Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-28

TAil Thas 49, ~ 0sAsr.
The Sol game Court Of Appeals Of Virgin
10 he's decide that hoaP iaspestoss must re-
turn the hos,taksn from barrels. for purpose
q inspsetioser pay the ovnsrs for It,
The CaIornia Lsgislatars u new 10 ses-
sion. Both Buaes vWe . nsst 10 ioist con-
vsntion on tn 6th inst, 70 elect U. 8. Ssna
tor. to Oil Brderiek's vacancy.
AT . bal which lately came off ct Alex
sndris, virgiia, ths ladiss generally appeared
il Handsome and fashionably cut and fitting
dressss, mad entirely Of Virginia linssy. This
will do very yell, If il lasts.
-"Cartain what's the fare 70 81. Louisi"
what parof the boat do you wish 70 60
on-cabin or lsok r
"Git cut vIh your cabin, ssid the traveller;
II live in seabin home; give me the best
you've got hss."
1t 10 ruupred that Capt. Henry de IL Ri
Were. "ths ellsnt Zouvs." 10 10 reduced cir
eumstancss ilNsv York. and that Phelsn, the
billiard manyAt the earnest solicitation Of Lo-
10 Montex. be given him . situation - marker
ct one of bic p-town saloons. with new suit
of clothes AMI $40 month.
The Dstpit Free Pres of Friday Gays the
negro 6isturhness in Canada, st Chatham and
neighboring twns. continue. The negroes are
led on by ~, notorious persons Of their own
color named D. Shadd and J. G. Brown. both
Of whom figured conspicuously In the "Provis-
ional Govsrnsent" affair Of old John Brown.
which. it he remembered. was organized ct
Chatham.
"A Washington correspondent says:-
'Thers has ben some excitement in society
here in consequence Of the appearance In pub
lie Of the daughters Of the Austrian Consul
General ssns .rinolins. matinee was given
In their honsr by one Of the Diplomatic
Corps, and :hs room WAS crowded by persons
who had forgotten how women looked who
were without the great extendsrs.
Mrs. Partugton ssys she can't understand
these ere market reports She cant under
stand how cheese can be lively, and pork can
be active. and feathers dreoping-that is. il its
raining; but how whiskey can be steady, or
hops quiet, or spirits d1!I she cant see neither
how lard can be firm in warm weather, NOT
visimg-unlsss there had been yeast put in it,
and sometimes it would not rise then.
The following cow srsation actually 90.
cured in drinking saloon, not many miles
from this place. few days since:
A stranger sntsrDd and called for something
to drink.
Barksepsr-What kind will you have, sir
Stranger kinds have your
Barkseper.-Instant Death. Thirty. Sixty and
Ninety daya
Our informant doesn't say which kind va,
chosen.
"A correspondent Of the Nous. writing from
Mountain City, Gays that the work In the mines
is unabatsd. Wherever We travel or look, can
be seen the indomitable miner engaged in delv
ing into the bowels Of the earth, 10 search oil
the precious metals that lie beneath. Among
the many leads that have been opened this
winter, the California nov attract the most At
tention. 1t is open two to four feet vide, full
Of dirt aud quartz The dirt prospects from
sixty cents to one dollar to the pan. near the
surface. The quartz 10 very rich, many pieces
exhibiting gold over their entire surface
The Boston Traveller says: 1--WE have re
ceived . copy Of the Pekin Gazette. the organ
paper in the Chinese language now published
in that country Of four hundred and fourteen
millions OF people. 1t 10 printed on rice paper
of dingy drab color, with yellow drab col
or. Each page contains twenty six lines, Of
seven characters esch. 10 eli there are seven
pages of four inches each in width, and ten in
breadth. Its entire contents would not fill q
half column Of the Traveller. Il 10 remarka>
bic fact that this paper was received via Japan
and California.
There has been over four million dollar's
worth of script issued by the Post Office De-
partment, in about three thousand pieces. The
amount due to mail contractors on the Let oil
January, 1890, was nine and half million dol
lars, being nearly the whole amount due for
the postal service for tho year ending Dscem
Der 3lst, 1889. Since June SOth, 1859, the
Postmaster General hes been unable to use even
the earnings Of his department to meet ito liz.
bilities and difficulty will continue uutil Con-
gress organizes and obviatss it. 1t is asserted
that one man has taken post office script to the
amount Of two millions, at eighty per cent.
The two leading routes via the north and
south shore Of Lake Erie. have. (says the Gin
cinnsti GdsetIe,) within few days, signed ar.
heretofore allowed on the sale of tickets by
outside officers. aud the travelling and posting
agents done away with in great measure -
New York. Boston and Buffalo are dssignsted
IS points at which Independent or genera
Offices can be maintained in the east. and Chi
cagO, Milwaukee and Dubuque in the west.-
igan Central and southern roads, and the Great
Western and Lake shore routes jointly. but no
penalty Is attached to the breaking OF the con
IN it.