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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-10

LIT the foregoing be published four weeks in the
Weekly Iowa State Democrat
IRA n. CLIFFORD
EebI2 Clerk Scott Co Dist Court
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-10

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II. LRONARD,
Sh'ff Of SCOTT Co, Iowa
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-10
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dag Aprti =, 1863, for coevey inG the mails OF DC
Usitei states In Iowa. from ist July. 1859 l., TIA"
10 June, 1862, the routes ADD hy The sch'hu =
be, Elm ~ cite being, in exceptions fnntes
esSsb,shea by act Of Congress. approved Ith Jun''
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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-10

Scott County s. tr.t 1,o,,, WV
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13
....,. con ENJOY their call. d.
this, and don't apologize

No Fury LIKE \ WoMAN ScoHSED.-A
terrible illustration Of what Il scurnea woman.s
fury will lead her 10 do, occurred last We'd
nesday in Milwaukee. * l"ly OF that city, re-
turning unexpectedly from drive imagined
she heard voices in the room usually occupied
BY herself and husband. The door being
closed she WAS reduced to the key hole, and
to this aperture she applied her eye. She
saw the figure Of Il woman, and staining By
her WAS the husband OF the jealous wIir, sc,
lualy engaged in adjusting shawl upon thu
shoulders orthe female intruder. The vile
went to another room, took u loaded shot gun.
returned, opened the door, and deliberately
shot the strange woman in the back. The
husband screamed, the wife tainted. When
the latter returned to consciousness she found
the wretch OLA husband bending over her,
with we'll figned soicitudc i'll his glance.
Mutual explanations ensued. and the body OF
the woman who hal been shot WAS brought
in. 1t was q dummy! The lisband, who
pursued the respectable calling ot 81 retail dry
goods dcacr, WAS wont i1usc this lieurn Ia
exhibit the mantillas anu shawli with which
he desired to charm the eyes Of !he Millwan.
kie ladies' The dummy, from long exposure
and hard usage, had become shabby, and the
merchant harl that morning brought it from
the shop for the purpose Of, rcnnvating its eS,
terror Not finding his wife, lie was trying
in his awkward way to do the work, and was
probably swearing at his clumsy attempts,
when his wife, mistaking the accents OF pas
sion, let fly the fatal shot. This tragedy in
real lilc will teach her u lcsson--perhaps.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13
Seasonable Hints.

At this season many persons contemplate
travelling; to (lo so with the largest amount
of comf,ri and advantage, physical, social,
and !acnta,' TIC following rugsea;!on5 arH
lnadei
Take une.f,arti, more ii0i,ey Than your ac'
tual estimated expenses
Acuuant yourself with The geography .ot
The route and region Of travel.
Have Il gool supply Of small change, and
have no bill Or piece higher than ten dollars
that YOU may not take counterfeit change.
So arrange rs TO have but q single article OF
luggage to look after.
Dress substantially. Better be loo hot for
two or three hours at noon than to be cool for
the remainder of the twenty'four.
Arrange, under all circumstances, to be at
the place Of starting fifteen or twenty minutes
before the time, thus allowing for unavoidable
or unanticipated detention on the way.
DO not commence days travel before
brcalfass even il that has to be eaten at day.
light. dinner rr supper, or both, can be
more hcallhtully dispensed with than good
warm breakfast.
Put ycur purse and watch in Your vest pocll-
ct, and all under your pillow, and you will not
be likely to leave either.
The best, if not most secure fastening your
chamber door, is a common bolt on the inside; /;
if there is none, lock the door, turn the key so
that it can be drawn partly out, and put the
wash basin under it; thus, any attempt to
use jimmy or put in another key, will push
it out ana cause racket among the crockery,
which will be pretty certain to rouse the sleep
er and route the robber.
A sixrcnny sandwich eaten leisurely in the
cars, is better Tor you than dollar dinner
bolted at station.
Take with youa months supply Of patience,
and always think thirteen times before you
reply once to any supposed rudencss or insult,
or natteatiOn.
Do no; suppose yourself specially and de,
signedly neglected, if walters at hotels do not
bring What you call for in double quick time:
nothing sc marks the we'll bred man as quiet
waiting on such occasions: passion proves
the puppT.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13
Don't Apologize.

No, good housewife, don't apologize What
i your visitor do find you busted with house
Hold duties, what if the children have not their
best clothes on, or your apartments are not IN
apple.pie order? 1t is not to be supposed
that your lady friends call ON You for the pur-
Pose of criticizing your housekeeping, but
rather 10 enjoy few moments Of social in
tercourse. Don't throw o damper upon the
Interview by exhibiting an embarrassment
that chills all conversation. Don't apologize
bsIt is bad policy. 1t shows a want OF tact.
Excuse is self:accusation. Little matters are
brought into unnecessary prominence by
apoiogetic reference to them. This making
calls" is bore at the best. It is doubly so
when the whole interview is spent i'll uttcring
aud disclaiming apologies. We have known
lades to apologize for their appearance, for
their occupation, and even for the lack of ele-
CANT furniture in their apartments 0, the
vanity of such apologies. Dear lady, don't
apologize
e If your callers catch you at inopportune
moments don't let them know it. Don't call
their attention to little deficiencies by apollo.
gies. We have known ladies to persist in re.
sisting all attempts to introduce pleasant
topics ever returning to some little sore spo;
aud applying the salve Of apologies. 1t is all
Eanity and vcxation Of spirit. 1t vexes you
and it vexes your visitors. They 60 away
saying" Well never call there again !"
Meet your friends kindly and co-!iaiiy.
IGNORE all domestic deficiencies; talk yourself
and your friends into ,good-humor, and on
leaving they will tell how much they have
enjoyed their call, entirely ignorant Of any.
thing NAL upropos in your domestic Affairs.
There is nothing like pleasant conversation
for making time pass agrceably and sinking
1out of notice all things that need not be no.
sticed. Small talk is better than no talk at all;
apologies are worse. Gossip, if you must;
there is no harm in telling the news-who is
:courted and who is marred-if there is no
;malice in it. But strive rather to elevate
your conversation to more profitable topics.
lat all events don't apologize.
& We are supposing all along that there are
really some little matters, in your appearance
Or your apartments, that are not exactly as
you would have them appear in the eyes OF
visitors. But some ladies, when everything
lis to their mind, enter upon course OF apollo
( gies in order to draw attention to their line
appearance! Such pervcrsity deserves the
cut direct. Leave at once. and n'tapoogize!
But again don't take your visitors into
/ cold and formal parlor because it happens to
contain the best furniture in the house. One
can see all such things at the upholSLerers
and the furniture warehouse. Take them
into your liriag room, where the babies and
the babies playthings are about the floor. and
where the evidences Of occupation rive an air
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

Do not allow yourself to converse in at"ne
loud enough to be heard by person at two
or three seats from you; it is the mark OF a
boor if in man, and Of want Of refinement
and lady-like delicacy, if in woman. A zen
tleman is not noisy; ladies are serene.
Comply cheerfally and gracefully with the
customs of the conveyances in which you
travel, and of the places where you stop.
Respect yourselfb by exhibiting the manners
of gentleman and a lady,.if you wish to be
treated as such, and then you will receive the
respect of others.
travel is great leveller; take the position
which others assign you from your conHuet l,,
rather than from your pretcnslons'-halfs
Journal of Health.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

An ARMY At REsr.-The Albany Evening
journal remarks that "thcre is one army
which will never quit Italy. 1t sleeps on its
arms in an eternal bivouac. New recruits
join at an average of thousand day. They
are picked men, the bravest in both armies
the foremost in every battle. In twenty.sevcn
days Italy has been strewn with twen,y.seven
thousand corpses, men who sought an epaGle, ,
and found grave. a thousand fell III ihc
various carly sIirmisheS, 4 thollaand marked
ths invasion of Garibaldi, Nine hundred
French and Sardnians perished at Moutcbel.
10. Two thousand Austrians pershcd on the
same field Two hundred ZonaYes were killed
at Palestro AS many Sardinians died with
them. Four hundred Auslrians were drowned
in the canal More than twenty thousand
must have fallen in the action ut Buliaiora
and Magenta"
The Journal then speaks, by name, of the
distinguished officers killed anu wounded, ad-
ding:
@Dut this is the fortune of war;" There
must be deaths, or there can be no promotion.
A dozen eager hands ore ready to grasp the
baton as it falls from the hand Of the dying
Marshal. \ dozen hearts burn Tor the gold
epauets whose last owner lies dead in the
ditch. From the General Of Division down
to the sous lieutenant, each finds his COM
mander's corpse stepping-stone to his own
plory'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

-, az. v.... ..,,>, ,uuiiC ~ iidotS, 'iLi lnn.>
tights, buckskin noccasins, and spaneled tulnic
of yellow silk; he was bare headed, without
even the iillct Of white satin that is lreQucnt-
ly worn.
At fifteen minutes past five, he stepped
uppn the large rope, where he convcr>cd a
few minutes With his friends in the m'st cool
AMI unconce-neG manner, having apparently
no more doubt Of his successfully accom-
plishins his undertaking than lie had OF at
tempting it. As he stood for a minute on
the rope, before stepping out, he addressed
tic crowd as follows:
'',;enlcmen, amy one what plcasHs 10 go
acrn>s, carry him Oil my back"
No one seemed disguised TO accept lac kind
offer. AMI having ;oIcd q few minutes loaser,
he ai last started ON lis pcrilous Journey.
lie walked rapidly and firmly, as if he lad
been on Il bridge, until lie chose to stop to
indulge in some gynnaStic evolutions fora few
minutes. lie balanced himself on one leg,
sat down, and laid down on the rope at tnll
length, then, recovering hilusclf, he walked
to the middo Of TIE river, where be again
stopped to accomplish yet another feat not
down in tlc bill. llcrc, Standing on the
rope, with as mlch in difference rs If it was q
solid Ilatiurm he deliberately lowered Il snail
line to the little steamboat, the @Mail 81 the
MIST that had steamed ont to that point:
To tic line was attached bottle OF wine by
the captain Of the boat, and the bottle being
drawn up by the adventurcr, he opened il,
and making comprehensive bow 10 both
crowds on the sides Of the river, lie frank
the health If all present; then throwing the
bottle into the river, he walked on, stopping
no more until he had reached the Canadian
shore.
lie was exactly nineteen minutes crossing
the river, including stops. On arrival on The
Canada shore he was checra,l roci:crously.
lie waited here about half an hour, wien he
prepared 10 return. At G.l2 he stepped ON
the rope to commence his return passage.
He rested but once, lying down on the rope
for two minutes, and accomplishing the re-
turn trip in eight minutes.
As soon as he reached the shore, inc cheer3
aud Shouting wsre almost .lealeniYg' Mr.
i;loriu, having bccu permitted an insiant
for refreshlncnt, was So rzcd by the cnh'iSntIc
crowd and placed cn their shoulders and
borne about in triumph Il G was then placed
in u carriage and escorted through all the
principal streets Of the village, the crowd
thronging round him on all sides, and cheer.
inc in the widest manner. lie did not appear
very ~ much exhausted, alid manifested nc more
fear or nervousness than any ungymnastic
novice would at eating his breakfast. He an
nounccs his determination 10 repeat the feat
at intervals during the summer.
Thus was successfully accomplished one Of
the mcst daring and useless feats that even
The fast age has ever witncssed.-New 4orl;
| Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13
Blondin,s Feat over Niagara on Rope.

The morning broke bright and beautiful, a
few hazy clouds were in the sky, just enough
to hide the too ardent rays Of the sun, and
there was most refreshing breeze, and alto,
gether the day was such that better Could
not have been desired. At an early hour
the crowd began to Collect. Every tram tlat
arrived, from every direction, brought It's nro.
portion of eager spectators, and every strt OF
vehicle that is indigenous to Yankee lIno,
seemed to be pressed into the service to con.
vcy their quota Of people who were to com
pose the immense (for our provincial t"wnl
crowd of people who consregatcd her. TO
witness this most daring Of all the lool-hsrdyI
feats of modern times. at noon tic croWd
amounted to more than 5000 persons, eSc!u-
siye Of the usually quiet inhabitants OF this
village, who are generally not reused rom
their customary quicscencc BY anything less
exciting than the mortal peril OF some un-
happy one who has been entrappcd into the
upper rapids and is about to be hurried over
the Falss The noon trains brought great
augmentation of the already large gathering,
and from that time till 4 p. M, constant ad-
ditions were made to the crowd. By 5 o:lock
the impatience Of the assembly had reached
its height, and it was estimated that at this
time the crowd amounted to twelve thousand
people, which, as the population Of this vii
lage falls somewhat short Of two thousand,
is doing pretty well.
They were not by any means equally dis
tributed, there being about S 900 on the Cana
da side, while but four thousand or there
aLouts were congrcgatcd on the American
shore. This is partially accounted for by the
fact, that the American end of the rope is
anchored in pleasure ground, the admitlance
to which is charged at twenty-five cents,
while our Canadian ncisbbors have the ad-
vantage of free admission to the inspection
of the rope and all thcrcunto apperan'ns.
The crowd, though large, was very quiet
one, and no fighting Or ill-icelinG of any sort
marred the general good temper OF the oeca-
50: 4 vorv largc nrnDort.on OF the persons
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13
Select 4oetrpy,
4 Little While.

Beyond the smiling and the weeping,
/ shall he soon;
Beyond the waking an'l the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
I shall pc soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet Home!
Lo.tl, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the blooming and tho fading,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the shining and the shading,
Beyoad the hoping and the dreading,
shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet Home
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the rising and the setting,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the calming and the frctting,
Beyond remembering and forgetting,
I shall be soon.
Lore, rest, and home!
Sweet Home
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the parting and the meeting,
shall be soon;
beyond the farewell and the greeting,
beyond the pulses fever beating,
7 shall be soUn.
Love. rest, and home!
Sweet Home
Lugd, tarry not, but come.
Bcyoad the rrost-chnin and the fever,
shall be soon;
Beyond the rock waste and the river,
beyond the ever and the never,
] shall Lc soon.
Love, rest, anil home
Sweet Home!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

r...yIS taalI 1Uiu vi uLucr cuunlflcS.
Our rail cars are bigger, and run faster, and
pitch off the track oftener, and kill more peo-
pe than all other cars. Our steamboats, are
longer, anil carry bigger loads and i:nrst their
boilers o.tcncr, and the captains swear harder,
than any other country. Our Iien are bigger,
and longer, and higher, and thicker, and can
fight harder and faster, and eau drink more
whisky, chew more tobacco, spit more, ami
further, kick mp their heels higher, and 90
anything else more, and better and otencr,
than men in all other countries combined.
Our women are pretier, dress finer, spend
more money, break more hearts. wear bigger
hoops and shorter dresses, and kick up the
devil generally to Il greater extent tlian all
olhc, ladies. Our politicians can spout louder,
lie harder, make gas faster, dodge quicker,
turn oflcnrr, make more noise, and do less
work than everybody else's politicians. Oar
nigeers ire blacker, work harder, have thick,
or skulls, smell louder, and need thrashing
oltcncr, than other nigger. Our children
suual louder, grow faster. and get too big for
thcir breschcs quicker than all other children.
It is Il great country 1t is the corner
stone Of nations, it is The top Of th: pile. the
heal man Of the heap, the lasl button nn
Gabrirls coat, the crownn: Jewel in The 'ilil-
dem, the capitol OF lha column, tho last link
in tic chain. the observed Of all observers. 1t
will eat up all nations faster than r!,a:"ol's >
lean cattle ate up the i;t ones. When ak
other nations are numbered among the things
that were, it will just be rejoicing in lis
strength. 1t will kick all other natfOns out
o: existence, it will lick them up as the COW
!ickcth up salt. It has now lirty.lhree States,
snd more coming 1t covers more territory
than all other nations. And finally, it has
louder thunder, faster Lightning, bigger hail
aud colder ice. tllau can he lounlin any other
part oI,hc labilabIc globe. Hnirsh! lIurrahl !
lIurlah! Three cheers for this pr1-'i.gi.ons
constellation Of Free States Hang u man
that won't praise his OWN country
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

A BULL DOG ATTACKING AN ELEPHANT
Hosv he came out. The Petersburg Va. Elk.
press says: " An amusing. incident occurred
while Van Amburgh's menagerie was cross.
ing the Apomattox, short distance above
the Pocahontas bridge, strikingly illustrative
of the fact that the bull dog is the most cour.,
ageous OF all animals, and will attack any
creature regardless Of size. AS the elephant
entered the water with his usual slew and
cautious step, some individual in the crowd,
prompted by q spirit of mischief, hied on
large bull dog 10 attack the huge animal.
The dog instantly obeyed, and plunging into
the water, seized hold of one of the hind legs
of the elephant, on which the latter only
switched him with his tail as he would brush
of fly, hut not ridding himself of his assail-
ant by snch gentle means, and feeling sharp
teeth at work upon his leg, he Suddenly threw
his snout around, and seizing the dog held
him under the wafer until he was nearly
drowned; then raising him high in the air,
threw him ut least hundred feet out into the
stream. Fully satisfied with the punishment
he had received, the dog made his way to the
shore, and beat hasty retreat"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13
Our Country.

The Southern Mercury thus lets of on
/" Our Country" Hear him:
There is not the least shadow Of u doubt
about the matter-ours is enphatically, un.
deniably incontrovertibly, positively, COM
para,ively and superlatively, Il great and slori,
GUS country. The annals OF time furnish
nothing TO compare with it; Greece wasn't
circumstance; Rome was no where. Venice
couldn't hold us a candle, while all modern
nations sink into insignificancc before our
country. 1t has longer rivers, and more of
them, mnldicr, deeper, and run faster, and go
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

An old physician was declaimlns in oHr
hearing, the other day, upon the propensity
which majority Of people display III eating
unripc fruit and vegetables. Said he:
';Thcrc is not vegetable growing in our
gardens that is not best whea arrived at ma
turity, anl the most Of them arc positively
injurious when they arc not fully ripe"
"I know one thing that amt MS good when
'tis ripe as It's when it is green," interrupted
q little boy, in very confidential but mol
est manner.
"What's that?" sharply said the physician,
vexed at having his principles disputed by q
mere boy.
"A cucumber p replied the lad.
The Docter winked at US with both eyes,
but said nothing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

BROAD RIVER RAILROAD BR1DGE.-We
learn from Mr.. Raworth, the efficient Super
intcndent of the Greenrille and Columbia
Railroad, that this bridge is completed. The
trains ran over it for the first time last Thurs
day. 1t is, perhaps, the finest bridge now
in the State The wood work is said to be
very excellent, and built upon remarkably
well constructed piers, will no doubt make
the whole bridge unusually durable. There
has been great need Of such crossing over
this river for some time, so that the travel
ling public may be congratulated that there
is no longer any reason to apprehend danger
at this point.
Feeling the greatest interest in the road,
it affords us pleasure to say we have seldom
travelled over more comfortable one than
the Greenville Road is ct this tine. 1t is in
excellent conditiol.-Newberry ConserVatist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

A BRAVE PR1EsT.-Among the chaplains
who have Just been appointed to the army in
ItaIv is the Rev. Father Parahere, who dis
t;nGuished himself in the Crimea. In one ac-
ton in which he was by the side Of Gen.
Canrobert, his horse was killed under him.
STbat. Reverend Sir" said the General, "is
an accident without remedy. cannot get
Won w another horse; SO, al. reuoir." But
Fathe. Parabere thought it his duty to be pre-
sent in the combat, and, seeing a cannon ap-
proach, he jumped astride it, and was con.
yeyed in that manner into the midst ofaction,
where he assiated,the wounded and administer
ed religious consolation to the dying.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13
VOLUME XXIV.---No. ~.

by his own breath, in very few hours; in
twenty-four hours he would have spoiled all
the air contained in the room, and have con-
verted it into poison! Reader, when you rise
tomorrow morning, Just go out of coors for
five minutes, and observe carefully the freshness
of the air. That air is in the state i'll which
God keeps it for breathing. Then come back
suddenly into your close room, and yeur own
senses will at once make you feel how very
far the air in your chamber is from being
in the same wholesome and serviceaole con-
d;tion
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

Kao11S.-We visited the works at Kaolin
lin South Carolina) on yesterday, and were
pleased to notice the enterprise and industry
exhibited. The crockery manufactured there
is fully equal 10 the best imported, or made
in any portion Of our country, and needs only
to be seen and used, to be appreciated, and
the works literally patronised.
We noticed some tests on Kaolin manu-
facturcd water pipe, and while the test was
not made under favorable circumstances, the
pipe resisted a pressure of about fourteen
hundre.; pounds. We are not prepared t2
express our opinion in favor Of the general
introduction of such pipe, but we lave no
hesitation in saying that if such pipe Will
answer for conveying water through our city,
it is more desirable than iron or pine logs
Augusta Constitutionalist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-13

WINDOWS OPENED MORE WOULD KEEP DOC
TORS FROM THE pooR.-A very large quantity
of fresh air is spoiled and rendered foul by
the act Of breathing. A man spoils not less
than gallon every minute. In eigh hours
breathing, full grown man spoils as much
fresh air as seventeen three.bushel sacks
could hold Ifhe were shut up in room
seven fee. long, and seven feet high, the door
and windows fitting so tightly that no air
could PASS through. he won1d die, poisoned