Demoine courier., 1856-05-01
NO..IO.
Review Of the Past Week.

S"hinSs'onefs appointed fbr thB
purpose. on the 22d. ins,.. about ,hre,
quarters Of . mile from the Dies Moline,
Hiver, nearly opposite the city of tina
name. on The easi SHE Of the rive,
The location is said 10 be unra favorable q
the interests Of Fort Des Moines.
They arc circulating petitions. and hol
ding public meetings in Jefferson Coun.
~, his said. with The view of peuio,
names and influence enough to rrquur,
their county Judge again to submit, III.
question of taking another SlUO. 900 il
the 3. d M. II. Railroad. The opip.
ion i expressed tina, they viii be sue.
e%sssiul. and iha, another vote will .us.
tain The proposition. So may il be.
A lanen.abIe and fatal acciden, hap.
pened az Keo'auqua, on Tuesday Of la.
week. while the Steamer Alice vas be
ing drawn over ths dam al that place
While Mr.. John w. Whisson, one o,
the Sner Of the boat, was engaged ..
bout a caps.an on shore. one Of ,he-ley.
ers bfoks. and The caps,an revolving sud
denly, q lever struck him on the Stun.
arch. INJECTING 90 severe q wound 40 10
cause deash The nex' day. Mr.. WnIsson
iornsrlv resided IN Green Township. in
,h,s County. and IS spoken OF BY ,hos.
VII" Knew HIM ~ a highly Respectable,
and worthy mau.
The Court House and Bridge ques
cons. voted on IN Monroe County a, Tie
recent election, were both defeated.
TIE Railroad Bridge over The M,ssis
-'fri River q, Davenport, is compislet
and ,rains are crossing il. Iowa City
has now uninterrupted communication
with The Atlantic.
Gen. Walker. the Prince Of Fillibus
'-rert, has been badly whipped by the
Cussa R'cans. The natives of ,tat anu
aeiyhb,ring Central American States.
are said to have become highly exasper
ai.d against the bold a~dven,urer.
II is = common remark at Washing
'og.on that the Speakers chair has no
mai a more compesen, occupant that
Mr.. Banks since the time when il was
filled By the great statesman tlsnr,
Cay.
Adams County, in this State, gave .
"g 'lsrly nominated Reputi can. d
nrJ"ri,y for School Fund Commission
81. q, The recen, election.
Quincy. Illinois. has elected a Repub
i'can Mayor BY 81 majnr,iy.
The CAPITAL Reporter. the organ Of III,
Administrator in ,nts Sis,e, came ou
as, week das footed aud s,ror < for Blu
.:hsnan for The Presidency.
rnree steamers from Europe. til.
Washington, The i3.h; the Baltic III.
II n. aud The Arago the 23J., bring i'm
llant furtis ne i've.
The treaty Of Peac. was signsj q
Paris By all The PlrniPo,snliar,ss, .,
Sunday, March sO.h.
There wefs great demonstrations j,
Paris, firing Of cannon. and ilism.na
uans; but the English dem onsiraiioa
we're much more moderate.
fhe British Government have sen
steamers Ia search Tor the Pac,fc. rw,
had returned to Galway after q nin,
lays fruiiiess cruise.
The proceedings Of The Peace Congress
9 ,n,,nue. Austria gives trouble by per
.,.ien:ly re using ia FIX a sime for evacu
a.,ng The Pr:nc,paiaies. AssHias pre-
Ext il The necsssl,y Tor protecting tn
country asairss any disorder unnl reg
nlar adm,sls,fan 10 established. III,
she 10 bound 10 qai, the Ottoman Terri.
DRY ON The conclusion Of peace.
Rassia 70 strongly adverse to the Aus
RAN proposition Later news states iha
Au.,a,an troops were leaving the Prlnci
paJi.ies.
The French army 10. to be reducet
,som Q 70 400 900 troops:
/, n.bsl,sysd ,haL1Russia will send al
9 DbassaderIp-T uris alter the sxsbspy.
Of rau6ca,ions.
The proh,bli.on Of die export Of Rus.
sian produce has been -emo~ed.
The Gear has issued . skase stating
tina, the ,wo fleets hitherto names b,
Russia in the Black Sea and Sea OF A.
zof are moi 10 be reins,ated.
Many grain laden vessels ly ing a
Odessa have received orders to proceet
10 Msrseilles.
his reported AT Berlin that the En-
gl,sh Canine, had decided TO reject lh.
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