Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-16
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hEW YORK.

10 TfsE pArLy DEMOCRAT.
HEW YORK.
NEW YORK, May 15--Jsmes NcCaiTrey
murdered his wife a. house on 10Th axe
nue. last night They had frequently quar-
relied Gu religious subjects and he had beat
en- her
Tso brokers giving their names as VIM.
II. Faugh and Harrison, said TO be Califor-
mans. INDUCED in shooting slfrsy 90
Broad street. this morning. about d'~m a,,,.
ring, and it IS supposed, ws cs shs time e.
There was largo crowd abeaa - . ."u ,,.si
+. :. GI ,, . 9Efs.IsSss Of he parties
w III. -. Sart Faugh was Arrested
~ s.-@wssd THE Juslice refasiDg bail.
J u..s;s',s has not been arrested.
S.ssnne Compissicner David a. Wells
.ssIs Tor Europe Saturday. 10 Investigate the
I condition Of nsnuiscfurics IN England ana
Belgium, and tho Enelish method of col
lectinU revenue by stamps, and the meth
DDS of supervising distilleries. He hopes TO
return by September when he will make
| full, return TO Congress.
II is understood that Mr.. Garfield and
Mr.. Allison of the committee on Ways ard
Means, accompany Mr.. Wells.
The steamers Washington and Admiral
d. ID. Porter, cleared 20 day for Chicago
eia Welland canal.
NEW York May 10 The steamer Co
lumbia from Havana of the 11,h arrived
with Vera Cruz dates Of the 9th. Newsfrcm
Imperial sources reports defeat The Lib
erals are besiegng Puehla, and Mramon are
pressing them toward San Louis. Miramun
it is sand is not even wounced.
Macmillan 1t is said arrived in the City
oil Mexico with 5000 men. on the 29th OF
Arril. Battle given 10 DiaZ who was com
pleicly defeated, losing all OF his artillery
and $50 prisoners.
Marauesc had $1,000 men in the city. and
was closely bcseiged by Diaz with 1900.
Nnrquesc has abandoned TAcubaya. and at
Chepultepec both the acqueducts supplying
water to the city have been cut of, and no
food came into IT.; there were, however. sew
eral artesian wells in the city, which could
supply the inhabitants with water. THIS
gentleman spoke with q courier from Quer-
ctaro ON the 28ih, who declared the place
more closely beseiRed than ever. The gen.
eral opinion In Mexico was that the capital
would soon have to surrender.
General Darardu, Imperialist. had died
| in Vera Cruz from wounds received from
the beseigers.
There are two Imperial men ofwar 1t
Vera Cruz. both iron clad built steamers
NEw YoRK, Nay l6.-Ths Herald learns
that England designs to seize Cuba in the
svsot 81 any officially With Spain and en>
dsavor 10 retain the island - base in he
Gulf Of Mckee.
The Hsnld's Dpblia cssssspsndsat ~
leges that 10 1866 The Fsoia4 Executive in
Nav York rsnittsd large suos Of ooaey to
ireland IN the shsps Of drafts drawn BY the
Belments on the Rothsehilds. The British
0overnment enlarged che bills. and di.
rected the Roshsehilds net % pay them,
which direetions wsse lolloued. A bill To-.
e., 900 to be used for the defense Of lhs
prisoners, with others, when refused pay
msnt in London, was sent back to Nsv
York, but the Fsnians in Ireland alleged
that the brsthfsn here have never been ab Z
= recover the gold from tho Belmonts.-
The Fenian organization in Ireland 10 eaid
to be in working order and uhimpaired In
force.
a republican meeting Of Germans was
held in the 7th Ward last night when il was
determined TO form an organization Tor the
purpose of ngtating against the provisions
Of the Excise law.
A Herald special Gays Of the Mobile riot
The leader. David Files, who fired the tirsl
shot at Chief of Police Carpenter. is the
only one arrested 1t is said he aimed di
recily at Judge Kelley. lie was held "a
bail this morning in $4,000, by Mayo,
Wi,hers, but he has not yet obtained
bonds.
Ii is certain that the attack on the ne,
grocs was continued for = considerable
distance from the scene Of action, a. many
/ ahnN Ave rR Ia.
were fred froM the roof Of store kept BY
Mr.. Wolf, directly opposite the stand, and
/. from the windows OF . house kept by I
man named Brooks, at the corner OF Roy q
street. tits believed hero that shots wer.
also fired from the side window Of John
Forsy ths's house. editor Of the Register
which over!ooks the stand. l cannot vouct
for The tsssh q this, as sst in front Of
the window. and the ball must have STRUCK
behind me. The excitement to-day 10 &C
great that the investigation 10 postponed
and the Mayor aud Col. Sheppard will max,
a rigid inquiry into the matter. The u
8. troops are still posted throughout the
city. squad occupying the front OF tn,
Battle House
During the melee the following pers ,ns
. were killed and wounded:
killcd--whitcs Lahnul Alsen; cclorcd
4 Samuel Britton.
Wounded-whitcs Thos. Taylor, d. II
, Herd, Daniel Parsons, Of the police. Tw,
boys and JAS. Barnes, Col d. s. Sidburg,
goldsmith, and J. Cough arc since reported
dead and D. S. Nicholson; colored: Pierce
Mitchell and an additional number of me,
white and colcrcd were slightly injured ane
names not known
The Herald's New Orleans special says
All the banks in New Orleans have sustain
cd heavy drafts 10 consequence Of the finan
cal troubles prevailing there. A heavy
run was made yesterday on the City Ma
tional Bank. and its condition became. o
one time, quite critical but three privat,
: capitalists came forward and advanced
money enough to pay oil demands.
The Herald's lssavenworth, Ka,., specia
says: The Republican State Central Com
nittee. Of Kansas. met At Topeka yesterday
Tor the purpose Of arranging for 1 canvas.
Of the State On the plaSfora Of impartia
suffrage. whso several nsgroes, who PARTED,
palsd, sxprsssed theosslvss @ bitterly op
pesed y female suffrage, end considerable
disunioa ensued between The ftiends q III
I've qusst,osa.
| The Times special says: A delegation OIL
Leuisianians called - IL President yester.
1sy-and we're informed By him that At
sssnsy Gssssal Slsnbusy's epiaions on the
seetstsation Woul6 eooa b issued.-
They applied fss a. ssder y restrain Gen,
Shssidea tts0 closing The ssesstratitn oi
votesD IL aecordstes With his recent order
oad we're inlee0ed that esdees would be =.
sued which will enable al whe desire h
register end ne net daoouali1c1 BY The nil.