Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-30

schooner F10rdo 0altO, while on nef
passage from Montevideo TO Buenos
Ayrss, wrecked on . sunken rock in
the Rio de Il Plata, and Of thirty ok
passenger twelve were drowned. Bus
mess continued prostrated.
Acvices from Kingston, Jamaica, to
the 26th Of May, state that property
was rapidly ~deterioratipg in value du-
ing the progress of the agitation be-
tween the free labor phllanthroPista
and the planters wanting hands. The
rejection of the late Immigration act
by the home government produced .
fall of twenty per cent in Land pr'ces'
Some estate holders were about to i'm.
port East India coolies on private &C.
counts practice which is legal and
aided by government money. An Of
fetal report on the state of the mining
districts is most encouraging. The
island was tolerably healthy, but the
heat Of the weather very oppressive.
An absurd story has gained curren'
cy to the effect that a grant of $4,000
900 of acres in Sonora has been made
| by the Mexican Government under the
late or a former President, to q coloni
zing company in the United States
There is not q word Of truth 10 thu
statement. Shortly before Comonfor1
was compelled to relinquish power, an
attempt was made to negotiate a gen
eral arrangement with the United
States, consisting, as has recently beer
stated, of a postal, a commercial anc
claims treaty.
One of the objects in rendering these
concessions, was to raiseseven or 'eigh1
millions by a loan from us, for which
territory was to be pledged. 1t waf
regarded, in some quarters, as an indi'
rect mode of selling Sonora. But the
scheme fell through, and when Mr.
Buchanan came into office 1t was moi
renewed. Mexico, proposed, more
than once, to have a joint commission
established for adjudicating claims, but
that overture was always met by anoth-
or, on the part of Mr.. Forsyth to con-
meet with it, which has yet to receive
a favorable response.
With Nicaragua no terms can be
made, and further attempts to negoti-
ate with her would be almost useless.
There is enough of reality in N. Belly's
scheme to show that the so-called
Governments of Nicaragua and Costa
Rico are inimical to us, and will ex-
clude us from the use of the transit.
Belly's scheme though impracticable
and absurd, has been adopted by Mic
aragua, and may be maintained by the
French Government. However that
may be, the President will take proper
and most efficient steps at once to
secure to our citizens the enjoyment OF
that communication. He can inter
pose, for the promotion Of whatever
rights our citizens had in that transit.
That this is about to be done, without
regard to NJ. BelIy's plan, or the hos
tility of Martinez, there is no ease to
doubt.
The Memphis papers announce the
death of three more Of the wounded OF
the Pennsylvania. This makes the
number hal have died in Memphis
seventeen. One of them was Frank Is.
Jones. a banker of Mobile.
Reports come to us from Dekota
Territory, along the Minnesota River,
that Yankton Sioux Indians, to the
number Of 5000 are committing dep
relations upon the white settlements
in that region. The cause Of their dis.
satisfaction is stated to be that theil
annuitics, which are now due, are no,
forthcoming. They say that the Gov.
eminent refuses to pay them their
money, and therefore they intend to
cover their lands-drive the white
people off, and take the matter into
their own hands.
They had demolished the village Of
Medary, after compelling the people to
leave. The town of Flandrau, fifteen
miles below Medary, had also been
burnt down, and the inhabitants driven
off. The settlers in that region had
their houses destroyed and their cattle
killed. An emigrant train coming in.
to Medary was plundered. The saw
ages were preparing, at last accounts,
to make descent upon other towns, and
the settlers were concentrated at Min.
nesota Falls preparatory for defensive
operations.
"The Gazette On Douglas Democracy
The Gazete, of yesterday, is AGAR
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