Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-02
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CAPTAIN Howard Stansberry in
charge of constructing military roads
| in Minnesota Territory.
Captain George Thorn in charge Of
constructing military roads in Oregon
| and Washington Territories.
Lieutenant r. s. Williamson to duty
in the Department of the Pacific.
Lieutenant G. II. Mendall to report
for duty to Captain c. g. Meade 1t
Detroit, Michigan, in charge OF the
survey Of the Lakes.
Lieutenant J. b. Wheeler TO report
to Capt. Thorn for duty on military
roads in Oregon and Washington Ter
| ritories.
ouARTRRMAsTER's DEPARTMENT.
Brevet Major J. L. Donaldson to
proceed to and report for duty at the
headquarters Of the Department Of
New Mexico.
Captain l.. G. Easton to proceed to
st. Louis, Mo-, and report to the Quar-
termaster General for duty in the De-
partment Of the West.
A large draft Of recruits under the
command of Capt. Nathaniel Lyon, I'd
Infantry, left Jefferson Barracks, Mo-,
on the 18th inst, for Fort Leavenworth,
to all up the 9Th Regiment Of Infantry
at that post.
Colonel Loomis, 5th Infantry, COM
manding the Department Of Florida,
has been compelled to discharge with
out pay or allowance, a large number
of the mounted volunteers, recently
mustered into service in that depart
ment. This has been the second or
third discharge made in this regiment
for willfully abandoning and deserving
their ranks, which speaks rather poorly
Of our volunteer system.
The following new counterfelts are
announced
Ones on the Exeter Bank, R L.;
twos on the Bank Of Millville, n. j.;
fives on the Merchants Bank, Pater-
son. N. j.; fives on the New York
Exchange Bank; twenties on the Me-
chanic's Bank, N. T.; threes on the
Globe Bank, Boston, Mass. fives on
the Commercial Bank, Burlington, Vt;
twos on the Agricultural Bank, Mass. !;
ones on the Bank of New Jersey, New
Brunswick fives of the Citizens Bank,
Worcester, Mass. twos on the Hobo
ken City Bank, N. j.; fifties on the
Bordentown Banking Company, N. j.;
fives on the Belvidere Bank, N. J..
threcs on the Mechanics Bank, SYRIA
cuse, N. Y; twenties on the Edgar
County Bank, ILL.,; fives on the Housa-
tonic Bank, Mass. ones on the Faneuil
Hall Bank, Boston.
We take great pleasure in informing
our readers that Rev. s. II. Weston,
one of the ministers OF Trinity Church,
New York, has been elected Bishop of
| Texas.
The election was perfectly unani-
nous, on the part of both the clergy
and the Iaity, on the first ballot. Such
thing has never before taken place
in this country. He is in all respects
the right man for the place.
We have the following by the mails
of the Arabia.
The British Paliment re-assembled
on the 18th inst, but nothing Of i'm
portance had taken place in either
house, although some highly interest
ing remarks were made with reference
to the new passport system of France,
and the English plan of enlisting negro
soldiers in Africa for service India, and
the naval estimates. Lord Derby's
government, generally supported by
the Commons, was determined to keep
up an efficient Channel fleet, in imita-
ton, as asserted, Of Napoleon's arma-
me ut at Toulon.
Marshal Pelissier, the new French
ambassador to England, had arrived
in London, and was received by Queen
Victoria. His reception at Dover a, d
other places was most fattering. ST.
mon Bernprd's trial was concluded in
London on the 10th instant, but we
have not received the verdict Of the
jury. Mr.. James made an impassion-
ed address for the defence, while he
denounced Napoleon as an assassin
and despot amidst the cheers Of the
spectators in court.
LArER.-Thc virdict will be found
in our Geographic column.
The Geographical Society Of London
was disposed to doubt the accuracy of
DIR. Kane's theory of an open Polar
Sea, and the members thought he was
misled by erroneous calculations of
others when he adopted it.
France was quiet, and the Emperor
had gone to visit his farm IN the So
lognc. Government had named its can
didates for the vacant seats in the Leg
islative body from Paris, The opposi-
ton candidates, with one exception,
had refused an invitation to visit the
Tuileries. The government bill ask
ing the sum of lsO,OOO,OOO francs for
improvements in Paris was warmly op-
posed in the Legislature.
The relations between Naples and Sar-
dina, growing out of the Cagliari affair,
we're very threatening.
In Russia the emancipation question
made great progress.
Three fourths Of the city of Chris
t'ana, the capital Of Norway, was des-
troyed by fire on the l4th nit. The
losses were estimated at ten millions Of
francs.
Additional aavices from India state
that order was heuinninr 70 ho ro.%..