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

dsy necessarily be small.
Of the twenty-five original anti Le-
compton democrats in the house, elev-
en- are recorded among the yeas for
the English Compromise viz:
Owen Jones, Reilly and Dewart, Of
Pennsylvania; Pcndleton, Groesbeck,
Cockerill, Cox and Hall, Of Ohio; Eng
lish, Foley and Niblack of Indiana
Cox and Lawrence of Ohio were
among the last to come over. The
Douglas men who persisted in their
opposition to the Bill, are Montgome-
~, Hickman and Chapman of Pennyl-
vanis; Clark and Haskin Of New
York Harris, Shaw, Morris, Marshal
and Smith, of Illinois A; Davis, of lndi-
ana, and McKibben, of California.
The steamer Lady Elgin arrived at
her dock in Chicago on saturday after
noon, being the first arrival of the
season from Lake Superior. In her
passage up, she laid windbound at Mil
waukee four days; at the Detour for
three days and four nights the ice ar
rested her progress, and then again at
Cooper Harbor a heavy snow storm
prolonged her trip three days. She
reached Superior City at noon on last
Monday, the Goth, and was the first
steamer to get up to the dock, as the
North Star, although five days earlier,
did not venture to approach the pier
on account Of the lowness of the water.
Capt. Tompkins reports the general
cry Of "hard times and no money"
prevalent even at that distant point,
nevertheless there has been no suffer
ing for the want of provisions during
the past winter.
The Elgn left on Tuesday evening
bringing down few passengers, but
no cargo, save $50 bbls fish taken on
the way. She stopped at all the usual
ports both going and coming, and saw
very few vessels until near Chicago
On the whole, Captain Tompkins pro
nouces it one of the dulcst trips he
ever made; very few incidents occur
ing worthy ofrecord.
George Center, arrested on Friday
last, at Chicago, for arson, in setting
fire to the building Of Mr.. MCarty on
Dearborn street, has been discharged.
A man named Patrick Welsh was
arrested at the same place on oatur-
day. for the same crime, in setting fire
to barn.
The Herald predicts an accummula-
ton of from forty-fve to fifty millions
of coin in the New York Banks within
the next ninety days. AS conse-
quence, it regards very general cS-
pansion and active speculation as the
inevitable consequences.
Madame Orsini has left Paris to re-
turn to the Italian village, where she
had been established as a schoolmis-
tress. Friends helped to administer
comfort by subscribing handsomely to
the widow and fatherless children, and
a sum of $500 francs was placed in
Madame Orsini's hands at the moment
of departure, to which the principal
subscribers are English.
The Vigilance Committee at Dun
leith has been permanently organized.
1t is the intention of the Vigilance
Committee to notify every disrcputable
character to leave the town, and if they
fail to comply, they will at once be
driven out.
II this plan is carried out, the emf
grafton to Dubuque during the next
few weeks is likely to be large-that
city being convenient. We expect
shortly to hear our contemporaries OF
that city Growing loudly over an as
tonishing increase in their population
We have our files of California and
lsthmus papers, and from them we
gather the following interesting intelll-
gence:
The past fortnight has been unusu-
ally quiet and dull in this State. Rain
has been falling most of the time, to
the satisfaction Of everybody, as all
must in time be benefited by it. The
legislature is still in session, but has done
little but squander the public revenue,
and concoct dishonest measures. AS
the members will only receive hall
pay from the first of April, however
it is presumed that an adjournmen,
will be had in week or two.
A bill has been introduced into tho
State Legislature prohibiting the emf
grafton Of negroes and muIattocs t.
this State, and requiring those already
here to register their names and obtaiI
. license. The bill has many friend
in and out Of the Legislature, but j
will hardly pass. An effort was made
to include the Chinese among tn,
races prohibited, but it was not agreed
to in the Assembly. A bill has since
been introduced to prohibit Chinese
emigration.
Sixteen convicts at San Quentin, il
the State prison, made an attempt or
the 23d March to escape. A boat ly
ing aground on the margin Of the bay
close to where they were at work, they
made rush for her, and began shov
ing her off into the water. Before they
succeeded, however, the guard brought
the cannon mounted at the prison tt
bear upon them, when they surrender
ed and were returned to their old quar-
ters. Orlinski, the noted San Fran
cisco burglar, was the leader IN thi,
emeut.
Martin Gallagher, one Of the Vipi
lance Committee expatriated worthless
has recently returned to San Francisco
from the Sandwich Islands, where b,
was ruralizing, and has begun an actor
against the captain and owners of tn,
bark Yankee which carried him away
~ $4,000 damages, which hs allsTe
n $3.50 ~ hss hnN{nhmnnN