The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-02

Nrw YoaK, May as, 1855.

Inc 0eOer0l hebemuttea VI tue VLIeSy II
esan Church both New and Old Schoe
lcein seasion here, but their proceedit 81
nti Set - little notice Thes was T.
slie !, ripp in thu New hoel osse =
6ehe ssbmissi1 otaws rtperts
on ne &c sdtusaanal Popevs the Asssm.
bly, over the subjectcf Slaveholding in the
Churches" A camm,t,ec Of Ave was APP
pointed last year on this matter; four Of
chem. Rev. Drs Albert Barnes, Asa D.
Smith, VIM. Jcssup and Aug. p. Hsscall
signed the majority report. and one, Rev.
Dr. Boyd, Of vireiasss .disasreed. and gave
in minority report. A. the q questions dis
GUESSED are chiefly on minor points Of dis.
cipline, the reports are not looked upon
with sny extraordinary interest They
are wire.dsawn subtleties which do not
touch the main subject at ALI.
Speaking of the venerable Presbyterian
| Church. one is apt to revert to other sPsci-
mems Of antiquity mentioned in one OF
my letters thstremsrkabie feature OF Broad
way the "Oid Apple Woman" Scarcely
had that letter gone out, when she died ana
Twas taken 10 her long home. She was
German by birth, and was once woman
of standing and regard; but that was many
years ago. and the present generation knew
| her only as the decrspid. doubled up. dried.
| On, wrinkled pedler. Once on time, too
she did the State good service. which hap.
peued thus: While dozing over her basket,
on the steps Of Stewards old store, more
than dozen years ago. she heard low con-
yersa,ion between two men standing near
her. She could no, see them without turning,
50 che pretended 70 be asleep and listened
They were mo-, particularly definite; but
from words and tone che was satisfied that
a house breaking operation and perhaps a
murder was on foot. As soon as they were
gone she sent a little girl to sold Hays"
who was still High Constable, though al
mos, too oil to do active duty. He came
and heard her story and description of the
men, whom she ventured 10 peep at as they
we're walking of. "Why, mother said
he, s.hey are two of the most notorious
English burglars now at large" In conse-
: quence OF her revelations they were logged,
, and two or three days aiiersard one was
caught packing up the silver ware in a
, house the occupants Of which were al Sara
J togo. He went TO Sing Sing for seven
years, and his companion, some two years
aiterward. travelled the same road.
} II is not only unsafe to speak of plans
and plots within hearing distance Of the
mos, Insignificant anywhere, bot tits espe-
) cially risky in ths6ity to attempt the com.
/. mon practice Of closking your meaning in
! foreign language. Mes York is eminent,
: ~ cosmopolitan, German, French, Spanish
and Italian are SO commonly spoken as to
9 create no remark. Dutch, Danish or Nor.
wegian, Swedish, Polish, Hungarian and
Portuguese are less heard, but are, By nc
, means, uncommon. Many ludierons mis-
hsps occur in consequence Of this polyglo'
utterance, but they generally end harm
!, lessly. The most laughable instance Of re
D cen, occurrence was in the case OF two
{. sprigs OF Shanghaedom, who were loungins
! over the backs of their seats, AZ the Opers
: and in the most intolerable Italian, discuss
c ing the good points of a lady who sat il
4 front Of them. Their comments were no
e only free but disgusting, SO much so as Il
annoy the lady; and to rid herself of tn,
nuisance she earelessly dropped her hand
: kerehiel over at the feet Of the puppies
Both seized the capital opportunity an,
simultaneously presented it, saying, il
English of course, madam, allow me tn,
pleasure" | imagine their "pheelinks'
! when she looked them sharply in the face
returned her thanks in perfect Italian, add
ing that il lent an additional interest to tbs
II Opera to be seated in the neighborhood o
IS such attentive and polite gentlemen. Yor
n may guess that the fellows heard preciou,
Il little music after that. In Eve minutes they
i were swearing oFer. the affair at the bar Of
The Union-pince Hotel but no, in barbarous
Italian. The reader msy append as a moral
that oil all the tongues man can learn, the
only one always reliable is "a civil tongue
{ We are soon to have the second and con
i, GLIDING volume OF Col Benton's Thirty
J. Years View" work Of rare value 70 al
: who desire TO be properly informed Of the
4 political history 0; this country COL Ben
e ton il one eftheremarkable men of the age
His long experience, cool judgment, and
especially his wonderful political erudition
make him sort Of oracle. He stands, toe
6etwixt the present and past, and deals with
. faets, "all Of which he saw, and part 81
which he was." He wen. into the United
States Senate with the adoption Of the
i Missouri Compromise; be went out Of the
0 Senate with the Compromise of 1850, and
Z gu, Of Congress altogether upon the repeal
. OF the Missouri compact. His reminiscent
). ees are invaluable, and wiz Of course have
/ an immense sale.
There was miracle happened here the
other day, which think deserves record
t The Common Council voted, without being
asked to do 80, to increase the salary of q
, city ofhcer from $4,000 to $4,000 per year
) and the man absolutely refused 10 tats it.
: Your wonder, however, will be materially
modified when add that this singular pc
Mas was Azariah c. Flsgg, City Comp,rol.
Ter He Is practical reformer Of expenses.
and aimos, the only one in Inc army of Of
ieers paid from the City Treasury.