The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-30

SMooTHE.''-The Norwaik Conn Gazette .
the 9TH, has verilicaion Of this old adge. mixed
with the romantic, which recently occurred il
atcity. fair young lady Of some fifteen sum.
mers, on visit to those parts OF the goodly city
Of churches, Brooklyn, became acquainted with
a good-looking Norwalk youth, about three years
her senior. They became most arden,iy attached
to each other, and their being no hope OF parenia
sanction on the part Of the young lady's sire n
consequence OF her youth, one early dawn sh.
stole away, crossed the East River, found her Low.
er il waiting, and took the first train Tor Norwalk
4 The father missed his daughter at breakfast
suspected the cause and followed in the secon.
train. On reaching Norwalk he found the fugi
tiyes had left for Wilton, and thence to Pound.
bridge, the Gretna Green of Fairfield county. in
c'mpanr with their greomsmen ami bridesmaids
just as he came in sight OF Il EN- his vehicle brok
i down. Bat, as il happened, they had all taken
the wrong road, and The wedding party w.s
& obliged TO turn back. The rest OF The story we
! give in the Gazette's words:
"Ihe old man concealed his face to preve Mt too
hasty recogniton and with his driver sat abon.
j repairing the broken wheel. The wedding arty
came up, consisting oil two strapping groomsInen
and the same number Of bridesmaids. They
stopped at the broken wagon, and nquredif any
| assistance was wanted tYesr said the father.
Dat jumped one OF The groomsfnen, and the newt
instant in jumped the father into that groon's
seat. The CONSERVATION may be imagined The
lover swore, the groomsmen showed fight and the
old man kept as cool as cucumber. s.Gong to
get married, eb?" said he, sswell, I'll 60 along; a
man certainly has right TO attendhis daughters
welding" So sending his own conveyance
home. he kept his seat, while the d.cotnftted
groomsinan got up with the driver.
In process OF time, they arrived at the magis-
trate's They alighfed and went in. ssSir.r said
the father 10 the squire, s'my little girl here took
notion to get married. and while her mother
was looking another way, slipped out and came
up here for that purpose. The latter part Of the
way have accompanied her, and now, Sir. am
/ going 10 take her home" "Cerainlv, Sir, - re-
piled the dignitary, s'by the Revised Statutes, no
minor can marry without the parental license, and
II you refuse that, my services canno; be render
ed" Iiere followed another scene of crying,
/ swearing, and other usual accompaniment of
| true love crossed.
| AT last, the father turned to the disappointed
lover--"L Look here, young man, said he, sswhen
I've got daughter old enough to be married, If
you will behave yourself, and can get her consent,
why, you shall have her; but don't be guilty
again Of carrying off children who don't really
know their own wishes or their own interests
Hou may yisis my house when You please, but no
more OF this works.
| The last We heard of the party, the father, the
daughter and the lover were on their way to New
York together, in the afternoon train.n
4 startling discovery, contimatory Of the
truth OF the book Of Jonah, has been made
by Mr. Layard. In excava,ing The city Of
! Nineveh, he discovered the name Of Jonah
inscribed upon the ruins. That prophet,
as our readers know, was sent to announce
10 the people Of Nneveh the destruction OF
the city. His e!oquence converted many
OF them. and "God repcn,ed him" of the
Doom he bad pronounced, and spared the
city for that time. Jonah then became the
prophet Of Nineveh, and was reverenced
by the inhabitants. Az was The Oriental
custom, they doubtless inscribed his namo
in conspicuous places on the walls Of the
public ediiices, and the inscriptions en-
graved by Assyrian hands, thousand
years before the Christian era, have been
found by Mr.. Layard. This is one Of the
most extraordinary demonstrations Of thu
accuracy Of biblical history wo have ever
heard of.
As yet we have only seen the beginning
Of the end The city Of Nineveh has
scarcely yet been entered, and when the
excavations shall have been completed, if
hlahometan JEALOUSY should ever permit
that consumma,ion, we may expect illus
trations ofthe prophecies that will strike the
world with awe and wonder.-N0ah.
The .Saadusky Mirror relates the fol-
lowing affecting incident IN connection
with the explosion Of the Anthony Wayne:
The case Of Mr.. Archer Brackney is Of
thrilling interest. He was on his way
1 &. T., Dill. AL. .,.s,I
the remains Of his wife and child, recently
deceased. Both corpses were enclosed in
one boy. When Tho explosion took place,
he succeeded in dragging his two living
children from their rooms, and with them
plunged into the water. After swimming
around for short time, lie came in contact
NTH the boa containing has srife and child.
Upon this he succeeded Tor some time in
keeping himself and children from drown
ing, although every wave would roll his
frail support and plunge them in the water,
until, at last. his little boy, Two years old,
was drowned in his arms.
After becoming satisfied that his boy was
dead, he reluctantly parted with the body,
and turned his attention TO the rescue of
the remaining child, who was clinging r.
round his neck. crying "Papa we shall
drown" He finally succeeded in gaining
the floating part Of the wreck. with his lit
tie daughter, and both were saved.
Nor BAD.-'rhe Saniusky city (Ohio)
Mirror is responsible for the following;
II A hard case Of subscriber, 70 whom the
|n,b,shers Of the Mirror had sent the week
i " paper on credit, was tlaat dropped from
the list-all ordinary measures OF collection
having failed Our agent was encounter
ed the other day BY tho delInquens's wife,
who wrathfully insisted that ''shc knew what
was newspaper law-that she did. Mr.
i Mills was bouad TO send the paper anta at
arfearnses eefe paia'