Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

fercnt times. He was overheard in his
Whimsical method OF repeating the GER
emory, thus:
81 now propose . ma riagc between
Jack Browning and this pie If any OBJ
lection can be made to this union, let it
now be known, or forever keep the
peace"
On this freak being whispered to the
captain, he prepared good ropes end,
ard holding t in one hand and the boy
in the other, said:
A union is now proposed to take
place between this rope and sailor boy;
If any objection can be made to this
tickllsh match let them be known, or
forever keep the peace
Captain" said The boy, the banns
are forbidden; the parties have not the
least regard for each other. To make 1t
right, both with one voice should be res
conciled to be spllced."
Wcll.'' said the captain, laughing,
"yon may 60 this time, but look out
next time how you make 'oye to or mar
ny any Of my pies
ETA Lump OF Gold was shipped, on
Saturday morning, from New York for
Europe, weighing 225l o., and worth
s42,5Sl II. 1t is eleven and seven
eighths inches long, four inches deep, and
FIVE inches in width.
THE GATHERING STORM IN EuRorE.-
The foreign news ust received although
scantlly supplied, appears to be impor-
taht. There were signs of a rupture-a
bloody rnpture-on the surface Of
things. The country press Of France
had been instructed to abuse England
Hitherto the effort has been to suppress
abuse, in order to preserve tho cordial
alliance. Now the policy is reversed
Napoleon must be ready for action. lie
wonld hardly consent that such a brand
should be applied to the passions of HE
countrymen, If he did not feel equal to
the task ofguilding tho tempest which
he IL, in this way, certain to call INTO be-
ing. There are stirring times ahead,
and The first drops Of the coming storm
have already fallen-certainly and sui
lenly and on the dust Of peace.-Pitts-
burg Post.
! The MORROCCo IMBROGLIo-DAHGER
OF EUROPEAN WAR.-The recent de-
velopments in respect to the Morocco
imdroglio arc highly important. On
the one hand, we hear that the allied
forces of Spain and france were on the
point Of opening the war, Spain to at
tack both by sea and land, while in CO.
operation with this movement q French
force was to cross the frontiers between
Algiers and Morocco. Great Britain, on
the other hand, dreading the issue of a
partition of the Moorish Empire, which
would leave in possession of the strongest
the most valuable portion Of the spoils,
the opposite coasts of Gibraltar, trem-
blcs for her Mediterranean rule, secured
to her by the dearly bought treaties OF
1915, that were torn to pieces at Softer
inc, and Lord Palmerston, the very man
who SO prominently represented, few
months ago, the British sympathies with
the Italian policy Of the French Emper
or, now, it is reported, solemnly protests
against the consequences Of that policy,
which had he not been a mere quack in
politics, of the office hunting breed, he
would have clearly foreseen, and guard
ed against in a more cfficacious manner.
! H. .L---A--- -, .-..a aAU .viu, HAS
declared to the French Ambassador that
England would not suffer Spain to occu-
py both sides of the Straits Of Gibraltar,
that she would oppose it by force, and
that his Cabinet would make the ques-
ton European one.
This threat hurled against Spain is
meant as a hint for France, for she, his
Lordship Knows we'll, is the chief mover
in the plot. But Palmoreston is no match
for Napoleon. The Emperor always
calculates his chances closely, and is
fully aware that England stands COM
pletely isolated; that she could now
neither claim nor obtain the armed sup
port of any one of the great Powers Of
Europe. From the Crimean war dates
the alienation of Russia from England,
and the Franco>Russian alliance from
the italian war, the complete alienation
of Austria from her. Austria, exhausted
and despoiled of one Of her most valua-
bic provinces, will not be found in a
mood to take up the quarrels OF an ally
who bretrayed her and left her in the
lurch. As to Russia, her interests in
the Mediterranean do not conflict with
those of France. If the Car is but al
lowed to encroach upon the Ottoman
Empire, which France, not England, can
afford him to do, he will not care what
becomes of Morocco, Gibraltar and NAL
ia and tho Ionian Islands into the bar
gain. While England was supposed to
be al'-powertul in the Mediterranean,
Russia sought her alliance, and Nicholas
proposed to her the division of the "sick
mans" inheritance, but since france is
in the ascendency, she goes with her,
1t is only in pursuance of such policy
that Russia can hope to SEQ her aspira-
tions realized. The Cabinet of St. James
would find no comfort at St. Peters,
burgh. There remains Prussia. She
alone could do nothing, if even she
should feel inclined, save perhaps to SYM
pathzc WITH the native land Of her future
Queen. Moreover, the fate of Morocco
would, if at all, but so distantly and
slightly touch her own interests, as not
to justify her government to assume any
entangling responsibilities, much less
commit the country to war.
1t is evident therefore, that should