Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-13
s:r'sF;SzT NEws IRE -.

a-AJaw is pending in she Ohio Legi''atnre
pro Bling ssy persos ton kseP'hs cog
Without lisshse snd sollar.
Fred. Loxey was arrested in ClevelAnd .
,lay or twossince With nice plump dog steam
;ur on the spit, which he was cooking Tor din
ner.
The Ohio canal 10 open. and boats are run-
ming regularly to aud from Cleveland and other
points.
The LAFAYETTE Courier says that the late
heavy rains have caused quite flood in the
Wabash. At many points the banks are over
fiow ed and the business Of the millers consid
srably affected by it.
The members Of the Canadian Parliament
ara paid, by new Law. At tie rate OF Fix dol
lars per day forthe frs. mouth, and after that
| . gross sum of six hundred dollars, whether
the session is long or short.
Col. Prince has made motion in the Ca
madam Parliament to ard compelling steamers
on the lakes to carry mast. and sails to be used
in case Of the machinery becoming disabled or
other necessity.
1T is fact, credibly stated. that London
| publisher OF some position. actually offered 10
Miss Evans, (now Mrs. Lewis for her new
book. about to be issued by Aessrs Blackwood,
81 500. or So. $500.
The Washington correspondence Of the Gin
cinna,i Enquirer notices the appearance OF Mr.
Latham in the IT, s. Senate, and Say that It i
understood that his personal relations with Mr.
Gwin are unfriendly. they not being on speak
ing terms.
We see from our exchanges that numerous
pers sons in this State have received from
England, notification OF rich estates LETT them
by lately deceased relatives. which will be se-
cured for them all right by sending over few
dollars. One of these swindling operators
signs himself Thos. II. Ward.
COL Colt, says the Hartford Times, has been
obliged to discharge several hundred OF the
workmen heretofore employed at his armory,
The cause assigned il the diminntion Of South
ern trade. and the scarcity Of Government or
ders.
Undoubtedly the oldest man in the world,
saws the New Orleans Crescent,is Capt Vlroux,
Of Belgium lie was born on the 9th OF No
vember, 1909, and is consequently $50 years
old lie entered the army in 1880, at the ad
yauced age Of l2l years. and remained in the
service until recently, when be was put on the
pension list.
Mr. Psine.of water gas notorlety claims to
have inv vented Q caloric engine similar to that
Of Ericsson. but which he says expends much
less uel. He claims that email engines for
driv NC printing presses. &c.. can be driven by
the flame Of three or FIVE ordinary burners. Il e
proposes to makei it. by and by. profitable and
indispensable to ho.s Sc railroad companies. and
so turn the equine race out to grass.
One of the m ssionaries in Burmah, speak
ing of cholera. SAYS: "A new treatment Of this
disease has come in experimentation. An
incision is made Oh the breast or back Of the
patient. and an extract of quassia is inserted.
1t is said that thismode Of treatment, if ap-
piled in season, seldom fails Of effxcting cure.
If what is said of it is true.it may we'll be con-
sidered % one of he most important discove-
ries of the age"
-Bayard Taybr thus closes his lecture on
Humboit: -" Ills wonderful universe, to
which he gave hi. life. now perpetuates his
glory The pain of the tropics. whose
leaves were carried in procession beside his
cofin will forever keep his memory green i;
rivers, bays, mou tain, glaciers Of Attic ice,
rejoice to hear hisname; Chimborazo wears it
like diadem or his forehead Of glittering
snow and wher the Asteroid wind their
tangling orbits beyond the path Of Mars, the
planet Alexandris chants it triumphantly in
the chorus Of the Garsl"
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PRENT1cEA.A.-What did the Crea-
tor give lords # creation beard for
Certainly not 70 support the barbers.-
The Supreme Being knew better how to
make q man than a barber did Jane
S,cissheln.
And so you think, Jane, that He made
us mon JUS right. You wouldn't have
rs altered br the world-would you 3
Lou. Journal
| And if you were altered, Mr.. Editor,
pray void it make any material change
in your.ondition Lou. Courier.