Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-09
Late News BY Last Aiy It's l.ii>.

ii'i al lDr IhOiis oiH.
The trial OF the ney'o FuIkncr, for
commit Nc Il rape OH tao .lrs less than
twciy. Yeas old, Was concluded to-day
by the jury brngin. IN verdict OF guilty
AL The pr soncr beng srntrnc Il TO i'm
prl>oi.mcnt in the State l',lson for life.
The mob gathered around the courtroons,
aud the military ia To be ca lcd oGt 10
pro,c him on his way to j,il The
crowd WAS fired into, and tlncc white
men were killed ~ MORALLY woun,leI
Whcr tie soldiers returned to camp.
the mob attacked and dc,troyc several
hnil'! n.s occupied 10y negroes. and Iinai
~ Killed one of the occupants. lmme-
dlatcly all the negroes were hunted down
and kilc |, and the crow !, which ke,,
Increasing, commenced fiji . their dwcll-
ings
A. this time the city is literally in posses
sion of the IN IL, II mbrrlng 5 me 1000
I'D all nr streets an! buildings T. i'll,
m mated ~ the c,nflag All II. The au-
thorities have callc out al the available
mliitar, force, "A, io.lows: The regiment
Ct infantry at lp>i anti, $40 the pro
.ost IN 'rd, bat alion of cavalry. aud 9th
cr forces III the city, so making, alto
gc,her, 400 men They cannot be
gathered tonight SO as To 'colnpllsh
an, ,thing Everything in the >li.p, oi
fire engines Is out, trying % quencn the
flames
4 large nnml cr OF buildings have lcen
DESTROYED by The iii ;; but, rs they are
Of an inferior class. the To- 5 is not yer,
heavy II is clti,ncd til the uryi oc>
set me Of them on fire or revenge.
The 27lh inirnuy, from ipsI an,', ar
rive half nm hour ago but not until
the moa had partly dispersed = and ave
tcing Stationed in different part, ol the
city. The citizens turned ont 10 guard
their property Till the uoors arrived.
1t Is believed that from twcnty to lhir
" negroes h,vc been killed.
ID sMolNEs News. 9Th. "A squad OF
sollcrs left here to-day Tor Malisun
connty. The ohj"c, i, sIppo ed 10 be to
arrest drscrtcrs, "t who .. ii is claimed,
th.r. is "a large nlm or IN that county.
do not know tina, any d llicuiy is an
ticipatr |, although some feeling las cen
ma ,ics cd here at t,c coarse hcity pnr-
81 i hv the authorities IN lenyin. men
who claim never 10 have rnl stcl oppor-
inn " Ia con .ult with CO ,,lsc, after lla.
ing promised II
R.:rutir. tor til: 7th C.valry is 20
ing on hi ky ere. 1t is stated ,la,
this regiment will. when raised. bc de
lied 10 do gnrson duty, at Fori
Ran LII, Nchr,>k,.
The n Iowa Cavalry. after suffering
inn IN IA lc lar .>hp>, is sad 10 l.c IN
ii ,e condition, aad has ncaI y sOJ cifcc
tive men.
Indictments have ben found against
a nu II cr Of aliens IN Clinton county f"f
lille gal ,ot NJ, th y ila.ing claimed cx-
cmpt On il,ll the draft on the ground oi
non citizenship.
WAsnlNG on Nsws, 9th. = London
correspondence IN this evenings R~p
ican states til rc are over fifty vessels
deeply lad.n with arms aud muntioI sol
war. nov MI tl,,t, dc>iy iyncd to break the
blockade. The names ct most OF them
are given Great Importance |, attach u
to the facts detaiIc |, in consequence OF
Their having been iorm,'ly presented 10
Lord Palm rston by the writer, wLo Is
believed to DC one OF our utii ;a>. and
in whose statement 10 Lord Pamer,ion
the following Facts are named \ NAM
tcr OF ves,.is, lalcn with materials and
N ,nitions Of wa, constantly leave the
chcf potts OF the united Kingdom = no.
tab London, L'scrioo', bristol, Belfast.
Hull, .ni Glasgow. They clear outward,
for neu al potts, but many are agaln
heard f'om AS havin. been captured by
Federal cruisers vale attempting 10 run
the blockade or MS having Succeeded il
doi"gs'.
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