Argus says that
Eli Spaulding, Of Lima, Washtenaw Co,
while laboring under te mporary fit Of in
sanity, cut his throat with razor, from ear
TO ear. severing the jugulsr vein and wind
pipe.
LIABILITY OF BASgs.--The liability Of
Banks in paying a forged check upon them
has been established by the Courts Of both
England and the United Ststes. The rule
established is to this effect: II Bank
pay check with forged signature. it can.
not aiterw wards recover the smouat from the
cndorser or from the party to whom it may
have been paid, although the latter may be
able to sustain the loss. The bank is
bound to know the signature Of its own
Gust omers, and cannot recover the amount
paid on a forged check unless there be col.
fusion between the parties to the check.
or unless the Bank obtain Gas it should
whenever there 10 any doubt Us 10 gen
uineness OF the signatures, a guarantee
from the payee. -t
A disputed case, the New York Courier
saws, arose in that city last month. A
check on the Sub. Treasury, drawn by
disbursing officer in the West, was present.
ed, with signature go different from that
of the drawer on file, that payment was re-
fused, unless the banker here who received
il from his correspondent, would guarantee
the signature to be genuine. This the
latter refused to do (alihough the demand
was perfectly reasonably and the check
vas protested Tor non-payment. In this
case the check turned out to be genuine,
but the Sub.Treasury officers pursued the
right course under the circumstances