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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-08

BLOrDlx AT THE FALLs,--Next to Loufs
Napoleon, Biondfn is confessedly the most
wonderful OF Frenchmen. At the Fails yes-
ferday he performed all he promised, and
more; Between 4 and O'Clock he crossed the
rope Ior the fourth time. He was dressed in In
oIan costume His journey to the Canada side
was moi marked by any feat Of peculiar daring.
a. ne went over ON q trot merely halting for an
ihs : slant 70 balance himself Ills homeward trip
however completely eclipsed his previous
As. I1sls. " nen about one-quarter OF the way
acloss ne stood on his head, holding the bal
-. pole IN his hands. * little further along
...a .s aaIu down on his back, with apparent com-
roSIas. w hen near the centre Of the rope he
en n,s paianee-pole to the guy rope and navi
Sfns Sssu uy means OF hands and feet, his body be-
ing . IN state of suspended animation beneath.
AFTER proceeding SOME distance in this way
ne assumed perpendicular position aud re-
turned ior the balance pole and then walked
on. Another feat which he performed was
turning sort of hand spring Lying down
on MS back, le extertied the balance nole the
iengtn OF his arms, and then threw his body
over the pole, striking astride the rome With
out the pole he hung by one leg frou, the rome
ana supported himself by one arm Dnring
ms passage he stood en- his head several rimes
ana performed a variety of fears which yya
nave not time to recapitnlate. The number nf
persons present was greater than at anv nra
vlous exhibition. A special train on the r. raat
western brought several hundreds. Rochass
Ter and buffalo turned out their thousands
while Cievelea6, Erie, Dunkirk. and other con-,
siderable places, sent large delegations.-Bnf
fdto Courier )
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-08
NEW York IrEMs.--A letter from New York,
dated the 5thinstant, gives the following items

dated the 5thinstant, gives the following items
of news:
The funeral of the murdered Virginia Stew
art took place, according TO appointment this
morning. The only persons in attendance
were the mother Of deceased and two Catholic
priests. The coffin plate bore the sign Of the
cross, and beneath II was the following in
scription: Eliza Stewart died August 4th,
1861. aged % years, 9 months and % days.
Virginia is said to have been an assumed
name.
Two lads, about 10 years of age, while play
ing In the basement of a tenement 13e Eas t
Fortieth street, last night, discovered between
the hoor tlmbers and the foundation So, 400 in
counterfeit bills on the Oneida County Bank,
of Utica NJ I. How the "bogus" came there
Is, up to this time, a mystery. The bills were
done up in packages of Si,U,0 each, and are
said to be admirably executed.
Schr. Brontes, Powers, which arrived to-day
from Sierra Leone, reports losing four of her
seamen on the voyage by African fever Their
names were Peter Holden, VIM. Mcdonald,
Lewis Miller and Thomas Rutlidge.
A clipper schooner is about to be dispatched
from this port to the Chiriqui grave (gold)
diggings. A large number OF passengers are
already engaged, including some Calitornians,
who expect to discover the source of the gold,
which must have furnished the material for
the precious relics that have recently been un-
earthed.
Steamships Moses Taylor and Northern
Light sailed to-day for Aspinwall the former
with $50 and the latter with 3rU passengers for
California. On board the Moses Taylor is
Commodore Montgomery, who goes to join
the Pacific squadron, vice Com. Lang, returned
home
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-08
F: BUSINESS NOTICES.

NAIU'L r. HAW Is Sun,
~ DEALERS ~
ANTHRACITE COAL.
A fun supply constantly hand of Red and
White Ash Egg" Red and White Ash prepared
Stove, for families and factories, and White Ash
Lamp for foundry use.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-08
CHMoND, VA, MONDAY, AUGUST S. 1859

THE APPEARANCE OF SRBAsTopor-Tha
mercantile bark Westbrook, Commanded nv
Captain Bonello, which left SebastouoI 81, tI,s
ist Of March, has arrived Mt Hull with = ear
GO consisting chiefly Of bones. and forrv.sir
pieces cannon, English, French and Russian
most OF the latter being in excellent condition
Captain Bonello states that he arrived nj So.
bastopol on the 18th Of January, and at onee
proceeded TO Balakiava. The country aInnv
the entire route presents most devastateii
appearance. diversified only by the mounds
raised here and there over some fallen warrior
Balaklaya itself is described as vast Golcos
tha where small heaps of stones are the only
marks of distinction separating the resting
nate. The Immense extent of ground covered
is now completely deserted, even the two or
three houses occupied by some Of the Generals
being uninhabited The ravages of war ara
also stamped in equally indellible Characters
on the city of Sebastopol itself. Commerce is
stagnant it's streets are almost deserted and
the wretched inhabitants Of the smaller houses
which alone seem 10 be generally occupied. are
in most destitute state ALI that can be seen
of the once mighty Malakof, may not inaptiy
be compared to "a mountain capsi2ed the dock
yard, instead of its former life and activity
resembles mass of rocks; and those of the
Government magazines which have not al.
ready tumbled to pieces, appear as il they were
about to do SO. There are no indications that
the famous Notifications which frowned for
so many months on a mighty foe are about to
be restored, nor does it seem probable that
they could be in the course of one generation.
The American contractor is busy in his efforts
to raise the sunken fleet of Russia.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-08

Sfr@s PARkE POINDEXTIR, ATT0R-
Dc NEY AT LAW, RICHMOND, VA. will
practice in the city oi Richmond and in the coun-
ties OF Chesterfield, Powhatsn and Amelia.
EA- Office IN LIses Building. corner oi Main and
l4th streets 23-ly
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-08
- WAX MIX a. 70.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WOODEN WARE,
BROOMS. RUSHES, B4SkETS, MATS,
PAINTED TUBS, BUCKETS, ETC.
So and 3S Commercial Street,
BOSTON.
MANUFAcToRY At CONCORD, MASS.

II tinues to sail Real and Personal ESTATE.
hire out NEGROES, rent out HOUSES, and will
attend to any other BUSINESS requiring an AGENT.
whether in the city or country. lie respectfuy
requests Commissioners of Courts, Trustees to
Deeds, &c., to give him call before employing IN.
one else, his charges will be made 10 give salts
faction to all who may patronlze him. Office in
Basement METROPOLITAN Hall. je 2o-6m
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03

SENATOR GwIN GOING INTO THE
CABINET.-The Sacramento Bee con-
tains the following semi-official an
nouncement
If what We hear, and upon semi
official authority too, may be relied
upon, the incoming Legislature Of
California will be called upon to elect
a United States Senator to serve until
March 4th, 1861. vice VIM. N. Gwin,
who is going into the Cabinet. Our
information is that Senator Gwin has
transmitted the intelligence, by the
last mail, that the President has offer
ed him tho position of Secretary of
the Treasury, in place of Howell Cobb,
about to resign, and that he will &C.
cept il.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03


The following from the keokuk Post
Of SUNDAY last we commend to the at
tention of those of orr readers who are
smitten with the "gold fever
A woman living in Hamilton, on the
oppos,tc side Of the river, whose has
band started to the digcings some tim
ago. has received a letter from him,
giving very gloomy account Of the
Cherry Creek region. We are not at
liberty to publish the letter. but the
writer SAYS there ere many there who
would willingly get back to the states
again, if they had the means OF doing
so: persons who started, like himself,
Oh only money enough to get through.
lie says there is some gold to be found,
but it is SO scarce and everything is SO
high, that a person cannot make liv.
lnp He now writes to his wife to send
him money to enable him to get home
again-to sell or mortgage the house
and lot, if necessary. We do not know
the writer personally, but We think his
letter, being a private one, to his wife,
is enti led to some consideration. His
neighbors credit the information.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03
Language and Its Thinkers.

The Professor at the FEBRUARY
Table Of the Atlantic Monthly, has
some large hearted sensible thoughts
upon Language,
Here is a part of what he said:
arguage is solemn thing
said, lit grows ont Of llfe.-out of its
agonies and ecstasies, its wants and its
WEAKNESS. Every language is tenn
pie, in which the soul of those who
speak it is enshrincd. Because time
sottens its outlines and rounds the
sharp angles OF its cornices, shall
fellow take a pickaxe to help time q
Let me tell you what comes OF med
ding with things that can take care of
themselves. A friend of mine had
watch given him, when ha was boy,
"a bulls eve, with loose silver case
that came off like an oyster-shell from
It's contents you know them, the cases
that You hang on your thumb, while
the core or the real watch lies in your
hand as naked as a peeled apple
Well, he beyan with taking off the
case, and SO on from one liberty to
another, until he got it fairly open,
and there were the wo ks, as good as
If they we're alive,-crown-whe bal.
ance wheel, and all the rest. All right
except one thing, there was a con
founded little hair had got tangled
round the balance-wheei. SO my young
Solomon got pair Of tweezers, and
caught hold OF the hair very nicely.
and pnlled it right out, without touch
ing any of the wheels, -when.-
buzzAZZZ and the watch had done
up twenty-four hours in double mag
netic-telegraph time Tho English
language was wound mp to run some
thousands years, | trust /; but if every.
body is to be pulling at everything be
thinks is hair, our grand children
will have to make the discovery that
it is hair-spring, and the old Anglo
Norman aours time keeper will run
down, as many other dialects have done
before 1t. / can't stand this meddling
any better than you, Sir. But we have
a great deal to be proud of in the life
long laborers of that old photographer
and we mustn't be ungrateful. Besides
don't let US deceive ourselves,-the
war OF the dictionaries is only dis
gpised rivalry Of cities, colleges, and
especially Of publishers. After all the
language will shape itself BY larger
forces than photography and diction-
sry making. You may spade up the
ocean - much ~ you like, and harrow
y aitsrw,rd.. II you caa,-but the
moon VIII still lead the tidsA end ne
windA VII ibrn their sustasss
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03
N. l.. N Oerise
lFrom the BurIi agtop Gazette.

JrIoW wv ""~esSS.J
Our republican contemporaries are
making terrible ado over small par
agraph in the Statesman, exhonerating
NJ. L. Morris, ex-Treasurer Of State,
from a specific charge made by that
paper against him, and they call upon
the democratic press of Iowa, in gen
eral, to make similar retraction. So
far as the Gazette is concerned We have
nothing to take back. We based our
charges upon the report made by
Messrs. Cook (rep.) and Patterson
(dem.) charging the absence Of money
from the State Treasury and suggest
ing suit 70 recover it; and, until it is
proven conclusivcly that that report
was false. we make no retraction. II
Morris has paid in the 100000 spoken
of by the Statesman, we are glad to
learn it, and we give the tax payers Of
this State joy in the successful rescu-
ing of this much of their hard-earned
money.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03
E Speaking of the alIurements {

CF Speaking of the allurements of
the City of Washington just now, the
Washington correspondent of the N.
Y. Times says:
"There never was finer time for
yonng ladies to come to Washington.
So many officers in the army fresh
from West Point-young liteary men
poets of the Epe"ing Mirror type
filllbusters, with revolvers in their belt
fire in their eyes, and in their pockets,
titles to the silver-brick lands of
Arizona. Willard allows but one
lady to each table twenty feet long,
and but one salt-cellar, lest by her in
advertance he should lose twenty
boarders."
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03

The following late intelligence from
The Kansas gold diggings we clip from
the correspondence of the Rock Island
1ryus
MONROE, n. r., Jan. 20, 80.
MEssRs. EDaToRs :-oince the dis
covery of gold in this territory, emf
grafton is turned this way, and rs per-
sons may come from your immcd late
vicinity, few lines from me may be
acceptable and useful to persons com
i,g out, That gold is foun1 in guam
tltles sufiiclent to pay well for mining,
is no longer disputed question. la
fact there is hardly week passes that
We do not see persons returning from
the mines and al are unanimous in
stating that men have made fron five
to twenty dollars per day. More and
and recent discoveries of the precious
metal are continually being developed,
and we expect emigration will be equa
to that to California in lS5O-5l there
fore, | will state the best route, which
is via the Platte Valley from Omaha
City aud Monroe, to Fort kearney,
and from there to Cherry Creek. The
distance from Omaha to this place is
ninety-six miles. from here to Fort
kearnoy, e'ghty-four miles, and from
Fort kesrnev to the mouth of Cherry
Creek 900 miles, making the entire
d starcc 47G miles from Omaha City.
The streams are all brIdged or have
good ferries. The road is very level
nearly all the way and settlements OK
tend farther west on this route than on
any t:cr 1t is the universal opinion
Of all the persons have seen from the
mines that the chances are good and
if man wants to make a fortune by
mining, Nebraska is the place. But
the country from being broken is not
adapted to agriculture in fact, this is
about rs far west as farming can be
made profitable, unless you cross the
mountains. That being the case, pro-
duce will be in demand along the route
ioi u iih'iibti vi yNoiN, tiItA b'CbSoiio WV
are willing 10 wait for sure thing
rather than to run a great risk for a
chance of making fortune at once,
would saw there are chances along this
Platte Valley not to be surpassed,
when if secured this coming spring,
by steady, industrious men, will yield
a surer fortune than all the mines vet
discovered. There will be a demand
for hotels, wagon shops, blacksmith
shops, stores, grist and saw mills, and
farmers on the entire route and par
tlculally in the immediate vicinity
Mon with families and small capital
would do much better here in my
opinion than at the mines.
In conclusion ! would say to any
one wishing information in regard to
this portion of Nebraska, shall be
happy to answer all enquiries by mai
or otherwise
LEANDER GERHARD,
Monroe, n. T.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03

THE New SENATE CHAMBER.-Al-
ready fault is found with the new Uni
ted States Senate chamber. Mr.. Hale,
the other day, plead for an extension
Of the room to the wall of the building
on the one end and one or both sides,
so as to have the advantage Of windows
and fresh air. He also said that an
other defect had been developed, and
that was if "a shower beats upon the
roof we cannot hear. That is" said he,
'the case at this moment. think it
IS the most unhealthy, uncomfortable,
ill-contrlvcd place l was ever in during
my life, and my health is suffering daily
from the atmosphere"
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03
~AndcrSsen. IN BEARING oeperOr

~ Andersen, IN bearing generous
testimony to Morphy powers, says he
is too strong for any living player to
hope to win more than game here
aud there. He never makes mistake
but as soon as his adversary commits
the slightest blnnder. his game is gone.
If player makes a move approxa-
matiyemcnt' correct, but not "exacte-
men." the right move, Morphy is dead
certain to win. Andersen has also
given his opinion that Morphy would
have beaten all the three great trium-
virat- Hilidor, La Bourdannais and
M'Donne1.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03

~ Among the presents made by
Louis Napolean to the Empress on
New Years Day, was the discovery to
her Majesty that her chamber opened
into an apartments boudoir-un-
dreamed Of in sleep and unimagined in
previous waking. A door, which the
night previous was no door, stood wide
open. The newt apartment, the won
dering Empress at length observed,
was real; Saracenic III splendor; a
" tocador," initiated from the famous
toilet chamber Of Arab sutanas in the
Alhambra; equipped with every con-
ceivable and uncomfortable toy and
trinket of modern toilet device.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03
"Tho Boys" ...W Who they are :

OF all the poets of America DR.. Oh
liver Wendell Holmes, csn-when he
chooses-wr,te the most easy, graceful
and touching productions. His last,
entitled 1.-THE Boys" published in our
issue Of Sunday, was most exquisite
1t was composed for, and read at, a
recent gathering Of his old class mates
Of Harvard College. The Boston
Transcript exercising its Yankee
privilege Of guessing, publishes the fol-
lowing key to the poem:
"The Boys" weIe the class of 1929
ct Harvard College, which included
the author Of the poem. The "boy"
called "Doctor" breaches in Bedford
street, Boston. Tho Judge" is the
youngest member Of tho Supreme
Bench in this Commonwealth the
"Speaker" is Mr.. c., who occupied the
chair in the Massachusetts House OF
Representatives in 1889. The "Mav-
or 10 from Worcester. The "Member
Of Congress" is from Greenfield, Mass.
The "Rev." is the pastor o the "Churcb
OF the Disciples" in Boston. The
Mathematician" Professor p. Of Har.
ward University. The Squire" an ex.
Judge Of the United States Supreme
Court; and the mice youugstcr" a
Baptist Professor, whose national song
ID always sung on the Fourth of July.
The "bcy laughing" would blush to
have his kind deeds published, but he
lives in Central Massachusetts.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03
INSURANCE.
a, ATR nv low A.

STATS or IOWA.
AuDfTva's OFFICE, DEs A0INGs Jan. ~, 90
It's hereby certified that on the c0th day Of jan
usry, Is y. statement WAS n ed H. this Once, show
lug tue condition Of the Peoria Marin" and fire Inc
suranee Compan Of Peosis, ate OF inois, on the
lst day of January. 1859 in accordance wit ihepFo
vision. II ACT OF this Legislature OF this stat,
passed January rs. 1851, that suca statement elbows
that said q, mpAny H. possessed Of the requisite
L'ount Of capital, and invested as required In said
Act.
Authority Is therefore gwen 10 IN" above named
Peorin Marine and Hre Insurance Compspy TO trans
sci business Of Insurance IN this safe, In eccor-
dance with tie laws thereof.
Il 80 certified hst II. y. Mitchell, EsG.. Ola
v.np3rt. ha- been duly appolnte- By SAID Cenpsns,
their lawful attorney and az mt for the county u
Scott, with mi power to take risks u In urarc co
therein and T. knowledge service ~ process, upon
his ming certified copy OF the statement a.d In
this one, with the Clerk Of the District Court In and
for said County.
1t l. further certified that the annexed is true
copy Of tue required stat msnt
~ In Testimony whereof have herernto set
g. I'm, hand AMI affixed my sal Of office this
(' .1th day OF September, 1855.
". CkTIELL, Auditor Of Iowa.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03
STATE ITEMS.

OLD CLOTHES PARTY.-An old clothes
party was held at fremont Hal, Musca-
tine, on Friday evening last. The
attendance was not as large as at
similar entertainment on the 9th Of
December, 1851. There were COM
paratiyely few costumes. The receipts
At the door, which are to be devoted
TO the relief of the poor, were just
seventy dollars.
The devo,ees Of Terpischore wound
up the affair with dance.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03


Mr.. f. Merriam, of Brooklyn Hght.,
gives the following information in answer
to . csrresr ondent from Claremont, n H.,
respecting the "Cold Friday" OF January.
1910, as compared with the same cold
weather in 1851. Mr. Merriam says:
In the last half Of the INC nth of ,hnua-
ry, 1910. was at place called Midway.
on the Green Mountains, Vermont. The
cold Friday was the 18th of Janu,ry Of
that year. On the 18th, the weathe- was
not unusually cold. but during the night
violent wind came from the northwest ac-
compani.I by intense cold and the temper
ature fell TO 81 degrees below zero. The
forest trees split and cracked throughout
the nights Of the 18th and 10th, with deto-
nations ike the continuous discharge Of
volleys of musketry. SO great was the
noise, that our patty coul not sleP.-
About midnight q tremendous exposion
was heard and felt, which we sub eqsently
found to have been the cracking Of the
thick ice of a large pond-the opening was
six inches vile and half mile long The
snow in the mountains was very dep at
the time.
In the city Of New York rain fell most of
the days of Tuesday, the 10th, and Wednes-
day, the 18th of January, 1910.
In the morning of the 18th. wind was s.
W.. at 2 p. ~, s., and then came round to
the n. w. and blew gale in the night OF
| 1919, and at sunrise of the 9th, tie tenn
persture fell to zero, and did not ris. above
deg during the day. Saturday morning,
| at s o'clock, the temperature wa. s deg.
above zero. Sunday A NJ, same horr, only
2 deg above, and Monday morning deg.
above at 8 A. N. The temperature did not
rise above the freezing point till the oath,
when it was "a deg. above zero.
The cold in January, 1857, was intense,
| and Of long continuance. Between the
hours of 4 and p. NJ, of December so,
1856, the temperature At any place Of OBJ
servstion on Brooklyn flights fell below
the freezing point. and continued below
that line until the 9th of January, 1857.
when it rose above that line and to 80 deg.
accompanied by rain. On the 23d Of Jan.
uary the temperature here fell to s deg be.
| low zero.
At Franconia N. H., on the 9th, it fell
to 40 deg. below zero; al Bath and Lisbon
N. H.. 10 So deg below zero; At Moatpe-
lier. w., to 50 deg. below zsro-lowe.t line
marked on the scale of the spirit thermom
| eters-and at a town in New Hampshire
near the Connecticut River, above St
Johnsbury, the temperature fell TO 60 deg
below zero.
The mercury thermometers we're con.
gealed in almost all the places among the
mountains bordering the Connecticut River
Valley-freezing at 80 deg. to 40 deg be-
| low zero.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03

A Queer PArEs-A traveller in Norway,
writing to the Boston Recorder. gives an
account Of the northermost paper in the
world, the Tromsoe Times It is printed 81
Tromsoe, little island village of about
1000 inhabitants ON the coast Of Norway.
at three degrees within the polar circle
The summer sun kindly looks in at the of
nee windows at midnight, to see that the
forms are properly set up. The Times 10 .
four-paged semi-weekly she ct, with ouly
two columns on q page, and IL about the
size Of quarto book form. The style Of
type 10 the Gothic. which has been Discard
ed Sweden, and to considerable extent in
both Germany and Denmark. The latter
are the only nations which retain the Goth
ic handwriting.