The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-05-26
Aatcst 5(t(us.
Prof. Morse and family have arrived
t New York from Porto Rico.

1t New \ ork from Porto Rlco.
nen- The st. Joseph (Mc.) Ga-ctte, says
rumor has reached that city that Den
| Yer City and Auraria have been burned.
Rival interests awakened animositcis
Which it is supposed resulted IN this
ltrange fate of those places.
| The claim Of Mrs. Cunningham to the
property Of DR.. Burdcll, with whose
| hurder she was charged, has been dis
missed from the New York Surrogate's
Fourt.
Il A flood Of emsrants is coming. Up
| % the 23ult, $3.50 had sailed from
liverpool for New York in April, and
be number was expected toreach 10000
j. the course of the mouth. Two thirds
IF them were Irish.
Suit has been instituted in the Sixth
district Court of New Orleans, BY John
Goes burn against the masters and own.
ers Of the steamer Princess, for $4,000
damages for injuries received by the
explosion Of that i'll f,tcd steamer.
The New York Tribune learns that
merchandise was taken on Saturday by
the Hudson River and New York Cen
trail roads as low as Zoe. per 100 lbs. to
Buffalo, and that the rate to Chicago has
been put down to soc. and to St. Louis
to 90c.
1t is intimated that Richard Golden,
during his late sojourn at the White
House, availed himself of the opportuni-
ty to sound the President on the subject
ola moral intcrposition Of the Y. S. in
the present tangled aud menacing affairs
in Europe.
An Investigation will be ordered mex t
session covering the person and papers
whic. disclose Mr.. Buchanan's CORES
pondence with Il. j. Walker in Kan
sas.
TO- The Cerro Gordo Press of the 5th
states that the County Judge Of Mitchell
county has just let the contract Fer the
construction Of county Jail, at Usage.
The Jail is to cost $1,000.
Eg.- Morrissy and Hcnan arc nov
warm friends the fight between Henan
and Saycrs will take place next month.
Morrissy IS sparring with Henan to fit
him for the encounter
rsa- The rivers throughout Minnesota
are reported very high. The streets Of
St Paul ar overfowcd and the prairios
along the Minnesota are submerged for
miles,
a youth Of eighteen, named James
Clapp, has been arrested at. Dorchester,
Mass, for setting fire to Laldwell's block
in that city. lie confessed to having
fired livery stables, burned some months
since, and detailed other crimes OF the
same sort, in which he had been engaged,
with the utmost noncha lance.
1t is stated in New York, that already,
on the strength Of the war in Europe,
were lave orders brought by the Persia
for American breadstuifs and provis-
ions.
A frost has cat off the French cham
payne crop ofthis year to one eighth.
It is not probable, however, that the
quantity Of the so called champagne
will diminish.
Horace Vcrnet is going to be married.
at the age Of sixty -seven. Tho illustri-
Gus painter has gained the heart Of a
widow, Madame Marie Amelia Fuller,
whose first husband was NJ. de Bols
Richenx.
J. L. StJamcs Esqr., free soil ad
yocate has been elected Mayor Of St.
Geneviyc Missouri. lie is a strong Re,
publican. OF his election and Rcpubli-
can prospects the 81, Louis Democro,
says: "National Democracy has not
even the toldness to offer any opposition
to his election. Thus the towns and
cities along our rivers and railroads arc
continually giving expression to feel
ing which is finding its way rapidly into
the interior. From every part Of the