Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-02
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This, That and the Other.
the treaty with China.
-"Crinolns Hail. 10 the name Of new
hall Just completed in Bristol, Rhode leland.
MIR. Thaddeus Hyatt. hss been summoned
to upper before the Harpsrs Ferry committee.
At Washington.
The Legislature ofNev MEXICO has passed
. memorial asking Congress to organize the
territory OF Arizona.
"A rsscally old bachelor says . man fire.
. woman never does-she was only nista-
ken
-Ex-Pos,uaster Dickie, Of Buffalo, has
been Pot on trial for violating the Sab>Tresau-
~ law while in office.
The California papers report that the first
day the mint in that state wss reopened, atom
and third Of oliver was deposited for coin
sge.
Madame Bodisco attended the rres,dent's
levss Tuesday evening in her Court dress, val
ued at $50 600. The M asses stared. The levee
was we'll attended.
"A correspondent who eigns herself 800
| pha" says that q woman 10 twice as good IS
man. and proves it thus by the very ortho-
grsphy;
Nv o>m'a n double you, o, man!
The Montgomery Mail says that the wheat
70 the eastern part Of. Alabama, and the wheat
growing country Of Georgia aud Tennessee has
been killed by the late severe frosts.
The accounts furnished By the newspapers
in Texas and Louisiana show that the recent
hard frosts in those States have not seriously
injured the sugar cane
The Sioux Indians who have been allow
ed to roam through the woods in Minnesota
have killed over 900 deer this winter. to the
dissatisfaction Of the poor whites" in those
regions who are fond Of vsnson.
"A sweet little Michigan girl Of about IS
summers has eued an old fellow for $4,000
damages, for counting her ten whole years and
trial at Dstr oit'
The municipal election took place at
Wheeling Va, on Monday Andrew Wilson,
Democrat, was elected mayor over Wilkin-
con, Wing. Smith Mcdonald was chosen ser
geant.
Another Spanish American difficulty has
risen fairly above the diplomatic horizon
Mr.. Caverly, the Secretary of our Legation at
Lima, has come home i'll the Baltic, bringing
the peremptory refusal Of President Castillo.
of Peru, to liquidate the claims pressed on hi .
government by our own.
ID ID. Owen, State Geologist of Indiar Q,
| reports to the state Board Of Agriculture that
| during the progress Of the survey OF the s, late
several beds of iron ore were found, Usually
! either insterstratitied with the coal measures.
or near the margin of the coal basin, some Of
which ores evidently contain large percent
age Of iron.
"A bill 10 before the Wisconsin Legislature
for the abolition Of the Grand Jury. sys stem. 1t
has been alb olshed in whole or in part in nine
States Of the Union, notwithstanding that the
Constitution Of the United States expressly
provides. that no person shall be convicted Of
An Infamous crime except upon Indictment by
o Grand Jury.
There were 6O6l7 letters sent overland
from st. Louis, in the quarter ending January
Let, exclusive OF foreign closed bags from Gin
cnnati and Chicago. The number Of letters
received was Ill ,56l. not including 10000 in
closed packages.
Prominent men Of Massachusetts subscrib.
ed money for the purpose OF letting loose RAJ
pine and murder among defsnseless women and
children at the South. The citizens Of Vicks-
burg Mics, held meeting the l4th inst
for the purpose Of taking action and adopting
measures for the relief of the unfortunate suff-
erers at Lawrence, Mass A noble retalia>
ton.
On Tuesday last, Charles O'Conor made
the opening argument. counsel for the plain
tiff, in the Lennon slave case. before the New
York Court of Appeals He urg ID that judges
have no commission to pr0mulgate enforce
their private notions Of justice, natural right
or morality but only the known law Of tie
, land.
ED. Peck. the defaul,ing Treasurer Of
airy transactions and thinks the deficiency will
be some forty or fifty thousand dollars The
Bangor Union is informed that he expended
thirteen thousand dollars to elect Daniel T.
Somes in the First Congr essioDal district
eight Thousand dollars to elect Ezra b. French
in the Third district, and four thousand Il
elect Stephn c. Foster in the Sixth district
and eleven thousand more for political purpo-
ses.
1t is understood the Collectosship of Bos-
ton has been offered to John Appleton, Assist.
f ant Secretary of State, and declined, he hav ne
been urged to continue at his present post. =
Among the candidates men toned for the place
are Mr.. Griswold of Greenfield, Mass and Gen
Whitney. the Superintendent Of the Spring
field Arsenal. Both gentleman we're prcmin-
ent candidates at the time Mr.. Austin was ap
pointed.