Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-04

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the complaint Of Alderman Reed on a
charge of Libel, was examined on Fri
day afternoon before Justice Quacken-
bush at the Jefferson Market Police
Court New York.
The alleged libel is contained in a
wood.cut published in Mr.. Leslie's pa
per on the 18th ult.
Upon a mutual understanding Of
counsel, the investigation was closed,
and the papers ordered to be sent to
the Grand Jury.
Late advices from Africa state that
Capt. Protet, commodore of the French
squadron on the coast, had lately re-
turned from heightened visit to the
King of Dahomy. The object Of the
commodore's visit appears to have been
to obtain from the King the exclusive
privilege for the French to purchase
slaves at Whydah and the Dahomian
ports. Notwithstanding that this APP
plication was, 1t is said, supported by a
present of six handsome field pieces,
supcrbIy mounted, the commodore
mission, proved complete failure, the
large and increasing legitimate com
MERGE of the Blight of Benin. and the
eagcrness OF the natives to cultivate
cotton, having raised the price of slaves
from 800 to Sl2O-a price beyond
the figure to which the contractor is
limited. Two screw vessels, the Stella
and the Dahomey, which had waited
at Whydah some weeks for favorable
result of NJ. Protects visit, left with
some Africans obtained from Grand
Bassam and Asranec for Palma and
the South Coast.
Martin Norton, of st. Louis, on Fri
day accidentally shot his sister, beau
tiful young girl, seventeen or eighteen
years Of age, with shot gun, thereby
putting out one of her eyes, and in
flicting severe though not dangerous
wounds on her face and breast. The
girl was coming down stairs, and Nor
ton playfully lifted the gun and point
ed it towards her, being unaware that
it was loaded, Undesignedly. his fin
ger touched the trigger, and the result
was as above recorded.
On Thursday last at st. Louis an
inquest was held on an old German
named Henry Nose, aged who was
found dead in an ice-hoase, west of
Hyde Park. He was found early in
the morning, his clothes at the back Of
the neck caught by hook, and thus
the weight of his body drew the collar
band Of his shirt against his windpipe
30 tightly as to cause death. Another
hook had severely lacerated his left
hand and arm. Evidently the old
man had accidentally fallen through
hatchway IN the ice-house, and at the
distance Of ten feet, caught against the
hooks which were used for lowering
and raising meat.
A man Of dissipated habits, residing
in Baltimore, determined on Wedncs-
day morning last to commit suicide by
poisoning himself. 1t seems that he
had just recovered from weeks ca
rousal, and proceeded with the last half
dime he had in the world to neigh
boring drug store, and requested the
clerk to prepare him q small quantity
Of poison. nuspecting the object Of
the man, the clerk hastily prepared an
emetic, and his customer soon left,
hurried home, and took the dose.
Shortly afterwards he was seized with
gripping pains, and supposing that the
poison had commenced its fatal opera
tiors, sudden change came over his
dreams, and he not only rcpented his
action, but informed his wife and ear
nestly implored her assistance. He
also requested that a clergyman would
be sent for, and seemed to be IN hor-
rible state of mind. The wife first ran
to the druggist to inform him of the
condition of her husband and to solicit
his assistance, and was rejoiced to find
that instead of poison, he merely ad-
ministered an emetic. Hurrying home,
shc informed him of the fact, and he
received the information with protesta-
tions Of an intention to reform his char
acter.
Il i stated in the Rochester Union
that when the fire was discovered in
the baggage car at St. Johnsville, q
passenger stated to the conductor that
hs had in his trunk . loaded revolver
and two small canister Of powder.
No prudent man would, Of course, ap.
peoeeh ~ ~ under such eireum.
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