Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-02-09

speedily driven 'baek By sAs aas,sss cod
shs Psstsosesh's howissss, ssd made
ssej sAsis sssssss 70 uosso lslsnd.
y shis ti0s The boats hsd arrived -
tee e0be' kasioa, sssiae Which TIE Chs-
eeoe ireers 10 The RosoA Hsss. ksov,ug
sAss il Wss III sp visb then, speedily
took to shsis hsels ssd he forces landed
without opposis.oa q I r. y. Thee
sbsss Il the four forts vess esptursd,
With The lsse Of I've killed end 6se wsuo-
dsd % boss and shore duty, snd swo
vousdsd ON board the shi.s. TIE Lee
vsDs ssGssej bot little, two shots 10 her
bull, oss shsosgh toto the berth deek,
osiossay shos swsy. end one thirty Two
poueder msteris ~ Injured By . round
shos striking the mussls Of tho gvn sod
epl'seine u TO The messle ring. Oos osn
Loss the calf q b.. leg BY . cannon bell.
THIS last Sors contained thirty. eight
guns, come OF which we're " enormous
cslibes, sOj the eastern embrssuse
sppsoseh : ON Wbsmpos wss defssdsd
By vevitsbls Ississksa gun, made Of
brs or copper. eight inches 10 the bore,
and twenty four feet in length. its CON-
direction showing mssts Of iss being Of
recent casting, (wishin = few 70 roy and
apon IN improved model. Il would vel.
repsy ono to visit it,aod it IL 70 te hoped
that the sietoss will use every Ebert 10
beer swsy such . magnificent pr So
Everything sppestsining to THE fort wss
destroyed - Tar - prsct,cshle, aot The
work vas not accomplished. there re-
msiosd oLs fotti6cssion 10 o,p,ared, end
the Chinese could be seen re- ent orcins
It With powder sod slot during the day,
sOd showing every dsseripinst,ou to
OsiDssI0 . vigorous resistance.
The commando Immediately determined
! upon their Han Of 0per ations, and by ,w Give
O'Clock At tight the t,dle,s k~ach TO-, " ~
vacated, III. 10 al force quietly b.. o,lar K 1t, z
AZ tie lslAhd tot. About midnight the
moon arose. and sIihorg Ch,nsse sold RS
might he s~~n burryIng 10 aud from the
Square for, not SIX hundred yards opposite,
at 4 A NJ oh >si,fiasy morning ali ha,.is
were called, after 4 fes hours r~pose on
the old gr..lt~ ilost. of tn. fo,t, a, i the
sepers's divisions were order. quietly into
heir respective boals. All li-par ations
were mae TOR the al ack BY the dawn of
day; thu howl z.ts wi'h Their d.a.s AID
ammunition, wei~ siati.h.d ~ the IoIts TN
the northern side commanding The Square
Fort, AID Il ) ~ the boats pushed OIL.
A. they opened o. from the tort he or
der wsS given 10 fiT-, And utd-r cover Of
the thre. howi'zeTs, whict. kept UP . wi
ering fire OF >hrspnei upon the opposite
side - the fort MT" - center. though the
port h"lrs. asd upon The refreshing rro 20,
he boats touched the opposite shore after
havi.g lr"a eAIO--si 10 the iSkin. tre OF
elgnt gus Eani with roIud shot . d
graps. ant ~ ht't-n iaii,u,rs fr,m The rin.
barksi,"n ih- h,~ey 1As wa. upon tie
rainI arts Il .''- last stronghold. Ain. ugh
II wa, 4 pe,f CT shower over, about and a.
round them. the hoa's escaped w!ih.u
Injury OF y nan wounded. The Ill nj fort
Kept "p fire nI'Oe The r.. r.atir,. C-ie.uAls
M u they VIE out IT reach; and al h, u.h
they Z lie once ar Twice, IA d hot."r ed IN.
v'c'"s wi'h shower Il roe ..'., IA. a (.
varcr h"~i ze's drove 'hem b OK >.v.ral
miles under '"v"' II the villages IN m.
eastern >'.hmi : III Cah,.n. The ret + tue
day was occ pi"i n the Destruction III the
tw" ~ c"pnr-h t"it> and 1t IS 10 b. no.
ped that ere the .tips wiihd az ih.y Will
Taze ih, IN 10 the a'ound.
They W re d.i.u,.-J by gun, of -, ., nous
IL
J bOr ~ de-'r"ying hem c.anot well he
conceived. Tnry were:
Guns.
BAiiir Fort, 80
Fdi-r's Reach for', -
l-lald FId, -
Square Fo,t ~
Grand lu'yl, II,
Which ATE 'rm. 'o'aiiy .>ith, Il OF
re"i.n d unit for fui;:.-r s,r &C.. In- to,.
'ihra''"h- were nal t,,.iy rIui-d by The
ships i've, al tie - Il 10 .u,.> All tie
destruction II hi uo,t L. pvr' n; d t..,.e.
in the v~'y >tro.e.".u 1t ~. Empn, mus,
ie.ch His NJ ! ~ Hen. M.n.tn IT he
Pny Coorc.l. Mr. \ h Mag Ch,i. = I-
s"n'f foes n diplomacy he viii mol >cen
FORGE.
All the officers ~ well a. Teen Wed vi h
each other ~ ecis + der u. j: and too ,nLe b
~ aise cannot Dr. bestowed upon I e estl n
COMMANDERS F""ie. Bel, ai.i Smiih for
their ecu agec"> determination Lisu'eh.
arts Lewis, Wa,naush, Guthrie, b venpor,,
EnKsi>h, Cater, and Simpson. for the raI
LAM manint ~ which they led their seine
rate divisions MO sciion; on Mast. -
Adam, shepard. .. d Lieutenant Pelknap.
Tor ILen s"ry rbi- p-i foIinances on thai
musical In>'rum, ut callea a how itxer.wh,, h
sound 9 the neatL knrl 10 mshy foe on
Captain SiMius ard his ga.laIt corps If
Marines, wLo were ever teauy 10 meie ~,
I" the foe his d~..its. ANT 10 pre.er,p the
honor OF that h"s nn'srnl.hed /; AVID. l. Sly,
on tn. rsi-aining defenders II tie 81 rs.
who were eager for tie fray.
4 MODEL "LuN." We heard in Mo.
bile that an account, not lon: ago, was
placed in the hands Of collector. in
that city, against . merchant who was
generally understood to be hard case.
It was agreed that the collector shou,d
reserve for his service large per cent
III the event It success in getting the
money. OF he goes to tho store Of
the debtor, but ''couldn't come it,
He goes tho second, third and fourth
days, with no better luck. Nothing
dsunte'l, he wentthe fifth day, and still
not getting the moLey, he &, olitely in.
formed old Yard stick that he believed
he would wait until u customer came !
in and bought something" SO say
ing he seated himself w coy fire. !
drew y newspaper, and in short "made /
himself at home" In IN hour or two |
customer came in aud made pur. !
'hase. 1t did not amount to quite
enough to pay the collectors bill, but
Under prstencs Of borrowing the bal
Iace, the merchant went out, and soon
'sturned with the sum due.-f Mont
'omssry Aa;l.
OaseoS:-Ths fact that tho people |
Il Oregon have taken stcps t. wards
'sk' ng for *lmiasiou into the Union =.
State. render any information in re.
alton to the Territory interesting
Mat is now Oregon It ia but = part of
10 former Oregon Territory. The
4hnI0 Tareitorv 900. I:.sl>l l.. r.