Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-06

Here - Thsse sul EvssyvAese.
There IL . man in Cincinnati in posses
don of pov sr;ul memory. Hsis employed
BY the HumAns Society y rsmsmbsr ths
poor.
Joe. did you ever dabble in stocksf"
"why, yes, 1 got my boot in EN- once: l
didn't like EN- much"
The aggregate number Of passengers arri-
we'd In the United StAtes from foreign coun
tries by sss. from the 30th Of September. 1S43.
to the first Of December, 1858, 10 4.O62.000, Of
which nearly two and . half millions were
males.
The late John Z. Cook was born on the
10th Of Nay, vas sentenced TO death on the
10th of Nov ember, executed on the l6 Of De-
ceuber, and his child VS. born on the 10th Of
last July.
The Legislature Of Pennsylvania in 1874
passed the following:
Resolved, That NO member Of Legislature
will be allowed to come into the House bare.
footed or eat his bread and cheese on the
steps"
The long .rumored fact that the Empress
Eugene ms O0IeIWIUGO " OOOiIon CtluOitu0
has been announced in quasi official manner,
BY the Viscountess dc Renneville.
BY the death Of Hon. Linn Boyd, Hon.
Thos P, Porter, President Of the Kentucky
Senate, and Senator for the thirty-sscond dis
trict, composed of the counties Of Woodford
Jessamine, and Franklin. becomes the Lieut.
Governor Of Kentucky.
Why was there panic in the early days
of Noses
Because there were rushes upon the banks
and PharoAh's daughter withdrew . valuable
deposit.
| 1t 10 authoritatively said that Gelril
Smith has 80 nearly been restored to complete
health that he has returned to his home .,
Petersboro. The death Of his friend, Timothy
Jenkins, will be, it il said, . serious blow te
Mr. Smith. The relations of these gentlemen
- friends, client and counsel, were very init.
matA
An advance in freights from New York t
the West has taken place, averaging S3 pei
cent. This has been done partly to cover thu
extra expense of Winter transportation. and
partly because there 10 less amount Of freight
now offering than there was during the FAl
months.
Sc, eral cslored damsels. while at party
in Baton Rouge. La, fell to qusrrsling III.
strife of tongues finally became one Of fists.-
Summing up the results OF the encounter, thu
Gazette ssys: "Ihs principal damage Wa t.
the dry goods some Of the point lace became
to Lutte strings. and one Of the victors left thu
battle field with triumphant air and nothing
but hoops"
Vice President Breckenridge is the grand
son of the Rev Samuel Stanhops Smith, one o
the most learned and elegant gentlemen and
scholars Of bis day; and Ills great grandfather
was the celebrated DR.. Withsrspoon. also
President Of the Princeton College, and one o
the signers Of the Declaration Of Independence,
from the State Of New Jersey.
From every corner of Texas accounts o
unpreced sntedly cold weather are received ant
losses recorded In some places cattle, sheer
and goats died in considerable numbers, Il
some places even domestic fowls we're frozel
stiff on their roosts. The Indisnola Courier, 0
the 18th inst, says: During the recent cole
snap thousands Of fish in Matagords Bay ant
adjacent waters were chilled to death, Manl
floated ashore. but the largest number driftet
with the current into the Gull"
PUBLIC LANpa-The annual report of tn
Secretary of the Interior shows the following
rssults:
Sold for cash during the five quarters
ending the 30th Of September
last. ........... ........ 4.979,5o
Located with warrants. .....a,ol1 -
Approved etosStates under the swamp
grants. 60: l'7l2,N
Certified under the grants 70 States for
railroad 1918 20
Total l6,3ls,1s
Surveyed during the same period. ....13, SIT ~
Brought into market during the same
time. 10, y 81, 30
Acres surveyed heretofore, but not yet
offered. .....:. .......:. ..5o,s7l,0 90
Number Of acres now subject to private
entry ct oil land offices estimated
| aggregate. .................o V,VUO,UO
.W From a private letter from
Lewis, Cass county, Iowa, we lear
that the gold fever still p evails in tina
portion oftbe State, and large number
are preparing to leave in the Spring fol
Pixies Peak. The return Of three men
Messrs. Henderson, Griddy and Tucker
from Gregory's diggings, where they
have been during the summer, ano
succeeded in taking out about 100000
has contributed to Increase the extern
ent, and it is feared that aigeueral STAN
pede for mines will take piece in the
Spring from that neighhorhood.
Lola Montez in q lecture on John
Bull, said the English call us nation
Of quacks, but in all her travels and ex
perience she never saw so much quack
cry as is to be found in England. Sh.
had seen London placarded with quacl
advertisements Of "Love Powders," O.
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