Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-06-13
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1Hs View YORK Saturday Pres
wants T. know whether the real name Of
Ae nepublieaas candidsD is "Abe,"
"AhNm," g AbRham, 'aJsaac or Jacob.
IVY have coosal:edt say. the Satur-
day Press, "thc best authorities within
our reach, aud are unable to procure
auy light upon the subject. All that
We can find out abou. Mr.. Lincoln is
that he ia sixteen teet high, and Fifty Que
years long; that he is as thin and an
guar as split rail; that he was born a
Hoosier and finally became Sucker !;
that he Las been 10 turn farm laborcr,
. top-.awyer, flat-boatmau, q counter
jumper, militia captain, a lawyer, q
Presbyterian, and a politician; that he
beat Douglas, over the left, in Illinois,
and drove him into the United States
Senate; that his favOrite motto is,
two shillings are better than one, and
he is 'spot'-Iess in everything but bis
linen."
EDWARD LIVINGSTON, it is said, having
finished his great code of Louisiana law,
bche!d the labor Of perservering years
perish in an instant in the famss; Thos.
Carlyle, when he had finished the first
volume of his French Revolution, had
every scrap Of it buried through the
carclessness Of friend; Mr.. Audubon,
who wondered and toiled for years to
get the accurate representations otAmer-
lean birds, found that two Norway rats
had in night destroyed two hundred OF
his original drawings, containing the
forms of more than n thousand inhabi-
tants Of the air. All we're gone except
a few bits Of goawed paper, upon which
the maraudng rascals had reared fam.
lily Of their young.
DOH'r WANT THE HONOR.-Thc ante
cedcnts Of the great rail-splitter seem to
be about as mixed as his name was few
weeks ago. Currant report has it that
he was born in Hardin county, Kentucky.
The Hardin people do not seem, howcv-
or, to be overwhelmed with the honor,
and lay the blame of his production on
Nelson county while Nelson county in-
sists that he first saw the light of day
across the line in Washington county,
from the top Of Postum Ridge. We
have not heard what the Washington.
ans have to say 10 their defence.
REPUBLICAN AsPIKANrs.-Th Keo-
kuk Journal says that Hon. james +.
Wilson of jefferson, and Hon. Alvin
Sanders Of Henry, both members OF the
State Senate, arc ambitious fol seat in
Congress. Judge Wright Of Van Blu
rem and Judge Sewers of Mahaska are
also ambitious in the same line, so Col.
Curtis will have no lack of competitors
at the Oscaloosa convention.
Republican Catechtsm.
A-Who's the nominee Of the Republican
Convention?
A-The .llnOis rail. splitter.
Q-What are his political viewss
Ale rowed . fat.boat down the Wa
bash.
Q-What qualifications does he possess for
the Presidency?
Ale kept grocery twenty-five years
ago?
Q.--Why do you expect people to vote fer
him
Allie was beaten b, Douglas for the U.
s. Senate.
Q--What particular claim has ne upon the
old-linc Whigs?
Allie WAS the first man to forsaks Henry
Clay. aud recommend the nomination Of Tay
lor
Q--Why should naturalized citizens vote
for him?
Ale established most Of the Know N 10Th
ing lodges in Illinois.
Q--Whst evidence have you Of HE patriot
ism!
Ale took sides with Mexico when We
were engaged in q war with her.
DEATH ON SENATOR DOUGLAS CHILo.
MIR. Douglas infant daughter, HELEN,
died at Washington on the fourth Of
June, s'for Of such as she was, is the
kingdom Of Heaven" in this, their
gloomy hour, when a little child has
gone forth without touching tho thresh-
old, and left the home SO empty, so des-
oIatc and the bereaved parents begin
to know how large q place that little
creature filled in their hearts, they have
the sincere sympathy of friends every
where.
But there is one thought, even at such
a time, that is not sad nothing ever
grows OLD in memory the little girl
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