Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-16

INC receipt VI Sloo III M I'm 500
dust from Lcr husband, by Mis-. Bunce
of liazelton, BUCHANAN CO.
AcciDExr.-The Iowa City Heport-
rr SAYS, on Monday last Mr.. William
SaA.on. formeriy Of New York STATE,
bat lat,crly of North Bend, Penn town
shr. in johnson county, had his left
arm blown away above the elbow, By
the accidental discharge Of his gun
An.putation was made on Saturday.
Tux .SouM- Tier Democrat, published
at Corydon, Wayne CO., giving an &C
count of "a "Cucular Wolf Hunt" in
that vicinity, says:-''NotIing could
exceed the enthusiasm manifested OF
seeing the game inside the ring, and safe
to all appearances but upon Their max
ing All uncercmonlous cXlt-ln some
cases between the legs of the horses
the enthusiasm fell about II degrees be-
low zero"
The Burlington Xauksye of the 18th
INST. says an unusual number of cattle
are gong forward from Southern Iowa
through that city. Looking at the i'm
mcnse droycs Of cattle and hogs-at the
large amount ct barrel pork, lard and
hams-at the immense quantities Of
grain, particularly corn, gone and going
forward, it seems to us that old scores
must soon he paid up and tunes become
easy in Iowa. At this rate farmers mus,
soon become independent, prosperous
and happy.
iioRsE STsALISG.-During the past
week Il large number of horses have
been stolen in the adjacent counties OF
Illinois bordering On the Mississippi
The finest animals in the farmers sta-
bles are selected and run off. Many OF
them being brought over on this side OF
the river, and then transported through
this State to Missouri.
Yesterday the Marshal in this city had
thr.e several calls from farmers OF Hi
nois despoiled of their property in this
manner. a Mr.. TorbeIt living near
Carthage, Ill.,, had fine sorrel marc
stolen on the 9th inst, worth about
800, and gentleman in Monmouth had
another fine animal stolen Oh the same
evening.
There is no doubt an organized band
Of horse-thieves existing in this vicinity,
a portion Of whom reside IN the neigh
borhood and spot" the animals to be
stolen, while another portion Of the
band run them off. The organization OF
Vigilant Committees is the surest meth
Cd of protecting owners from the in
roads of these scoundrels. And until
some such method for their detection is
adopted the farmers may expect to suf-
fer from the depredations of these fel.
lows who prey upon their fellow men,
Hanhsye.
PRLLA in Marion co. is curious sort
of place. Says piquant correspond
ent of the Les Moines Register, it is a
''gueer old town."
"It boasts an antiquity Of only four
teen years-yet here are houses that
look as if the bricks of which they are
built, might have been brought over in
Dutch sloop in the early days Of
New Amsterdam and their plan.
have been drawn by some portly burgo-
master Of the renowned city.
"Here wooden shoes abound. You
can buy cord Of them for about SIS.
Old men aud women 60 trudging along
in them with ponderous footballs. Mid
die aged men walk in them with the
grace and gait of chain-gang. Little
children wear them as though life were
a solemn thing. l have bought pair,
and already begin to speak the Holland
language with f1uency. l took to my
bed last night with the firm conviction
that | was lying down in Sleepy Hol-
low dreamed l was having a seven
years. sleep, and that when / got home
| should find my wife stout old lady in
high cap and wooden shoes, and my
children grown up and married. e..
ST. forgot to say that l helped my
friends from Des Moncs dispose Of a
bottle of "natiye wine' last evening"
circumstance which may have had some
thing to do with my lingual proficiency. }
"rhe names of the streets or avenues
strike me as singular. Here they area
regular Pilgrims Progress Of christian
experience. Entrance, Inquiry, Perse-
verancc, Reformation, Gratitude, Expe-
ricEce, Patience, Confidence, Expecta-
ton, Accomplishment! And really,
when one considers the mud in these
streets, he feels as if the Entrance to
the town were serious matter, and the
exit an Accomplishment to be thanked
for"
THE DEAD OF THE HUNGARIAN.-Ol
the two hundred persons on board the
Hungarian, says the Boston Traveller,
the bodies of only five or six have been
found. In regard to the others, it il
probable that they were carried along
with the current and driven ashore up.
on the uninhabitcd portions OF that bleak