Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-25
SUMMARY.

4 letter from Old Point. Va, Gays FIX
| President Tyler. having purchased n farm
only two miles from the hotel, spends most
| Of his time here in social social co,nmunica-
| ton with the guests, oil OF whom express
for him the highest consideration. The old
gentleman eachews polite. and devotes hic
| attention 10 agriculture, not scientifically.
but according to the old Virginia prnci
| Pes oil making all You can this year and
letting the next take care Of itself. His
family attend religious worship at the chap
81 within the fort, where Mrs Tyler has her
| own pew. John Tyler is now in his Goth
! year. bu. locks as young as when he occli--
! pied the Presidential chair, ard is quite o.
ocular and foil OF fun. he expresses tho
greatest confidence in pos.er;,y doing hi.
| Administration Justice. and says that time
! and reflection bnt satisfy him Che more
| with every act oil his official life, moi one Of
which would he now change had no tho
power.
The steamship Vanderbilt, Capt Lefevre,
| sailed from New York on Saturday fo.
southampton and Ilavre, carrying two hun.
dred and ten passengers The usual row
among the eoal-passers ard firemen; which
| occurred also on the departure of the Moth
Star and Northern Light, took place on ac-
count Of the reduction of their wages by
the agent of the line. There being no
| hands 10 get up steam. two tugs were call
ed in. and the steamer was towed to her an.
chorage in the North River This measure
was rendered necessary to ayoiu the I'M
pleasant consequences Of the riot Tie po-
lice were invoked nj before q new set Of
| hands were obtained. and during the course
OF the afternoon the steamer got of.
The New Orleans P;cas,1ne in reviewing
the effects Of the recent floods, remarks the
town of Gretna as still under water, with
the exception of couple Of squares. Ii |
says: II he greater part of the town pre-
sents the singular singular spectacle OF de- |
serted houses which are standing in lake |
the streets only marked by the lines of the |
dwellings Fish gambol in deserted par
Tors. The minnow. eat, and buffalo disport |
in the streets. Immense schools of the |
smaller denizens OF the river can be seen
everywhere, dsrtng along tho sidewalks,
chasing each other among garden shrub e.
~, now dying out by drowning, and hiding
in the basemen.s'
On Friday, enc Of a party Of girls who l
were fishing off the Hackensack IN. JDl
bridge, fell into the water and as the cur,
rent was very strong. would undoubtedly
have been drowned had not the expansion
Of her hoops and clothing kept her above
water until assistance reached her.
The sale Of the Chambersburgh. Green.
castle and Hagerstown Railroad has been
decided to A. j. Jones Il Co., and confirmed
by the court, they having fully complied
with the terms of the sale. II il the inten.
ton of the parties to make the road within
the time specified,
We learn that large force ia a. work on
the Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad.
and that seventeen miles are now graded
and ready for the ties and rails. It ia In.
tended to complete it from Raritan BAY to
some point on the Camden and Atlantic
Railroad without delay.
Some raseals attempted, On Wednesday
morning last, to throw the cars OF the 3 4
NJ. train from Philadelphia of the Camden
and Anboy Railroad Company. off the
track. by placing rtones and timbers across
the rails. near South river, and on the same
day. when the 9 P. NJ train from Phil.del-
phia was near Burlington. sttenpted the
same thing