Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-17
GAZETTE CONTEMPORARIES.

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TIE Eectioas- parsies- = 7xsckerey, lis lee.
lures and spbsarsncc-- Crystal Pdlacc--
Nreaks 6 lrnson nature Literature
RarAes-- Ao1tricals- Mayor Wood.
Nxw YsRx, Nov. 18th, 1855.
Ne long pgopy i oyer. Election day
had passed and wish il the hopes Of many
aslltsnta to political houors. The result
Of Ne election has disappointed even the
most ksowing ones. II was supposed that
the Son Shell Democrats would have come
out ahead Of all parties in the city. The
amount IT Government patronage dispensed
in this place gave force to the supposii'on ;
bat whether the other party spent more
money, or voters are actually getting more
CO, scientious, the Administration party has
been most signally defeated, as you will al
ready have heard. The Know Nothing's
have had complete triumph. The Ne
publican party comes out second best Oh
most everyv here. In New York City how
ever, il is nowhere in the race. 1t is
strange index Of the times and one that
bedes no good to old fogy ism. that the two
new parties should have SO triumPhed over
all the old ones. The struggle will be
terrible one between the American and Rel
publican parties at our next Pres'den''a'
Election.
Thackery has delivered his second lee
ture. Almost every person has been dis
appointed in them. They are simply mar
rative detailing. or more properly retailing
what almost overy one in his audience al
ready knew. The general opinion is that
in his lectures there is too much history and
too little fhsckerey. There we're many
new things said by him, but some Of his wit
sounded quite Familiarity. and his best pass a.
ces were old acqpaintances in New York.
TIE lecture was made up Of history with
which almost every student is well acqualn-
ted. 1t " as Macauleyish in everything but
density and smoothness. His delivery is
by no means good, and his voice hardly
reached the further end of the church
Those were disappointed who had never
seen him before, and expected to behold in
the satirist, keen piercing, whose very glance
would draw blood.--A long aquiline nose
sharp enough to cut its way into all the lne'
qualities OF socieiy--a mouth intensely Sc
we're in expFession--lips so compressed as
to remind one forcibly of a vice-features, in
fact, whose tout en- sembls called up visions
of hatchets and butchers knives. Instead
Of this there stood before them the form
Of real" old English'gentlemdn, one ofthe
o,len time Under heavy bush of grey
hair, carefully parted and curled, appeared
full, fat, and what in common pariance
would be called jolly looking face. The
forehead is not very high, and the immense
perceptions which completely oyershadow-
ed his slightly turned up short nose, give
it retreating appearance. The under lip
stands out sufficiently far to give TO the up
per curl of the most sublimate scorn. The
eye is full of soft liquid light, instead of FIRE,
and his round rudy cheeks indicate more
lime spent in the partition ofturkey than
in the dissection of the Georges. The a.
mount Of fat contained in his massive chest
gives to his words an oily sonness. per-
son might liken them to chubby Cupids, too
much overwhelmed with flesh TO be borne
any very great distance by their wings. A
first lock at him would suggest bon 6iUan,
rather than hard working student, or aus
tere scholar.
The Crystal Palace has almost become a
Fixed fact. The extraordinary success Of
the Fair OF the American Institute has es.
tablished the belief that exhibitions may be
held in it without being doomed to failure,
The idea that nothing could succeed in the
Crystal Palace kept many from entering
articles for exhibition who afterwards made
application tor admission. To accommo-
date these, the Fair Will be continued until
Nov. l4th. The children of the various
schools in our city vi.i. it with their teach
frs. After seeing the statuary, paintings,
and the macEineryit is their custom TO COL
lect arouf d their teachers in one of the
nayes and sing. After this they are per-
mitted to wander about for while TO won.
der at what they consider the most wonder
full. In place like the Crystal Palace
some curious streaks of human nature be-
come apparent, for ce:-There is
scarcely person who enters that does not
weigh himself or herself before leaving
There was an interesting contest betwee n
various scale companies, and since the Fair
banks Scales were adjldged by the Com.
mittee to be the most correct, there Is a
continual iun upon them. II Is AMUSING 90
see with what patience an old woman will
wait until some lad has been weipbed ,ba,
she can have her turn. Some queer sDec;.
mems of literature may be met with too in
the palace Of Windows" For eyample
piano dealer informs visitors thai -auotb.
er Of these instruments may be seen at The
other end Of the X. nave.'
A Paris correspondent Of the Tribuae do.
cribing hotel in the capitol Of Ia belle
France, concludes by remarkng The hotel