Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-25
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last contains long and most exagger-
ated account Of . terrible riot which
occurred ip this city on Wednesday
two weeks since.
Bv the mails of tho Arabia We learn
that the fetes at Cherbourg which were
happily progressing had been eminent
ly successful. The Queen, with Prince
Albert, had been received with entire
cordially, magnilicently entertained,
and had returned to Osborne, highly
gTa.ified. From Turkey, We learn tha,
the symptoms Of an universal rising OF
Islam against the Christian. were daily
becoming more sorious; aud thAt al
the very moment commissioners arc on
their way to punish tho insurgents at
Didda, terrible massacro had occur
red At GAIA. and another is threatened
at Alexandria. The policy to be pur-
suod towards Turkey occupies the At
,ention OF the great Powers. Tho ir-
tclligence from China is unintcrcsting.
Notwithstanding tho momentary tri-
umphs Of the British army in tho Pc
nlnsula, the restoration ot confidence Is
very complete, and number Of oepoys
bal fsllon victims u popular apprc-
henson in liongai. The beliigcronts
in China were concentrating their
RESOURCES for the advance up tho Pei
ho.
BY tho way of England, we have al
vices from tho La Plata TO the 2Sth OF
June, and from Rio TO tho 10th utimo.
Tho British agent at Monteviedo, it
WAS rumored, had Withdrawn in conse
4uence OF difficulties with the Govern
mou,. At bucnos Ayros, the budget
for tho coming year was under Discus
sion. Hostlities with tho Argentine
States had not vet broken out.
From Curacao We have dates 10 the
4th inst. We thus indirectly learn OF
impending troubles in tho Dominican
Republic, owing TO tho dissatisfaction
Of Gen. Santana with the sdministra
ton .i President Val,erdo; and from
Venezuela We have intelligence of the |
death of Don Grcgorio MoLagas.
Nine million SIX hundred aud four
teen thousand dollars we're received |
into the United States Treasury last
week. The total amount now on de- !
post is SlA,5O0,00o, of which the
greater portion is in New York. The |
receipts from Customs we're over a mil
lion-au increase of about $500, 900
over the previous week.
The Niagara has been for several
days the focus Of attaction at New
York, as she lay of the Navy Yard
dock, galy decked with the flags of all |
nations, conspicuous among which was
the Telegraph Company. In close
proximity 10 her lay the graceful yacht
julia, thus afford,ng visitors view or
two Of the finest vessels ahoat.
The Board Of Foremcn and Engin-
GERS Of the New York Fire Department
agreed to turn out in a grand torch
light procession on the evening Of the
lst september next, forming line in
the upper part of theFifth avenue, and
proceeding down Broadway to the
Park.
Mayor Tieman has received a ,ele.
graphic dispatch from Mayor Perry, of
Albany, stating that the ci,lzens of
that city would join in grand demon
stration at the success Of the Atlantic |
cable to the lst Of September.
The money taken by the BURGLARS |
from the Hatter's Bank New York and !
found in the carpet-bsg SO mysterlous-
y left at Capt. WaIiing's residence on |
thursday evening, proves npon careful |
counting to amount to f6o,025. Capt. |
Walllng deposited the money in the
Park Bank, where it will be kept un-
til the promised reward offered for its
recovery is paid over to the police
The police are still actively engaged
in trying to ferret out the perpetrators
Of the burglrry-thus far without sue. |
cess.
A boy at work clearing land near
old Fort Recovery, in Mercer county,
Ohio, about week ago, found under
tho roots of beech tree, an iron box
containing 500 Spanish doubloons,
$4,000. As he was at work on
another mans land, he left $4,000 with
his father, and rau away with the bal.
lance.
James Van Blaircnm, and old we'll
known citizen Of Indianapolis, who
had difficulty with his son.in.lsw,
and WAS shot BY him, has died from
the effects Of the wound.
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