Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-15

n.,.;c;., xbs brcathed his last in alb
~ ;"., 'eo.eay at Evansville, Ind, few
, wo.h. ago, has brought out some in
,o,e.ting statements concerning his
rcvlous life. Ills wife is living in
England, and it appears that he at
tempted to poison her because she re-
fused him money to pay debts contrac-
ted by his egtravagant habits. She
gave him f2,0o0, but he demanded
$4,000 more, which she refused TO
nav. She left him and fled to her
mother for protection, but on recover
ing from a long fit Of illness, discover
ed that tho Doctor had gone to the
bank with another woman who person
a,cd the wife, and had drawn the whole
amount standing in her name. With
this money he came 10 this country,
! Int could not be traced further than
New York. The next tidings from hun
brought intelligence Of his death in
Evansville after he had run a short ca.
rcer of hcadlong dissipation.
The Albany .IrqaS explains the
sale of Tx President Filmore's prcsen-
ton carriage in this wise: III our
memory is not at fanlt, there was a
story about the sale of Ex-President
FIlmorc's carriage during the las,
Presidential campaign. The was an
explanation from some quarter, tha,
Mr.. Fillmore on retiring from office
did not feel sufficiently rich to "kccp q
carriage" and bv consent Of the donors
sold the one presented to him and in
vested the proceeds in silver plate, OF
some other form OF keepsake, less cx-
pense than n carriage and It's main
tainance.'
William NJ. Connolly, the imprison-
ed reporter at Cincinnati, is visited in
Jail by troops Of friends, and his wife is
permitted to see him every day.
a band of regulators numbering
about fifteen, have hung as many as
five men in and around Tampa BAY,
Fla, during the month. One man
they hung to tree in the streets OF
Tampa, almost as high as Hannah.
They so elevated him that man on
horseback could not touch his feet.
They took a negro ont OF the Court
room, in Nassau County, where jury
wa being lmpann,lel for his trial, and
carried him to the Georgia and Florida
line and hung hun to tree. They
took up two women of ''ill repute' in
Tampa, and gave them each fifteen
lashes, with notice to leave, dc.
On the 10th duel took place in
New Orleans between Col. i. II. Nc
Donald, late Of the Nicaraguan Army,
and Capt. II. Maury, Of New York, IN
which both the parties were slightly
wounded, as we learn by a Geographic
dispatch the iormerin the lcg, the lat
ter in the arm. The weapons used
were double harrclcd shot guns, load
cd with ball-distance forty PAGES.
But one shot was exchanged.
The arrangements for the grand re-
gatta of boat clubs from the various
colleges have been dctinitcl y compile
ted. The regatta will come of at
Springfield, July 3. The citizens OF
! Springfield have made most liberal Of
fcrs for the accommodation of the
crews engaged, having stipulated to
make full provision for two days fol
all the crews that actually enter the
race.
The alleged perpetrators Of the mys
FERROUS murder of few weeks ago il
West Philadelphia, have been arrested
They are man and woman, DIR. llu
bert and his wife, the Doctors it'll
being an oiioS.
The Pioneer Association of West
crn New York held its eleventh annu
al session at Rochester. The pioncc
medal was awarded to Rev. Solomon
Goodale, of Ontario County.
The swill milk excitement spreads
They have discovered the same iniqui
ty in Buffalo. In one place, GOO hog.
are being fattencd for market on slops
There is to be grand Masonic tim,
in Norwalk, Conn.,, on the 2lth of thi
month.