Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-04-28

1t 10 reliably reported that the En-
peror Of France is making wsrlike pre-
partitions on an extensive scale. A
Commission has been appointed to s1-
anime and report upon the best sys-
tenn for placing the commercial ports
Of the Empire in state Of defence,
and levy Of French seamen IL said
to be going on in the most complete
and strictest manner.
It has not yet transpired against
what nation the war Is to be directed.
There may be exciting times shortly
in France.
Hong Kong dates are to February
25th. The braves were mastering in
large numbers around Canton, deter
mined on an attempt to retake the
city. The representatives oftbc Allied
Powers were preparing for their de-
parture Northwards, but it is said that
visiting Pekin this year was given up.
The Mferible, with Yeh a. prison
er, arrived at Singapore on the lst of
March.
Dispatches are said to have reached
Paris from Canton demanding rein
forcements, as the Chinese showed no
disposition to negotiate for peace.
The returns Of the Bank of France,
for March, exhibit an increase, in Paris
Of thirty-fve millions Of francs, and in
the country branches ten millions of
francs. A bill granting pensions to
those wounded in the attempt to assas-
mate the Emperor is to be presented by
his order, to the Legislature.
A general revival of trade in France
is now hoped for, although accounts
still report continued dullness.
The French Government had been
informed that Felix Pyatt, hearing that
he was to be arrested, together with
his printer disappeared from London
and quilted England, Pyatt contra
diets the rumor in letter to the
Times.
The Vienna correspondent Of the
Times writes that according to pri-
vate letter from Paris, serious mis-
understanding has recently arisen be-
tween the Emperor and Prince Napo-
leon.
The Swiss papers deny that the
French Government have threatened to
withdraw the exquator from the Swiss
Consuls in France.
Two Turkish mcn-of- war, with 5000
troops on board, had passed Corfu en-
route for Albania, to put stop to the
depredations committed on the Turk
ish frontier in the Adriatic, and to pro-
tect it from the Montengrins.
A severe conflict had taken place
near Ghadamos between the Ottomans
and the Arabs under Shiek Goumah
who was betrayed and slain by one of
his followers. His head had been
brought into Tripoli, where great re-
joicing had taken place.
Official dispatches announce consid.
cradle improvement in the affairs of
Serva aud Herzegovina, and the pacif-
ication of those counties was shortly
expected.
About noon on Friday in the city
of Keokuk, the dwelling of J. NJ.
Breeder, Esq, corner Of Fourth and
Morgan street, was discovered to be on
fire. The wind was blowing hard, and
before the fire company and citizens
could get there, the entire building was
destroyed.
The st. Louis Republican gives the
following further additional particulars
in regard to the late steamboat disaster
near that city.
Very few additional particulars have
come to hand regarding the steamboat
conhagration on Thursday evening so
far as the Ocean Spray and the Keokuk
are concerned. We give below what
We have been able to learn, but may
as well first record the loss, by fire, Of
the steamer Star Of the West, which
boat was lying about three hundred,
yards below the Keokuk. The Star of
the West escaped the fire until about
10 o'clock, on Thursday evening, when
the hull of the Keokuk, which had
burned loose from its moorings, came
floating down past the Star of the
West. The watchmau of the boat and
several members Of the Mound Fire
Company, were aboard the Star of the
West, and while the burning hull was
passing, did everything in their power
to save the boat, and supposed they
: had succeeded.
. About ten minutes after the burning
wreck Of the Keokuk has passed, fire
broke out in the after-part Of the cabin
Of the Star Of the West, and in a short
time the boat was burned to the wa
ter's edge, in spite of the vigorous eff.