Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-04-30

THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
In the United States Senate, on
Saturday, Mr.. Seward presented James
G. Jewett's petition in reference to q
non-fal6llment Of engagements by the
Peruvian Government Referred. Mr.
Yulss presented q petition asking aid
to test E. d. Tippet's cold water steam
engine. Nj. Gwin introduced q bill
for protecting the lives Of steamboat
passenger.
A company Of 90 Mormons-mos,
Of them from Denmark, Sweden and
Norway-arrived in New York or
Sunday, in the ship John Bright
Their emigration was projected before
the news Of the difficulties in Utah had
reached them, and it was their inten.
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they could not readily do so, it was
decided that they should sojourn for a
time in Canada, but they have since
decided not to 60 thither, but to settle
somewhere in the northwest until an
opportunity of joining Brigham is az
jorded them. They speak hopefully a.
Of the progress Of Mormonism in the
Scandinavian countries.
A colored waiter at the Brandreth
House, New York, named Benjamin
Graham was shot on Friday night by
W.. @. Eschmann, one Of the guests Of
the hotel. The ball severed the femo-
ral artery Of the left groin, and the
excessive hemorrhage caused instant
death. Eschmann was arrested i'm
medistely after the occurrence, but he
was discharged after the Coroners's in
vestigation in the case, it being shown
that the shooting was accidental.
Since the Mayors Police squad have
broken up the leading lottery and bo-
gus git swindles in the city, Of New
York 1902 letters have been taken
from the Post Office, directed to their
assumed proprietors. In these letters
there was inclosed over 100000
The letters, as fast as they are taken
from the PostO Office, are forwarded to
Washington to be remailed to their
writer's.
There were 800 deaths in the city
Of New York, last week-G7 less than
occurred the week before. OF these
10 were caused by small pox and 8 by
violence consumption carried Oft 81.
That 10 by smallpox is N. York's OPP
probrium. With proper sanitary reg
ulations, there should not be as many
in ten years.
The terms of the sale Of Mount Yer
non to the Ladies' Association are
publicly announced. TIE price to be
paid is 100000 the estate including
the mansion, tomb and two hundred
acros of land. Eighteen thousand dol
are to be paid down, aud the remain
der in four annual installments. Mr..
Washington promises to remit interest
on the deferred payments in case the
whole amount is paid on or before the
22d Of February, 1859.
The forces now concentrated at Fort
Leavenworth, for the reinforcement of
the Utah Expedition, number a total
76 companies, of all arms, compris-
ing 5000 men. General Smith was
expected to arrive in st. Louis on
Wednesday, and will proceed immedi-
ately to Fort Leavenworth, to assume
the chief command.
The Convention of Young Mems
Christian Associations, in session at
Charleston last week, adjourned on
Wednesday. About 100 delegates
were present from different parts Of
the country.
1t is announced from Washington
that the New York appointments,
will be sent to the Senate early next
week. It is also announced that the
government will shortly call upon
Congress for authority to borrow thir-
ty millions Of dollars, portion of
which will be applied to the redemp-
ton of outstanding treasury notes.
A portion of the exploring party
sent out by the Overland Mail Com
pany, for the purpose of examining the
routes for the carriage Of the mails
from the Valley of the Mississippi to
the Pacific coast which left St. Louis
on the third of January last, reached
Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their return
home, on the 18th inst, accompanied
by four of the party which left San
Francisco on the 10th Of January, to
examine that portion Of the route from
the Pacific to the Rio Grande. They
left Fl Paso on the 22d of March, thus
accomplishing the distance from the
Rio Grande to Fort Smith-nine hun
dred and thirty miles-in the short
space Of t'ee~ty foe days, which, we
believe, 10 the quickest time on record
in crossing the plains. The party was
composed Of only eight men, as fol-
lowe: Major Geo. W. Wood, Jesse
Talcott Charles P. Cole and ]. A.
Lilly Of the St. Louis party; and
Lieut.. Do Ryther, James Swartz, and
John Butterfeld, Jr., of the San Fran
cisco party. They brought with them
one wagon and thirteen animals which
they left at Fort Smith, the party pro-
ceeding East.
The route travelled on the return trip
was different from the one passed over
IN going out, namely: via the Hucco
TankA Los Cornudas and the Guada-
loupe Pas to Capt. Pope's new cross
ing, the Pecos, below the mouth Of
Delaware creek, thence down the Rio
Pioo % the "Emigrant Crossing !"
thence TO the Mustang SPRING. the
Big Springs Of the Colorado, Camp
Cooper, Fort Belknap and GAINESVILLE,