Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-28
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The Kingstos papers ssy thst Elihu Bur
rift. the disting uiehsd lingsist asd lestursr. y
nov On lseturlog tour through Canada
The Jersey City Courier raises the name Of
Governor Psasingtos for the Presidency subject
TO the decision Of the Republican National
Cor vention.
Jim Grow" Rice, the father Of the Elho-
piap minstrel.y, 10 living in New York city in
great destitution 10 his old age.
The " Prince Of Wales" intends to marry
the Princess Alexandria OF Russio, bis cousin.
Thsss Cuelphs cannot leave The family.
The population Of Philadelphia is now
tinstsd 10 be about e5O.00O; an increase Of
900, 900 in the last ten years.
An American dentist who went to Nice TO
set the teeth OF the Empress OF Russia. per-
formed his work satisfactorily that the
royal lady gave him diamond rig worth
$4,000.
1t is said that oct Of . German population
Of fifty thousand in the State Of Wisconsin.
there i. not an individual from the Faderand
confined IN the penitentiary Of the State
"A proisct is on foot for building in Paris
twelve large palaces for the twelve Marshals Of
France. on the Avenue de Segur, near the ln-
valides. The question Of the manner OF pay
ing TOR .hem, however, has not been as yet set
tied.
The Navajo Indians recently stole 1000
sheep from the vicinity Of Fort Craig They
were promptly pursued By Captain McLans.
with . detachment of troops.and all the sheep
were recaplursd.
The Westminster Esriew states that white
field, the great revivaliss preacher, WAS ~ one
Tune a STAKEHOLDER in Georgia. being At bis
death the owner Of fifty slaves. men women
children, ~hom he lei, in his will to the Coun-
tess Of Huntington.
Private letters from Paris state that the
health of the Emperor, Louis Napoleon was
very di.couraging. His Majesty suffers from
too much blood IN tho head. and 10 exceedingly
nervous.
1t is estimated that the Office Of Sergeant
alarms in the House Of Representatives, the
present wear. viii be worth in the matter Of
lees alone, not less than 100000.
The emigration Of free negroes from Loui-
siania to Hayti is increasing A dispatch from
New Orleans announces the departure OF an
ether company of fifty wealthy negro a3ricul-
ralists from the interior OF the State.
The Globes Paris correspondent says it Wa
generally understood that France and England
were about to make y joint summons GU Aus
tria, not only t. deslst from sending surrepti
ously troops into the marches Of Ancona, but
to evacuats the Venetian territory at the ear
isst period and accept such indemnity ~ Its
oily is now ready to offer.
-Miss Phebe May OF Woodbury.. Ct, was
killed last week by falling down the cellar
stairs She lay all night ON the cellar bottom
and strange to say, was so far recovered as to
20 q out her ordinary workout died before
| night.
"A Phrenologist has been examining Que en-
Victoria's head, and says that he hnds the
bump of adhesiveness was sadly deficient, If i,
existed there at all. In justice,l however, to
this gentleman. We must say that the Queen !
head under examination was postage stamp
THE NATIONS WITHOUT FIRE -According to
| Piiny, fire was Tor long time unknown to
some of the ancient Egyptians and VIII II
| Euxodus (thc celebrated astronomer showed
it to them, they we're absolutely In rapture
| The Persians, I;hoenicinns, Greeks and several
other nations, acknowledge that their sncese
tors were once with out the use Of fire, and the
Chinese confess the same Of their progenitors
Pompsnius, Msla, Plutarca and other ancient
authors speak of natio g who ut the time they
wrote, knew not the use Of fire, or had bu,
| iust learned it. Facts of the Same kind are
also attested by several modern naiions. Tn.
inhabitants of the Marian lsl.nds, which Were
discove cred in 1851, had no idea Of fire. New
er was astonishmsnt greater than theirs. when
they saw it on the descent of Magellan in one
Of their Islands. at first they believed it was
some kind Of animal that fixed and fed upon
wool The inhabitants 0: the Philippine and
Canary Island, we're formerly equally igno.
rant