Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

REV. S. L. PoMERoY IN AN UNPLE.s-
ANT Pos1r1oN.-Rev. DR.. Pomeroy, of
Boston, Secretary Of the Board of For
eign Missions, has been implicated in
transactions deeply affecting his moral
character, and has, in consequence, re-
signed his position. On Wednesday
the fact was made public. Letters ad-
dressed to him at the Mission House
were opened, during his absence, and
their contents were such as to give rise
to most injurious rumors and imputa-
tons. He thercupon appeared before
the Prudential Committee Of the Board,
and made a confession to the effect
"That some months ago he was walking
out in the evening, and was accosted by
a well-dressed female, and at her request
accompanied her to her home. While
in the parlor in conversation with her,
a man came in, and under the threat Of
exposure, forced him to sign note for
$500, which he did and subsequently
paid it. Since that he was enticed BY
another female into another house, and
there two men assailcd him and forced
him to sign another note for $500, which
he subsequently paid. Another woman,
by the representation that she was suf-
fering with a dissipated husband and
destitute children, enlisted his feelings,
and he opened correspondence with
her, and subsequently, by the advice of
Mr.. Choate, paid $500 to get his letters
back, which he did, land destroyed them"
These statements DR.. Pomeroy admits
to be true, but nothing further.
The Committee, however, seem to
think that there is more behind than the
Doctor has admitted, and every one
reading the confession will very fairly
think 50 too. Just such stories have been
told before.
Cook. the accomplice Of Brown, states in his
confession that Richard Realf, Browns Secretary
Of State, went to England to procure money for
their scheme, and that they had heard Of his
sailing on his return, with quito sum Of money,
but they had never heard Of his arrival, and sup
posed him to be dead.
Cheever and Brown-thc Parson and
the Bandit-pursue harmonious policy.
Both send their missionaries to England
to beg funds from the British Abolition
lists, the one to aid in preaching bullets
and pikes-the other to assist in using
them. The object Of both is to foment
Civil War in the Union by the use Of
foreign gold. The agent Of Brown, it
would seem, has sacked" all the funds
he has realized. 1t will be surprising if
Cheever's agents do not pursue SINH
lar financial policy-a tavorite one with
the phi1anthropists of the Slievegammon
school.-4lddny atlas.
PRoPAGAT1NG FRUIT TRBEs.-The
Chinese have singular method ofprop-
agating fruit trees. They strip ring
OF bark, about an inch in width, from q
bearing branch,in the spring ofthe year.
The place is then surrounded with ball
of rich earth or loan, bound to the
limb with piece Of mating. Over this
is suspended a small vessel containing
water, and having hole in the bottom,
just large enough to let the water drop
slowly through on the ball Of earth, in
order to keep it constantly moist. Roots
spring out from the branch, just above
the ring, and enter the ball of earth,
where they grow and spread out. In the
autumn, the limb is cut off just below
this ball, and then planted out at the
time of the fall Of the Leaf. The follow>
ing year this small tree produces fruit.
az 1t will be news to most people
that a daughter of Schiller is still extant
to rejoice in the universal homage paid
to him, not only by the 5O,OOO,OoO of
his countrymen in Europe, but by the
widespread German race all over the
world. In the Ausburg Gazette there
appears letter from this lady,the Baron
ess Emily de Glcichen Russwurm (born
Schiller), whose residence is Grei6nstern
sur Bouneland, Lo" er Franconia, in Ba-
varia. She earnestly asks to be sup
piled with copies Of all odes, speeches,
musical compositions and other docu
ments, illustrative, in every town and
place, Of her fathers memory, that she
may treasure them up as an heirloom for
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