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ORIGINAL NOTICE.-STATE OF IOWA,
" County Of Scott, - George 8. z. Dow "
Hans Mshrsns, Lewis Boyer, Ad. Peterson, John
Bartemeysr, Austin Corbin, Dav import Mutual Fire
Iasurance Company, Harvey Leonard, Burgower
LoewenthsI h Co and Johan Bartels.
To said Davenport Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, Burgsw er. Loewenthsl 4 CO., Adolph Peter
son and Johan Bartels You are hereby notified,
that there is now OF file in the Office Of the Clerk
of the District Court Of said county Of Scott, .
petition Of Geo. s. G. Dow, claiming to quiet tbs
title in him Of and to the following parcels Of land
in the county Of Scott aforesaid, described fol-
lows to wit: Lots Nos. nine 10y ten (lO), eleven
III, and twelve IL, in Block No. I've Is J, in
Sturdcvants recorded map or plat Of Town Lots
also, the west half of Lot No. six CO.., in Block
No. fourteen IA }, in the City If Davenport, he
being the purchaser Of same under and by virtue
II > sale under deed Of trust and unless y. u
shall appear snd answer said petition, before
the first day Of the next term OF said Court to be
holden on the first Monday Of June, A. d. 1860,
plaintiff will take decree rs prayed for in said
petition, with costs
CORBIN DOW,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Let the foregoing Notice be published in the
daily Democrat and News for four weeks.
IRA N. CLIFFORD,
Clerk Of said Court.
Fob. Goth, 1860. feb2l-4w.
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Livery and Sale Stable.
Frank Kendriek, Proprietor,
Corner Of Perry and Sd sts,

Davenport, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. low
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1T is stated that the Hon. Edward Everett
Is engaged to marry the widowed daughter OF
Judge Pettigrew. Of South Carolina The
Lady d described - . blonde. attractive, intel
isetual. wealthy. and about - yesss OF age.
--Reiaeing the hour 20 bushels, tho total
amount Of grain received at Chicago since the
LIST of January amounts 20 ~, so, ,g75 bushels
against II. .t2S, AIS bushels received In the cor
responding period % last year. t-
Hon. John A. Poor Of Portland. hal an IN
teryicw With the Duke OF Newcastle and Lord
Lyons. as Cincinnati, and urged them 10 let the
Prince remain in Portland several days, but
the decision Vas. that he could remain In that
city but seven hours. which time they could do
whatever they pleased With him. SO he viii
receive callers. lunch. drive. see soldiers, and
LOOK At 6rsmen from ~ O'Clock noon until in
the evening, st which hour he will leave
the United States. and. vacation being over.
~ back 70 school,
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A THRILLING IycIpEyr.-Tho guests ut the
Lafayette Hotel, says the New Orleans Com.
mercial Of the llth inst, were yesterday,
thrown into paroxyism Of excitement by
one Of those thrilling incidents which attest
how intense and profound are tho sympathies
of tho human heart. A woman, q stranger,
appeared ut tho door of tho dining saloon,
and uttered o scream of terror. What she
said was inaudble, but her actions indicated
that something dreadful was occurring.
There was Simultaneous rush for the door,
and out upon the banqucttc, when, horror OF
horrors, little girl about five years old, the
daughter of ono Of tho lady gunts at the ho-
tel. was sscn suspended by her drcss from the
hook of q window blind In tho third story,
somo forty feet above tho banquctto. Every
heart ceased for tho instant apparently to
beat. Il was moment Of thrilling, Of ter
rible interest; but it was only for an instant.
A friendly hand from within grnsped her con-
yulsively, and-liitlo Dora was safe .
As the words "shc's safe" rang through
the hall, the mother. who had not yet reach
cd the door, and did not know what thomat-
ter was. but who nevertheless had . prnent-
iment that her child was in danger, swoonod
and fell upon the door. Tho little girl had
been at play in the room and swung out up
on tho blind. Tho instant she was suspend
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himself constantly to tho people. Even tho
Emperor Of Austria issued Q manifesto 70 his
empire, indicating q vague sense Of rcsponsi.
bility. No king in Europe feels that he
rcigns by Divine right, except as everything
exists by Divine permission.
This Is but one point, yet II shows much.
This lcaven Of liberty Is always working In
the world and tho history Of progressive
liberty Is but another word for tho history
of human dcvelopement. Who will deny
that moro men have more, know.morc, and
hsyo q greater freedom, politically and
and make better use Of 1t than
ever befofc7 ..
In these days wo look forward to tho pro-
gress Of the race. But when tho raco has
advanced fivc moro centuries, the poets will
recur to the times In which We live, as tho
good old tims, r
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Good Old Times.

We oil think our neighbours garden
looks so beautiful, that his house is 30
neat and convenient, and that life slips on
90 smoothly with him.
But then We don't SEQ his hack yard. lie
docs'n come to rec us when he has tho head.
ache, and If no is scolding his children or
quarreling with his wife when wo call upon
him, he becomes at once as bland and sweet
as sunshine and honey.
1t 10 precisely in the samo way that
Teoplc OF fifty look at young people. and
wonder il boys and girls enjoy thcmselve. M
much rs they used to. Many an old bachc-
lor hangs around the ball room nj Saratoga
and Newport, shaking his head dolcfully,
and informing you that the days when the
lovely Smith, and tho celebrated Jones,
danced tho old.fashioned quadrille, were the
days. Then SIntoga was Saratoga. Sa RI
toga is o spectre now. .
Tho old Bachelor forgcts the other old
bachelors Of m earlier date, who used 10 say
the same things to him. II wo wero TO take
peoples word for 1t, tho golden ago was
before tho memory Of tho oldest inhabitant
Of the globe.
There is no author, who mentions the
matter at all, who docs not complain Of tho
dcgeneracy of the age. Carlyle does 30 now, I,
anu Milton did 50 two centuries ago. and
Luther hundred years before, and Phillip
Sydney still earlier. Yes, and In tho oldest
book, do We not read Of vanity and vc1ation
Of spirit3 ..... t.t.
Doubtless the world is bad enough oil the
time, but tho comfort Is Il is continually
growing better. There arc always great
weeds in tho. garden, and II 10 evory mans
duty who Ia sent into tho garden to work, to
be busily pulling them out. But II he loss
heart, and think they spring up faster than
he can pull them dom, he will not boa use.
ful worker. Ho eill Sigh and groan and
lament until he ZONES the worst weed In y:
But 10 supposo 10 the great Gardener viii
allow the weeds to choke tho 6owcrs, and
that when hc has laid out garden, any
Internal or supcrnal power can make Is
waste Of woods, Is 10 believe that lie, too, Is
y servant, and servant, not OF beauty and
graoo and joy, but Of moekery and desc
alton. r'
Nobody who roads history with his mind
a we'll as his eycs, win ha,c very profound
faith In the good old tunes. When were the
rood old times of England, Of France, or Of
Spain, compared with the PRESENT. u s
!. The most despotic monarch in Europe
Louis Napolcon-n compelled TO explain
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FROM THE wATERToN REroRMrn.

Tho Oldest medical practice Is that Of the
family. Long before Doctors or even priests
we're known as practitioners, tho male or fc-
male head of the family applied those roots,
herbs. or other rcstoratives, which experience
had sanctioned, for the relief Of such sicknt,s
as appeared among its members. Then, for =
long succession Of generations. the Offices VI
priest and physician were united In the san's
person. and he who offered prayers for tho
good Of the soul. Likewise administered for the
good of the body. In the farther division Of
labor by the advance OF society doctors at
length became invested with the business Of
attendance upon the sick. Yet all this time tho
original and natural protectors of tho sick, tho
heads Of the family. did not rclinquish their
claims, nor ccnsc 10 provide for the rcstontion
and recovery Of lis disabled members. Time
out Of mind u has been the habit Of our mothers
and grandmothers 10 provide themselves with
such herbs as tradition or use have considered
beneficial, and 20 administer them upon all
supposed needhl occasions. Most Of us will
remember. not without somc inward qualms,
the froluent taking Of bonestt and catnip, or
mint and comfrcy, whercsith, In days long
gone, our mothep ccrrected the small Ills of
childhood, aud some Of us may taste TO this
day the castor oil then on occasions % freely
applied.
yentc,l, with o view Of enabling parents moro
csnyenently and successfully 70 administer for
family. But none OF thcse became by any
means populsr until the advent Of the c)tnpar-
Xtiycly new system Of Homeopathy. This sys-
fem, discarding at once the bleciing, blistering
and entire revulsive means % long In vogue,
and administering ell medicines In tho form Of
tsstelsss sugar pills or powders, rendered Il
easy IN give medicines Nthout danger, II not
with relief, and soon It's boxes and books for
domestic practice, we're In very general use.
Bot. however plausible In theory, these boxes
and books were found TO be not without diff
Guilty In practice According 20 the usual forms
Of Homeopathy, but single remedy couli 10
used At once, and Zach for only limited num-
Der Of symptoms occurring In each disease, 10
that IN order to meet the apparent wants OF q
hmty, some iorty OF sixty medicine. pefs
reguiscd and 10 explain the use Of thesc .
volume Of 600 or 500 pages was necessary. ssl
often twenty. and even % high A. forty: r~Inc-
dies were mentioned for the cure OF each dlsense.
or even simple ailment. The inquirer eo.se-
auently found himself bevilderci In the mulii-
f,licity OF remedies and symptoms, and siti.
mstely either gave up In despair, or morv eom-
moply took somc one or more remcd.ss st
haurd. Yet some persons, having tss's 6r
this kind Of Investigation. have long u-s<. 81
With some considerable advantage, this bss VI
n lieine. 1i .rtIi -
Some few ysan ago, Dr. HrnrnsEr's. thsa
Professor OF Theory and Practice at the IIon s,-
pathic Medical College % pcnss,ivans, 1t
Philadelphia, instituted srries os experiments
With view Of ds,hing shorter and simpler
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AoricrIrrRs.-I. N. Lincoln, Of Will
iams' College, delivered the agricultural adj
drus at tho roocat fair at North Adams.
We make tho following extract from this
able production
"Our farmers cultivate too much land
or .skiu" too much, they really cultivate
too little. In Rome the largest farms were
only allowed 10 contain six acres in Judea,
under Moses law, only sixteen to twenty
acrcs. IL Is miserable farmer who requires
two hundred or three hundred acres Of land
u get living On. Farmers should SOW loss,
and plow more, strip 10 their work, and not
grumble about tho weather, tho crops, and
their toilsome livos; they should use their
brains more and their muscle. les.. Tbey
should mako their homes pleasant, their
kitchens convenient, and 80 train and in.
spirc their sons with rural taste, that the
western lever will not carry them OF; and
mako good, scientific wives and HOUSEWIVES o
their daughters. DO not let the children ge
a notion that agriculture Is drudgery. I
NAV be made the most pleasant, profitable
honorable, and healthfulof all pursuits, an
II establishes neishborhoods and leads to tn
amenities Of life.
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knives. were delivered over to tho British
marines, who f;,rmed guard over them.

knives, were delivered over TO tho British
marines, who E,rmed guard over them.
That night, when tho men werc oil aslecp,
General Walker and Col. Rudler were taken
under guard 10 tho Icarus, and 10 tho
morning oil the men were taken on boari tho
same vessel, where they were closc.y guard.
cd, and not permitted TO hold any converse
ton with General Walker and Colonel Rud-
Ter. On the 4th the lcarus weighed anchor,
and steamed up to TruIillo, where che arriv.
Cd that night. .
On the way, all tho officers and men OF
Walkers party wcrc searched for Tapers
which might bc used for his conviction. In
addition 70 the British slilor and marineson
tho Icarus thero was force OF about two
hundred Of Hondunnean soldiers. On tho
morning Of tho 5th tho men VI Walkers
party were marched OF tho ship and parud.
cd IN front Of three hundred Honduranean
soldiers"
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OVER THE MIND OR BODY OF MAN."-JErrEnsos.
BLOCK, LIBERTY STREET.


cd at the dizzy height over the banquette, her
little hands lost their power, and had her
dress not caught upon the hook or catch
OF the blind, shc must have fallen to the
ground and been dashed to pieces. Captain
Kirk, one of the guests at the hotel, was as
ccnding tho stairs ut the time, and hearing
the alarm, and comprchcnding what was the
matter, rushed into tho room and rescued
the little creature as before described. The
whole incident took place and was over In
less time than it takes us to write thrco lines.
1t was truly wonderful escape from instant
death.
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CNpx.s yoR P,Gs.-J. j. Aechi, OF Trip
tree Hall, England, has been publishing his
experience in fattenins swine, and among 9TH
or things, he has learned the fact that " pigs
arc very fond Of coal nhcs or cinders, and
that you can hardly Fat pigs properly on
boarded floors withoat giving them moder-
ate supply daily, or occasionally" lie
says
"In the absence Of coal ashes, burned clay
or brick dust is u good substitute. ii you
do not supply asho they will gnaw or cat
tbe brick walls Of their sheds. l leave to
science to explain tho cause OF this want. II
Is notorious that coal dealers, whose pigs
have access to the coal, arc generally sue
ccssiul pig feeders. Those who lind that
their pigs, when shut up do not progress Ia
,orably, will do we'll To try this plan; q
neighbor Of mino found that score OF tat
pigs consume quite q basket OF burned clay
asher daily. We know that there Is an
abundance Of alksli in ashes"
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agrnultural.
FArrxNSG TrsKErs.-A writer to the Ger
mantown Telegraph furnishes that Journal

FArrxyiNG TraKErs.-A writer 70 the Ter
mantown Telegraph furnishes that journal
with the following statement:
"Much has been published OF late in our
agricultural journals, in relation to the ali
mentary properties Of charcoal. lthas been
repeatedly asserted, that domestic fowls may
be fstteued on II without any other food,
and that, too, in . shorter time than on the
most nutritive grams. l made an expert.
mcnt, and must sAy that the result surprised
mo, as had always been rather skepticai;;
F,ur turkeys were confined in pen, and led
on meal. boiled potatoes and oats. -Four
others Of the same brood, were also at the
samo time confined in another pen, and led
daily on the ssme articles, but with one pint
Of finely pulveriIcd charcoal mixed with their
meal and potatoes. They also had plen-
tiful supply Of brotsn charcoal in their pen:
The eight wero killed on the same day, and
there was . difference Of one and half
pounds each IN favor Of the fowls which had
been supplied with the charcoal, they being
much the latest, and the meat greatly su-
perior in point Of Tenderness and favor.
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PLANNING Porxrors IN THE FALl.-Mr. L.
q. Bundy, Of Oxford, Chenango County
New York, writes to tho Gencaoe Farmer
that ne plants his potatoes in tho fall, OBJ
tains larger, earlier, and better favored Po-
tatoes than when planted in the spring. His
method is ss follows:
"Sclcct pieco Of dry ground, prepare i i
as FOR spring planting, any time in the TALL
when the ground is in good order, take cart
to plant the potatoes little deeper than in
the spring planting. Throw q shovel full
of coarse manure upon, or still better, into
each hill; OF better still, cover the surface
OF tho ground with Q coat Of straw, where
mice Are not too plenty. The straw helps
to protect; scarcely need hoeing or Pl0w-
ing"
Mr.. b. says he has raised potatoes in this
way for several years past, and they are in
yariably free from the rot, and at least two
weeks earlier and two or three sizes larger
than in spring planting.
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II ORpsRs ron PpIsrrso are respectfully 90.
iicited - every attention will be paid 70 nset shs
wants and wishes u Custotners.
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IAr.s Z. cIsAvss,-..rRIsrkR.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-17

The Prcprietors of the DAILY Pass offer 10 the
ter condensed than is contained in some dailies Of
much greater pretensions in size, and which they
furnish at price that brings 1t within the reach
every man and woman in Cincinnati, who are able to
labor.
We ask fair comparison of the Press with thu
other papers Of this city Of any other city and the
judgment Of our readers whether we do not furnish
a paper equally attractive at one-half less than
half the cost of the other Cincinnati dailies.
TIE DAILY Press, since II came under tho present
management, has increased rapidly In circulation,
and has now probably as large circulation within
the city of CINCINNATI any other Journal and is in
creasng at rate equal to the most sanguino expec
tstions Of its proprietors,
From its large circulation and from Its size which
makes advertisements much more conspicuous thar
they can be in the large papers, THE DAILY PREBl
offers the most valuable advertising medium in this
city. Its advertising business has largely increased
and its columns are respectable exhibit Of the bust
ness and enterprise OF the CITY, It's columns are es
pecially looked large class advertisements
"wants" and "For Sale" and for servants, etc.
which almost invariably bring prompt answers
People who are out Of employment, or who wan
help of any kind, place their needs before thou
sands of the laborng employing classes by twen
ty-hve-cent advertisement in The DAILY FRrss.
THE DAILY PRESS las also larger circulation IL
Covington and Newport than the aggregate of all th
other Cincinnati papers.
Business men in Cincinnati can in no way increas
their business easily and certainly by sdyertiS
Ing in this paper.
Routes can be easily established for the DALI
PRESS in any Of the towns within days dis
tance Of Cincinnati by railroad, and carriers will nC
that little energy and labor will build up route
which will be valuable to them; and the great mum
Der of One-cent paper that be distributed in al
most any town, will furnish handsome income to the
| carrier.
We are ready to make arrangements for routes IN
towns not yet occupied, with persons who can furnish
satisfactory assurances Of character and RESPONSE
iliy.
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Humors Of a southern judge.

Judson I. Mills, of South Carolina, was a
Judge Of the District Court in Northern Iexas,
fond of Joke, but very decided in his dis
charge of duty. Thomas Fannin Smith was q
practising lawyer at the bar, and having
shamefully misstated the law in his address
TO the jury, turned to the Court and asked the
Judge TO charge the jury accordingly. The
.Judee was indignant and replied;
nboes the counsel take the Court to be u
fool2"
Smith was not abashed by the reproof but
instantly responded
az trust your Honor will not insist on an
answer to that question, as might, in answer
inr it, truly be considered guilty ofcontempt
Of CO irt."
EFine the counsel $40, Mr.. Clerk said
the Judge.
Smith Immediately paid the money, and re-
marked that il was $40 more than the Court
could show.
"Fine the counsel $50l" said the Judge.
The fine was entered by the clerk, and
Smith not being ready TO respond in that
sum, sat down. The next morning, on the
opening of the Court, Smith rose, and with
much Difference addressed the Judge:
May it please your Honor, the clerk took
that little joke of yours, yesterday, about the
fifty dollars, as serious, as perceive from the
reading of the minutes. Will your Honor be
il erased ?"
The GOODNESS of the request and the implied
apology pleased the Judge, and he RENTED
the fine
Judge Williamson, or three-legged Willie,
as he was familiarly called, was one of the
early Judges Of Texas. In his Court lawyer
by the name of Charlton stated point oflaw,
and the Court refused to admit the counsels
statement as sufficient proof
your law, sir, said the Judge give us
the book and page, sir"
"This is my law, SIR said Charlton, pull
ing out pistol "and this sir, is my book, -
drawing bowie-knife; "and that is the
page" pointing the pistol toward the Court.
'Your law is not good, sir" said the un-
ruffled Judge; the proper authority is Colt
on Revolvers and he brought sx-shooteI
instantly to bear on the head of the counsel
who lodged the point of the argument ant
turned TO the jury.
On another occasion the Judge concluded
the trial of man for murder by sentencing
him to be hung that very day. A petition
was Immediately signed by the bar, jury and
people, praying that longer time might bt
granted the poor prisoner. The Judge re-
piled to the petition that the man had beer
found guilty; the Jail was very unsafe, and
besides it was SO very uncomfortable he die
not think any man ought to be required t
stay in Jail longer than was necessary" TIL,
man was hung
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An Excellent Example for DueIists.

Alphonse Karr, among the wittiest of Par
isian gossips, tells a capital tale of man who
would neither decline duel nor fight.
Messieurs A. and B., having quarreled
about some one of those mere nothings about
which, in Paris as elsewhere, gentlemen SC
often risk their lives, B. challenged A. but
most devoutly trusted that A. would no
fight. Nothing of the kind. A. was quite
willing, and all the necessary arrangement;
were made.
"Well, B" said his second, 1--WE have had
some trouble to arrange about distance but
at length it is settled for twenty PAGES, botl
fire together, and the meeting is for to-mor.
row morning at nine o'clock"
"Ahp
Eyes, in the wood of vincennes."
"Humph," said B., "aHd we are to fight al
twenty paces?'
II should just as soon have it at fifteen, OF
even ten"
"Well, wanted to put you up at fifteen
but AS second would not agree to it, SO
Yielded the point"
"Ahl you yielded that point | am fully
determined however, that they shall not
have another point yielded. -
well, no, that can hardly be even asked:
torTseeing that every thing is arranged, and il
only remains now to wait for the morning"
Oht OuI thSiO Dt a pOlut ulSpuJe
yet, and l will certainly maintain my rights"
mo one attacks them"
II am the offended party"
Undoubtedly
"And therefore have the choice of weapons
Well / choose small swords
Small swords Why, did you not Just
now consent to fight at twenty pacesW
"Yes. l am not a man to retire from an
agreement which friend has made in my
name. repeat fifteen or even ten PAGES
would have suited me just as well. But you
have said twenty, and let it be twenty"
Very good. And now about the pistols;
have you any2'
"Pistols What for2 I am not going to
hght with pistols"
Some misunderstanding between us, ]
fear, pidyou not just now tell me that you
would fight at twenty paces?'
"Yes--l accept the twenty PAGES, but not
the pistols. am not that gentleman's slave
He insisted upon twenty PAGES, and you
yielded the point. Very well; yield that
point, too, but / will not yield another
Twenty PAGES because you have promised
but the sword is my weapon, and only the
sword. will face him, sword in hand, at
twenty PAGES, just as soon as he likes"