Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-03-27

LETTER FROM tue IOWA ls1H.

journey Of the 18th regiment from Dsvsnpoft
to st. Louis: Lsft Davenport at 10 =. H..
Thuredsy last; arrived as Joliet 1t s l2P.N.
Here the soldisrs we're furnishsd with hot COT.
fee made ct the Psnitsntiary. Divided the
train and started at IL r n; reached Bloom
ington at 4 A. n Friday; had good breakfast
and started on. reaching Springfield at loA
~; left In fifteen minutes. and arrived At Alton
at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon. Here We found
the steamer City of Alton waiting for rs; was
| on board and off 10 q half an hour. arriving =.
| st. Louis at o'clock disembarked and
marched the troops to Benton Barracks. No
Preparations had been made for them and they
were obliged to 60 without shelter or sleep
all night. Carpenters are busy this Saturday.
morning. and it is thought all will be right BY
| evening.
Too much praise cannet be awarded to Col.
! Chambers and Lieut.. Col. Sandere, for their
| constant care and exertions in behalf of the
soldiers. They are decidedly the right men
in the right place. JOE.
IMPORTANT ARREsr.-About the first
| of laet January, Mr.. Norri.. the Treasurer Of
Bremer county, in this State. was robbed Of
| some Elk thousand dollars. The thief effected
an entrance into his house. stole his pantaloons
containing the cafe key. broke into the Trea.
surer's Office, opened the safe and absquatula.
made about the matter At the time, 1t being
generally believed in that vicinity that the
Treasurer knew very we'll where the six thou.
sand dollars had gone. Such being the case.
Mr.. Norris determined to give himself no rest
until he had hunted down the men who had
robbed him Of his money and good name. He
secured the services of on experienced detec.
tive, and went to work with will. Many
suspicious circumstances tended to fasten the
crime upon certain individuals who disap.
peared from that vicinity about the time. and
to ferret out these persons was Mr.. Norris
first object. They were traced t. this vicini.
ty, but could not be spotted as their names
were unknown. and q very poor description
was all our officers could obtain. From the
description given Of one Of them, however,
Marshal Mcneil thought he knew the man.
and subsequent circumstances proved be was
not mistaken.
appearance. named P. W. Noels, came to Da-
venport, bringing with him . we!lknown trot.
ting mare named Kate Moreland. Noels hired
4 house in town, lived we'll. and spent his
money right freely. Having resided here be-
fore. some two years eince, We believe, he was
quite we'll known to come Of our citizens, and
passed for q right clever fellow. Before max.
ing his last stop in Davenport, Nosls went to
La Harpe Hancock county, Illinois, where be
purchased some fino property. intending TO
move there In the spring. He has changed
his mind, we are told. After gettlrg Noels'
whereabouts. the detective set upon his track,
and endeavored to procure the necessary tes-
.imony for his arrest aud conviction. The
man of whom Noels had purchased the pro
psrty in La Harpe, received Of him some two
thousand dollars. among which were several
bills and pieces which. from certain peculiari
ties, the robbed Treasurer could easily identify.
aud Noels would have been arrested at once.
had it not been very desirable to secure his
supposed accompl;ces. These men were here
but few days since, but got off before they
we're identified and could be secured.
Things having come to head, Noels was
arrested yesterday afternoon and given in
charge of the detective, whom many Of cur
citizens will recognize ~ a soldier il ar illery
uniform, who for some time past has been
stopping At the Le Claire House. The detect.
i've left last evening with his prisoner for Wa.
verly. the place where the robbery was com
mitted. About the came time the Bremen
county treasury was robbed . merchant in
Wet Union. Fayette county, was essed Ct
about twelve hundred dollars. 1t has been
ascertained that Nosls had finger in the
matter. and possibly a whole hand, and it has
been further ascertained that it was with this
last named money that he purchased the mar
Kate Moreland.
When questioned upon the subject Of money
Noels always said he made his ont Of selling
patent churns. mighty good busieess, by the
wsy-well followed. vide Noels. What show
Of defence the accused will have We know not.
This looks mighty dark for him just now that's
certain. For good reasons We have suppressed
many items connected with the case, which
will be made public in good season.
ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER PoMERoY.-The lit.
tie steamer Pometoy, which left Keokuk last
Saturday for Burlington, was struck by cake
Of ice, when . short distance from Dallas.
which stove . hole In her keel as large ~ a