Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-02
THE NEWS.

the 2sth, Goth and 3Oth April, con
taius no items of interest in addition 10
those reported in our telegraPhic col
umn except tho following:
In the Senate, on Wednesday, a
Joint resolution was unanimously adop-
ted, authorizing suitable acknowledge
ments to be made on the part Of the
government, to Admiral Sir Houston
Stewart, and the officers under his
command, for their prompt and etii-
Gent aid and generous hospitality late
" extended to the sick crew of the
Susquehanna, at Port Royal, and pro-
viding for a gold medal, with appro-
pirate devices, to be presented to As
sistant Surgeon Frederick A. Rose
(who at the imminent risk of his own
life accompanied the vessel to New
York. and suitable testimonials to be
presented to the medical officers in the
British service IN attendance at the
hospital, with appropriate rewards to
the nurses and other assistants.
Our correspondent also says:
"In the Senate, on Thursday, Mr..
Brown presented the memorial Of over
. thousand citizens of Washington and
Georgetown praying for re-organiza-
ton of the criminal courts Of the dis
trict, representing that the manner in
which their criminal laws are admins
tered is the principal if not the entire
cause, of the frightful violations Of law
and order that have for sometime pre-
vailed in the two cities. As the admin
istration of the criminal laws is an event
subsequent to the commission of crime,
and in this district certainly sepere
enough to satisfy any human citizen,
this deponent thinkcth that il they had
prayed for reorganization of the
common schools of the district and Of
the institutions where bad liquor is re-
tailed to dissipatc rowdics, they would
have come nearer hitting the nail on
the head. The real object of the
movement is to get venerable, learn
cd and just Judge oft of the bench, and
young unripe aspirant on"
Edward Dessling, the Prussian,
charged with forgery, whose case has
caused SO much comment and excite
ment, was tried at Paducah to day, and
acquitted, Judge Williams deciding
that the dispositions taken in Prussia
could not be admitted as competent
evidence.
lie succeeded in making the Court,
and the people believe that he was a
political refugee, and that the charges
Of forgery were but ruse, to get him
back into the hands Of the Prussian
government for punishment for incit-
ing an insurrection. Quite demon
stration was made by the people upon
the discharge of the accused, but the
Judge rebuked it, and said that he had
not been governed in his decision by
popular feeling. Directly after the re-
cult Of the trial was made known, Mr..
Lebau, and the Prussian police officer,
were arrested upon charge of false
imprisonment. The sentiment in Pa
ducab was entirely with Dessling.
The preparations for the Utah ex-
petition are progressing actively at
and around Fort Leavenworth. The
road is dotted on its sides, here and
there, by encampments Of teamsters,
and in some few instances, by bodies
Of soldiers. Horses and mules are to
be found in all quantities and of any
quality, turned into fenced lots, await
ing disposition, while wagons are being
speedily packed with goods, for trans
portation. Cincinnati, too, which is a
town-site laid out behind the Fort, is
populated by few other than military
men, Qnfantry.)
Messrs. Commissioners McCullou oh
and Powell left the Fort on the rs ult.,
with an escort of six men.
A company Of light artillery, third
regiment, commanded by Brcyet- Ma
jor John +. Reynolds, (Bragg's old
battery arrived at the Fort from Point
Comfort, on the 10th of April.
The movement to occupy the Platte
District has not yet taken place. l,
awaits the arrival of General Smith.
There were expected from Carlisle
Pa, body Of drsgoon recruits, to tho
number of one hundred and ten. They
had not got in sight.
At the Fort there are animals ready
for service, as follows:
Fifteen hundred cavalry horses, tw,
hundred artillery horses, and thirty-fiv,
hundred mules. The former have beef
purchased at contract price, alread,
mentioned, the latter had been obtain
at cost Of from 1925 to $l75 each
the average price perhaps has beef
3l55.
Russell, Majors and Waddell ar,
sending trains off nearly every day.-
There have now been dispatched in al
three hundred and twelve wagons, tiv,
hundred and fifty are now being go
IN readiness. Fifty were to be loadet
on the 9th ult.
Last Monday the New York paper
were in q sensation about the 'myster
ious disappearance" of a young mai
from Brooklyn. He twas a steady
sober and intelligent young man, an,
must have been foully dealt WITH
On Wednesday, search for his bod,
was discontinued, owing to the fac
that the STEADY man" had been arrest
Cd for drunkenness and "sent up"
An Onini demonstration is to b.
hold in Chicago within few days.
Steps have been taken by the citi
sens Of Dunlsith for the formation of
San Francisco Vigilance Commute,
Over two hundred names have bee
esse'lea. They ars sasaainsd by u