Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-04-09
THE NEW q.

An awful murder was committed
IN the city Of St. Louis on Monday
last
Two men, William Rufersberg and
Edward Koch, got into quarrel on
hoard the steamer Crescent City, lay
ing At the foot Of Elm street, when
Nuremberg stabbed Koch in the right
breast causing almost instant death
The parties we're both Germaus. The
murderer has been arrested. Full par
ticulars will be found in another
column.
Tho New York Herald Of the 5th
inst, presents record, totally unpar-
alleled in the annals of crime. An &C
count is given Of seven, supposed muir
des or homicides, committed at or
near the City Of New York.
The state Of things in the great com
mercial centre Of the country IS truly
deplorable.
The particulars of portion Of the
cases will be found in another column.
A firm in New York calling them
selves, the West India Coffee Com
pany, and representing that they are
owners Of an extensive coffee pIanta-
ton At Georgetown, Demarara, West
Indies, and that their facilities were
such that they were able to sell the
very best West Iudia coffee at great
ly reduced price, offering great per
centsge to parties who will become
agents, amounting to over fifty per
cent, have been swindling merchants
in various parts Of the country in an
extensive manner. Parties who have
enclosed to them S22,5O, the sum re-
quired to pay for samples, have been
unable to get either the samples or
their money. One ofthe partners has
been arrested the others, finding that
the climate in New York was I'M
healthy, have left for parts unknown.
General Herran, New Granadian
Minister in Washington, has been elect
ed Governor Of the States of Antigua
and Cudinmarca. Mr.. Buchanan's
message had produced good effect in
the popular feeling towards the Uni
ted States.
A dispatch from Detroit, says that
four vessels from Chicago, Eastward
bound, passed through the straits on
Tuesday. Navigation in the lakes is
therefore fully open.
Tie charter of the British Hudson
Bay Company has been renewed for
twenty years. The conditions imposed
are somewhat more stringent than
those OF the old charter.
The number of deaths in the city of
New York last week was 446. OF
these ten were produced by violent
causes.
An unknown man fell from the
wheel house of the steamer City OF
Memphis at St, Louis on Monday and
was drowned.
On Saturday at the same city, the
Waterman and one Of the flemen of
the steamer Falls City fell together
over the guards and were drowned. |
They were both intoxicated.
The plan Of the English expedition
TO China, is to act upon the reason of
the celestial brother of the sun, by star
walton.
They propose to blockade the town
Of Tein Sing, the port from whence
Pekin gets her supplies Of food, and 1t
10 calculated that the city will be re-
duced to famine in short time.
1t Is astonishing what salutary in
fuence, an empty stomach will exert
upon the moral sentiments, of a man,
and we doubt not, but that, tie propo-
sed plan will soon reduce the Chinese
government to a reasonable state of
mind.
A serious affray occurred at Cotton
Farm near Burlington on Monday last,
in which q man named David Mckee
was severely if not fatally stabbed by
Thomas Hxud.
The act was, it is said, committed
without provocation.
Haud had not on Tuesday been ar
rested but officers were on his track.
Particulars in another column.
The latest intelligence, by telegraph
received yesterday evening, with full
market reports, will be found on the
first page.
The Necessity Of Organisation.
The Importance of concert Of &C.
ton in political parties cannot be too
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