Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

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purpose to return to it; in many cases
only his body returned to be buried
amongst those of his toreta'hers. lie
had seen whole ship cargoes of corpses
and collins; those who tcnanied the
collins having lived and died with the
belief that thov would ENJOY greater
rcpose II their remains were brought
back to the land of their hcarths and
homes Of former days.
COOP Asp TsrE.-The following in
stance Of sharp practice, related to US as
an actual fact, is entirely too good to
keep if not new, it is worth repetition:
"A distinguished railroad iinancier,
banker aud member ot the church, IN
getting up bank in one OF the western
cities, invoked the aid Of the Bishop in
making subscriptions to the capital stock,
by asking the loan Of his note OH time
for few thousand dollars, telling him it
was a mere matter Of torm-that he
would not be obliged to pay it, &c
The Bishop complied, and not being a
person that gave any great deal of atten-
ton to temporal affairs, and not over
burlened with the ready his note hav-
ing been passed to the hands of the
broken banker or the financicr, was, as a
matter of course, protested for non-pay-
ment when it became due. Our iinan>
cial friend, who had kept watch on the
note, now goes quietly and with much
apparent secresy, to brother member
of the church. and with benevolencc
ocaming on his countcnance, informs
hm that the Bishops note is lying at
the bank under protest. Ths is too
bad says he, but nothtng must be said
about II we must take up the note and
| will head the subsci ptlon with $50
The requisite amount was soon raised,
and the Bishops note paid. The tinan-
cier made his bank stock clear at a cost
OF $50 only, and at once took position
in the opinion of his fellow members as
a pillar of the church. 1t is the sharp
practice Of such able 'financiers' that has
brought ruin upon many incorporated
institutions, and reduced many Of our
railroad companies to their present re-
duccd condition, and though resulting,
as in the case related above, of ruin 70
his constituents, leaves the 'tja$bcier'
himself 81 in possession of an a%Ps for
tune" ~
How Mr.. SEWARD DRESSED FOR THE
QUEENS REcEpTIoN.-TheL London COR
respondent of the New York Herald
writes:
"Beiorc closing must relate an an
ecdote which Governor Seward tells
himself with much gusto. When the
messenger reached him announcing that
her Majesty had fixed an hour for his
audience, the Governor was at the Der
by races, with Lord Napier and other
distinguished members Of the nobility.
Her Majesty had fixed the audience for
that very day, and the Governors court
dress had not yet been ordered. What
was to be done? Lord Napier was con-
suited. In few moments Lord n. and
Governor S. were flying toward London
as fast as whip and wheels could carry
them. The city gained, they soon
reached the shop of Prince Albert's
tailor. A court suit was ordered to be
made in two hours time. The tailor
demurred-sa he could do wonders,
but that was impossible. But, happy
man that he is, he was never without an
expedient. The Governor was required
to strip off his black pants, and with one
dash Of the shears, off came the legs of
the pants at the knee.
There stood the Senator in his draw
ers, coat and hat. Whisk went the
tailors. The gold knee buckles, dia-
mond clasps and rosettes were soon ad-
justed. The long drawers and boots
gave place to silk stockings and pumps,
ornamented with buckles similar to those
for the knees. Next went on an exquisite
cambria shirt, with rufiled bosom and
wristbands, clasped gold buttons set in
diamonds. The hair-dresscr, with his
tongs, was meanwhile at work, the
cooked hat was .jauntily put in place, the
straight sword was buckled to his side,
and our good friend, to all appearance,
was the elegant coartier, fit to embell sh
the drawing room Of any Court. The
hour of audience arrived, and the splcn-
did cquipagc Of the Governor rolled into
the court yard Of st. James. The Queen
was in waiting, and the distinguished
visitor was received by Her Majesty in
the most gracious manner, who condo
seconded to compliment Governor Seward
Oh hin eloquent efforts in behalf of free
dom IN the American Senate Chamber.
An ron .JomN HnowE.-Thc well
known Thaddcua Hyatt, Of New York,
in proposing n plan for the relief OF
Hrown'h family, says:
81 have photograph Of the old man
presented to mo by hls own hands, all
admirable likeness. Let all who sympa-
thlzc in the purpose send each u dollar,
and | VIII forward for each such sum an
exact copy oil the original, and with it,
if possible, John Browns autograph
The proceeds fom ton thousand such
copies viii produce innd Of eight thou
SAND dollars for the benefit Of the help
Icss and afflicted ones, whom tho Kan
sas hero so touchingly commcnds to our
sympathics.'
La MOUNTAIN AND THAT llUMBUG.-
La Mountain, the Troy arena says,
went to New York few days since,
and not being known by Prof. Lowe, re-
ceivcd very full details of the various
plans Of the projectors, together with
pieces of the material from which the
balloon was made. Mr.. l.. came away