Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-29

for some time belonged TO Geo. l..
Hammeken, Esq, the compressario of
the Tacubaya railroad, and has been
used as place Of deposit for coaches,
and as stables for animals. A fine
coach belonging to Mr.. Lada was com
pletcly broken to pieces the wheels be-
Ing driven into the solid earth several
inches.
The losses sustained in the city are
estimated at IS 100000 to s6,OoO,oo0.
The number Of bodies recovered
from the ruins in different quarters OF
the city is about twenty. 1t is feared
that all of the dead have not yet been
excavatcd,
The New York Herold says that a
bill was introduced the other day bv
Alderman Tucker, in the Board of AL
derman, for the encouragement of the
consumption Of "swilI fed milk" The
motion Of Mr.. Tucker was, that all the
wagons engaged in distributing milk
from the distillery stables should be
labelled "Swill Fed Milk" SO that the
lovers of that pure and refreshing be-
vcrage would know where to find it at
a glance Ct the eye. We second the
motion Of Father Tucker. Let all the
milk wagons from the swill establish
mcnts be labelled "Swill Fed Milk" so
that he who pays his money" may
take his choice" 1t is the fairest
proposition that could be devised for
the submission Of the milk question to
the popular vote. Let it be carried
out, and Father Tucker will soon be
regarded as public bcnefactor, though
we cannot undertake to say that his
opinion of the marvellous virtues of
"swilI fed milk" would be sustained.
BY special dispatch from Wash
ington we learn that the attention Of
the government is at present attracted
to the rights and claims of the Hudson
Bay Company in regard to the mines
on Frazer river. 1t is stated that the
company have no possery right over
tut IlIucIS as all HllIcS are Ccdcu W
the British crown, and that the imposi-
ton of taxes or license fees is a usurpa-
ton OF authority.
1t is reported that on the LIST of Au-
gust, the names of no less than sixty
appointees to positions in the Custom
House will DC announced. Mr.. Bird
sail, the Naval Officer at this port,
still remains at Binghampton sick, but
nevertheless manages to announce by
letter certain changes weekly in his
Office. The following are among the
most recent changes in the clerical
force of the department: Gustavc
Landsman, vice L. A. Hodgkinson, re-
moved; Henry Merrill, vice James A.
Rich, removed; w. ii. King, vice w:
Topper, removed Pliny S. Miles, vice
W. Ii. King, promoted; 10. .. Dissos-
way, vice J. NJ Kerraghan deceased.
A correspondent at Laguna, who has
resided many years in Yucatan, writes
as follows: at is reported, on pretty
good authority, that the government
of Belize, Honduras, mas taken posses
sion of the fortified town of Bacalor;
their force is to be 800 troops, chiefly
blacks. We are ignorant of the pre-
else object of this measure, but fear it
may be the commencement of new
protcctorate, adding at the same time
their strength to that of the Indians
against the Yucatan troops, who have
long been engaged in doubtful strug-
gle with their savage neighbors. Let
the United States government look
well to it, or civilized Yucatan will be
sacrificed to the united strength of the
red and black banditti.'