Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-10-01
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LATEA FhOK EUROpE
arrival OF the Stes nshiD Asia.
kepo d kxPr ssly for the State Den era,

New fosk, Sept 3Oth.-The steansbir
Asia srrived al midnight Her sdvices ar,
to Saturday the II h. bat have been .p,ic
pated by the Cira asian which srri, ed at 81,
johns on tuesday las,.
The Lond,n Dai.y News states that the
government have decided on dis, s,chinA
several additional e,esn frig.t~s snd cor
vettee, together with = sufficient Lumber
sailing frlgstee to aug ment the squadron in
jh'nA II Is Also exi ected that force O,
10000 addi' ionsl Wal riors will be dlsp.,cb
cd to CHINA
The London Times Gays there are abe u,
o.OOo rather wrong headed soldiers IN the
vicinity Of Ca.cut q ~anir passage home
and the Object should be to divert them
from the west to the east. aesur ny how
ever their re-eDgagement impractioab BILE
ihers is stili III India force large enough
to overcome the mi Shty Chinese empire
lhe Daily Ae"s announces that the gov
ernment have res s'lved to sard at once.
military force to China, and to senl il from
India.
onh citing accounts are published a. 70
the state OF the London builders strike, but
| 1t Is evident that great numbers Of men are
resunlhg work under the non society terms
proposed by the masters.
1t is officially announced that the Great
Eastern will leave Portland, Weymouth. on
her trial trip on TIE sth Of October instead
OF the 9th OF September. and finally snii
from Holyaead for Portland, Me-, On th.
Goth Of October. This delay Of three weeks
Is the time in hich Mr. Russell contracts o
repair the damage occssion.d by the ex>
Piosion. and put the vessel 10 the same con-
dition that she was before, when she sailed
from the Thames. This contract, however,
does not include any repairs which the
boilers may be found to require. aud al
though they apparently sustained no dam.
age, an investigation is said to have shown
that the iEternal stays of the boiler most
directly eSpoe.l " Inc force of the shock
have eitner been displaced or greatly
weakened SO that the boiler cannot bs safe
" used in its present state
Letters from Rome state that the health
o: the people was almost entirely estoreI
The Austrian party is represented ~
triumphant in Naples and no reforms are
to be expected. A new anti-reform ministry
was spoken Of
The great land owners and others in
Venetia had signed an address 10 the En-
Peror OF Austria, praying him to take off he
additional war taxes. The annual r, venue
from the lands cannot support such heavy
burdens.
THE WAR IN CHINA
An eyewitness, In u letter to the London
Times. thus speaks Of the titude OF the
Americans:
= can not end without referring to a
matter thai, IL Connection with this battle,
should be ever remem bered. We're we
children Of the same mother, We could not
nave received more sympathy and kindness
than We M .,. from the Amer.o.ns-
Never Fe, .n"n riore unwilliDgly neutral.
as we passed into the assault. flag officer
fatanall WAS heard to say, blood is thicker
than water. and in hundred different wsys
he ard all his people. to the very csbln
boys, acted up 70 this molly proverb. When
he besrl that our Admiral was woundea. |
:; great personal risA. he went on board
the Cormorant to see him. Msny of our
men slept in tie American ship Tender Oh |
The night Of the fight Every thing . man
could want was placed before them. The |
crew forgot themselves aud |
thought only Of the B.,iish."