Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-04

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,e into louscs 9SdeS .spretencs
tina I she has been suddenly taken sick
in the street, and asks leave to lie
dow n until she somewhat vecoyers.-
As loon as lett alone in a roo. abe
ste, lis whatever she can carr, away.
and quietly departs. She is supposed
to be a rrofessed swindler, and being
very hantsome, the police are after
h.r -
No little stir was caused in Beloit
on Tuesday by the Operations and
disapperanicc froT. that region, in
somewhat Of hurry, of y young man
who had teen q short time in the EN-
ploy of Messrs. Wright d Co., and who
\ by means OF various confidence prac-
tees, had obtained and left with some
$1,000, He took the train for Bclvi-
'dere, and his pnrsuers being left be-
hind, trusted to hor,c flesh and came
into Belvidere blown and-tOO late, for
the bird had flown. The swindler
had aided himself in his operations by
a free use OF Chicago names, now be-
lieved to have been forged.
The English are reviewing with no
little excitement, the extensive war
preparations which are now afoot in
France.
The old hereditary feeling Of ami
mostly which is hereditary in the
breasts of the people of the two ma
tons begins to display itself. Each
nation views with the utmost jealousy
any movement OF the other in any
way inclining to preparations tor war.
The probability is that the alarm Is
utterly unfounded.
Owing to apprchended serious
troubles with the savage tribes in Ore
gon, the War Department has, it is
stated, decided to send a portion OF
the Utah army to that Territory
Gen Harvey will be recalled from
Utah, and proceed to Oregon and as
sumo command OF the forces there.
q The new Mayor of New Orleans,
MI. Smith, had some difficulty on the
day Of his Inauguration with a portion
OF the leaders OF the party that elected
him. Mr.. Lucicn Adams, one OF the
most prominent of the obnoxious por-
ton Of the Know Nothings, produced
a letter of Mayor Smith, written pre-
vious to the election pIedging himself to
give the appointment of the Chief o
Police to Mr.. Adams to continue dur
ing his entire term il elected. Instead
of doing this Mayor Smith appointed
Thomas E. Adams, Esq, recently a
merchant of good standing, to that i'm.
portant office. The existence had
! been rumored, but its production caus'
: ed great surprise. No further demon.
i, strotion against the Mayor was exhib-
: tied, and be was worn in, as was also
Mr.. Adams as Chief of Police,
The lO4th annual commencement o
Columbia College New York City
took place on Friday in Niblo's. ane
. : Notwithstanding the oppressive heat o
= the Gay the theater was crowded will
t the elite Of the city. The proceedidg'
we're very interesting. The Presiden'
, Charles King, Esq, l.. l.. d. deliver
: ed an eloquent address, in which hi
announced that the trustees had deter
! mined to establish a postgraduate o.
4 university course, which would en-
: brace a school of science, a school o
! letters, and alaw school. The English
visitors-Lord l.. Ashley, Lord Rich
ard Grosvenor and Hon. Evelyn Ashle,
J were present during a portion o
J the proceedings.