Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-08

Wa received n Fort Kesrssy through
the mail. and il wss commno,c.ted 70
Ia ern.s..msu verbally, not having
time 70 write Il: ,-:.s a..
Icoss..ment stores from Fort Laramie.
-. met seventy-fiye miles beyond
Fort Laramie. They must have suffer-
cd great detention, a. they had been >
| very considerable time on the route
| Il is said that they had met with snow
two or three feet deep; that they had
Loaf many animals, and that the streams
were very high. It wa reported that
the troops At Camp Scott were living
on mule meat.
The accounts received by telegraph
nublished in our last issue it will be
remembered, discredited these late re-
ports.
A brief notice reaches Ne Of the
death by drowning of the family Of
Rev. Horatio Ilsley, Of Roscoe, consist
ing of his wife aid eight children. We
learn that the casualty was accustomed
by the sudden rise Of creek, (thc
Kinnikinnik) which swept away the
house with all its inmates on Thursday
night. The Kinnikinnik is q stream
which is hardly ankle deep 10 ordinary
cases.
Accounts are received Of additional
outragcs by the British Cruizers in the
Cult, upon American vessels. The
Brig Mlrianus arrived at New York on
Wednesday, according to the affidavit
Of the captain was overhauled and de-
tanned for . long time by two British
men Of war. The object seems mere
" to have been . desire to act in an
insolcnt manner a. no papers were
asked for and no search made OF the
decks or hold of the vessel. During
tho time while the Mirianus was under
detention, vessels bearing the flags Of
nations, other than the United States
were allowed to pass the two men OF
war without molestation. It's report
ed that an American vessel was fired
into off Pensacola, by the Styx on
Wednesday and one man killed. 1t
was also reported that the United
steamer Fulton had gone in chase OF
the offending vessel, and that battle
was inevitable. This account is dis
credited by some, from the fact that
no official information upon the sub
iect has yet reached Washington. The
report caused an immense sensation in
Congress and has operated to increase
the present hostile feeling against Eng
land almost to fever height.
On Wednesday, about noon, an &C
cidcnt occurred on the Southern Michi-
gan Railroad, by which some thirty
passengers were injured. As the west
ward bound passenger train reached a
culyert, some twelve miles this side of
Toledo, the two rear cars were thrown
from the track and capsized. Be-
tween twenty and thirty persons were
more or less injured. A child had its
arm broken, another child had q severe
cash cut in its forehead, and woman
was badly bruised. The other passen-
gers escaped without serious injury
The accident was caused by the
spreading of the track where culvert
was being repaired, the workmen ne
glecting to signal the train, it ran over
the culvert at full speed which caused
the accident. The rear truck Of the
forward passenger car was thrown Oft,
but none of the passengers in that car
were hurt. While waiting for the arri-
val of cars from Toledo the passengers
held meeting and passed resolutions
of censure. The conductor was in the
rear car when the accident occurred,
and was slightly injured. After de-
lay of some four hours the train came
on to Chicago, the wounded passen-
gers being left at Adrian. 1t is fortu-
nate that the passengers were not
more seriously injured, as the rear car
was turned completely upside down
and the next car thrown upon its side.
Michael Finn was arrested at Chica-
90, on Thursday, on charge of at
tempting to kill MIR. Nathaniel Val, -
The following arc the circumstances
attending the affray; Mr.. Vail was
passing along the plank road, leading
to Lyons, riding upon his wagon, when
he was met by Finn, who Immediately
struck him just below the knee with q
heavy stalk cutter, breaking the bone
in splinters and dislocating the knee
joint. Vail fell from the wagon, and
Finn then struck him twice npon the
head with the cutter, inflicting two
terrible wounds. Although there
we're six men who witnessed the as
sault they were too cowardly to inter-
ferc, and Finn walked away.
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