Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-30
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
The last detachment Of troops fol-
Utah, from Jefferson Barracks, left tina,
post on Wednesday evening on the
White Cloud, for Fort Lcavenworth
The detachment is accompanied by the
following officers:
Mai. G. X. Paul, U. S. A., comman-
ding.
Assistant Surgeon, G. Page, NJ. -
1t. Brothcrson, Fifth Infantry.
1t. Stivers, Seventh infantry.
The rank and file is composed OF
two hundred and ten men.
We noticed in yesterday issue that
the large storchouse OF Messrs. Met arty
l. Ransom, in Kansas City, occupied
with government stores, had fallen to
the ground. The steamer w. IL. Rus
sell WAS lying at the landing at Kansas
on Sunday, and her officers state that
there WAS about 600 tons of freight in
the building. 1t consisted of bacon,
candles, soap and other government
goods, which were stored in the second
story, and placed in the middle Of the
door. 1t seems that this weight had
not been properly distributed over the
floor, and that the pressure being so
heavy in the center caused the jolsts
and supports to give way, and the
whole was precipitated to the base
ment. The walls OF the bnildIng are
SAID TO have been three feet in thick
ness, and the structure was considered
the strongest and most substantial
piece Of masonry in the city. The
bolts which passed through the walls
into the joists were pulled through the
walls. After the second floor gave
way the other floors followed, and the
roof fell in. The front and portions o
the other walls arc still standing.
The building cost $4,000. Much
Of the freight was not Of a pcrishabl'
nature, but the damage will be consid
cradle.
The body of Johnson Chacficr, 9
young EngIishman. who disappeared SC
mvstcriousIy, about three weeks ago,
from the steamboat Hero, on her way
to Albany, WAS yesterday brought to
N. y, from Fishkill, where it was
picked out Of the river on Friday last,
by a fisherman. His money, consist
ing OF about Sl5 900, in drafts, his gold
watch aud other valuablcs were found
upon his person. untouched. From
the fact that he had SO much money
in his possession, it was feared by his
friends that he was murdered and then
cast overheard.
The Annual meeting of the Board
Of Trustees of the Illinois and Michigan
Canal was held in Chicago on Thurs
day. The sale Of property was but
thinly attended and but little was dis
posed Of.
The most important action OF the
Board was the reduction of tolls on
lumber to the old rates, or one cent per
1000 feet, per mile; and on Lath and
Shingles to one mill and three -tcnths
per 1000 per mile. The toll on coal
was equalized so that the charges on
boat from either Ottawa, Morris or
Lasalle are the samc-distance not
beng taken into account.
This action it is hoped will give ac-
tivity to the now depressed Lumber
Trade and stimulate the combustion OF
Illinois coal in Chicago, and along the
line Of the Canal. The resolution ma
king the reduction takes effect on the
Let Of June.
The Iowa Divorce Case, alluded to
yesterday, consumed another day in
the Presbyterian General Assembly.
without reaching vote. Whatever
may be thought Of the judgment Of the
court by the public at large, it will be-
come = law for a denomination num-
bering some 100000 communicates
and not only for them but their sue
cessors, until different opinion is ar
rived at by the power which estab.
fishes this. A precedent was yester-
day fiAhed out Of the Assembly's rec
ords, dating back some thirty years, in
which it was held that rc-marriase,
after . legal divorce. was not a bar to
the communion.
Thus far it has been very respect.
able difference of opinion in the
Assembly, as will be seen by the peo-
ceetlings. 1t has transpired that
Mrs. Shields former husband is
now dead, bat that does not re.
lisve the Assembly from abiudi.
eating the matter. 1t is doubtless 9
question of some consequence to Mr.
and Mira Shields, whether they have
hsen living in adultery for the past
two or three years, according to the
theories which they pretend to be
guided by. The points argued by the
members have been these:
1sk IL q second marriage ever sane
toned BY the Divine law during the
life Of both Of the parties to the origin
a contract -'----'-
I'd. Ii . second marriage Lawful
where the divorce Wa obtained fol
Other sansss than that ofadulteryi
d. Wan the divorce II The case
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