Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-19
THE IOWA FEBRUARY 49, 1851


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The steamship Europa esssived 49,
this norniag. She lett Liverpool %
saturday, Jss 81.
Europcas sasiss gssssslly vses u .
stsss Of quisssds.
1ns Y8asIAN plBIlcuLIv.
Il +, believed thss Psssis he'd saboits-
sd 20 the demands Of shs British, bat The
intelligseee 10 yet received With doubt.
The Londoo Nevo eaye that Lord
Ssratfosd bee sslsersphed thss Psssis
submits not iron The fall d Beshirs, bot
on general gsounds.
Details Of the eaptuse Of 6ashire bavs
been received from Bombay, sedse 6sts
Of Jsn 2.
A correspondents sasusd, end Dec 3
the British sent on shore copy OF The
declaration OF war. The nsxt dsy The
British took possessios Of Ksrsi without
opposition, - military depot. During
The 7sh and 9th the British troops ii
embarked ss Hsllils Bay, IL miles south.
west Of Bushire, the men landing With
three dsys' ration and without bsggsgs.
On the morning OF the 8sh the army 10
two brigsdes advanced along the oosss
toward the ships which were ssiliAg
little ahead on the flank.
The ship Asssys 90 oomias abreast Of
Fort Bushirs, shellsd it fro1 distance
OF 100 yards, and dislongsd The esssi-
sop, $40 OF who's took up new position
to oppose the British advance. BrigA-
der Ssovegusrd Was shot dead while
waving on bic men to he st ack. The
British thereupoo marched % the enc
my Who fought sharply with The bsyoast
until driven bsck opos Tie Hoss, whence
they attempted to sscsps, bat we're net
by the British seward and By The eaval.
~ lapdwsrd.
The Brisish loss 10 reported to b IS
men. Bushirs We then summoaed to
surrender and the shsnuel hsving bseo
bouyed during the night, the city vss
bombarded end replied steadily for seer
hours and then surrendered when The
British entered the town. The British
reported no lose 10 the feet. The Gov.
ernor, Commander Of the 6set and oss
Officer were made prisoners. The garsi-
son being too numerous TO retain we're
escorted como distance into the interior
and there liberated. Bushirs wss pro-
claimed British territory and free port.
Reports wore rife Of abominsble oonducs
on the part Of the British after the CAP
itulation Of the town.
BoNBARDngNT or CANTON.
The Chinese war details are ct hand
confirming the telegrsphic accounts Of
the trouble. An extra Chinese mail, Of
December 10th, says tho factories have
been burned BY the Chinese, and the
only particulars We have ascertsinsd ara
that at II O'Clock on Sunday night the
flames burst out 10 every direction. Wig
orous efforts we're made BY the sesmen
and marines to stop its progress, but oil
attempts we're fruitless, aud the fire
raged throughout tho night. Denton L
Co's premises were the first to 70, and
oil the Hongs were destroyed.
The only houses untouohej whom the
ste 4mer left were the British Consulate,
Augustine Hurd 4 Goa, and one or two
in the English Hong, RUSSELL 1 Coz 10
the Swedish Hong, and Wetmore 4 Cos
in the Imperial Hong. and whether they
would ultimately escape was very doubt
| full.
The three bsrks, Oriental, Agra and
Mercantile, were on FIRE With no hopes
Of saving them. Admiral Seymour had
Withdrawn bis men into the Gsrden-the
odiy refuge for foreis ners. What steps
the Admiral means to take are unknown,
but there 10 little doubt shss the city Of
Canton will Dc no longer spared, and
the discharge Of rockets and shells 10
said to have already Commenced.
ADDITIONAL By THg KuRoPA.
The London 1imes' correspondent
says: On November 10th, Capt. Foose,
Of the U. S. chip Portsmouth wss on tho
way from Whsnpoa to Canton in the
ship Panuace, for the purpose Of with
drawing the marines stationed il the
foreign fsctories, when 10 passing tbs
Barrier Forts the boat Vas fred Of b.
the Chinese and wss obliged to put back
to Whsmpoa, Notwithstanding the Amsri.
can haR was displayed BY the bost. The
Portsmouth and Levsnt then moved up
the river and boubarded the forts.
which the Chinese brsvely defended, r..
plying With veil directed force, killing
two men and wound,ng oshsrs, md
damaging the vessels. Commodore Arm.
strong then wrote to the viceroy and
demanded an apology within twenty
four hours; tho reply being unsasisfsc-
tory, the Americans ct once proceeded
to take the forts which they have since
destroyed. 10 this service several lives
we're lost. Since this, ''Yea' has writ
ton to the Americans and promised to
respect their flag, stating that he out
rage was 10 consequence Of mis,.ke.
CAAroS.-The Americana met vi b On
accident in destroying The Barrier Forte.
One Of the mines exploded through tho
| carelessness OF . seaman, killir ( him
and two OF bis chip mates, and wound.
ing six others.
Washington, Feb, IA.
SENATE On motion ~ Mr. Weller, de
Senate proceeded to the nsiderasion
OF the House bill for tho construction Of
. wagon road from Fort Kearney via tho
South Pass Of the Rocky Mountains aod
Great Salt Lake ValIey to tho eastern
portion Of California, which passed a.
nallv.
On mutton of Mr. Toombs, The Senate
took up the Minnesota Land Bill intro
duced the other day By hin il eompli-
ance with The memorial Of Gen Shields
and others.
Mr. briees, - . representative Of enc
OF The old 0eaess, catered bic protest
against this method Of disposisg o. The
public doosia.
Mr. fooss thought it vss Too late in
Day, asssr ~ ssossose gsaets u eAis
kind, % raiss ssch objsssioas.
Nj Stuart s1plsinsd seas The Qusssisy
Of lsod granted By THE bill i one nil.
lion threo hundrs6 thousand aeeee-aaeh
less than sooe Of the States he'd reoeiv.
cd.