Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-22
THE NEWS.

Inc navy department received ad-
vices from Capt. Hudson, confirmatory
OF the newspaper accounts in relation
to the Atlantic telegraph cable expert
mcnts and the future movements Of the
fleet.
The Board Of Engineers have been
ordered To convene at the New York
Navy Yard on the 9th Of July, for the
examination of credentials for promo
ton and admission into the engineer
corps in the navy.
At the recent session Of the Senate,
General Harvey was confirmed AS Brig
adler General, Philip st. George Cook
AS Colonel, Philip Il. Howe as Licuten-
ant Colonel, and l.. +. Graham as Ma
jor, Of the 2d Dragons.
Major Mordccai, Capt. Roadman and
Major Ladley, have been appointed an
Ordinance Board, to meet at West
Point on the 10th of July, to test
brccch-loading carbincs Of the best
models, for the purchase Of which
$4,000 has been appropriated.
The President has rcspited, until the
2Gth inst, Jas. Powers, who was to
have been hanged for murder on the
18th inst.
The value Of the imported goods
stored at Santa Cruz is said to be
S5,ooO,oO0, besides large amount
along the interior routes.
The French Minister refused to pre-
sent the protest of the French citizens
against the forced loan on foreigners.
President Zuloaga had granted an
cxequater to MIR. McMickcn, U. 5. Con
sui at Acapulco.
The idea of a U. s. protcctoratc,
says the EXtraordinario," is ridicu!cd
in Mexico.
Anarchy rcigns in Sonora. Quay
mcz was unsuccessfuly bcsicgcd for a
week by 1900 Indians. Whole villa
gcs had been burned and the popula-
ton murdered. Santa Cruz de Mayo
had been entered by Indians and eve
ny man killed. The women and chill
drcn were confined in church and
burned with the rest of the town.
A battle had been fought on the
plain of FL Saltillo between Pcsquira
and Iandara, in which the latter was
defeated and killed. The former had
pronounced in favor of Juarcz.
The steamer Fulton, of the Gulf
squadron, is to be ordered home imme-
dlately, to be fitted out for Paraguay,
under the command of Lieut.. AlLy.
Later intelligence from the west
says that seventy Mormons, with their
families, arrived at Camp Scott, asking
protection, which was given them.
Capt. Harris, with $50 head of beef
cattle, was met at HAMS Fork, fifteen
miles this side of Camp Scott.
For two weeks the troops had been
living on eight ounces of flour and half
pound of beef per day.
Lieut.. Smith was met on Green
river, travelling As miles per day.
The mail party averaged 60 miles
per day for the whole trip.
A dispatch from the Mayor of Cairo,
to the Chicago Times, says Cairo Is
far from being destroyed. "A considc-
rablc portion of our town is inundated,
but no houses of any considerable size
have yet been destroyed or are cxpec-
ted to be. The loss principally is in
fences, out houses, goods, furniture, &c.
Principal business houses still above
the water and will continue so. The
loss as yet is inconsidcrable, and will
soon be repaired.
The Charleston's Courier's Kew
West correspondent says that Lieut..
Pym asserts that the reports of outra-
ges on American vessels are much ex-
aggerated, and in many instances false.
The account Of the seizure Of the Cor
ties, for instance, was the grossest ex-
aggeration. The captain of that YES
sci when overhauled, threw his flag
into the sea, and declared himself a
Spaniard. The contraband articles
found aboard proved her SLAYER, and
she was accordingly sold as such.
The steamship Isabel, on her late
voyage fromI Charlestown to Kew West,
ran upon Washerwoman's Shoal, near
the entrance of the harbor, on the 9th
inst, and received some damage. She
was assisted off by two lighters, which
were allowed $500 salvage by the
Court the Isabel, it is said, is on the
way from Charleston to New York, to
undergo repairs.
There is trouble at the new Dldley
Observatory at Albany. DR.. b. A.
Gould, Jr, young gentleman from
Cambridge, who was appointed to the
Dictatorship of the Observatory, has
virtually been requested to resign, in
consequence Of his inability to agree
with the Trustees. The Board OF
Trustees consists Of Thos. w. Olcott
Ezra p. Prentice, Robt. II. Pruyn, and
other prominent citizens of Albany,
with whom other gentlemen are asso-
cisted. The question Of the appoint.
ment of . new Astronomer, to displace
Dr. Gould, hAd ,been referred to the
Scientific Oeupsil Of the Observatory
a psisaaD ls11oe received from !
pssslicel t6e1sapAeS who Witnessed
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