Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-12

aIsO much occupied with the important d.
vorcc bill. Mr.. Gladstone. who oppose,
the measure, made long and eloquent
speech on the rights Of woman, arguing that
adultry on the Part Of man, proceeding from
impulse and sexual passion, was worse than
that Of woman, usually occasioned by the
neglect or cruelty Of the husband, or result
ing from misplaced tachment, and there.
fore. far less IgnOble than the vice Of the
man. Mr.. II. Drummond, who has as Con-
fervative clown, taken the place Of the late
Col Sibthorp, alludins to a declaration by
another speaker, that the act Of adultry it
self dissolved marriage. said in very sol
emn manner, If that be so, will demand
how many married men we have left in the
house This bold declaration was received
by the honorable members with roars of
laughter.
On the lst Of Aug, at the negro cclebra-
ton, an lrishman stood listening TO the col
ored speaker expatiating upon Government
and Freedom, and as the orator came dow n
10 "a period from one Of the highest--most
political flights. the lrishman said:
BE dad, lie spakes well for nagur,
dizzent he now
Somebody said, he isn't negro-he is on1
~ half negro.
Only halfa nagur, is it? Well, if a half
nagur can talk in that style, I'm thinking al
'ehoie nagur might bate the prophet Jere
moiah'
Detroit paper mentions the arrest of al
woman in that city with nothing on her|
person but u love letter and a daguerreo7
type
Marriage resembles pair of shears, |
says Sydney smith, so joined that they|
cannot be separated often moving in oppo|
p"s'te directions. yet always Furnishing any
one who comes between them
TuE HANG OF 1T old Judge S, a consid-|
cradle farmer Of F. Co, Vt, bought al
new scythe for his son jim and set him to|
work in the meadow, with the rest of the|
haymakers.
IT don't work right said Jim TO the hon
bred parent, after cutting clip or two
What Is the matter with ity incurred
the Judge
Jim, stopping TO adjust the scythe anew
Scythes often plague the mowers in this
way, at first; but Jims scythe was partic,II
cred over and over again.
1T don't hang any BETTER said Jim, plain
lively.
Then hang it to suit yourself said the
Judge.
80 / will, said finland, hanging the|
scythe on n tree, he lazily retired from the|
HELD.
The parent was slightly astonished, but
he let him went
The Bark Express, on board of which
were discovered $4,000 cigars on Wednos
day last, by the Custom House officers at "
Y. was on Saturday ordered to he seized
by Emanual b. Hart, Esq, Surveyor Of til ]
Port, on charge Of having been caught I'M
the act Of violating the revenue laws of the
Z. $, in attempting TO smuggle foreign
goods into the port.
John Thomas wished to know why the
Ohio Life and Trust Co is like the Atlantic
Telegraphic Cabley
Because il became embarrassed in pay
ing out and broke,
j. T. was Immediately carried out and
placed under a shower BATH
ANOTHER PcLITICAL CLERGYEAN FALLEN
One after another Of the political clergy of
the country are being exposed and are fal-
ling from grace. The last case We have to
record is from the Celina Mercer CO., Ohio
Standard. which says that the Rev. Wesley
Brock, who is one of the loudest Black Re
publicans in the Northwest. an old minis
ter and recently presiding elder Of the DIS
trict, has been guilty of the crime Of seduc-
ton, and that the lady whom he has ruined
has commenced legal proceedings against
him. The Standard, in noticing the matter
says:
We do not give publicity to this debasing
crime Of Mr.. Brock, with any intention OF
injuring the chuich Far from it. Our SYM
pathies have always been with the denomi
nation of which he has been a leading. but
now a fallen star. But we have always
thought, and still believe, that so long as
the church permits its preachers to dabbl'
in politics to the neglect OF their religious
duties. it, is SHINING against itself in not 81
lencing the renegades lmmed;rtly. BY sucl
course the Church would soon regain tn,
ground lost in the past few years, and re
store confidence among the people; but SC
long as political preaching is allowed, il
will continue to suffer.