Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-12-02

Vas dv6osoL u the full uniform Of his |
country. and displayed Oh his breast the |
cross 81 the Legion u Honor Of France,
pfescnted % him BY Louis Philip. From
an eleQaui wrought belt vas suspended
( spl sodid diamond hiltsd sword, pre-
sented By the Congress Of Venezuela in
1856, for civil services. After the re-
view Of the troops, General Paez present
ed to the frat regiment beautiful flag,
as token Of lis appreciation for their
kindness in escortiDg him, nearly one
year ago, on the occasion Of his return
to his nstive country. Everything
passed of pleasantly.
The famous balloon il row looking
like one Of the grca. humbues Of the day.
Were Lowe to make his affidavit that
he is going to Europe, no one would be-
Iieve him. He had his flaming adver-
tisements posted up in different parts Of
the city, stating that he would make an
ascension on Thanksgiving day. Thou
sands visited the ground, but found the
gates barred against them and the big
balloon fiat on the ground, having no
semblauce whatever to an sBrial ship
It now looks as though the big balloon
and the Great Eastern steamship could
be both put down As the humbugs Of
1859.
DR.. N. f. Claiming has at length
come out in a lengthy but able letter, in
refutation Of the charges brought against
him by portion Of the press, for going
to Indiana and obtaining divorce from
his wife. He denies emphatically the
charges m ade against him Of Spiritual
ism. and the doctrine Of afiinities &C.,
promulgated by the Spiritualists. Mr..
Charming, 10 his argument in defense Of
his course, which he has written in .
lucid manner, has presented many points
which should he carefully studied by all
ph,lanthropists and lawmakers of the
present age. The idea advanced BY
him, whether right or wrong, that our
laws should be so framed that they
would recognize a mental and moral
contract as well as physical one, is Of
itself q question worthy the attention Of
gifted pens. The institution Of families,
being at the foundation of our free in
s,itutions, anything that effects that,
touches one Of the pillars of that noble
structure raised by our forefathers and
sealed with their blood. In that light,
those who would move the public mind
through the great lever, the free press,
should carefully consider the points
raised in his communication.
Mr.. c. in his late treatment of tho
question Of Marriage and Divorce, has
asserted that the laws Of the Eastern
States only recognized physical union,
and parties unequaIly married, it mat
tered not how much they loathed each
other, cannot obtain legal separation
without physical violation Of the con-
tract; or in other word. it compelled
them to either live together in misery,
or commit adultery, to be relieved from
the bonds they had: entered into-giv
ing them no other choice. Taking this
view of the subject, it must be confessed
that he has got the best Of the argument.
As the communication Of Dr.. c.
has Lade great stir amongst the think
ing men Of this city, and as there is !
prospect of some legislative action be
ing aiken in number of States, may
speak Of it again.
We are still having fine weather. In
the struggle of the elements for the
mastery, fall seems to keep the upper
hand. Last evening we had q con-
mcncement of snow storm that prom
ised to be more than usually severe, but
all disappeared bet"re morning, and
we are having to-day fine SPRING ike
weather, with indications Of Indian sum-
mer.
An immense amount of money has
been expended both in this country and
Europe in inventing type setting ma
chincry. Most OF the inventions have
been abandoned for want of adaptation
to varieties of work. The printing
house OF Trows has ono that they have
kept in use for some time tis, how
ever, in many respects imperfect, and
does not distribute its type. A printer
by the name of Timothy Alden has been
at work some twenty years upon = ma
chine for setting and distributing type,
having finally brought it to perfect
state, in which it would set and distrib-
ute at the same time aud At rapid rate,
he felt that his hopes OF years was about
being realized, when disease seized
him, and he fell victim to the fell de-
stroyer. His invention however was SO
far advanced that the public will be able
to reap benefit from it, if it accom-
pIishes its object A cousin of the in
vcotor, Mr.. H. w. Alden, took charge
of the invention Immediately after the
death Of the inventor, and has now pre-
pared it for public use. II is one OF the
most perfect machines of the day. |
saw it in operation day or two since,
placing in form, At a rapid rate, the
types that reveal to the million, in legi-
ble form, what is written by the thous>
and writers.
The invention excels snv other ma
chino Of the kind ever before introduced
inasmuch as it combines setting and
distributing at the same time. The dis
tribution is selfacting, filing up the
cases anatomically A. the operator ex-
hausts them in setting. The carrying
wheel has upon it "a oonveyors or hands,
IL Of which do the setting and the 9TH
| or Ahr 1.eS~:hr~:o~s A. pov0.