Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-09-08

Ex.PaEsrpExr Van Buren, 10 writing ME
Life and Times.
Fson January lst. 1859, to August 9th,
inclusive, 1901 ,37l bushels Of salt we're IL
spsctsd st the Onsndago Salt SPRING.
The whole amount inspected during The
same time in 1853. vac 3. 69S, s95 busaels-
Deer ease lsl .624 bushels.
Portet's Spirit Of tie Times that the put
ses put 10 in the trot between Flora Tea :
ole and Princes are eli sham.
ANEW Law in Copoeticut makes 1t . erDs
punishable BY fine and imprisonment to
drive hired horse beyond the distance
bsrgained for.
We learn through France that Mr.. Sebas-
tia nof . Russian savan. has discovered an
old Ms. Of Ptolemy's Geography in the
Monastery of Mount Atbos, and has made
Photographic copies Of the maps for the
classic world.
MExr1os is made Of much injury TO the
potatos crop in some parts OF Connecticut
by the rat At Stratford, whole fields have
been destroyed. The disease has been
mortly among the Pink.sys and Mercer "
rieties.
An English exchange believes that the
latest style Of hoop skirts is the grand self
adjusting double back action busIle. Etrus-
can lace expansion, spiral P:ccolomini At
tachment, gossamer indestructible 1t 10 Z
"love Of . thing, isn't it"
TIE annual report Of the registration oil
births, deaths and marriages, in England.
has Just been printed. The births Tor the
past year have been in excess by 243. 256 ;
and deaths also exceed those Of 3previoua
years BY upwards of 10000.
The poor Duke de Malakoff (Pelissier )haa
got bad cough. Query is his name .
compound Of mali for bad and kcf for cold)
1t 10 confidently asserted that his wife has
given him an incurable "hesrt disease =
What tina, 10 who will pretend to say. Her
mothers name was Cormsliche. (Query +:
10 that compound of cor for heart, and ma
tiche for diseaee.)
THOUGH Blon lin aud De Lave. the TIVE
rope walkers. have not yet broken theil
Decks, an Irishman and On American have
both being spectators of their feats. One
fell from rock at Niagara Falls. and the
other tumbIed into the Genesee. This il
the difference between carefulness and care
lesness.
The proposed billiard match between
Phelan and Roberts. the English champion
has fallen through, the latter's friends fail
ing to back him.
CHARLES Dickens has given mortal offenc.
to the Dublin people, by publishing an arti
Gle in his new serial, entitled Her Majesty
rish Mail" A correspondent in Saunder'
News Letter threatened to have Mr. d. tar
red and feathsred. or worse, should he re
turn to give any more of his readings in Ire
land
A child in Cincinnati falling from sec
ond story window, struck across the bacl
Of q passing dog, killing the dog but saving
its own life.
Our Of the $4,000 persons who were al
lured up to Fraser River. not more thar
5000 remain within the British Territory
and these are gradually departing. Gov
Douglas doesn't want them to stay even a
settlers
An English lawyer vas few years az,
convicted Of forgery, sent to penal settle
ment. was there publicly whipped, and KEEP
in chains. After spending about $50, OOC
in defending himself in the courts, he he
at last been fourd to be innocent, the vic
tim Of foul conspiracy. Parliament hs
awarded him $26, 900.
IT is reported from Niagara Falls, via But
talo, that small boat containing two me-
and woman went over the Horse Sho,
Falls on Tuesday. The boat, which We
named Hate. has been picked up, but tn,
names Of its unfortunate occupants hav
not yet teen assertained. They are suppoe
ed to'belong to Navy Island.
The arrivals at Saratoga the present sea
son at the public Hotels, reach 23.Oss
against lS,46s for . corresponding tim
last year.
THERE are ct present one hundred an
thirtV-six women in the female department
Of the Sing IN. Y. State Prison. One o
them recently gave birth to q child-a fin
looking little fe low, who sleeps uncont
cious, as yet, Of his birth place, or his inner
itance Of shame. But who can predict hi
destiny?
AMONG the Passengers who sailed 70
Havre on the 2Sth ult. was Jno. Mitchell
the Irish patriot, and the late editor of th
Citizen
The Mckinney (Texas) Messenger report
a new discovery Of gold. 1t says gol
mines have lately been discovered SON
forty or fifty miles above that place on Re,
River. They are reported to be the oil,
Spanish dggings. which have been hunte,
for the last ten years.
THERE is caricature privately circulstin,
In Paris. representing the Emperor Napo
leon putting a cat, a dog. q monkey, a par
rot, woman and Q serpent, all into on
bag. The Emperor Francis Joseph look
on in some surprise, and inquiries, " On
faifes vons Ia ?" can Italian Confedera
tion," replies Napoleon. land you will b
so good as to put one Of your arms into it.
VERY willingly" replies the Austrian
armed with my eight hundred thousan,
claws"
The Lafayette Ind Courier says the ho
cholera Is prevailing to an alarming exten
in that county. One farmer, . few mile
from Lafayette, has, within . few days
lost nifty Of his best hogs, and many othe
farmers have lost . number by this fata
epidemic.
AS If it was rare thing for an editor I
be in luck. the papers are announcing tn
fact that G. N. Bacon, editor Of the TAom
asviile Era. Themasville, Davidson Co., N
c., has just drawn 5000 prize in Edd,
d Co.'s lottery. This is pretty we'll for
country editor, but small potatoes here.
"WHAr WILL THE LADIES DO 2" asks III
Albany Knicker6scksr. The alarming new
has been received from France that the En-
press Eugene is discarding her hoops, On,
u about introducing tight sleeves. AZ thi
hemisphere 10 entirely ruled in matters o
dress by France, it il certain that in shor
time We shall have . revulsion in dress.-
Balloon pstticoats will 60 out, and gore,
skirts come in; and - for the hoops, tn,
rattan ones will be given to the Union Be
nevolent Association for firewood for IL,
use of the poor. while the steel ones will b,
beaten into plo Y shares and pruning books