Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-24
THE NEWS.

The pilot boat w IN. D. homcr, spoke
on the 10th instant, Is miles 5. +. of
Barnegar, the brig Amelia, of and for
Mattapoisctt, the captain Of which re-
ported having been fired into and boar
ded on the coast Of Africa by a British
steamer.
The friends Of Collector Schcll gave
him sercnade, at his residence, Thurs
day evening, in honor Of his coniirma-
ton as Collector Of that port. Mr..
SchelI made a brief speech, during
which he referred to tho recent trials
he has passed through, and congratu-
Iates his friends upon the result. lie
congratulated his friends because he
thought all he had suffered was in con
sequence of his position in the Demo
cratic party-that those who had as
sailed him had sought to malign his
character. The meeting was addressed
by several others, and after a display
OF fireworks, the people went away.
A forged draft for $3.50, purportlng
10 have been signed by Mr.. Schell, Col
lector of the Port, was presented on
Friday at the SubTreasury. The for
gerry was detected, and the young man
Offering it was handed over to an off
Ger, and subsequently committed by a
police magistrate to answer. The &C
cused stated that the draft was given
to him by man protesting to be cap
tain of "a Government yacht.
An attempt was made a few days
since, by the "Frcc State" Marshal
of the city of Lcavcnworth, TO organ
ize vigilance committee when no ne
cessity existed for one. a call was
posted about the streets, and, at the
hour named, number of citizens con
gregatc to hear the explanations Of
the reasons for the movement.
John Kendall took the stand to az
ford the desired information. lie re-
marked that he AMI Mcssrs. Stockton
and Skinner were sitting in his office
talking about things in general, when.
perchancc, some mention was made of
the increase Of crime ia that city, and
woman had actually arrived in the
last boat from Wyandotte, dressed in
male attire. Pursuing this topic, it
was decided that a vigilance commit
tee ought to be organized, and the City
Marshal, whose duty is is, of course, to
suppress crime, took the first step tow
ard superccdng the law, Of which he
is the sworn officer. lie wrote a hand
bill, which was corrected by Mr.. Stock
ton, and by Kendall sent to the Jour
nal Office to be printed, to the num-
Der OF one hundred copies. These he
had distributed about the streets. He
further remarked thot his idea was not
to complete his act, but only to fright
en- some Of the rascals who. he states,
iniest the city, and thus cause their de-
partnre.
Being questioned by persons in the
crowd. he added that he considered the
city authorities to be efficient, but he
looked upon this as good move. lie
did not see how vigilance committee,
If appointed, was to supercede all law
There was a general murmuring
against the action of this official among
the assembled people, and in some sub
sequcnt remarks he was not spared, al
though he was not personally named
rs an officer. Several parties mad,
speeches denouncing the call, and as &
sequence, the party who issued It,
The result of the matter was that rcso
lutions were unanimously adopted de
nouncing the whole thing, as the,
ought to have been.
The examination Of Brigadier Gene
raj Jim Lane of the "frcc state militia
for the murder OF his free state neigh
Dor is progressing. 1t was UNDERSTOOD
that Judge Cato would have presided
but owing to the fact that Lane in Iii
communication, of which VIC have here
totore made mention, left that Office
to entertain the opinion that the cour
would be held at Lecompton, he wa
not on hand. Much anxiety is mani
tested at Lawrence as to the evidence
which, by request of the court, will
not be made public through the news
papers until this proceeding closes
The case for Lane is in charge o
Thomas and Hugh Ewing of this city
The water at st. Louis is receding
apparently not very rapidly, but whel
it is considered that 1t covers a spac,
Of three to six miles in width, it will
be admitted that 1t is going down a
rapidly as could be expected. 1t ha
fallen from the high water mark o
this season over two feet and half an,
unless there is a change in the weathe
1t will recede more rapidly.
The Rev. Mr.. Maclay, Methods
missionary at Fuh Chan, China, in
letter to the Christian Adrocate, date
at that place on the 22d Of Marcel
says:
T" It is currently reported that til
Emperor is dead. The Russian en-
bassy received letters from Pckin, d:
ted on last Christmas day, stating thu
the Emperor was then very sick; TIL
his lower limbs were entirely paralyze
and that he could not live much longc
The English embassy received new
via Canton, from Pckin, dated in Fcl
ruary, 1858 to the effect that the En-
peror is dead. This report, howeve
not credited here
= Advices three weeks later than III
above have been received here, Vi
England, including official dispatch,
from the English embassy to the Bri
ish Government, in which no mentio
Il made even Of the Emperor's Hines
still les Of his death, and the report
courss = without foundatis =.